new to me '79 malibu

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That g body's gonna be lit

 

[1evilregal]

welcome to the site from NC! I've liked those squares over the years, but gotta say, I love the look you went for with both of them! love the sleeper, an severely mild visual touches!

 

[O. D. Showtime]

Welcome aboard...nice Malibu! I've had a few squares in the past...yours looked real good!

 

[truckdoug]

thanks fellas! Hi Mike!

I'll do a quickie build thread on the malibu soon. It's taken a while to get settled into new digs

 

[Max Headroom]

Nice car! I hope you're not serious about junkyarding that 350/350 set. I can remember when a lot of people were trashing stock 350s just because they were low compression two bolt mains. Now you have to look hard to find a stock 350 that is worth rebuilding. Yeah, I know LS, LS, LS, blah, blah, blah. The difference is that I can fix almost anything that goes wrong with a gen 1/2 sbc with the hand tools in my trunk and the aftermarket parts for the old 350s are still very inexpensive (for the most part). I can't do that with an LS. Also, a well assembled two bolt main sbc is good to about 500 hp, if you know what you are doing.

 

[truckdoug]

right, i read somewhere recently that the sbc still makes up like 65% of all aftermarket sales...i dont think they'll be going anywhere soon👍👍

I was just being facetious about "junk yarding it" . What I can't sell I'll give away for free if it's a useful part.

That "built 355" ended up being a 305 according to the casting numbers. It still went to a good home in a 71 camaro 🙂

I'm not a make or model or brand guy...I'll use whatever I can my hands on. Truck LS motors just happen to be relatively inexpensive to make lots of ponies with

 

[spicercars]

Welcome from northern MN.

 

[airboatgreg]

Nice. Welcome from SW Georgia

 

[85442/86buick]

Welcome , I will be sure to follow along.