Woody wrote:wae wrote:El Plymino.T.J. wrote: I must've missed whatever previous threads existing about this car, err truck, err Valamino. I like it.My vote is "ValUte"
Could also go with El Moparino.
Woody wrote:wae wrote:El Plymino.T.J. wrote: I must've missed whatever previous threads existing about this car, err truck, err Valamino. I like it.My vote is "ValUte"
Could also go with El Moparino.
Valiantino?
El Caholic?
In for pics of ECM's fresh new mullet
Well, it appears to have been visited by someone today. I came home to find the tarp removed and the door not fully closed, not like I left it yesterday. Probably kids but who knows. Since it is a push button start I will not be leaving the key in it so if someone does try to steal it they can just zoom back and forth in the yard but not turn 90° to exit. Jeez.
In reply to maschinenbau:
Hey, I've been sporting a mullet for a while now...
It sure is annoying when people mess with your things. I decided to quit locking the door because once I had a friend think the door was stuck and brake off the handle and another three times the local crack head would break my $50 window to steal my $20 head unit. Now I trust in a gps tracker and detachable steering wheel. Of course SWMBO "says who would steal that?!"
In reply to EastCoastMojo:
Manual?... for theft deterrence.
I always that it would be fun to hide a capacitance switch somewhere behind a smooth part of the dash. If it didnt sense you holding your hand there during starting, it wouldnt.
In reply to RossD:
id wire it a little differently. And by a little differently I mean so it would tase your nutsack.
You guys are all barking up the wrong tree for the names.
Chevy had the El Camino. Ford had the Ranchero. Dodge had:
The Rampage.
Your name cannot be anything other than the 'Rampliant' (Pronounced: ramp-lie-ant)
In reply to AClockworkGarage:
Valmanche? (Jeep Commanche)
Since it is a Valiant on an S10 chassis, Valamino really fits well. Fuses and key pulled this morning, so any visitors today will just have to make their own vroom vroom noises.
ECM, hide one of these under the seat or under the dash.
AClockworkGarage wrote: You guys are all barking up the wrong tree for the names. Chevy had the El Camino. Ford had the Ranchero. Dodge had:
Plymouth had the Scamp.
Which, coincidentally, was what Plymouth called a variant of their A-Body Valiant from 71-76. So, does that mean this is a pre-Scamp Scamp?
Call it the Plymouth Vamp. A Valiant Scamp!
In reply to Cooter:
I had a 76 Valiant Scamp it was essentially a Dart Swinger with a Valiant nose. Fun fact is that they used the same badge for the Lbody truck.
Of course they did.
I'm sooooo jealous! We were just chatting a couple months ago about how cool it would be to do a valiant ute like the ones down under, then this pops up on the classifieds. Thank you for buying it so I didn't have to!
In reply to CLynn85:
Thanks! Seller mentioned there was a guy in VA that had called about it, was that you?
I am excited about this project on so many levels. And she runs and moves under her own power which is a big improvement over my last orange project car. 
Tramp Scamp?
akamcfly wrote: Tramp Scamp?
Put a butterfly above the rear bumper
I decided on a whim to google the name and address of the PPO since I have the registration info. I was surprised but very pleased to find the Valamino in the Google street view. Pics of it in the wild!
Did a little more digging and found the estate auction where it was purchased by the PO. These shots show that it had truly been sitting for a while.
Finding a little history on this thing and how it came to be in the form it is currently in really intrigues me. 
I was also able to locate the engine casting number, after spraying some WD40 and wrapping a stick with a shop rag I was able to clean it off enough to see what the number was:
According to this site this appears to be a 307, which was cast in 1968 and has two main bolts. Cast iron intake casting number seems to back this up.
Number from the door panel for future research into the original Valiant donor vehicle:
Now to get it up on some stands so I can locate the chassis number.
Where are your priorities?! I need pics of a smoky burnout while one farmer-tanned arm hangs out the window flying the stars and stripes/holding a PBR/shooting a gun wildly into the air!
I love the search into the car's history. If you don't mind please post what you find out!
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