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  1. matty man

    5th annual G body car show next Saturday!!

    July 30th from 3:00 to 8:00 pm at the pull a part in Cleveland Ohio. I went last year and had a great time and this year will be even better!!. Check out Classic G body garage on FB for the details!!. I will be there!!. Matty man
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    Classic G body garage meet this Saturday June 24th in Cleveland

    Sorry for the short notice but I lost my password book and I found it. Looks like a great time for the 78 and up A/G bodies,, hope to see you there!!! Matty man...
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    Tried to post pics, but,,,

    The pics are too large so the error states,, what do I need to do to post pics? Thanks, Matty man
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    Restoration of my Malibu,, 79 two door, the fun begins

    Going to start working on my car,, bought this old girl way back in late 1990's,, pan handle of florida behind Eglin AFB and drove it home. Needs some TLC,, have a 355 with a small cam, 350 turbo trans. The doors are done baby work wise and the front clip, going to use a 81 header panel as of...
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    Another not new but is had been a while,,,

    Hello Malibu racing family,, It's been a few years,, I have retired and plan on working on my 66 El Camino and 83 Camino and my 79 Malibu 2 door. Looking forward to getting back to wrenching!! Thanks!!, Matty man
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    V-6 engine and parts

    Hello all,, I will be posting in the parts for sale section a 4.3 engine (from the Rodeo project) and heads,, just wanted to let ya V-6 gearheads know,, check it out,, Thanks as always,, Matty man 8)
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    Your thoughts on a body work room,,,

    Hello all, for starters,, I am no body guy but I have tried to do body work and you know that dust goes every where,, so here is my thoughts on a dirty room,, I have a 30 X 60 pole barn and I am in the works to put in a 10 X 18 room to blast, primer and bondo work and attempt to keep the dust...
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    Update on the V-6 swap out in the Rodeo

    Well it runs now, sorry I have not posted on this lame brain idea of mine in a long while :oops: but life just keeps getting in the way. I have a Edelbrock electric fuel pump feeding the motor and 2 of my last big hurdles is the cooling fan and a throttle cable, the Rodeo is a fly by wire so I...
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    Isuzu V-6 project,, would like some opinions on,,

    The motor mounts,, I went to get a 85 cu ft bottle of gas to weld with and they gave me a empty bottle,,so note to welders out there,, check the valve before you leave the shop,,, ](*,) Here ^^is the view from the bottom looking up at the bottom of the 1/4 plate the rubber mount will be...
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    Rodeo update

    Here is the rodeo project car The parts before the machine shop I am having trouble finding the Kodak easy share to copy it to photobucket todays progress is the mounts are giving me fits, the drivers side exhaust manifold dumps right into the Isuzu motor mount, do you know if,, GM evey...
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    Update on "lets put a 4.3 in my Rodeo"

    I will have some pics this weekend, the block is in great shape, no taper in the bores, installed new cam bearings. It had 1 rod starting to spin a bearing, the crank was reground to 010/010, 1 rod needs recon, I am going to use the roller cam that came in the engine, a 95 GMC 1 ton van. The...
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    Lets put a 4.3 in my Isuzu Rodeo,,,, shall we??

    here is the scoop,, my daughter bought this wonderful car 4 years ago,, the transmission has been replaced twice and needs it again, love those trannys without the dipsticks, dont you :evil: ? The water pump went out again and of course the timing belt runs the w/p. So instead of putting in 3000.00...
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    I have a 93 or so V-6 4.3 out of a 1 ton p/u

    This is a complete motor, I was going to build it for mileage but now I am going to a diesel 4bt Cummins, this is a free motor to someone here or on MT, I dont want to scrap it but it has to go, it ran but had low oil pressure at idle, Vortec motor I think, come and get it, located in S/W...
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    Who has used a painless wiring system for a Malibu

    I have a 81 Malibu to rewire and they have a painless system to put in,, if you have done one let me know the good, bad and ugly,, this is a street car, ran 10.30`s last time he had it out, trying to get an idea of how long it will take. The dash is out the seats will be out, the old wiring...