Thought I'd start a thread as I'm not chronicling this build anywhere else. This is my fourth Malibu and "should" be the best as long as I don't sell it like the others.
The last one I built was in 03' and was a 1980 267 car that left my hands with a ZZ4/th350 and nearly everything touched and tweaked. This was the day I sold it.
Fast forward several years and more than a several cars I decided to pick up another G body after building a Volvo 242 that was destined for a 5.3/4L60 swap and chickening out as it was too clean to chop up.
Before
After
I have a weird thing for boxy cars.
So I set out to find another Malibu which proved to be easier said than done and after looking at several overpriced, no title, and abused Malibu's I had friends tell me about a 1978 Malibu that was sitting in the middle of nowhere that could be had for $750 if I didn't want the engine and trans.
With this picture I said sold, despite a rule against buying primer cars.
Then went to pick it up wondering if I had lost my mind, luckily it looked solid all over, not beat or chopped even though it was a "race" car.
I drug it back home and stripped it down to see what I had gotten into. Do not use a grinder to sand down hood, it was junk along with the bent trunk and the worst part was the dash and a rusted passenger floor.
The last one I built was in 03' and was a 1980 267 car that left my hands with a ZZ4/th350 and nearly everything touched and tweaked. This was the day I sold it.
![img0452-vi.jpg](https://cdn-0.gbodyforum.com/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fimages46.fotki.com%2Fv10%2Fphotos%2F7%2F1653707%2F9619813%2Fimg0452-vi.jpg&hash=5bd1f659bd7378d80bc9f1a30614555c)
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Fast forward several years and more than a several cars I decided to pick up another G body after building a Volvo 242 that was destined for a 5.3/4L60 swap and chickening out as it was too clean to chop up.
Before
![2011070716_58_54-vi.jpg](https://cdn-0.gbodyforum.com/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fimages58.fotki.com%2Fv156%2Fphotos%2F7%2F1653707%2F9902418%2F2011070716_58_54-vi.jpg&hash=57ee167e808cf3eaa6804e67f1f08a61)
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After
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I have a weird thing for boxy cars.
![Big Grin :D :D](https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png)
So I set out to find another Malibu which proved to be easier said than done and after looking at several overpriced, no title, and abused Malibu's I had friends tell me about a 1978 Malibu that was sitting in the middle of nowhere that could be had for $750 if I didn't want the engine and trans.
With this picture I said sold, despite a rule against buying primer cars.
![IMG_1556-vi.jpg](https://cdn-0.gbodyforum.com/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fimages55.fotki.com%2Fv1617%2Fphotos%2F7%2F1653707%2F11532589%2FIMG_1556-vi.jpg&hash=15d3d48ab7cf561bec48abd83880f694)
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Then went to pick it up wondering if I had lost my mind, luckily it looked solid all over, not beat or chopped even though it was a "race" car.
![20130115_141418-vi.jpg](https://cdn-0.gbodyforum.com/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fimages56.fotki.com%2Fv124%2Fphotos%2F7%2F1653707%2F11532589%2F20130115_141418-vi.jpg&hash=b508d4f3511391b202cb8b373c532e04)
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I drug it back home and stripped it down to see what I had gotten into. Do not use a grinder to sand down hood, it was junk along with the bent trunk and the worst part was the dash and a rusted passenger floor.
![20130115_183004-vi.jpg](https://cdn-0.gbodyforum.com/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fimages61.fotki.com%2Fv53%2Fphotos%2F7%2F1653707%2F11532589%2F20130115_183004-vi.jpg&hash=d968371a592ee7ff064c14961820be46)
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