Welcome to the car club for those who enjoy the earliest Valiants and Barracudas that Plymouth produced! We would like to welcome to the club those who enjoy the earliest Lancers and Darts that Dodge produced. After all, produced from 1960 through 1966, they are all "narrow" Early A-Body cars and have alot in common. Membership is free! All you need is an interest in these cars. Owning one is not necessary. More info on the "Club Info" push button. Our chat nite is Friday at 10:00 pm Eastern time. Stop in and share stories with us. Click here to Join us in the Chat Room!
Our club meets annually at The All-Chrysler Nationals in Carlisle, PA! Click Here for more info. The Club Store has Antenna flags and window decals. With help from Cafepress, hats, tee shirts, mugs and more!		Chrysler Engineering is widely regarded as being ahead of their time, when they designed these cars. The Plymouth Valiant has one of the largest trunk spaces ever provided in a compact car. The Plymouth Barracuda's 14.4 square foot glass back window was unlike anything else on the road back in 1964-66. It still is today. The slant 6 and V8 engines are generally thought of as virtually bullet-proof in reliability, and yet with a reasonable level of fuel economy. Never built to their full potential from the factory, some slant 6 engines are now being used for drag racing! The TorqueFlight automatic transmission was (and still is) one of the best: world-renowned for its incredibly durability and silky smooth shifting. The new-for-1962 suspension went nearly unchanged through the last of the Darts and Valiants in 1976. Also ahead of its time, it responds quite well to radial tires and other minor improvements. Club President Roger Kizer shares how the club got started 10 years ago in the The Early Valiant and Barracuda Blog. More good tech advice and info from your emails. Read them in the "Tech Archive" section of the Tech Center. We have 3 new members rides with great new stories to tell. One fron Portland, OR, one from San Deigo, CA and one from Jarvenpaa, Finland. Read about them on our Members page Thanks to John Hefler we have pages for the Barracuda from the 1965 Plymouth Data Book for all to see in our Photos page in the "Dealership Literature " section. Thanks to Don Carpenter for scanning the Hemmings Classic Car article his 65 Barracuda was featured in. See it on our Photos page in the "Magazines" section. Thanks to Gary Kuklo for his work restoring those old filmstrips used by dealerships for training techs and salesmen. We have one to view on our Photos page in the new "Filmstrips" section. There are also a few new links in the "links" section. The EVBC on Facebook See pictures our members have posted on our flickr group.
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