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Wednesday, September 7, 2011

Prince Valiant on the BQE

Even in the rain I recognized it from its rear end long before I could glimpse the rest of the car. It had to be a Valiant. Bigger and a bit older than the two my family owned in the seventies, but with that same boxiness (boxticity?). They were never my favorites and couldn't hold a candle, as far as driving went, to our '72 Demon (basically, Dodge's Duster knock-off) even though they had the same legendary "slant-6" engine--inspiration for the nineties' DC punk/riot grrrl band Slant 6.

When did the boring, old Valiant cross the threshold to hipster-cool? My father once said he should have bought two Demons instead of one, put the other in the garage, and bring it out ??? years later. Wish he had.
Posted by Be the BQE at 5:18 AM

2 comments:

  1. RobynSeptember 7, 2011 at 1:56 PM

    For myself, I prefer the Dart. Never see one of those, sadly.

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  2. Be the BQESeptember 7, 2011 at 2:38 PM

    Actually, it might have been a Dart. It was raining pretty hard. Check out this site for more about the Plymouth - Dodge contretemps. Warning: It's maintained by Valiant partisans: http://www.valiant.org/dart/index.html

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