Thanks Dave, good Info. I don’t know what the travel on the current coil overs are, but will check when I get a chance.

The guy who I bought the car from had one of those Mid Rise Scissor Lifts with an open center, so I was able to spend a fair amount of time under the car checking modification and welds…..not saying I won’t find issues I missed later on but, everything looked really good. Actually , I might look into one of those lifts somewhere down the road.

“……..If everything is done correctly it will save you a ton of time and money on the build……”

That was kind of my thoughts on it. I originally was looking for something with good paint and upholstery (basically an original car) and my initial reaction was to pass on this one. The more I mulled it over I came to the conclusion that on an original car I would end up spending a bunch of time and money upgrading the suspension, finding an A Body 8 3/4 rear end and setting it up, and upgrading the brakes, (not counting the actual swap) ……laying on my back doing this at this point would not be fun at all. This cars already set up for a motor that weighs almost as much as the HEMI so that is a BIG plus in my mind.

Right now I’m in the collecting parts and info stage. I’m waiting to hear back from a guy who has a another 68 Plymouth Valiant 2dr Sedan for sale on the local Market Place he’s not real out of line on his pricing from what I see in the pictures…..you can never have enough parts LOL.

I’ve got a core 331 Hemi to use for mockup, and I’m going to stop by my buddy’s trans shop to see if be has a 46RH/RE case and OD housing I can borrow for a while to do the mockup with.

I think this will be interesting, I haven’t come across many people who have real experience with a Gen 1 HEMI into an A Body (2 so far). Due to clearance issues it’s going to be a bit more involved than set the motor and build mounts. Difficulty wise I wonder where it will rate on the difficulty scale compared to the other swaps I’ve done .



.