Driving a 1973 three-on-the-tree Valiant

I'm glad so many people have enjoyed this video.

[@jamesfrench7299]

Thanks for the ride. Brought me back to my uncle's 1968 Australian Valiant wagon with 225 with three on tree manual, 35 years ago. Sounded just like I remember.

[@michaeld7409]

What a nice ride 🍀 I look forward to enjoy my own Valiant again. Now undergoing repairs. When cruising here on the German Autobahn at a steady 60 mph, i am slowing down other traffic, as the Valiant is a rare sight here. Love the fact, when driving it home after buying it, i had a fuel truck in the mirror for an hour....but no harm 🍀 (its a 225 slant six version built in 73 from CKD parts in Switzerland).

[@liveuntetheredmusepodcast4832]

Great video, thanks for posting and making it like a virtual drive in the VALIANT! The car made famous in the movie "Duel!" Great job!

[@sergioperezpadilla7380]

Great video!!! Thanks for sharing!!! Great memories of my childhood!!!

[@butterpants12]

Love your commentary of the other drivers 😂😂 it sounds like me on the road! I'm getting me a 67 barracuda with a slant six and three in the tree! Enjoyed the ride man!

[@mactrak7997]

Very nice! I grew up with cars like this but when I was a teenager, I couldn't afford one this new! But I liked plain janes because they were affordable and simple! Your Plymouth is a nice example of a survivor from the 70's and I tend to like slant 6's and manual transmissions again for economy and simplicity. Nice car; count yourself lucky to have one that age in good shape! Thanks for posting!

[@Beeeazybones]

Makes me miss my '69 Dart with a 3oT. It was stock. It was beautiful. I was 16. That was 2001

[@tractorfix]

Thanks for the ride. I have a 71 3 on the tree Valiant. I love the creaky over center spring !

[@TylersNeighborhoodGarage]

+Kevin Strutt awesome they are neat cars

[@martentrudeau6948]

The 73 Valiant is very utilitarian, but it does get you where you where you want to go. There is beauty in that.

[@borisschwaggs9051]

I love it! 3 on the tree is a lot of fun to drive.

[@guarionex1961]

Nice trip. My uncle had a 1972 Dodge Dart, same color as your car. Good old days.

[@leedaniels617]

What a neat set of wheels.i always loved those valiants,and darts too!.they were everywhere.everyone knew someone that had one.i saw a 76 valiant for sale near me for eight hundred dollars in running condition .it was a six cylinder that ran smooth.i was hoping to buy it but someone beat me to it.it was a month ago and I'm still steaming.maybe next time!.a lot of towns owned cars like these for municipal use when they were new.love these mopar videos.

[@Archifx]

Almost spit out my coffee when you mentioned the leaves falling comment. Lmao. You couldn't me more correct. Makes me crazy when ppl do that! Great vid. I miss these vids.

[@MrGeeMan1980]

Thanks for the ride Tyler. Reminds me of an old lady church member who had a 3 speed 1970 Valiant. Watching her wrestle with that non power steering and shifting from reverse to low and from low into second was a sight to behold. But I never saw her driving it when she did not have a smile on her face.

[@TylersNeighborhoodGarage]

LOL that's a great story.

[@RodBeauvex]

What is it with little old ladies and fast cars? :D ;)

[@georgewilkinson1068]

@@RodBeauvex : I don't know Rod, but I like it.

[@xaviercavalier4822]

She flew over that speed bump like a damn boss!Anyway; I love old cars. Driving them seems so much more fun and engaging than new cars

[@jasoncarpp7742]

Thanks for the ride. I enjoyed it. I've always been an American car fan, particularly cars built in the 1960s and the 70s. Unless a car has a diesel engine, who needs fuel injection? I wish I could say that I've owned a Plymouth Valiant or a Dodge Dart, but unfortunately, I never have. Thanks again for the ride. :)

[@terryschneider7344]

Cool car. Enjoyed your video.

[@currier207]

Beautiful car man. I have a 71 with an automatic and the best motor ever put in a car, the slant six. Its my first car and I will never sell it. Best car ever put on the road!

