Upper Middle Petrol Head:

1970s Aussie utes don't get much better than this immaculate Valiant - possibly a circa '74 VJ, as best as we can tell - featuring flawless paint, straight, unblemished chrome, and a perfect interior.  The ultra-clean engine bay - home to a straight six-cylinder hemi - is testament to the car's overall condition, being an absolute credit to its owner. The big workhorse appears to be stock, with the only obvious departures from standard being a pair of Cibie Oscar driving lights, some extractors, a set of five-spoke pressed steel wheels - as also fitted to the Charger and possibly the Pacer, too - and what may be after-market cloth inserts on the vinyl front bench seat.  If there's anything else, whatever it might be has been done super-subtly and doesn't detract from the ute's originality one little bit.      Of course, the Valiant load-lugger that leads today's piece wasn't the only vehicle to grace the 2023 Fathers' Day edition of Classics by the B