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This car was designed to look “European” and be economical to run. The car had a new slant-six engine and that allowed for a longer intake manifold and a lowerer transmission tunnel.
Aside from its somewhat radical styling, the new car would have a number of mechanical innovations, capped off by its slant-six engine. It would be called the Valiant and initially be offered for sale at both Plymouth and Dodge dealers.
© Fred Winograd copyright 2010
We had a black 1960 Valiant station wagon. One of the innovations was a push button operated automatic transmission. I recall that one day I decided to see what would happen if I pushed two of the buttons at the same time. Of course it broke.
I didn’t tell my father who took the car to the dealer to be repaired. It was a simple fix. A spring had to be reattached to each button.