What did U do to your G-body today??
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almost finished all the welding on putting in a full floor pan from goodmark. its from firewall to back seat locks and rocker to rocker. looks factory. all spot welded. need to seam seal it scotch bright it and paint it.
Okay, here is the deal, after the troll posting about smashing a Malibu....
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Then malibu1234 called me asking if I still needed/wanted his cowl hood, and that he needed a 1/4 and a back glass....
So I go on safari, looking for a donor Malibu for glass....
...
Anyway, there is a guy I drag race with, he calls up with "Hey, need any Malibu parts?" So I inquire, "Yeah, why?" His reply, "Gonna' take these two I got to the shredder/smasher, come get some parts if you need them..." His only recourse, or ability to keep his car guy license, is because he is building a '57 Chevy 2-door-post gasser with a rat motor.
Exhibit A: 1978 Malibu 3/4 set of wide Centerlines, Flowmasters and duals, TH350, missing some of the interior, no heart. OH YEAH, 1/4 windows have 'wizards' etched into them.
Exhibit B: 1981 Malibu Malibu, not so cool hood, not so cool wheels, complete blue interior that is driver quality, new front end and brakes, 30 footer paint job, no heart, no trans...window trim & driveshaft in the trunk.
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So, today, the orange project got some attention in the form of some Ralley wheels, skinnies and 8's I found on craigslist, had to paint them back silver:
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The hood was on it, but, I have already bought one off of a MalibuRacing.com member:
malibu1234, he sold me a Glasstek 4 inch bolt-on cowl hood, thanks, next pics will be of the rat motor in place...mmmmmmmmm GRUDGE CAR!!!!
So, I saved a couple of G-body's today, and added clutter to my life!!!
**For those wondering, I gave what the smasher would, $200 a ton, a roller weighs in at about a ton.
....
Then malibu1234 called me asking if I still needed/wanted his cowl hood, and that he needed a 1/4 and a back glass....
So I go on safari, looking for a donor Malibu for glass....
...
Anyway, there is a guy I drag race with, he calls up with "Hey, need any Malibu parts?" So I inquire, "Yeah, why?" His reply, "Gonna' take these two I got to the shredder/smasher, come get some parts if you need them..." His only recourse, or ability to keep his car guy license, is because he is building a '57 Chevy 2-door-post gasser with a rat motor.
Exhibit A: 1978 Malibu 3/4 set of wide Centerlines, Flowmasters and duals, TH350, missing some of the interior, no heart. OH YEAH, 1/4 windows have 'wizards' etched into them.
Exhibit B: 1981 Malibu Malibu, not so cool hood, not so cool wheels, complete blue interior that is driver quality, new front end and brakes, 30 footer paint job, no heart, no trans...window trim & driveshaft in the trunk.
...
So, today, the orange project got some attention in the form of some Ralley wheels, skinnies and 8's I found on craigslist, had to paint them back silver:
...
The hood was on it, but, I have already bought one off of a MalibuRacing.com member:
malibu1234, he sold me a Glasstek 4 inch bolt-on cowl hood, thanks, next pics will be of the rat motor in place...mmmmmmmmm GRUDGE CAR!!!!
So, I saved a couple of G-body's today, and added clutter to my life!!!
**For those wondering, I gave what the smasher would, $200 a ton, a roller weighs in at about a ton.
Bar50 said:Okay, here is the deal, after the troll posting about smashing a Malibu....
....
Then malibu1234 called me asking if I still needed/wanted his cowl hood, and that he needed a 1/4 and a back glass....
So I go on safari, looking for a donor Malibu for glass....
...
Anyway, there is a guy I drag race with, he calls up with "Hey, need any Malibu parts?" So I inquire, "Yeah, why?" His reply, "Gonna' take these two I got to the shredder/smasher, come get some parts if you need them..." His only recourse, or ability to keep his car guy license, is because he is building a '57 Chevy 2-door-post gasser with a rat motor.
Exhibit A: 1978 Malibu 3/4 set of wide Centerlines, Flowmasters and duals, TH350, missing some of the interior, no heart. OH YEAH, 1/4 windows have 'wizards' etched into them.
Exhibit B: 1981 Malibu Malibu, not so cool hood, not so cool wheels, complete blue interior that is driver quality, new front end and brakes, 30 footer paint job, no heart, no trans...window trim & driveshaft in the trunk.
...
So, today, the orange project got some attention in the form of some Ralley wheels, skinnies and 8's I found on craigslist, had to paint them back silver:
...
The hood was on it, but, I have already bought one off of a MalibuRacing.com member:
malibu1234, he sold me a Glasstek 4 inch bolt-on cowl hood, thanks, next pics will be of the rat motor in place...mmmmmmmmm GRUDGE CAR!!!!
So, I saved a couple of G-body's today, and added clutter to my life!!!
