May 27, 200619 yr Well, I sold my Mustang Cobra on Monday, and picked up my new 81 Malibu today :-) Because of rain (And going to dinner with my girlfriend and her family), I wasn't able to start detailing it today, but I'm waking up REAL early tomorrow to get as much done as possible before going with Silvester to look at a car he might be buying :-P Just thought I'd share pics.... its a 229 v6 with 71,000 origional miles, painted a year or so ago, body is SOLID, no rot or any real rust ANYWHERE, and the thing runs and drives like a champ! Plans for now are to freshen up the interior, clean up the engine bay, and pretty much leave it stock until a year or two from now when I'd love to drop a turbo buick (Grand National) engine into it.... just to be different than all the other Malibus out there.
May 27, 200619 yr Once again Z-Lock, congratulations! That Pontiac Bench seat out of a 70s LeMans should look much better than these blue buckets... blue & burgundy do not mix well.
May 27, 200619 yr Wow! Nice find ... and CONGRATULATIONS . Cort, "Mr MC" / "Mr Road Trip", 32swm/pig valve/pacemaker MC:family.IL.guide.future = http://www.chevyasylum.com/cort/ Models.HO = http://www.chevyasylum.com/cort/trainroom.html "What I really need is an open road" ... Montgomery Gentry ... 'Speed'
May 27, 200619 yr Nice find. Get the right seats. Your engine idea sounds cool also. You dont have to do everything like everybody else and a turbo V6 sounds like a nice way to be different.
May 27, 200619 yr OH NO YOU DIDN'T! I mean, I'm not jealous or anything, I've just been wanting to find a car like that in like 40 forevers. You make me sick! Just playing. Seriously though, I love the '78-'88 GM G bodies, and your powerplant plans sound awesome. Best of luck with it.
May 27, 200619 yr We had an `82 Malibu Classic Sedan when I was a lad. Biggest piece of $h! EVER. I don't even remember if the car hit 100,000 miles? But that's not to say anything about your car... tons of luck! And, you've posted a picture that I can ask people questions about, because this is what I remember an engine looking like when you opened up the hood. Now, cars don't look anything like that to me. I always wanted to ask specific questions about certain things show in the above pic... so thanks! Again, best of luck!
May 27, 200619 yr Nice! Good luck...just don't get rear ended! Any car with a metal gas tank that gets rearended by a drunk going 60+is gonna have some trouble. S.Penguin: A fine choice! I've had lots of them, and they are great!~ Lightest Body-on-Frame car by GM ever! Easy to upgrade, interchangability with almost everything GM! I like them, because of the irony... that they were intended for economy, and they make badass sleepers. Excellent street car, and for racing. Y'all done goood. Check the frame rails right behind the rear wheels before you spend too much. That's the worst thing to worry about on these.
May 28, 200619 yr Any car with a metal gas tank that gets rearended by a drunk going 60+ is gonna have some trouble. Who said anything about 60? The tank is in the crush zone 11" from the rear. It is not protected by the rear axel. It's no Pinto, but it is something to be aware of.
May 28, 200619 yr the body looks to be in beautiful condition and the wheels are hot but that interior needs better matching lol and the engine plan = awesome
May 29, 200619 yr Who said anything about 60? The tank is in the crush zone 11" from the rear. It is not protected by the rear axel. It's no Pinto, but it is something to be aware of. I mistakingly thought you were refering to an incident a few years back....In which a family in a Malibu was toasted...General perception was then changed to all Malibus are death traps etc, etc. Most cars from the 60s and 70s had similar designs... whatever, if my number comes up, it was meant to be.
May 29, 200619 yr Nice. Enjoy your project. Not sure if you've ever seen the "CarPool" I posted here that my engineering department made.... 81 Malibu sedan made into a portable hot tub. Entire interior was plastic sealed, doors welded shut. Throttle / brake hooked up to a boat throttle mounted on driver door. Removable steering wheel. Heater block heated the water. It was so cool to have your own hot tub to watch football games from!
