First aired in 2011, a short look at some of New Zealand motorsport's more famous Valiant Chargers, including cars driven by Jim Little and Leo Leonard.
Anyone know where to find the rest of this series? Episode 2 used to be on Vimeo but has been deleted - fortunately I saved a hard copy a few years ago but these are the only 2 episodes I've seen, and can find.
My family had a blue Pontiac Trans am from America and a Jet black valiant charger with the doors welded shut so you had to climb in throw the passenger window the charger and Trans am were my brother's welding the passenger door up the idea came from the Dukes of Hazzard t.v show ahhh the memories hey charger
Thanks for the memories......My father was an exec at Tonsley Park so we had new Chargers and Valiants every year as family cars...very lucky....
I had no idea these Chargers were so big in New Zealand. Very nice to see our brothers appreciate these Aussie icons...
Cheers bro
These chargers set and held records for ages.
Moffat fans need to see this!!!!!!!!!!!!!! LOL.
I had a Leo Leonard Silver E38 big tank which he had race and sold it for $6500 in about 1986....silly me!
Got one it's still great and running strong only 50yrs old don't see many old Toyota s
I miss my e49
Amazing story, brilliant. He was dead right with the comment about motor racing is as expensive as you will let it be.
Shared to NZHRM forum.
Hey Charger
AWESOME
Brilliant 👍
Fantastic.
I can't understand why these cars were named Valiant when the company that produced them were called Chrysler.
Anyone know where to find the rest of this series? Episode 2 used to be on Vimeo but has been deleted - fortunately I saved a hard copy a few years ago but these are the only 2 episodes I've seen, and can find.
Episode 2 and 3 are both on here.
So cool awsome
Ah, trust our Kiwi brothers and sisters
to appreciate the old Charger,
as much as us Aussies.
Go the old Hemi six.👍
I got one for sale in Australia
Where can I read all about chargers NZ domination?
that was cool
My family had a blue Pontiac Trans am from America and a Jet black valiant charger with the doors welded shut so you had to climb in throw the passenger window the charger and Trans am were my brother's welding the passenger door up the idea came from the Dukes of Hazzard t.v show ahhh the memories hey charger
Remember watching chargers dominating the benson and hedges 500 at pukekohe great cars good times
those Chargers were the 770, single card and 3 speed auto, standard production, NZ assembled cars.
Chargers are Australian. Could not understand a word of this. Subtitles please
got to say New Zealand whats with the Ugly # Plates?
That charger is only a six cylinder..
That one over there is a V8., heavy piece of shit... but... they tried
Breathe m9 triple side draughts
And make that hemi do what a hemi can do