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GBotM Feb. '18 - FIRST PIX - ENTRIES
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Greetings Guys; I liked this thread & the stories, excellent. Well about 39 years ago this next month I ordered this 9C1.Gm kicked the order out twice. The first time (around April) because they wouldn't build a 350 Lm-1 with a 4 speed, Ok I'll take an auto not knowing that I'd get a TH-350. I took a chance & lucked out. Then again (around May) Gm wouldn't build a base model with bucket seats. The bucket seat option was $80 if I remember correctly, but to get buckets I first had to order a Classic trim $400 (?) NO way. So I took it with a bench. Mandatory 9C1 option heavy duty vinyl $17. And proceeded to order some Recaro's, they arrived before the car. The car finely arrived August 1st & on the way home from the dealership I dropped it off at Zeibart. Went & retrieved it the next day. Took this picture & soon started modifying it as I have a Extreme case of the Affliction (I can't leave it stock). And 39 years later I've changed every thing but the paint & frame. Ok the side, rear glass & back seat are OE yet. Now 39 years have passed & it's time to pass it on to someone younger. So here is the August 79 picture & a current one. Thanks for havin' me guys, Ole' Bob.
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ed1948, without boring everyone else here that’s already heard my story, here’s the link to it if you’re interested: https://gbodyforum.com/threads/teenage-trauma-cross-country-road-trip-with-mom-aunts.65833/
Long story short, been in the family since new, just recently acquired it, and transported it back out to the West Coast. PM me if you want more details! 🙂
Long story short, been in the family since new, just recently acquired it, and transported it back out to the West Coast. PM me if you want more details! 🙂
Hey Bob (vanrah), great story. Nice to have such a history with one car. I am an original owner myself and never in my wildest dreams would I have thought I would still be driving it 33+ years later!
For myself the car reminds me of when I was in my mid twenties without a care in the world. I just got in the car, put in a favorite music cassette, and took off for the day on a nice backroad trip. I guess it is the closest I will get to my own personal time machine.
For myself the car reminds me of when I was in my mid twenties without a care in the world. I just got in the car, put in a favorite music cassette, and took off for the day on a nice backroad trip. I guess it is the closest I will get to my own personal time machine.
I had my eye on this car for years after i sold my first car, a 1980 4 door Malibu.
Used to always be parked a few blocks from my place, it was the exact same two tone color as my first Malibu, the same in every way but in a much shinier 2 door. Rumor was it was a 350 on propane. It was gone for a few years, but then I saw it parked at an entirely different house, for months. I finally knocked on the door, and it was suddenly for sale!
A couple days later I took it to Kelowna in a downpour, about an hour on the highway, and had a few gallons of water in the driver's door when I got there...
Not exactly a story about bringing it home, that was just an easy drive across town.
Used to always be parked a few blocks from my place, it was the exact same two tone color as my first Malibu, the same in every way but in a much shinier 2 door. Rumor was it was a 350 on propane. It was gone for a few years, but then I saw it parked at an entirely different house, for months. I finally knocked on the door, and it was suddenly for sale!
A couple days later I took it to Kelowna in a downpour, about an hour on the highway, and had a few gallons of water in the driver's door when I got there...
Not exactly a story about bringing it home, that was just an easy drive across town.
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