Hemisix Update

The next few weeks will see the Hemisix salvage trailer. Clock up a lot more kms this week. I will be heading to Picton to deliver a car to the ferry terminal then cruising to nelson to drop in on the guys at Hemi NZ Ltd. I have some parts taking up space in their workshop that I need here at home.

Next up is a trip up north to Morrinsville to pick up a Charger for resto, stopping in Wellington to collect more parts.

I have decided to rent a car to tow our trailer. Its a big bugger - 5m x 20.5m deck tandem tipper - heavy duty styles for heavy duty cars. With a Valiant and a stack of parts on it starts to get up in weight. Rather than work our car harder than she'd like, I will rent a new Commodore or Falcon and hitch the wagon to that. I will let you know how it performs!

Big ups to the guys at NZ Mopar Forum. What a friendly bunch of guys - apparently cruisin South soon - it will be good to meet up.

Thanks for the pics of your Pacer TC. Looks gorgeous.

Speaking of pictures . . . keep sending them in!! We'd love to feature your car here!!

Poll Results

The results from our last poll are in.

100% of voters thought a 265 Hemi with a big exhaust sounded better than a 318. I can't argue with that!!

Don't leave here without voting in our latest poll!!

Trademe Auctions

Happy Easter to All!

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Finally some PACER pics

Hemisix Update

Its all happening here at hemisix.

The boys are heading up north next week - yeah I know, its all up north from here! They're going up with a BIG trailer load of parts to deliver on the way. There is still room - so if you need anything get in touch asap.

On the journey home they will be carrying our latest acquisition - a 72 VH 770 Charger. This will be our next restoration project. If you've always wanted to own a pristine Charger, then drop us a line as this is for sale and we can restore it to your specifications.

If you have any Valiant parts that you would like to sell let us know too. See the list of parts we are currently needing. We can pick them up as we go past!

69 Charger Burnout

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Poll Results

The results from our recent 'What's your fav VH' poll are in - a whopping 50% of voters went for the Hardtop. My personal favourite is the Pacer - but I guess there's no accounting for taste!

Our other poll asking whether we should keep the Hardtop Classic or Make it Better was also pretty clear cut. 60% of you wanted to make it better - I guess there aren't many purists out there!

Creature Feature

This weeks feature creature is something you might not have seen before (1 of only 400?). There cannot be a whole lot of these on New Zealand roads, let alone in this extremely tidy original condition.

Proud owner - lets call him J. grew up in the V8 era and was introduced to Valiants by a family member (didn't we all have a Dad, Grandad, Uncle. Cousin or Brother with a Valiant?).

This car is a numbers matching, ridgy didge Aussie import. Silver with blue roof/trim option, it runs factory 318 and trusty torque flight.


This '78 CL Valiant Le Baron is a great example of a good looking CL. Lets face it, they're not everyone's favourite model, but we can all appreciate a minter. Personally I found that it wasn't until I owned a CL of my own that the styling grew on me. This would have to be one of the sexiest big-arse Vals I have seen. The louvres and mags are just right and the blue vinyl sits beautifully. I have never been a big fan of vinyl roofs on the earlier wide body models, the CL has got the vinyl cut and chrome trims right.

A look at the motor shows all the fruit. The car was the bees knees in its day.

mmmmmm . . .



Thanks J



Comments welcome.

Hi all

We have had a great week down here. Parts wise we have been flat out, we have brought another car and have some cool parts to pick up. We've received some great feedback, links and pictures etc. Thanks for your support.

I'm hanging out to get more pictures up. Send them in. The more you guys contribute to this site the better for everyone. I hope to have more pictures and videos up shortly. I've had a busy week and will be updating far more regularly as of next week.

This week sees our first feature vehicle, a cool Le Baron. Not something you see every day . . .

I'd like to give a quick shout out to some of the people I have met this week - Kane from Gore, Dan and his son from Invers (the young fella's not even 10 and he owns a Valiant), and Pacer Tracy's mate, Pete from Dunners (where are the photo's Tracy?)

Send me heaps of stuff - articles, pictures, comments, opinions. Heaps of links on the pages so just press the damn buttons.