Here’s not one, but two 1968 Plymouth Valiant barn finds being sold together. The black one on the left is complete with slant six and transmission, the other looks like an aborted race car project that does not come with a drive train. They are located in Covington, Virginia and are being sold here on craigslist for only $1,200 for the pair.

This is the best picture of either car, and in true flipper fashion, it’s not off the truck yet. This view does give us a little chance to see the rockers and quarter panels, and it looks like there is some rust but it’s not terminal. It’s certainly in better shape than the other car, which realistically is a parts car at best.

Based on this view, the now black car was originally white, cream or light tan. While some more rust is visible in this quarter panel as well, the car does look very straight, even including that vulnerable rear bumper. I was able to find the quarter panel patch sheet metal here for a reasonable $159.99 per side.

The other car is pretty rough. I’m not sure if the intent was to disassemble it or prepare it for racing, but there’s not a lot of usable sheet metal here.

I’m not sure how much good the interior is going to do you either, although if you don’t mind diamond pleated velour, I suppose you could use the seats. Maybe the tools come along for free as well?

I’ll be honest, I had never, ever thought of the Valiant as a platform to build a canyon carver out of, but after looking at this one in Hot Rod and quite a few others that have received similar treatments, I’m thinking these cars have a lot of potential. So this is one find that I wouldn’t preserve or go back stock with. I see a perfect template in this picture, although I think I’d go with a dark metallic gray myself. The redlines and small center caps would stay, though! What would you do with these inexpensive finds?