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    PRINCE VALIANT

    Jul 22, 2020 4 minutes
    WORDS Chris Ralph
    PHOTOS Phil Wisewould (track), Dahlstrom family (other)

    It was a sensation from the start. When the new Chrysler Valiant was released in 1962, Australian family car buyers’ jaws dropped and Holdens and Fords were suddenly boring. The horizontal side knife edges and the slightly templed side windows of the R Series yelled “spaceship”, while the moulded spare wheel cover on the boot lid cried “pre-war sports car’.

    Three-speed floor change and a big 225ci Slant Six engine blew the commoners into the weeds and even challenged the pace of the 3.8 Jaguar. Very cool, man.

    But the boys in the boardroom got cold feet and the S-Series Valiant quickly appeared, sans spare wheel mould and floor change manual – gears were now changed

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