[@leeduncan3000]

The Camera position gives the sensation your viewer is sitting beside you. I enjoyed the ride.

[@alssmallengines]

love those old valiants!

[@joeblow8593]

Wish they still made 3 speed column shift.

[@ArtWithDavid]

Very cherry car, sir. I wanted to test drive a 225 3-on-the-tree Valiant, but I found my Belvedere and fell in love.

[@MegaSnake76]

over here in australia we had the valiant 6 , 245 hemi , which was in both the pacer and charger . The Chrysler Hemi-6 engine is a family of inline six-cylinder petrol engines produced by Chrysler Australia in three piston displacements and multiple configurations. Hemi-6 engines were installed in Australian-market Chrysler Valiants from 1970 through 1981. It was also installed in the Valiants closely related variants, the Chrysler VIP, the Chrysler by Chrysler & the Valiant Charger. Chrysler Corporation in the US had been working since 1966 on an inline 6-cylinder engine, called the D-engine, to replace the Slant 6 (G-engine) in Dodge trucks, but abandoned the effort after prototypes were built. This was Chrysler's first thin wall (lightweight) cast iron engine design. Chrysler Australia wanted a new six-cylinder engine for use in the Australian Chrysler Valiant, and so Chrysler USA sent a prototype engine to Chrysler Australia's engineers to continue developing the D-engine. The first 245 cu in (4.0 L) variant was released for the 1970 model year in the VG-model Valiant.

[@alterman156channel]

I like those old Slant 6 engines. Brings back memories of the old American cars.

[@LoudMouthTim]

0:40 - the starter sounds just like the old 1971 /6 Valiant I drove for 6 years, haven't had it since 2004 but I remember all its sounds!

[@stvynix3687]

I had an older friend (much older) who drove a Valiant. I thought it was kinda cool. I'll always remember her.

[@slowride55]

This reminds me so much of driving my neighbors 63 Chevy II nova with a straight 6 and a three on the tree. I have tried to downshift from 2nd to 1st so many times lol It likes to have the clutch let out very slowly otherwise it jerks real bad. Nice video!

[@TylersNeighborhoodGarage]

LOL, this would traumatize anyone who has only driven modern cars.

[@slowride55]

It was the car that I learned how to drive a manual on, its not very forgiving lol!

[@oneobserver2260]

I agree with you about the speed bumps. You take care of your ball joints and your ball joints will take care of you!😁

[@markdrake2715]

Had a 79 Chevy Custom Deluxe. 305, 3 on tree no power steering and a/c delete. It had the wind gulls and floor vents. Eventually the gears in the column grenaded and we put in a floor shifter.

[@MGHSHour]

your videos are pretty cool

[@Youngsoldier93]

I have power steering in mine... I damn near don't have to touch the wheel at all to turn haha thing is spot on!

[@dhart28]

This video makes me miss my first car even more: A '66 Valiant that was "3-on-the-tree".

[@gojoe283]

Looks like she handles pretty good for an oldie. I had about 6 of those A body Mopars, all had the 225 slant 6 and TorqueFlite. Rust was a problem, and my favorite was a rust-free original 72 Swinger with power steering, factory A/c, but manual drum brakes. But I prefer the tight handling of my Corvair...

[@TylersNeighborhoodGarage]

They are fun cars.

[@riceboy1701e]

SIGH. You drive that Plymouth like a pro. I only drove one three-speed vehicle in my entire life, but it was a Ford truck....1970 F100. Great driver. Miss it. This reminds me of my mom's '74 Valiant with a 318 CI V8. Thanks for the ride!

[@TylersNeighborhoodGarage]

Thanks. Not an easy car to drive.

[@MGHSHour]

@@TylersNeighborhoodGarage i love your channel

[@johnny8914]

Column shift is so much easier to drive once familiar with shift pattern but however the 5/6 speed floor shift alot for fuel efficient

[@Bigtimesinsmallworld]

Cool Car!

[@Kevin-tr8bx]

When I was very young in the 90s, an uncle of mine had an old beat up Valiant. He used to let me shift the gears. And sometimes I would hop in the driver's seat and play with the car pretending I was driving it.

