1970 CHRYSLER VALIANT PACER

1970 CHRYSLER VALIANT PACER.
The Chrysler Valiant (VG) is an automobile which was produced in by Chrysler Australia from 1970 to 1971. It was the eighth Chrysler Valiant model to be produced in Australia.
The Valiant VG was a facelifted version of the Valiant VF with a restyled front grille and rectangular headlights. Sedans were also given new horizontal taillights. Rear end styling on the utility remained virtually the same for the third consecutive model series. From the A-pillar back, the two-door hardtop remained the same as the VF Valiant/U.S Dodge Dart.
The VG range featured a newly introduced Australian built "Hemi" six cylinder engine which was claimed by Chrysler to be the most advanced engine of its kind in the world.
VALIANT VG PACER
The early 1970s brought to the car market a new and demanding buyer. These were the ‘Baby Boomers’ with money to spend and expectations to fulfil. Chrysler Australia as the country’s most conservative car maker didn’t even see them coming and suffered a huge shock when Holden’s Monaro became all things to all people (men mostly) barely aged 25 and with a quid in their sky-rocket.
Needing an answer and in a hurry, Chrysler came up with the ‘youth market’ Pacer. This was a basic Valiant sedan, keenly priced at $2795 with three-on-the-floor manual transmission, tall ‘tombstone’ seats and a loud exhaust. The VF version got them out of trouble for a while but the VG with its new ‘Hemi Six’ engine needed to rip sales away from Holden’s Monaro and new Torana and maybe even co-opt a few GT Falcon buyers.
The basic engine was a 4.0-litre, 245 ci ‘six’ with a two-barrel (2bbl) carburettor and 138kW. Chrysler’s new engine was an outstanding piece of equipment and on its own sufficient reason to buy a Pacer. Although it didn’t have actual ‘hemispherical’ combustion chambers the new engine was, when fitted with triple-carburettor in E38 and E49 Chargers, capable of producing prodigious power.
The VG was also the only Pacer ever made available as a the two-door Hardtop and while concerns about rigidity saw performance-oriented buyers stick with the sedan, the Hardtop appealed to others who fancied something stylish and a bit different.
In two-door form the Pacer cost $300 more than an equivalent 2bbl sedan but was identical in specification and trim. Colours with clever names like Little Hood Riding Red, Bondi Bleach White and (for whale enthusiasts) Thar She Blue provided a bit of fun for buyers and sales desk-jockeys when filling in the order form.
Inside the VF’s distinctive seats had been swapped for more conventional buckets and the ventilation system improved. The dash was redesigned to accommodate an inbuilt tachometer and there were extra safety features including a matt-black ‘anti-glare’ bonnet.
Kelsey-Hayes front disc brakes were standard and so too were radial-ply tyres. The three-speed all-synchromesh transmission with the nifty floor shift remained standard.
A tall final drive gave manual cars a top speed of 182km/h and helped with fuel economy. At the 1970 Bathurst 500 event where Pacers with two and four-barrel carburettors were entered, the more economical 2bbl cars saved on pit stops and finished a lap ahead of the thirsty 4bbl.
Production March 1970 - May 1971 - 52,944 produced
CC rating: 4,015cc 245 ci (4.0L) Hemi Inline 6
NZ First Registration: 21-Aug-1970

[@area51isreal71]

Probably the most underrated muscle car made here in Australia. 1970 was the first year that Chrysler Australia entered factory cars for racing. That year at Bathurst Doug Chivas was all set for a third place finish when a tire blew on his Pacer on the last lap making him fourth.

[@jasoncarpp7742]

G'day from the USA. Awesome looking car. 🙂

[@austingreenough6396]

This is a time machine.
So original, finding one this good after all these years in this condition is a bonus.
I loved these as a young person,however I could not afford them then.

[@rattfink3285]

1 of only 3 road legal 1970's Pacers remaining in NZ.

[@Eric-kn4yn]

100% orgimal 😊

[@Eric-kn4yn]

Whats extra guage

[@Eric-kn4yn]

Mileage