This Valiant Charger 770 auto R/T replica coupe was built as a luxurious 770 model at the S.A Plant. The car has been treated well its entire life which shows in the original interior, rust free body, good chrome and trims. The car was left completely stock till this day apart from the R/T paint job sometime back in Hemi Orange. The original colour was Desert Sand Metallic. Over the last few years this 770 Charger has had a lot of mechanical overhauling, including a complete rebuild to the 265ci Hemi engine. It was built to original specifications with the exception of a stage 2 cam upgrade. The BW35 transmission was checked and serviced, new master cylinder, reconditioned booster and callipers, new brakes, suspension parts, rubber kit, seat belts, and much more. The full black 770 interior is in excellent condition from front to back for its age and contrasts perfectly with the bright Hemi Orange paintwork. The dash pad is mint, original door trims as good as you’d find, good console, super clean seats, original parcel shelf and no stereo or speaker holes butchered in over its life time. The dash cluster shows 56,000 miles on the Odometer. The E49 style wheels have been refurbished to give the car that overall R/T look from the outside. VIN VH8H29/BL03-0598. ENG D331B02358 This Aussie built muscle car is consigned with us at Firepower Customs and Classics and is located in Bundall 4217 on the Gold Coast in Qld. Inspections are by appointment only.
Background: In 1971 Chrysler Australia replaced the VG Pacer sports model with the all new Charger. It was a wild, totally new design which stormed on to the Australian car scene with the forever immortalised model of the VH Valiant Charger. The car was an instant success. It was based on the US Chrysler A-body platform, but ran a widened track, both front and rear to take bigger wheels than the American cousin. The VH Charger range which consisted of the lower level XL, 770 and all famous R/T was so popular that at one stage it totalled 80% of all Australian Valiant Production. In its debut year it also took the title of Australian Wheels Car of the Year in 1971. In 1971 and 1972 the R/T Charger was developed as Chrysler’s entrant in to the Australian Touring Car Championship. The charger won the first race in which it was entered at Oran Park and in the 1972 Hardie-Ferodo 500. At Bathurst a VH Charger R/T E49 came third to a Ford XY Falcon GTHO and a Holden Torana GTR XU1 to build its reputation as one of the fastest cars in Australia at the time. The VH E49 Charger held the quarter mile record for the fastest E/T of all Australian production cars and for decades it was the fastest accelerating Aussie production car which cemented it as one of the Greatest Australian Muscle Cars ever
