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I've owned this vehicle since June 1978 -- it was my father's before then. Took my driving lessons and test in this car that same summer and it has been all over Canada & U.S.A. since that time.
It is not driven as much anymore, serving as a back-up to my primary vehicle, a 2005 Ford Escape Hybrid. Check it out at: http://www.cardomain.com/memberpage/716880
Front view of 4-door Valiant V200; repainted inside & out in fall 1991 (by Frank Vaski, Jr. @ XL Autobody in Kelowna).
Right side
Rear view: small inner chrome rings are missing from the tail-lights -- I still have these and intend to get them refurbished before reinstalling onto the red lense.
Left side: after-market chrome locking gas cap (original cap was painted to match body colour) -- with the price of fuel nowadays, this seemed a wise "upgrade"
Left side
Interior: dash; stock AM radio and speaker remain installed (and functional), with removable Sony XR-7500 unit centred below and linked to a Sony CDX-2001 10-CD changer in trunk with M.B. Quart speakers in doors/rear deck (installed in 1991). Auxiliary Smith gauges installed below dash to left of Sony stereo. Push-button automatic gear selectors at far left side of dash.
Engine compartment: 170 cubic inch slant six (advertised at 101 hp @ 4400 rpm / 155 ft lbs torque @ 2400 rpm / 8.2 : 1 compression ratio) -- all original except for windshield washer bottle at top right as original/replacement bags usually tear after a few years of use. Engine rebuilt in spring 1985 by Okanagan Engine Rebuilders (Kelowna).
Trunk: original rubber mat disintegrated and has been replaced with a custom cut black carpet mat (mat & interior by Dell Design Upholstery of Kelowna -- 1980). Jack is located at far left side of trunk, and Sony CDX-2001 10 CD-changer is centred at the very front of the trunk (immediately behind the rear bench seat).
