81 Malibu project restarting

[08Malibu]

This is the thread on the poor H/O. Parts of her live on, some are even in my Malibu.

Possible 1979 w30 purchase

A buddy of mine bought a 79 w30 with t tops. It was a pretty rough car but could’ve been made into a decent driver. The other night he spun out and wrecked the rear of the car. I was thinking of buying it from him and parting it out. Unfortunately as rough as it was and now with the whole *ss...

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[08Malibu]

Loving the color on this Malibu. I’d go darker wheels and blackout the trim. Some inspiration , if I ever paint mine.

 

[Sweet_Johnny]

Loving the color on this Malibu. I’d go darker wheels and blackout the trim. Some inspiration , if I ever paint mine.
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Absolutely gorgeous color!

 

[08Malibu]

Been really neglecting my Malibu, while working on the corvette and GP. Cleaned her up really good last week and took her to the local cruise night. I really wish I had the GP engine in this car. The 305 is sooo tired, but it does start every time.

 

[08Malibu]

Cleaning the garage I found a pick from when I first got the car. I may have posted it already, but I also had a pic from the local cruise a week or so ago. It may not be finished, but I like the look much more now. If only k could get moving on the engine rebuild to match the look. The 305/350 with shift kit/ 3.08 posi , is still better than the V6/ metric trans/2.41 open it came with.