[@EnriqueLopez-hb5jn]

The 3 speed column shift reminds me the cars from the 60s and before.

[@cs-7]

It's a workout using that steering wheel 😂

[@styldsteel1]

hi Tyler. As one of the comments stated below, driving these older cars especially the manuels, are far more engaging, and I think by a long stretch makes one a much better and safer driver. the combination of today's modern cars, stepping on the gas a pointing which direction you wanna go, and the attitude of today's motorist is a bad combination. Take that lady who flew by you! think if she were driving your Plymouth, she'd do such a thing? Me thinks not. have a good day!

[@christophercolumbus8944]

so you had less accidents back then ? ??

[@childofgod140]

How hard was it to turn the wheel? Never drove a car with manual steering so I was just curious as to how it feels.

[@PD2GETU]

I would love to see that car up close as i also live in New Hope,AL and work in Huntsville (off south parkway) I love the slant 6 as i own a 1978 Plymouth Volare' 4 door copper color (you might have seen it i drive it nearly every day) you might be able to give me some advise on rear axles for mine. I put a offy 4 bbl intake and a edelbrock card on mine and it's a dog off the line and does have great top end.... and it's enjoyable with cold A/C. Mopar or no car! love that duster too!

[@michaelpetersonjr]

That's sweet. A friend of mine had a '71 with the slant-6 and also a 3-on-the-tree. It used to be his father's car from when he bought it in the mid 1980s. If you have checked out Saabkyle04's videos of his 1965 Ford Fairlane that he had from 2011, it was also a 3-on-the-tree.

[@TylersNeighborhoodGarage]

***** Awesome, thank you.

[@michaelpetersonjr]

WhoSaidTyler no problem. And as always love your videos, be it gas or diesel or Uncle Phil.

[@soupflood]

What speed should the third gear be engaged on a straight road, with normal load?

[@earlyhemibill]

My first car was a 1960 Dodge Seneca with a slant 6 and 3 on the tree. Sure miss it watching this video.

[@TylersNeighborhoodGarage]

Glad you enjoyed.

[@JMSobie]

Used to have a '75 Dart Sport 225 4-speed. Same dash, same AM radio, same creaky clutch pedal and talked to myself much the same way (minus the camera). Must be a Slant Six A-body thing!

[@seppa6417]

Owned a '72 Dart from 1981 until 1991 with a 198 c.i. Slant 6, three on the tree non synchro 1st gear, no p/s, no p/b. I knew if any girl got in that car she really liked me. BTW I used to double clutch when I needed to get from 2nd to 1st gear.

[@johndrake2729]

My uncle had a Gremlin with an i6 and a three speed (on the floor). It almost sounds like your Valiant. Wish it was three-on-the-tree, though.

[@grillsandaxlegrease3578]

Thankfully here in South Dakota the wind blows all the leaves over to the neighbors house so I never have to rake the dad-gone things.

[@clubcar98]

What a car! Imagine the arms you'd have from daily driving that beast!

[@michaeld7409]

I got one and few cars are easier to drive than a 3speed column shift Valiant :) The power steering assists so much, one wouldnt be surprised if the steering wheel would turn by itself ;)

[@EnriqueLopez-hb5jn]

Seeing that you have a lot speed manual, at first I thought that looks like an automatic, and the manuals usually had the shifter on the floor,that is rare, for a 1973 model

[@bradhampton6457]

When I sold Chrysler products from 1975-84 we stocked a few stripped cars. One was a 76 Aspen with 3 spd tranny and no PS or AC. Car must’ve set on the lot at least 6 months before someone bought it. MSRP was probably only around $5300.

[@230910bella]

Sweet!

[@MGHSHour]

where did you find this car when it was stick?

[@CornerstoneAutoLLC]

I think you may be mistaken when you state that Low Gear isn't synchronized. By this time, Chrysler had fully synchronized manual transmissions, even their 3-speeds. However, these 3-speeds DID growl a ton going into 1st gear, giving one the impression they are straight cut gears and no synchros. The problem was a combination of things, like synchro design, bearing clearances, clutch design, and I hate to say, driver error. Nonetheless, I truly enjoy your video. As an "seasoned" Mopar guy, it is truly a pleasure to see a Valiant 3-speed. Nice work.

