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walpolla
 Post subject: Engines to Australia
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SS Dan, a question for you. Do you know if in the dim mists of time,did any of the early Valiants that came to Australia have the 170 or 198 engines?
I have never heard it mentioned by our local gurus on all things Mopar.

regards,Rod :D


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I believe that only 225 engines were sold in Australia. This is my recollection from people here, and from conversations with Cameron Tilley.

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Yes, 225 only were sold down-under...
Although... I have shipped a few 170 to friends in Oz in years past.
They say that a 170 A-body (R series) does pretty well in the 3 liter racing classes.
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Thanks guys.

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there was 1 1960 qx valiant which was shipped to aus as a test car (left hand drive) it was wrapped around a tree doing test runs, so one production 170 in aus. I also know of 2 others going into cars. One of them is a genuine hyper pak.
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there was 1 1960 qx valiant which was shipped to aus as a test car (left hand drive) it was wrapped around a tree doing test runs, so one production 170 in aus. I also know of 2 others going into cars. One of them is a genuine hyper pak.
I vaguely remember reading about those Q cars. were they all 170's?
Do you know of any written articles detailing them?


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yes the 1960 valiants were all 170 engines. There is a small red sales booklet called valiant it comes up on ebay time to time.
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