MALIBU 78 Malibu wagon.

[mclellan83]

Oh the joys of having a 78! Lol I always get the odd ball sh*t that doesn't work like everybody else. Lol I guess I'll have to swap in my tilt column I have later than. Ok swapping the intermediate shaft makes since because it didn't wanna go into play with the stock jeep arm. Well with no brakes and the car not running and a stupid down hill driveway got creative and hooked a tire to the front of my truck and eased it out the garage. Spent all day on scrubbing all day on the wagon and used the wife and my little helper to put it back in the garage. View attachment 255061View attachment 255062View attachment 255063View attachment 255064View attachment 255065View attachment 255066View attachment 255067View attachment 255068View attachment 255069

Maaaaan,, she is already in a gang!!!!!! You are gonna have a tough run with her

 

[Longroof79]

Hey man, you'll get things figured out. You have a dynamite looking wagon with a great body. So it's an oddball '78. It's unique. 😉 Anyone would want your wagon. It's a good find!

 

[ShuffleWagon]

Thanks for putting that in English for me to understand! Lol I hope so man. Its been a long road getting to this point

 

[Longroof79]

Thanks for putting that in English for me to understand! Lol I hope so man. Its been a long road getting to this point

You'll get there, trust me. Mine had been a work in progress for almost 40 yrs. It's also been my daily driver for most of those years.
If you have any questions, feel free to post them.

 

[ShuffleWagon]

i would love to daily this thing at some point! lol thought i do plan to twin turbo this thing at some point as well

 

[Longroof79]

i would love to daily this thing at some point! lol thought i do plan to twin turbo this thing at some point as well

Aim for getting it back on the road and drivable. You could save all the radical mods later as you're driving and enjoying it.

 

[ShuffleWagon]

Aim for getting it back on the road and drivable. You could save all the radical mods later as you're driving and enjoying it.

That is the plan this is 100% stock motor home engine and stock 4l80e for now need to get it out and make sure it's not a dudd from the previous owner. Than ill setup for turbos and try that out. Than comes the build forged 496 and trans later

 

[ShuffleWagon]

So I took some tape and put it on a elco column I have laying around and traced it out and played that over the jeep shaft I have here at the house and this is how much smaller it is than my shaft side. I don't ever see people changing this side but only grinding a bit outta of the steering column D shaped shaft. Do you guys think if I spent some time opening this up i could make it work with the d shap shaft?

 

[ShuffleWagon]

Well I went at it with one of my aluminum cutting bits and made it fit tomorrow i should be able to grind down the column end and make it fit into the shaft.

 

[Sweet_Johnny]

I'm glad to see you trying this since I have two '78s. I planned on changing the column but I love the idea of simply making it work with a few mods. Good on you for stepping into the unknown and forging forward.