This blast from the past showed up today.
O Stock 1960 Valiant, Hyper Pak, 3 speed manual!
This picture was from Englishtown in 1968.
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| Author: | hyper_pak [ Tue May 21, 2024 6:34 pm ] | ||
| Post subject: | 1960 Valiant Wagon showed up on Facebook. Old Picture | ||
This blast from the past showed up today. O Stock 1960 Valiant, Hyper Pak, 3 speed manual! This picture was from Englishtown in 1968.
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| Author: | slantzilla [ Tue May 21, 2024 6:42 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: 1960 Valiant Wagon showed up on Facebook. Old Picture |
Talk about a "paper" car........... Paper car refers to a combination that was never available that shows up in Stock or Super Stock. |
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| Author: | Greg Ondayko [ Tue May 21, 2024 6:55 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: 1960 Valiant Wagon showed up on Facebook. Old Picture |
That's..... so.... Hyper! |
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| Author: | Dart270 [ Wed May 22, 2024 6:08 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: 1960 Valiant Wagon showed up on Facebook. Old Picture |
Very cool. Why not available? I thought the Hyperpaks were dealer installed, so why not a wagon? Just curious. Lou |
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| Author: | Charrlie_S [ Wed May 22, 2024 6:30 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: 1960 Valiant Wagon showed up on Facebook. Old Picture |
Interesting, I occasionally raced at Englishtown back in the '60's. Early '60's with a 63 Ford Galaxy, later '60's a 60 Chevy Biscayne. Maybe that's why I don't recall that car. Didn't start racing Mopars until the mid '70's. |
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| Author: | hyper_pak [ Wed May 22, 2024 6:45 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: 1960 Valiant Wagon showed up on Facebook. Old Picture |
Quote: Talk about a "paper" car...........
It showed up in the NHRA classification charts early in the 60's.Paper car refers to a combination that was never available that shows up in Stock or Super Stock. That was the plan for my Lancer wagon years ago when I got it. I have the gents name, going to try and contact him. I don't think I would have tried that 3 speed though. Can you imagine the clutches he burnt up. I will try to find another picture. |
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| Author: | Badvert65 [ Wed May 22, 2024 6:50 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: 1960 Valiant Wagon showed up on Facebook. Old Picture |
Pretty cool. On the front fender is says 170 cuin and 148HP. |
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| Author: | MJF [ Wed May 22, 2024 7:42 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: 1960 Valiant Wagon showed up on Facebook. Old Picture |
I wonder what times they run back in the day with 170 |
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| Author: | slantzilla [ Wed May 22, 2024 8:54 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: 1960 Valiant Wagon showed up on Facebook. Old Picture |
Quote: Quote: Talk about a "paper" car...........
I don't think I would have tried that 3 speed though.Paper car refers to a combination that was never available that shows up in Stock or Super Stock. Can you imagine the clutches he burnt up. A 170 wagon in O/S seems to be a pretty tough row to hoe. 
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| Author: | Greg Ondayko [ Wed May 22, 2024 9:25 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: 1960 Valiant Wagon showed up on Facebook. Old Picture |
No, Chrysler four speeds did not arrive until 1964 with the development and introduction of the a833 If I remember correctly some larger (probably B / C bodys) were available from the factory with pont a mousson french 4-speed transmission. here is some more research on the subject: https://www.google.com/search?q=Pont-%C ... nt=gws-wiz |
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| Author: | SlantSixDan [ Thu May 23, 2024 11:16 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: 1960 Valiant Wagon showed up on Facebook. Old Picture |
Quote: Very cool. Why not available? I thought the Hyperpaks were dealer installed, so why not a wagon? I have never seen anything saying anything like no Hyper Paks on wagons; the only exclusion I ever saw was no Hyper Paks on automatics. Which makes sense because very high idle speed to accommodate the HP camshaft would make a car with an automatic unsafe/uncontrollable. None of the parts in the Hyper Pak kit has any way of knowing or caring how many doors has the car they're installed in. |
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| Author: | slantzilla [ Thu May 23, 2024 1:57 pm ] |
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Quote: Very cool. Why not available? I thought the Hyperpaks were dealer installed, so why not a wagon? Just curious.
Because the HP kits were dealer/customer installed. Stock and SS had to be factory built. Since it turned up in the Guide somebody at Chrysler had to write a letter, hence the term "paper car".Lou Mopar was well known for "ringer" cars, but they were not the only ones. It still goes on today. |
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| Author: | hyper_pak [ Thu May 23, 2024 6:36 pm ] | ||
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As far as the automatic warning, I remember seeing that in the factory documentation. When I did my wagon, I was not sure how it was going to work. I used a stock automatic throttle rod and lengthen it. It all worked great. But autos in the early 60 were still kind of a mystery.
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| Author: | Rick Covalt [ Thu May 23, 2024 6:49 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: 1960 Valiant Wagon showed up on Facebook. Old Picture |
Plus the Hyperpak cam is not large by any standard except "larger " than stock. I run a bigger cam than that in my full size truck right now. |
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| Author: | slantzilla [ Thu May 23, 2024 8:36 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: 1960 Valiant Wagon showed up on Facebook. Old Picture |
The HP cam wasn't even .500" lift, was it? Lawnmower crap. 
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