[@TylersNeighborhoodGarage]

No, it's actually not synchronized. If you try to shift into low at anything over a couple miles per hour, it grinds. It should be by this model year but perhaps they had a few leftover A903's left.

[@TylersNeighborhoodGarage]

As it turns out Ma Mopar gave this car an A-250 truck transmission just for the fun of it I guess. No syncro on low gear. The partial VIN on the side of the case matches the car,

[@woody95124]

nice car...and sure don't see those no more!

[@samd7476]

Damn. Now I want an on the tree.

[@JoeysAutismAdventures]

I use 3 on the tree videos to help me sleep at night as my white noise, along with engine noise.

[@ericwoy4132]

Cool!

[@moeru1994]

What engine is it? I have a Valiant with a 170 Slant six. Is the difference between the 170 and 225 big (do you really really feel it)?

[@TylersNeighborhoodGarage]

moeru1994 It's a 225. I haven't driven a 170 but they tend to be slighter longer-lived than a 225.

[@ajp769]

my 75 Duster is a three on the tree and I hate it. hopefully getting the Hurst three speed floor conversion kit soon

[@thedriver02]

know what mean about 3rd being a bit high from 2nd... old 3spd gm trucks were like that. I kinda liked it but that was with prolly 373s or so. have fun!

[@TheCarlover97]

is that a volvo i spot in the driveway?

[@TTopTABandit-lc9mc]

I just love these old A body Mopars! I've had 4 72 Dusters years ago and should have my ass kicked for selling them!!!! Bought one that sat under a carport for years in 1994 was a hemi orange twister 318 4 speed car dual hood scoops and paid the man 800 bucks and drove that car home!!!! Boy those days are sure gone forever!!!! Then bought a red 72 also a twister with scoops 318 auto with near mint black interior for 1,500! Then ended up selling those 2 in 1998 and a year latter found a barn find 72 slant six gold duster pea green inside and out it sat in a barn since 1984 and after cleaning all the dust and hay off it that was a MINT car it had been left in the barn because the engine started knocking and loosing oil pressure! The old guy didn't want to part with that one so I had to pay to get that one I gave the man 2,500 and in 1999 that was a lot to give for a non running old car even with a mint body! I had a 318 that came out of a 70 dart and put that in it and drove the car for a couple years! Then like a moron sold it mostly because at the time still in my late 20s I didn't like the what I called grandma green interior! I soon missed having an old duster and wanted to find another! One day driving through the country where I live in east Tennessee I spied something bright orange sitting in a yard behind an old house! It was a 72 Duster! I talked to the old farmer that lived there and said I'd like to buy that from you! It was an all original 72 gold duster slant six auto factory hemi orange black interior that was mint and valiant hub caps! Bought that car for 1,800 bucks and drove it home! I did nothing to that car but replace some warn front end parts and drove it for a year then built a 360 engine for it with all the goodies aluminum heads and all and hated the gas mileage it got then! Yeah it was a road warrior and a tire melting machine but not very streetable to drive much! So ended up trading it for the 1987 Trans Am I still have today!!!! I'm wanting another mopar though just something about them they have a soul of there own!!!!

[@5610winston]

I notice you always make sure the shifter is fully in the neutral slot before allowing it to move forward into the second-third plane. My Coronet would always hitch up in first with the lever in neutral if you tried to speed-shift it.

[@TylersNeighborhoodGarage]

Yep, I learned what would happen by watching my dad frequently have to go under the hood of our '54 Chevy truck to unjam the shift levers. A guy in town got killed doing that after his truck ran over him.

[@JayScott7172]

is the V8 Valiant gone already?

[@gwmax11]

You should get a 904 Auto 3-speed trans for that, and switch the steering column out for the automatic-setup. See what column I'm talking about on my channel, got a couple of vids of my '73 Plymouth Valiant.

[@TylersNeighborhoodGarage]

That's the plan, actually. I do have a spare steering column, thanks so much for the info. Like that car of yours..

[@siemenstraffic]

Looks like a V70! Repo?

[@yisraelkillian]

Is this car for sale?