**For those wondering, I gave what the smasher would, $200 a ton, a roller weighs in at about a ton.
CONGRATULATIONS, IN SAVING AND SCORING 2 BEAUTIFUL BU'S, FROM GOING TO THE CRUSHER!!! I WOULD'VE SNATCHED THEM UP TOO IN HEARTBEAT!!!!
Woo hoo a couple G-Bodies saved 
I got a little motorvation yesterday...
It's been wet/gray up here per typical Michigan winter/spring. The past couple days it's been windy but fairly dry, so the ground had been drying out. The '81 had a flat from just sitting, though the other day I did start it up. Yesterday I decided to go ahead and take it for a spin. Aired up the tire, put a gallon or so of gas in while it was warming up, then took my girlfriend for a couple mile 'spin' :twisted: She's driven/ridden in the truck with me so she's familiar with something that isn't stock, but I'm still shocked at how hard this thing pulls to the truck. The truck could use a bit more cam I guess (truck pulls hard from a stop but still has something up top, the Malibu doesn't have as much down low but pulls SO much harder up top), that's all there is to it!
I got a little motorvation yesterday...
It's been wet/gray up here per typical Michigan winter/spring. The past couple days it's been windy but fairly dry, so the ground had been drying out. The '81 had a flat from just sitting, though the other day I did start it up. Yesterday I decided to go ahead and take it for a spin. Aired up the tire, put a gallon or so of gas in while it was warming up, then took my girlfriend for a couple mile 'spin' :twisted: She's driven/ridden in the truck with me so she's familiar with something that isn't stock, but I'm still shocked at how hard this thing pulls to the truck. The truck could use a bit more cam I guess (truck pulls hard from a stop but still has something up top, the Malibu doesn't have as much down low but pulls SO much harder up top), that's all there is to it!
Finished trimming/fitting my T/A WS6 dual fan set up, pulled radiator and painted core support, Successfully repaired my aluminum radiator with "ALUMIWELD" that I "nicked" with my angle grinder #-o #-o. Finish assembly Friday night, then on to trimming front springs a bit,,,,,,
Bar50 said:Okay, here is the deal, after the troll posting about smashing a Malibu....
....
Then malibu1234 called me asking if I still needed/wanted his cowl hood, and that he needed a 1/4 and a back glass....
So I go on safari, looking for a donor Malibu for glass....
...
Anyway, there is a guy I drag race with, he calls up with "Hey, need any Malibu parts?" So I inquire, "Yeah, why?" His reply, "Gonna' take these two I got to the shredder/smasher, come get some parts if you need them..." His only recourse, or ability to keep his car guy license, is because he is building a '57 Chevy 2-door-post gasser with a rat motor.
Exhibit A: 1978 Malibu 3/4 set of wide Centerlines, Flowmasters and duals, TH350, missing some of the interior, no heart. OH YEAH, 1/4 windows have 'wizards' etched into them.
Exhibit B: 1981 Malibu Malibu, not so cool hood, not so cool wheels, complete blue interior that is driver quality, new front end and brakes, 30 footer paint job, no heart, no trans...window trim & driveshaft in the trunk.
...
So, today, the orange project got some attention in the form of some Ralley wheels, skinnies and 8's I found on craigslist, had to paint them back silver:
...
The hood was on it, but, I have already bought one off of a MalibuRacing.com member:
malibu1234, he sold me a Glasstek 4 inch bolt-on cowl hood, thanks, next pics will be of the rat motor in place...mmmmmmmmm GRUDGE CAR!!!!
So, I saved a couple of G-body's today, and added clutter to my life!!!
**For those wondering, I gave what the smasher would, $200 a ton, a roller weighs in at about a ton.
how many malibus does this guy have ? you got two. from the pics it looks like one more next to the 78 & two more next to the 81. thats 5 from the looks of the pic. hope he's not crushing the rest.
Don't gotta worry about me crushing anything cool.
I did crush a '79 Olds Omega that someone beat all the glass out of. Then, last Monday, a '76 Olds '98' after I pulled the 455/TH400.
I have eight Malibus in the hoard right now. All thin pillar coupes. All bench seat automatic.
No kids, house is paid for in a less than desirable area of town. Most of these set in a lot next to my house, as I used to keep them in my dad's salvage yard, well, they kept missing more and more parts.
The list is:
1. 1980 Malibu, daily driver, came from ribbedroof, a member on this site (I think $1400 and I put a trans in it, then found the white cowl hood later) :
2. 1978 roller, Exhibit A, saved from the smasher, smasher price
3. 1981 roller, Exhibit B, same as above, smasher price
4. Next to Exhibit B, 1978 gutted by someone else to make a drag car, came with a cage kit not welded in, aluminum sheet work interior, roller maroon, picked up from street rod guy via local drag strip classifieds for $200, sorry no dedicated pics of it. Next to orange car.
