Proud New Owner of a ............

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nawlins-tim

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1980 Malibu Wagon. 64,000 miles on the ticker ( exactly ). Small V-8 motor, very small. PS and PB . Manual windows and Vinyl oxblood interior. Not a visible inch of rust , straight body , and new paint. Paid 4000$. Alittle more than I wanted to pay. But with all things considered , I don't think I could have gotten a better specimine of an ALL origional G-body. And since hurricane Katrina flooded about 95% of my city, I'm lucky to have a G-body in any shape. Which is why I had to go about 65miles inland from New Orleans.
If I had more time I would put my 350 sbc in it now. But , sometime in the next year I'm gonna do just that or buy a new zz383 or better and get that thing really moving. I also have a 1980 Camino with a great Black bucket seat interior with console. Also the Camino has smooth bumpers , a Glass hood , and weld wheels. I love the Camino but it has a little rust on the quarters and lower doors. And not to mention the rear frame rails. So instead of spending the 3 or 4 grand to remove all that rust, I got the Wagon as a replacement. Still decideing how I'm exactly gonna do it but I have a dam good IDEA.

Here are a couple pics. Stupid me forgot the keys at my moms house or I could have taken a few of the interior too. But I'll add some later in the week.
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Nice wagon, but it looks like it's asking for a big block to me.
 
Nice lookin' wagon. Cool color combo. I think a 383 crate engine would motivate it nicely.
Good luck with it.

I'm sure Hurricane Katrina took out a lot of G-body cars.
 
Very nice. Wagons were never my thing, but ones like this are making me come around to them.
 
I think 4K for that was a good buy...getting way tough to find decent unbutchered G bodies at a working man's price.
 
Sharp wagon! :banana:
I take it that it''s got the 267 V8? They're no power-house, but I'd get 20-22 mpg out of mine.
Clean, original g-bodies are getting harder to find...
 
Wow that thing is nice. I don't know why but I love roof racks on these wagons. Have you thought about going LS?
 
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