a few wagon questions

[Longroof79]

No, i have not found a fender yet, I thought I would drive it like it is for a while until i find a fender. Did most of the wagons with the 267 come with a 200 or 350 transmission? I need to get under it and look.

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The car probably came with the 200 metric. Mine came originally with a 305 with the 200 metric which I later replaced with a TH 350.
As for finding a fender. You could check on Maliburacing.com. I'm sure someone is parting out a Malibu or Elky.

Jack

 

[Blake442]

My '79 Malibu has a 267 V8 with a TH350.

 

[Ribbedroof]

267 and Buick 231 equipped cars got TH350s, 229 and 305 cars got TH200s. By '83, the 305 cars were getting TH250s.

Many TH200s were replaced with 350s early in their life, and this sometimes leads people to believe that the T350 in their 305 car is original.

 

[Blake442]

My '83 Cutlass wagon originally had a a 231 V6/TH350.
My '81 Buick wagon has a 231 V6/Metric 200.
My '81 Monte had a 267 V8/Metric 200.
It's a crapshoot until you crawl under the car and look.

As for the fender. Any fender from a '78-'81 Malibu 2-dr, 4-dr, wagon, El Camino, will fit your car. '82-'83 has a side marker light. Otherwise it will fit.

True, you want a '78-'81 only Malibu/El Camino fender.
'82-up will not work, because the front of the fender where it meets the header panel is different.