OUR soldiers were in Vietnam, the Commonwealth Games were in Perth and Valiants were assembled in Adelaide. It was 1962. The R-Series Valiant, unveiled by then-premier Sir Thomas Playford, has ...

Chrysler Valiant R series. Mr Farmer also nominated the Holden Monaro, AU-Series XR and 1960s Falcons as worthy vehicles and gave an honourable mention to two French cars.

They looked modern and were definitely very American. The 'R & S' series Valiant really turned heads when it hit Australian roads for the first time way back in 1962.