my free 78 malibu... Update 5/11/12 huge friggan update!!
- Thread starter Porklops
- Start date
- Status
Re: my free 78 malibu
Wheels should stay either black or gray...
Otherwise I'd say you've got a good plan on your hands!
Wheels should stay either black or gray...
Otherwise I'd say you've got a good plan on your hands!
Re: my free 78 malibu
started today on it! ripped off lame woodgrain looking 80s side moldings and the wheel well chrome and holy sh*t! rust free underneath. have to find a clean trunk as mine is rotted on the inside and as a bodyman i know its not worth fixing as one of my local junkyards excels in not crushing old cars, he says he has 4 or 5 malibus and other assorted g bodys sitting so maybe i can score a rear sway bar too. thinking about steel cowl hood but expensive maybe ill build a hood like i did for my caprice.
started today on it! ripped off lame woodgrain looking 80s side moldings and the wheel well chrome and holy sh*t! rust free underneath. have to find a clean trunk as mine is rotted on the inside and as a bodyman i know its not worth fixing as one of my local junkyards excels in not crushing old cars, he says he has 4 or 5 malibus and other assorted g bodys sitting so maybe i can score a rear sway bar too. thinking about steel cowl hood but expensive maybe ill build a hood like i did for my caprice.
Re: my free 78 malibu
believe me i know how lucky i am to score this car! the chrome on my bumpers is quite dead and peeling in places so that's the only reason i am toying with painting the bumpers. maybe i can score a clean set without the impact strip and grandpa bumper ends. after finishing my caprice I needed a new project and this has become it. I cant wait to paint it up even though its what i do all day to other peoples cars , figure i should be sick of looking at cars ha! I did a 81 vette last year in the color i chose so i know its going to look super badass!!
believe me i know how lucky i am to score this car! the chrome on my bumpers is quite dead and peeling in places so that's the only reason i am toying with painting the bumpers. maybe i can score a clean set without the impact strip and grandpa bumper ends. after finishing my caprice I needed a new project and this has become it. I cant wait to paint it up even though its what i do all day to other peoples cars , figure i should be sick of looking at cars ha! I did a 81 vette last year in the color i chose so i know its going to look super badass!!
Re: my free 78 malibu
yeah i hate you........ lol just joking, your really lucky to get a nice car like that. finding one in that condition in the midwest is nearly impossible. that car would easily bring $2500 here maybe more. a rusted trunk pan isnt a big deal at all. if anything that gives you an excuse to re do it with a fuel cell and re locate your battery. thats just my opinion though. good luck with it though. i would remove that half vinyl top if it was me. i think it makes them look more modern and less grandpa-ish. i would make sure your frame rails are solid before you go to the junk yard. might as well make one trip
yeah i hate you........ lol just joking, your really lucky to get a nice car like that. finding one in that condition in the midwest is nearly impossible. that car would easily bring $2500 here maybe more. a rusted trunk pan isnt a big deal at all. if anything that gives you an excuse to re do it with a fuel cell and re locate your battery. thats just my opinion though. good luck with it though. i would remove that half vinyl top if it was me. i think it makes them look more modern and less grandpa-ish. i would make sure your frame rails are solid before you go to the junk yard. might as well make one trip
Re: my free 78 malibu
scored the gran prix frame brace the monte ss jounce bars, under hood fender the radiator support braces and a clean trunk for 150 bucks!! this junk yard had all this sh*t laying around! all kinds of g bodies in this place! um by the way a 4 door trunk fits my car right??
scored the gran prix frame brace the monte ss jounce bars, under hood fender the radiator support braces and a clean trunk for 150 bucks!! this junk yard had all this sh*t laying around! all kinds of g bodies in this place! um by the way a 4 door trunk fits my car right??
- Status
Similar threads
