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Last year in December my day gave me an '80 two door Malibu. It's a pretty straight car. It has several spots of surface rust, but the bottom of the doors a rusted straight through. There's also one hole on the driver side rear lower quarter. The interior in excellent shape, all it really need's is a good cleaning. It originally had a 305 with 350 head's hooked up to a turbo 350 trans. I just recently started ordering parts it needs and changing things up.
The hood is propped up like that because the motor I just swapped in is too big for the stock hood. More info on that in a bit.
DD pictured in the background.
I didn't get a pic of it, but in the trunk I've got new window felts inside and out for both doors and the weatherstripping for the door. As well as new A pillar covers.
The driver side door panel is off because the door latch assembly on that side is broken. I need to order a lock for the glove box though because it doesn't have one at all right now. Few cracks in the dash so that'll need to be changed. The heat, A/C, and radio works though.
Back half here. That's the driver side door panel in the back and the box on the right has the new latch assembly. I didn't get a picture of it but the headliner is in perfect condition too.
This a built 350 my dad used to have in a truck of his. With everything it has done to it, it's estimated to have 500hp(no proof for this so take it or leave it for now). It has Keith Black pistons, it's bored out something like 40 over, been ported and polished, larger crank, and '69 Corvette 375 heads. I had to order new headers for it because all the ones we had wouldn't fit in the Malibu. They should be here today and will be put on sometime next week. Once that's done I get a video of it running.
4 inch cowl hood scoop to accommodate the new motor. I thought I got it in the pic but up against the wall are two lower door skins I'm going have put in to replace the rusted ones.
Header's literally just got here.
I'll update this whenever I order something or have something done to the car. Thanks for looking!
The hood is propped up like that because the motor I just swapped in is too big for the stock hood. More info on that in a bit.
DD pictured in the background.
I didn't get a pic of it, but in the trunk I've got new window felts inside and out for both doors and the weatherstripping for the door. As well as new A pillar covers.
The driver side door panel is off because the door latch assembly on that side is broken. I need to order a lock for the glove box though because it doesn't have one at all right now. Few cracks in the dash so that'll need to be changed. The heat, A/C, and radio works though.
Back half here. That's the driver side door panel in the back and the box on the right has the new latch assembly. I didn't get a picture of it but the headliner is in perfect condition too.
This a built 350 my dad used to have in a truck of his. With everything it has done to it, it's estimated to have 500hp(no proof for this so take it or leave it for now). It has Keith Black pistons, it's bored out something like 40 over, been ported and polished, larger crank, and '69 Corvette 375 heads. I had to order new headers for it because all the ones we had wouldn't fit in the Malibu. They should be here today and will be put on sometime next week. Once that's done I get a video of it running.
4 inch cowl hood scoop to accommodate the new motor. I thought I got it in the pic but up against the wall are two lower door skins I'm going have put in to replace the rusted ones.
Header's literally just got here.
I'll update this whenever I order something or have something done to the car. Thanks for looking!
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I love reading through these older car threads instead of the newer, monotonous car stuff. (that how you spell it?) 
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