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The Early Valiant Barracuda Club

Welcome to the car club for those who enjoy the earliest Valiants and Barracudas that Plymouth produced! The Early Valiant & Barracuda Club started as one person's home page and quickly grew to become a premier source of information for these often-overlooked classic cars.

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!

1966 Barracuda Dashboard

1966 Plymouth Barracuda

1965 Plymouth Valiant

1964 Valiant Wagon

1964 Plymouth Valiant

1966 Plymouth Barracuda window

1965 Barracuda engine

QUICK LINKS

Our club meets at The All-Chrysler Nationals in Carlisle, PA! Click Here for more info.

Check out the clubs store at Cafepress.com Many items to choose from with our logo to show your club spirit.

Help us maintain this site with a small donation. Click here to donate. Thank You!

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.

Site updated 7-19-08 .
The All-Chrysler Nationals are over for 2008. See all the pictures and videos from the event In the "Photos" section and the brand new "Virtual Car Show" section.
Congrats to Don Carpenter for placing second in the 1963 to 1966 A body stock class in his 1965 Barracuda at Carlisle this year!
Dave Layson was arrested at Carlisle for producing counterfit parts. Here is the link on the EVBC Forums for more info. Click Here.
Check out Club President Roger Kizer's latest commentary in the EVBC Blog.
New shows listed in the calendar. See the "Push Button" for more info.

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Most photos used on this site are sent by car owners to be used only on this site, or are personal scans from club members. Some photos are so old, we don't remember where they came from. If you feel we have stolen a photo, please let our Webmaster know so that we can either remove it or provide proper acknowledgement. All photos and diagrams as presented here are the property of the Early Valiant and Barracuda Club and may not be reused without permission.

We are not affiliated with Chrysler LLC, Mopar , or its affiliates.

This is a non-profit, member run club, with the intention to pass along useful information and entertain those who are in the collector car hobby. Website assistance and programming courtesy of Stretched Out Software, Inc.