i bought a 81 Malibu Landau that i am going to make into a nice street car. i am in the process of the body work right now and i heard from a buddy of mine that i can change it from a landau to a reg 2 door coupe. i wanted to see if anyone had any info on how to do so. this is my first landau and my 5th malibu, all the others have never been a landau. my buddy said something about removing the spot welds on the glass panel on the side and putting in a 2 door coupe glass, i wanted to check before i had done so and see if there was anything more to be done. thank you.
Changing my 81 Malibu Landau to a regualr 2 door coupe
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He'd be correct. I'm pretty sure you also need a different 1/4 window trim panel on the inside, and the trim along the bottom (and obviously the front) of the 1/4 window are different as well. It's been discussed before, so I already have pics 😉 The vinyl was already removed on mine, they just didn't replace the panel (similar to yours most likely).
jonnyslick said:
Here's a couple of pics. Hope it helps.
The landau I had.
My son's coupe(old pic)
Oh I see ... Yeah, the regular coupe looks better IMO. But, both are nice looking.
Thanks for the pics.
Thanks for the pics.
Some guys have made plates to replace the 'Landau' panels as well. I think I'm going to remove my welded in panel & go with a non-landau setup though, helps make the windows look a little more streamlined.
That's my goal 😉 Planning on a 6.0/T56 Magnum... maybe even a supercharger, but that would probably be down the road after everything is running.jonnyslick said:
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