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Author:  SlantSixDan [ Sun Feb 27, 2005 10:37 am ]
Post subject:  THREE-door Valiant??!!
Now here's something you definitely don't find every day: a 3-door Valiant!
Author:  Rust collector [ Sun Feb 27, 2005 10:51 am ]
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HUH???
True. I have never heard about one before, But I like the idea.
Author:  Dennis Weaver [ Sun Feb 27, 2005 10:53 am ]
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Damn if that ain't cool! How'd that happen?!? :lol:

D/W
Author:  SlantSixDan [ Sun Feb 27, 2005 10:55 am ]
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Gotta be a custom job. It's a clever one, to be sure! Reminds me of the factory full-size styling clays that often were done up as "half and half" mockups to study the 2dr and 4dr styling of a car, or look at two different sets of design options, etc. But those aren't driveable cars, and this one is!
Author:  Rust collector [ Sun Feb 27, 2005 10:56 am ]
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My guess would be a testcar for a safety thing, so the passengers dont go out into the road.
Or just too much beer in the garage...
Author:  Tim Keith [ Sun Feb 27, 2005 8:02 pm ]
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I believe '60s Mopars share most design parameters so
that it would be practical to convert a station wagon
to 2 door if you found a 2-door post donor car. I
believe the rockers and roof panel is the same on
most Mopars of this era.

With the popularity of '62-65 Max Wedge B clones
several of the four door cars have been converted
to 2 door posts.

I bet the conversation would also work with a station
wagon A-body.
Author:  SlantSixDan [ Sun Feb 27, 2005 8:54 pm ]
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My guess would be a testcar for a safety thing, so the passengers dont go out into the road.
Or just too much beer in the garage...
Your latter guess is much more likely. Safety test cars were still a decade in the future when the cars that got cut together to make this one were new.
Author:  70valiant [ Mon Feb 28, 2005 4:55 am ]
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My folks had a 70's chev suburban like that. Well I guess it was a 5 door. driver front, pass front and rear and double back doors.
Author:  Marten [ Sun Mar 06, 2005 4:27 pm ]
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Kaiser-Frazer did build a "true" three door sedan, called Traveller, it was more or les´s what you today might call a hatchback, trunklid upened downwards and tthe rear window and fram upwards.

To provide enough cargo space, the spare tire was located insde the left rear door, which was shut-welded, on later models, not even that was done, they simply locked the door at the plant and removed the knob!
Author:  Chrycoman [ Fri Mar 11, 2005 11:46 am ]
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That is not too difficult to do with a 1963-66 Valiant or Dart. The rooflines are shared so it would be possible to take a 4-door sedan and convert one side to a 2-door. The 1961-62 Valiant 2-door actually used the 4-door sedan opening and welded the 2-door B pillar and quarter section in place.

Chrysler did build a Valiant in 1963 as a prototype with a V-200 4-door sedan on the passenger side and a Signet hardtop on the driver's side, as well as front and back. It was used at press introductions and updated for 1964, 1965 and 1966. They also built a Fury 4-door sedan /2-door hardtop for press time.

But this one is not a factory job. I saw photos of it a couple of years ago and the one either did it himself or bought it from the person who did.
Author:  Avenger2040 [ Sun Mar 27, 2005 9:09 pm ]
Post subject:  What the...??
That is something new, a failed experiment, or just too much time and nothing else to do.
Author:  Rust collector [ Mon Mar 28, 2005 3:02 am ]
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Not a bad idea if you have kids...
At least if you want to keep them for a while.
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