Valiants have been around since 1960, and 1972 (Lola's year) was the biggest production year for Valiants, 330,373 cars sold within that period.
The Valiant A-body platform utilized "unit-body" or "unibody" construction rather than "body-on-frame" construction. Instead of a bolted-in forestructure used in other unibody designs, the Valiant incorporated a welded-in front understructure and stressed front sheet metal.