In 1995, Doug McCombs set out to do what so many Mopar nuts before him had done: recapture that dream musclecar of his youth. For Doug, it was a '65 Valiant V-100 four-speed with a small-block 273 and ...

Engine:Replacing the 273 is another potent LA small-block—this one starting with an .030-inch-overbored 360 Mopar Performance block, then filled with a Mopar steel crank, Keith Black 10.3:1 pistons ...

On the face of it, it doesn't make sense. Why would anyone drive a 1965 Plymouth Valiant in the winter instead of a 2002 Lexus LX-470 (the Lexus version of Toyota's 4x4 beast, the Land Cruiser)?

Q: Greg I read your column in the Daytona Beach News Journal. While in high school back in 1969, I bought a 1965 Plymouth Valiant. At that time, I was a senior in high school and it was right before I ...