I have (had, my dad has it now) a '79 Malibu BASE. The car was originally equipped with the 200 inch 6 and a floor-shift 3-speed manual transmission. It was also a non-ac car and it didn't even have carpet in it originally, it had a rubber mat. There was not one single option on the car. To this day I have never seen another one like it. I'm sure they made plenty, they prolly all got crushed though. That drivetrain combo was the absolute worst that GM ever came up with I think. The car had a 2.73 gear and you literally had to slip the clutch for 200' just to get rolling in 1st gear. It was awful. It now sports a 454 with a richmond 4-speed behind it and a GN 8.5" 10-bolt with a 3.42 gear. Its a deathtrap...lol.