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Author:  Rick Covalt [ Tue Jan 17, 2023 8:56 am ]
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ya learn something new every day.
Yep, I just thought they used them right on up through the trucks in the 80's like we did.
Author:  Greg Ondayko [ Tue Jan 17, 2023 9:29 am ]
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I don't know if they even really had trucks down there like we do in North America.
More likely thy had some Sort of Ute based on an ap5 / pacer or safari or something, but I do not know how long Chrysler of Australia made such gems.
Author:  SlantSixDan [ Tue Jan 17, 2023 10:07 am ]
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I thought they had 61 Valiants in Australia - R Series
They did; 1,008 of them sold in 1962, after which 10,009 S-Series Valiants (the kind we know as '62 models) were sold in '62 into early '63. The American-type model year was not a convention followed in the rest of the world.
Author:  SlantSixDan [ Tue Jan 17, 2023 11:39 am ]
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I don't know if they even really had trucks down there like we do in North America.
They did, but not the same as ours (their '62-'79 "Dodge" pickups were actually locally-built Internationals), and…
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More likely thy had some Sort of Ute
Yup—"ute" is Australian for coupe utility, a car body style that more or less amounts to a station wagon with the passenger compartment enclosure ending behind the front seats, and everything aft of that being an open bed with a fold-down tailgate. We had a few of them in America—the Chev El Camino; the Ford Ranchero, the Subaru Brat and Baja; the Dodge Rampage/Plymouth Scamp—but they were much more popular in Australia. Valiant Wayfarer utes were sold from the '65 AP6 model through the last of the '81 CM models, alongside lower-spec Dodge-badged units.

There have been A-body utes built by hand in North America. Doc built a '64 Valiant item, which you can see and read about (along with an article about the Australian Valiant/Dodge utes) in the March 1988 issue of Slant-6 News № 31, which I have uploaded here. And somebody in N'joysey built one out of a '74 Dart sedan, as reported in the June 1987 issue of Slant-6 Quarterly (below). Also see this extremely well-done utification of a '91-'95 Dodge Caravan, and this illustrated history of the Australian ute.

In South Africa they're called "Bakkies", as you can see in the funny Ford ad at the end of my writeup of this hand-built BMW item.


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Author:  SlantSixDan [ Tue Jan 17, 2023 4:14 pm ]
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the Slant-6 was used only from '62-'69 in Australia
Based on that, do you happen to know if/when the crank/converter pocked changed?
The Australian '62-'69 (R, S, AP5, AP6, VC, VE, VF) Valiant factory parts cattledog shows the change occurring during VE production. The VE was introduced in Autumn 1967, and the subsequent VF was released in Spring 1969, so that means the change occurred in Australia probably more or less within a leftover meatloaf of the change in North America. Here's the relevant sections of the FPC, cut together:
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Author:  Charrlie_S [ Wed Jan 18, 2023 3:03 am ]
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the Slant-6 was used only from '62-'69 in Australia
Based on that, do you happen to know if/when the crank/converter pocked changed?
The Australian '62-'69 (R, S, AP5, AP6, VC, VE, VF) Valiant factory parts cattledog shows the change occurring during VE production. The VE was introduced in Autumn 1967, and the subsequent VF was released in Spring 1969, so that means the change occurred in Australia probably more or less within a leftover meatloaf of the change in North America. Here's the relevant sections of the FPC, cut together:

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Thanks for that info
Author:  Greg Ondayko [ Wed Jan 18, 2023 10:20 am ]
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Thanks for the facts and Figures Uncle Dan!

Now back to oil pumps I think..

Greg
Author:  BUCKET 636 [ Wed Jan 18, 2023 11:04 pm ]
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I would think any of the universal oil filter relocation kits from speedway / summit / jegs would do the job or the Australian oil pump.


Greg
You would also need the 2 oil lines and filter mount that bolts of the left hand side of the engine at the front.
Author:  Greg Ondayko [ Thu Jan 19, 2023 3:12 am ]
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I would think any of the universal oil filter relocation kits from speedway / summit / jegs would do the job or the Australian oil pump.


Greg
You would also need the 2 oil lines and filter mount that bolts of the left hand side of the engine at the front.

Good Point, I think those could be fairly easily fabricated with some moderate skill.
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