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: BLOKY Valiant burnout fire at UBC Ballarat
NASCAR-powered Valiant burnout weapon lights up at Ultimate Burnout Challenge Ballarat
1961 Plymouth V200 V8 hardtop
It might appear to be an Aussie-built R-series Val, but it’s actually a Plymouth V200 coupe jammed with a mean little 273ci V8
340ci Chrysler VJ Valiant Charger: Reader’s car of the week
Corinne Miller’s VJ Charger packs a 340-cube Mopar donk, and a baby seat in the back!
Chrysler Valiant R/T Charger 265 Hemi-six streeter
From 70s factory muscle to 80s wild custom and now a modern-day tough streeter, Georgio Lafazanis’s R/T Charger has been there, done that, and is now set to run 12-seconds
John Faraone’s monster Valiant R/T Charger
Meet John Faraone’s 1972 Valiant R/T Charger, a 2500hp twin-turbo beast
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