We bought two valiants for $500.00 from Murchison.

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DescriptionJeff Lemon .." My mate at the pub told me about two Valiants for $500.00. They were in Murchison and we were in Westport. Me and a mate hitched to Murchison with a towrope, two pieces with a tyre in the middle. The towed car had no brakes, but a good hand brake. No worries! Off we went. Somewhere on the way home ,we picked up a hitchhiker. He traveled in the towed car! We turned the second car into a derby car, and used to tow it to Kumara and Greymouth to race .We only had one distributor ,so we used to take it out of the tow car race and then re fit it! Those were the days!!
From NZ car related street scenes 1950s-1980sMap^[1]ContributorJeff Lemon

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Location (city or town)MurchisonWestportPersonJeff lemonEventTwo valiants for $500.00 we bought from Murchison.

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Date Created13th September 2020CommentsKeren Bond
Love it

Robert Mathewson
Legend.
Martin Griffin
Sweet as.
Debbie Pearson
Good old Kiwi Ingenuity

Craig Norman
you mean there were other ways of doing it?
Ian Wilson
Great cars I had one years ago
Neroli Johnson
I had one years ago
Barb Rodway
Love the bit about the hitch hiker.
Barbara Fitzsimmons
Love it! Kerry Kerr
Wayne Leckie
Raewyne Whitcombe Walker
Those were definitely the days.
Naomi Riley
I learned to drive in one of those!
Yvonne Lawson
Fun times

Berni Veale
Great story!
Maree Oldham
Recognise the T shirt Jeff !
we had one in Porirua and we sold it to the mongrel mob for $500 and the crash started it and wrecked it.

Jason Murly
why dose that look like a dobson house

Darryl Aitken
That house is 20 Romilly street in Westport. My Uncle and Aunty owned it then my mother bought it from them.

Jeff Lemon
Darryl Aitken close,it 22 Romilly i grew up there

John Hunt
Geoff Roberts

Peter Armstrong
The one being used for towing looks to me like a 1970 Valiant with the 245 Hemi Motor. My father had the exact same car including the colour.

Jeff Lemon
Peter Armstrong slant 6 727 auto, very smooth auto
Marion Robina Hogarth
We had a 245 straight six 1971 Valiant , same colour. Absolute dream to drive and travel in .

Tony Warner
We lived at 46 romilly from 1958 till early 90s

Tony Warner
I remember Harry lemon think he was a bus driving and Jill I think my aunty owned the corner shop just around the corner mag Stafford across the road from joan and jim hills place

Chris Kelly
I had a VG VIP same color those where the days petrol was cheap great story

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We bought two valiants for $500.00 from Murchison.

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