May 29, 200619 yr Yup.... that was a neat car, bizzare but neat. It was made from an Impala though. Right... I remember now, we had this discussion before. The original was an '81 Malibu (not pictured) but the jerk took it with him when he graduated (OK, I don't blame him). So they built another one out of a Caprice. This is a Caprice and not an Impala though?
May 30, 200619 yr It's missing the dash vent all the way to the right...telling me there's no A/C. But then it looks like you're way up north so you may have a short A/C season.
May 30, 200619 yr This is a Caprice and not an Impala though? Hmm...not sure. I don't see any Caprice emblems on the rear of that, so I'd say it is an Impala. BUT, I also can't tell what the emblem is on the hubcap ... whether it is the Chevy bowtie ... or the Caprice emblem. Have any frontal pics? Cort, "Mr MC" / "Mr Road Trip", 32swm/pig valve/pacemaker MC:family.IL.guide.future = http://www.chevyasylum.com/cort/ Models.HO = http://www.chevyasylum.com/cort/trainroom.html "I'm not the only person with these things in mind" ... Linkin Park ... 'Somewhere I Belong'
May 30, 200619 yr Well, I sold my Mustang Cobra on Monday, and picked up my new 81 Malibu today :-) Because of rain (And going to dinner with my girlfriend and her family), I wasn't able to start detailing it today, but I'm waking up REAL early tomorrow to get as much done as possible before going with Silvester to look at a car he might be buying :-P Just thought I'd share pics.... its a 229 v6 with 71,000 origional miles, painted a year or so ago, body is SOLID, no rot or any real rust ANYWHERE, and the thing runs and drives like a champ! Plans for now are to freshen up the interior, clean up the engine bay, and pretty much leave it stock until a year or two from now when I'd love to drop a turbo buick (Grand National) engine into it.... just to be different than all the other Malibus out there. I'm jealous.
May 30, 200619 yr Author thanks for all the compliments, guys! I really love the car, its been great so far! The car came with no A/C which is fine by me, the windows do a good enough job IMO. My only complaint is that I've got nasty burns all over my fingers and arms from all the metal $h! in the interior (Door handles, seatbelts, window crank arms, etc.) that get freaking HOT after sitting in the sun at work for a few hours, haha
May 30, 200619 yr Sure did great all day Sunday when we drove around all over Gods creation and to the Tewksbury carshow. Then I got us lost in Billerica looking for the Buffalo. Pretty funny caravan... a 2000-ish Mustang GT, 1981 Chevrolet Malibu 2dr & a 1984 Datsun Maxima, all silver metallic.
May 31, 200619 yr Author yeah dude, that buffalo was friggin funny! so random, too! but yeah, we definatly need to get some road trips in with the Malibu....
May 31, 200619 yr Author Gotta get some pics with the engine bay cleaned out, but heres one from the other day at Silvesters house after just washing the car.... Silvester and I were DEFINATLY the highlight of the car show...... Edited May 31, 200619 yr by speedingpenguin
May 31, 200619 yr That's a nice looking mo-chine there SP. I've always had an affinity towards the big cars like the Malibu, Impala, and Caprice.
June 1, 200619 yr That's a nice looking mo-chine there SP. I've always had an affinity towards the big cars like the Malibu, Impala, and Caprice. In 1978, the Malibu dropped almost 900 lbs..and about 13" -22" on the wagon.It's brothers were big... This Malibu also has a 108"wheelbase FYI Check out MalibuRacing.com for lots more examples or ideas
June 10, 200619 yr Yeah... between "showing off" my 1984 Datsun at the local disorganized car show & seeing that Buffalo again that was a weird day. MM: I've never asked but I'm dying to know: who's Malibu is that in your sig. popping a nasty wheelstand?
June 11, 200619 yr Yeah... between "showing off" my 1984 Datsun at the local disorganized car show & seeing that Buffalo again that was a weird day. MM: I've never asked but I'm dying to know: who's Malibu is that in your sig. popping a nasty wheelstand? Rick Watson.
June 11, 200619 yr Author yep, i'm on maliburacing.com misfitmalibu63 is a good friend of mine, i've helped him a lot with his car (I found him the Cutlass he grabbed the vortec 355 out of last year, lol) I bought my car from KillerMalibu on the forum....
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