[@JimS870]

That is the loudest turn signal I've ever heard on a car! haha

[@TylersNeighborhoodGarage]

It was the original too. One of the blue plastic versions.

[@billysmith5721]

all old cars sounded like that

[@TylersNeighborhoodGarage]

Yeah. There's a video coming on that jewel.

[@Ricky-manic]

U should a 4 speed on the floor and put a 340 small block Mopar it would be awesome for a daily driver 😀

[@prieten49]

How much MPG does the Valiant get?

[@TylersNeighborhoodGarage]

maybe around 20mpg.

[@BuilditandDriveit]

haha at 08:00 thats exactly what i think when i drive my old Valiants.

[@glennredwine289]

I would like to see that car w/the slant 6 rebuilt with a decent cam, 2bbl carburetor and an overdrive. Wonder if you could get 30-32 highway. And do something about those old seats, they are terrible and would never take a long drive. I would drive from L.B.CA to Nashville in that with decent seats & an overdrive.

[@TylersNeighborhoodGarage]

Glenn Redwine well this one is a parts donor now since it rusted out so bad, but there's now a '68 that is going to be featured soon.

[@larryshaver3568]

I DIDN'T know they still made 3-speed transmissions in 1973

[@TylersNeighborhoodGarage]

They sure did. The A-230 and A-250 3-speeds and the A-833 4-speed.

[@gwmax11]

Mow them leafs once. haha, love your impressions of human society,

[@TylersNeighborhoodGarage]

Guess what the man across the road was doing yesterday..yep...mowing leaves.

[@GhettoWagon]

They jump new cars over speed bumps here all the time. I mean they hit them so fast you hear all the tires lift off the ground and land.

[@TylersNeighborhoodGarage]

This comment will serve to point out that KZbin user jeupaume's comments will no longer be seen on this channel due to the following reasons: 1. He has disabled replies...that's a no-no. 2. He has enabled contact block so that nobody cans end emails. 3. I don't have room on this channel for cowards who talk but can't face a reply, so enjoy his crude comment for the next few hours that it is still in existence.

[@tavshedfjols]

Good work moderating. When the person making the video takes time to regulate their comments section it really does improve the quality of discussion.

[@johndrake2729]

Turn signal indicator sounds like an old boiler ticking.

[@jondstewart]

Remember how Dodge and Plymouth cars of that era sounded when you started them up. Eeeee eeeee eeeee eeee!

[@unclequack5445]

dont really want a plymouth but I really want a 3 speed column shift ill make you a fair offer thanks.

[@mrceleb2006]

This is one extremely rare Plymouth Valiant, eh! Very few Valiants sold ever had a three-on-the-tree; the vast majority of the Valiants sold had a three-speed Torqueflite automatic.

[@somewhereinthecity]

THis is especially true of later A bodies -- Chrysler offered a very attractive value package of options, which included the A904 Torqueflite, for a very low price. My 72 Scamp (a daily driver for its entire 44-year lifespan) has it -- includes power steering, light group, radio, wheel covers, remote control LH mirror, few other things. Very hard to find a manual after 1969 or so. I've NEVER seen a 75 or 76 with one, although I'm sure at least fleet vehicles had them.

[@mrceleb2006]

Wow! I just learned that this car converted to an automatic.

[@bengomes104]

I want one so bad. Most I find are automatics

[@nathanielfarley286]

With one if these the shift stick straight is neutral?

[@TylersNeighborhoodGarage]

Yes

[@nathanielfarley286]

WhoSaidTyler thanks

[@6speedguy845]

Have you heard of a valiant with a 413?

[@TylersNeighborhoodGarage]

413 big-block? Nope. Would be fun I'm sure but Mopar never did that one.

[@6speedguy845]

WhoSaidTyler what was the v8 used in the valiant?

[@TylersNeighborhoodGarage]

Small-blocks. 273/318 and a few police cars had 360's. There WERE a very few late '60's Dart GTS models with a 383 big-block, but that engine is really too large to fit in the cramped A-body engine bay, so most people just stick with small-blocks.

