I finally got a 4 speed malibu

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Nice find! Congrats on picking up that car. Here are a couple of photos of my '80 Malibu Classic, which is a factory V8/4 speed car.
 

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Nice find! Congrats on picking up that car. Here are a couple of photos of my '80 Malibu Classic, which is a factory V8/4 speed car.
Ive admired your car several times,i do like the corvette wheels.what size tires are you running?
 
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It came from new hampshire when new,it also has rear window defogger and 4 speaker am/fm
Mine was delivered new in New Hampshire and spent most of its life up there. Do you know what dealer yours was delivered through? Mine was built in Canada which is nice because GM of Canada can provide the original build information including all of the RPO's https://www.vintagevehicleservices.com/option-info
Your car also looks like it has more options that you are forgetting;
dual remote sport mirrors (the remote passenger side was also an option)
original GM floor mats
bumper guards
F41 (I can tell by the smaller brake booster) it should also have the Saginaw 800 steering box (with the 4 bolt top cover), larger front sway bar and rear sway bar as well
Does it have tinted glass (it will say Soft Ray on the glass)?
 
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It does have rear sway bar,but I guessed was added,because no f41 on buildsheet
 

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Thats very odd considering some of the other options. It shows the 605 steering box on there as well.
Btw, your car is a Canadian build with a 1 in the 7th spot of the VIN
McMulkin chevrolet is original dealer
 

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Ive admired your car several times,i do like the corvette wheels.what size tires are you running?
I'm running P225/60R15 BFGs on the front, and P245/60R15 BFGs on the rear. I used the same tires on the 15" by 7" steel rallies (the first photo), with the police style center caps (thanks again Jack), and no trim rings. It was a pretty good looking combination for the car, but I've always liked the 15" by 8" aluminum Corvette rims. I've never seen a car with those rims on it, which looked bad IMO.
The only thing that you have be aware of, is that the factory Corvette center caps may not clear the original A/G body front hub centers, because the A/G body front hub centers stick out through the rim, further than those on a Corvette front hub. I did the S10 Blazer front brake upgrade on my Malibu, and because the Blazer hubs are sealed, there's plenty of room for the stock Corvette center caps.
I'm running Eibach lowering springs on the car as well, so its sitting about 1" lower than stock.
BTW, thanks to everyone for the likes on the photos that I posted. I appreciate it.
 
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