AH, FORD Falcon! How we miss thee. You arrived in Australia as an American design, but you were soon adapted to local conditions. And when the Yanks cruelly dropped you, we kept the dream alive with our own spin on the concept, growing in size and sophistication with each generation until Ford gave up on local manufacturing altogether in 2016.

VIDEO: SUPER CLEAN VG VALIANT HARDTOP
We catch up with Andrew McDonald who is building a 10-second VG Valiant Hardtop

VIDEO: MEGA- TOUGH VG VALIANT HARDTOP
Gotta love a Pro Street Valiant with blown Hemi power!

10-second Chrysler VG Valiant streeter
With 670hp on tap, Con Sagiaris’s black beauty Valiant is a street and strip monster

440-cube Chrysler VG Valiant & VX SS burnout car: Reader’s cars of the week
Young gun Aaron James has a VX SS skid machine and his pride and joy 440-cube Valiant

Big Block VE Valiant war wagon – video
Graeme’s VE Valiant wagon is a big block-powered 11-second road warrior

PISSED OFF PRO-TOURING PLYMOUTH VALIANT
Awesome Hemi-powered Valiant combines crazy attention to detail with classic patina

Family ties: Valiant R/T Charger
Georgio Lafazanis’s R/T Charger has been everything from 70s factory muscle car to madly modified 80s custom

Missing Mopar: The Blue Crush Valiant van
Not all survivor cars of the Van Wheels era have had a charmed life; the tale of Valiant panel van ‘Blue Crush’ is proof

Reader’s car of the week – Ty’s VJ Charger
All the way from Perth is Ty’s blacked-out VJ that’s tougher than leather

Garth Bell’s Dart Attack gasser
Garth Bell has held a lifelong passion for early 60s Factory Experimental Funny Cars so he decided to build his own

VIDEO: CON’S 10-SECOND VALIANT
In the latest issue of Street Machine we take a look at Con Sagiaris’s street ’n’ strip VG Valiant hardtop, and it’s a ripper

Gallery: Insane VE Valiant Gasser
Kiwi Con Bentley took his awesome VE gasser to NZ’s annual Beach Hop festival

Video: 585hp Valiant Charger streeter
We speak to Mick Lulic about his iron-tough Charger

Video: Budget X275 Valiant build
Can you build an X275 car on a budget? Daniel Ward reckons you can and he showed us around his VE Valiant sedan recently

KA-POW! Bloke turns his Valiant into a Batmobile!
Car nut Marke Kemp decided to recreate the caped crusaders cruiser after he tired of building and selling Mad Max replicas

IN PICS – Pissed Off Valiant
This sunburnt Valiant may not have the prettiest paint or shiniest chrome, but it’s packed full of coolness

How to build a classic Valiant for under $2000!
In the new issue of Street Machine, we kick off a new column called Budget Built, showcasing cool cars that have been created for pocket change