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.
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
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
Video: Roadtripping to Chryslers on the Murray!
In this episode of Carnage, Scotty roadtrips his dad’s old VE Valiant ute north to Chryslers on the Murray
1400hp twin-turbo 388ci VH Valiant Charger
Theo Diamond’s Valiant Charger blends old-school carby V8 tech with modern turbo grunt
Reader’s Rocket: Simon Major’s VG Valiant hardtop
Simon Major has owned his ’71 VG hardtop since 1991. Now dubbed ‘Loose Morals’, it’s a 318ci V8-powered cruiser
Family-heirloom twin-turbo LS-powered VH Valiant ute
Luke Novel was told to take his grandfather’s VH Valiant ute to the tip. Thankfully, he didn’t listen, as it’s now a twin-turbo LS-powered masterpiece
Roy Alati’s show-stopping 1962 S-Series Valiant – flashback
Six years of hard slog created this S-series stunner
Simon Major’s 1977 Chrysler CL Valiant panelvan – DISTURBIA
Street Machine’s Simon Major dreamed up this van when he was nine years old. Three decades later, he built it for real