My AP6 had horizontal tail lights. The main distinguishing feature was the grill, where the 5 had full length bars and the 6 had a >< in the centre.
The VC had the vertical tail lights.
The AP's were great point to point highway cars. Their soft long travel suspension made them good handlers, comfortable, brakes no better or worse than most other brands of the time. I bought an AP5 ex taxi at Debiens Auctions in Sydney once and punted it up to Brisbane in 10 1/2 hours avoiding the peak hour traffic each end. Putty Rd. and New England Highway. This was my second best time moving used cars interstate. Best was a 327 Camaro in 8 3/4 hours. Four speed and bloody drum brakes on a car that would top out around 140 and cruised comfortably at an indicated 120.
Good cars, Valiants.
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My AP6 had horizontal tail lights. The main distinguishing feature was the grill, where the 5 had full length bars and the 6 had a >< in the centre.
'sit bonum tempora volvunt'
My brother set off in his 273 AP6 in '68 IIRC heading for the Cape, getting as far as Cooktown. It came home without the rear exhaust section.
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I see,, someone had cocked up on my rego papers with the VC/AP bit then. That’s how it was sold to me, as a VC-AP6. Learn something new every day 👍😁
If you don't like trucks, stop buying stuff.
The Valiant suspension a corrugated dirt road was so smooth. Had a job when we traveled with a discrete escort of a marked police car that followed a little behind us. The police were in Falcons so we used to slowly push the speed up until the escort was flashing lights and sounding sirens as they were shaking their teeth out at the same speed.
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