1970 VF Valiant (An Australian Dodge Dart) By BMV Engineering

[Craig-Aus]

Hi guys and girls. My name is Craig I am from BMV Engineering a small shop in Queensland Australia. This is a build the has been going for a little while now but have only now decided to put up a build of the car. The car is a VF Valiant coupe witch is pretty similar to your 1970 Dodge Dart. The main difference being the front sheet metal. Australia is pretty strict on modifying cars with all major mods needing an engineers approval eg: Chassis and suspension work and all smaller mods like engines and drive train needing a modification plate. Basically paying people money to allow you to make your old car safer. But at least that way there is not as much bad workman ship.

So this is a VF Crysler Valiant. Not the one we started with but just an example.



The Valiant was a uni body car but we are running a full chassis but then tying it into the body again so it remains a uni bodied car. The main frame rails are 4"x2" and the rear notch section starts at 4" but reduces to 3" at the end of the notch.



Basic chassis in place



Had some issues on the rear quarters that needed to be fixed.





The front end was designed to be like a bolt on kit you might use on a Nova or Camaro except welded in place







The un official saying at work is we dont build show cars. Our customers drive their cars. So with the rear end we have 3" of adjustment for the 4 link. We can move the ride height higher and lower and still keep the 4 link at its correct geometry as we made multiple mounting points. The same for the coil overs.



Rear boot section mocked in place.

[Craig-Aus]

Took her off the jig and pushed her outside for a visual and no the wheels are not staying.









Onto the inside. The floor is going to be double skinned there is support under the top floor section to keep it flat and the sills will wrap under to the chassis rails.







Thanks Craig

BMV Engineering
Australia

[tubbed69]

Amazing fab work,I really like it

[214Chevy]

Originally Posted by tubbed69

Amazing fab work,I really like it

^^^^Yeah, what he said.

[carbuff]

You put the steering rack in backwards!

Looks nice. Thanx for posting...

[trevor572]

Hi. Love your work guy's. Where in Queensland are you located. You must have a DOT guy with a labrador and a white cane. lol. Cheers Trevor.

[syborg tt]

Very nice and welcome to the board


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[V8TV]

Great work, cool car!

[alex n]

Very nice clean work , I like how you rolled the trunk pan instead of having a hard edge

[Craig-Aus]

Started on the center console its just simple with shape to match the rest of the lines on the car. There will be a vintage air controller up front and cnc panels around gear shifter and park brake to break up all the color as most of the interior will see paint not trim.



Also made a start on the rear parcel shelf. Again shaped to go with the rest of the car and we recessed the speakers into the panel so it can be covered with a cnc panel. The rear seat will meet flush to the rear tray should give it a nice clean flow.







Craig