5. Next to Exhibit A, I am calling it an '80 due to the grille, roller, stacked full of misc Malibu stuff, served as spares for a local Super-Pro drag car. Also from local drag strip classifieds for $200.
6. 1981 mostly there, 350 out of late 70's Blazer, the 200 Metric trans is out of it. I traded a 9mm pistol for it from an add on craigslist (around $300)
As I found it:
After some love with a bomb can and some 7 inch Ralleys:
7. 1979 Malibu, complete car, parked in a yard in need of a tune-up. I found it when taking a friend to buy an RPM intake on craigslist. I thought it needed other Malibu's to be 'with'
All unmolested, 305, 200 Metric. I could not make the engine run/start. Claret interior, 1/2 plastic has faded away, dent in the roof from recent limb damage/ice storm, $400 is what I gave for it.
8. 1978 (I think, can't remember the tail lights) roller I took in on trade for some Harley parts. Two tone red/maroon. Served as a bracket/street strip car. 90's F-body radiator and buckets, fake Centerlines, was to serve as a bracket car until Exhibit B arrived. Sorry, no dedicated pics of it yet. It also had collector back 3 inch exhaust. Supposed to have a 4.11 posi, I allowed $400 trade value.
9. I know, I said eight, but its not a Malibu, its a 1978 GMC Caballero. Non-air, 4 speed, 454...
This car was traded for the the deal on Exhibit A & B, only after it was stripped to roof and quarters. Had frame damage, would not hold and alignment...
Might resemble it from an ad I had on this site.
That is just the Malibus, have a'87 Regal with a 455/TH400. A '78 Skylark (Nova) with a 455 Buick/M21. An '83 Regal I just put a 350 Buick/TH350 into. And some muscle cars, mostly GM A-body stuff.
G-body stuff is not too expensive. I buy/sell/trade them...or gather them up some, wheels, or motor or pile of a project and ...
I did crush a '79 Olds Omega that someone beat all the glass out of. Then, last Monday, a '76 Olds '98' after I pulled the 455/TH400.
I have eight Malibus in the hoard right now. All thin pillar coupes. All bench seat automatic.
No kids, house is paid for in a less than desirable area of town. Most of these set in a lot next to my house, as I used to keep them in my dad's salvage yard, well, they kept missing more and more parts.
The list is:
1. 1980 Malibu, daily driver, came from ribbedroof, a member on this site (I think $1400 and I put a trans in it, then found the white cowl hood later) :
2. 1978 roller, Exhibit A, saved from the smasher, smasher price
3. 1981 roller, Exhibit B, same as above, smasher price
4. Next to Exhibit B, 1978 gutted by someone else to make a drag car, came with a cage kit not welded in, aluminum sheet work interior, roller maroon, picked up from street rod guy via local drag strip classifieds for $200, sorry no dedicated pics of it. Next to orange car.
5. Next to Exhibit A, I am calling it an '80 due to the grille, roller, stacked full of misc Malibu stuff, served as spares for a local Super-Pro drag car. Also from local drag strip classifieds for $200.
6. 1981 mostly there, 350 out of late 70's Blazer, the 200 Metric trans is out of it. I traded a 9mm pistol for it from an add on craigslist (around $300)
As I found it:
After some love with a bomb can and some 7 inch Ralleys:
7. 1979 Malibu, complete car, parked in a yard in need of a tune-up. I found it when taking a friend to buy an RPM intake on craigslist. I thought it needed other Malibu's to be 'with'
All unmolested, 305, 200 Metric. I could not make the engine run/start. Claret interior, 1/2 plastic has faded away, dent in the roof from recent limb damage/ice storm, $400 is what I gave for it.
8. 1978 (I think, can't remember the tail lights) roller I took in on trade for some Harley parts. Two tone red/maroon. Served as a bracket/street strip car. 90's F-body radiator and buckets, fake Centerlines, was to serve as a bracket car until Exhibit B arrived. Sorry, no dedicated pics of it yet. It also had collector back 3 inch exhaust. Supposed to have a 4.11 posi, I allowed $400 trade value.
9. I know, I said eight, but its not a Malibu, its a 1978 GMC Caballero. Non-air, 4 speed, 454...
This car was traded for the the deal on Exhibit A & B, only after it was stripped to roof and quarters. Had frame damage, would not hold and alignment...
Might resemble it from an ad I had on this site.
That is just the Malibus, have a'87 Regal with a 455/TH400. A '78 Skylark (Nova) with a 455 Buick/M21. An '83 Regal I just put a 350 Buick/TH350 into. And some muscle cars, mostly GM A-body stuff.
G-body stuff is not too expensive. I buy/sell/trade them...or gather them up some, wheels, or motor or pile of a project and ...
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