MALIBU Mexican straight 6 / stick Malibu.. legit?

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ck80

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Wouldn't the vin number be despositive as to this particular unit?

They DO exist and are documented as tmbeing the base engine gm offered. And there were older pics here on the forum from years ago.

The shroud should also help, that part number may aid me greatly because I want to do the install into a gbody that never came with one. Maybe now having a number to search for I can find someone selling something they don't know the application for.
 
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The shroud number didn't turn up in the GMpartswiki site...but I may have mistaken the numbers
 
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Would they really run factory points that many years after they disappeared up here? It is a big red flag to me. I still want one of these.
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Would they really run factory points that many years after they disappeared up here? It is a big red flag to me. I still want one of these.
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Doubt it, but wouldn't be the first car with an engine swapped out for something of the same size.

All that chrome and tutone paint work on the engine wouldn't have been factory either.
 

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Google is your friend. Looks like its the real deal from south of the border.

In Mexico, General Motors produced this generation in the Ramos Arizpe plant, which was sold during three years (1979 to 1981). Mexican versions came in three trim levels (Chevelle, Malibu and Malibu Classic) and two body styles (sedan and coupe) with the 250 cu in (4.1 L) I6 as basic engine and the 350 cu in (5.7 L) 260 hp (194 kW) V8 as the optional; this engine was standard on Malibu Classic models during those three years. This was possible because the Mexican emissions regulations remained relatively free at the time.
 
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and the casting number isn't always the part number.
True, but it often is

There is no listing in the books I looked in for either an export or inline 6 shroud. BUT, it does have Hecho En Mexico cast in, so it obviously was locally produced. How many other components were locally sourced, I have no idea. Did they assemble parts imported form the US, or did they stamp/cast/sublet parts locally in that time frame in Mexico?
 
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