[@NipkowDisk]

I drove Slant Six MoPars for 25 years- they were incredibly reliable. The unfortunate thing about them is that the engine and trans outlasted the rest of the car!!!

[@1575murray]

In the 1960s yes the Dart and Valiant were reliable well made cars. By the time the mid 1970s came around they were too heavy for the Slant Six due to the added weight and emissions controls plus many people ordered A/C on them. The quality control was lacking like many other American cars. With the LA 318 the fuel economy wasn't much better than the B body cars which were better able to accept the extra weight of the LA engine.

[@Ozwarlock0]

Now this is from an era when cars were real. There's no shortage of people today who wouldn't know how to use a manual gearbox.

[@vanasseltbernard04]

Almost EVERYONE in Europe knows how to drive a manual!

[@neilpence91]

+Ozwarlock0 GM invented the automatic transmission in 1940 (if not exactly 1940, its in the 40s)

[@Ozwarlock0]

"Cars without clutches". I'll bet there were plenty of people who couldn't understand that concept just like there would be plenty who could never figure out the concept of three pedals and only two feet.

[@rollingtones1]

Too bad about the dash pad crack.

[@TylersNeighborhoodGarage]

That dash went downhill fast.

[@TommTooTone]

that's what I say! fuckin ppl just smash potholes or whatever is in the road like it's nothing. stupid as hell. and I got a 3 speed automatic in my buick and 3rd is a little high but nothing like what I heard from yours lol

[@zbytniewskimichal]

American car and manual gear box? Strange.

[@insertname1470]

New cars are so lame.I have one newer car(junk Saturn) car.I am fixing 2 old ones because new cars suck and are expensive to just maintain.

[@tomsnyder1493]

I can drive a manual

[@MrSteve24fps]

Would have been more interesting if you cut outside shots of the car into the action. We call it editing.

[@TylersNeighborhoodGarage]

I call it not having another person to operate the camera. Thanks for watching.

[@Bossrich6287]

shouldn't be too hard to steer,it's only a valiant.i could steer it with 2 fingers.

[@TylersNeighborhoodGarage]

No power steering.

[@Bossrich6287]

WhoSaidTyler I live in Birmingham,you think you might want to sell it?

[@TylersNeighborhoodGarage]

roger b Thank you but not interested in selling.

[@randelmckay5606]

nice car but what a dork!!!

[@jacquespoirier9071]

american bullshit... if you chose the floor shift 3 speed they installed a A230 full synchromesh gearbox I've had a '64 valiant with this setup, with a mild hop-up of the 225 engine, I crashed 3 gearbox before converting to the A-833 4 speed gearbox, and it was a totally different beast

[@exxusdrugstore300]

What's bullshit exactly?

[@stvynix3687]

Do you have a reply to our new 'brilliant' cars? You can say what you do but we will always have better cars.Stop being hateful and right down JEALOUS! Why can't you say anything nice at all... we love our old cars too... we treasure them. We love the cars that are past down to us.

[@jacquespoirier9071]

the result is that I 've quit the american car product for more than 35 years and I'll never come back

[@exxusdrugstore300]

I still don't really understand what the problem is, in your initial comment you were angry that they didn't give you full syncros for the column shift, I think anyway, and now it's made you so angry you refuse to buy American cars. If I understand your comments correctly you might want to invest that money you saved from buying non-American into a psychiatrist.

[@jacquespoirier9071]

the non synchro first gear is the tip of the iceberg even today, the quality of the components is often questionable in comparison of european counterparts ( and even japanese ) I see regulary european cars with over 500,000 miles on them with ALL their original components on them exept for brakes and tires. The general design and assembly quality of the vehicule, fine tuning is better and it can withstand more wear. Usually, on american cars, every 2 years, it's required to replace components as alternator, starter, water pump, exhaust system, etc... an important fact to me is that on a car with over 10 years spent on salty roads, I car unbolt everything on a car with a simple wrench without having to use systematically the hot wrench. I'm so happy to have quit longtime ago On heavyer vehicules as big pickup and bigger, I consider american vehicules as components are beefer but the general assembly quality is not truly better.

[@insertname1470]

People do not respect you in new cars ,but act like old cars are a liberal sin.