PPG honored an outstanding customized early A-Body Mopar with its prestigious "PPG Dream Car Award" at the 14th annual Goodguys PPG Nationals, held at the Ohio Expo Center in Columbus, Ohio, July 8-10.
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This 1962 Plymouth Valiant sedan delivery, owned by Barry and Vicky Cawley of Hardy, Virginia, was one of two "PPG DREAM CAR Award" winners at Goodguys' big Columbus event.
Cawley was quite excited to receive the award. “I couldn’t believe it,” he said. “I was in shock. Winning took me completely by surprise.”
The Cawleys’ A-Body, an original factory conversion of a 1962 Plymouth Valiant, quickly caught the judges’ eyes with its lustrous red flake finish—achieved with PPG’s Liquid Crystal Candy Apple Red from the Vibrance Collection with Deltron DBC Basecoat, followed by DCU2002 Concept High Solids Polyurethane Clearcoat.
The Valiant was given to Barry Cawley in 1972 as a Christmas present. He fabricated most of the components in customizing it. Vicky Cawley selected the eye-popping color, specialist Tim Degraff painted the Valiant, and PPG distributor Blue Ridge Color Company of Roanoke, Virginia, provided the paint.
Beyond the stunning finish, the Valiant features a 5.7 Hemi engine, baseball-glove leather interior, and a custom dash.
The PPG Dream Car awards is presented to two vehicles at the Goodguys PPG Nationals that are judged to best demonstrate outstanding color, design, gloss, and execution in a paint job.