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.
Blown Gen III Hemi-powered CH Chrysler By Chrysler
Scott Lawrence catapulted his 1972 CH Valiant into the current century with a blown, Gen 3 Hemi powerplant
Steve Santos’s turbo slant-powered AP5 Valiant
Steve Santos smashed out this gorgeous AP5 Valiant in only four months as a 70th-birthday present for his dad
Chris Symeou’s E35 Pacer-inspired VG Valiant Hardtop
A phantom factory hottie with hidden mod cons? Chris Symeou has taken a unique Valiant Hardtop and truly made it his own
Stunning VC Valiant where concours resto meets 11-second grunt
A concours-restored beauty that’s also an 11-second street animal? Sign us up!
Robert Crosby’s 410-cube VH Valiant Charger 770
Saved from a chook shed, Robert Crosby’s VH Charger underwent a 500hp, 15-year odyssey
Peter Kanicky’s VH Charger in the build
Peter Kanicky is doing a bare minimum restoration of his VH Charger since finding the missing original parts 13 years after he bought it as a rolling shell
Troy Styles’s chopped AP6 Valiant
Troy Styles’s tubbed, V8-powered AP6 Val was a standout at Chopped 2024
Nick Dailianis’s blown 360-cube VC Valiant
It’s fat, loud, blown and built with a licence to thrill …meet Nick Dailianis’s Valiant
Gen III 426 Hemi-powered VF Valiant custom
With a little TLC and a lot of metalwork, Colin McQuinn’s VF coupe went from crusty wreck to show-winner
Expression Session: 413 Max Wedge-powered AP5 Valiant
Imagining an Aussie-built AP5 Valiant with a grunty 413 cubes of Max Wedge muscle
Turbo Barra-swapped Valiant S-Series in the build
With a BF Barra transplant with Garrett billet turbo and VF SS-V seats, Nat Budden’s S-Series Val will be an ideal old-school cruiser
POR440: Arby’s Drag Challenge preparation
Arby’s efforts to improve his VG Valiant’s 60-foot times yield promising results in the run-up to Street Machine Drag Challenge
Budget-built: Simon Major’s Valiant VG Hardtop & CL van
Looking back on two of Simon Major’s DIY budget-friendly builds, Old Daze and Mr Juicy
Matt Turner’s EFI big-block VG Valiant Pacer
Almost 30 years in the making, Matt Turner’s big-block VG Pacer is finally snapping necks on the street
Anneke Schelfhorst’s 1964 Valiant AP5 & 1978 CL
Mopar girl Anneke has plans to give her AP5 Val a spruce-up and V8 swap, while her CL was initially bought as a project car
Jason Turner’s VJ Charger Sportsman
Jason Turner fulfilled a teenage dream in building this sweet VJ Charger
Chris Saros’s VH Valiant Charger
Chris Saros’s plans for a quick freshen-up of his VH Charger soon turned into a full nut-and-bolt resto
Shane O’Halloran’s Pro Street VH Valiant hardtop
Released as a luxo-barge, the VH hardtop makes a great muscle car. If you can find one
Turbocharged, EFI 265 Hemi-powered VJ Charger
Shane Graham forged his own path with his boosted, EFI 265-powered VJ Charger
Dale Gridley’s 426ci Hemi-powered Chrysler AP5 Valiant
Dale Gridley wedged 426 cubes of modern Mopar into an unsuspecting survivor AP5