Mopar Muscle Association UK

Will try and get my somewhat cleverer Wife to post some photos for me!

Gus

Look forward to seeing you Pete.....I'm in white Valiant VE.... WYH 7H

Gus

Anyone going to Brooklands?

Hope to be there in the Valiant....and fingers crossed for some decent weather!

Apologies for my unavoidable absence gents......
Hopefully finally meet up a little later in the year.

Gus

Valiant VE Reg. WYH 7H

Early start it is then......

I'll stick it in the diary....what time to arrive/leave please...

Gus

Thanks Dave....but I try and take the old girl on some occasional lengthy runs across the channel.......and on my last long trip it averaged just under 18mpg.

A tweaked 360/408 would be brilliant....but I couldn't live with @10?mpg

Gus

Thanks Blue.....

Ouch! £1750 is a bit steep.......
If that is a going rate.....then I am going to stick to rebuilding the 273....

Was just trying to get a little extra torque, without burning a lot more fuel!

Gus

Just looking at options..... Thinking of maybe trying to find a correct vintage 318 to gather parts for, and rebuild at leisure, and then drop into my 273 Valiant VE.....which has some work needed on the engine. Would of course keep the original unit in the garage. Anyone know of tired 318 that need...

Do you reckon that the VE left OZ with a 318?.....

Had my Chrysler Valiant VE in the family since '69 when it was first reg new in the UK......Gus

Hi Dave.......we have tried using copper slip, and the old [new] pads made a row like the new [new] ones, which is why we changed them. Unfortunately the origonal set which had been on the vehicle for donkey's, went in the bin a while ago..... I'm just about out of options, so will look to 'adjust' ...

Ok....so my confidence in my new set of EBC brake pads from OZ has proven ill founded.....to be fitted, required the slight enlarging of holes......but then so far, so good.... However they shrieked every time that I touched the brake pedal ..... Have had shims made up......no improvement...... then...

Thanks Matt.......I have got Mopar Euro Nats in the diary for Sunday 29th July...

Thought I might also wander over to the CCUK meet at Sharnbrook on Sunday 31st of June.....always had a soft spot for Vettes......

Gus