78 malibu pics up!

[HalensDaddy]

After high school graduation i took some of the money i made from my graduation party and bought a 78 chevy malibu and am planning to make a bad ass hot rod out of it it is an all original car its got the 3.3 v6 with a 3 speed manual trans very low miles it has less than 30,000 miles on it. i bought it off a real scruffy hobo it sat for more than ten years in a field uncovered and was never turned over the guy threw some gas and a battery in it and it fired right up i couldnt believe it! he wanted $3000 for it and i turned down for about a month then when im working on my truck one day he comes rolling up with it on a trailor and told me $800 or its going to a friend of his so i bought it!
planning to put a big block in it but im going to keep the 3 speed ive got a ford 9 inch for the rear already once i get all this im gonna do a full body restoration which is replace a rocker pannel and the rear frame rails from the bumper to about just before the rear wheels its gonna be awesome for by first project hot rod!
the whole main reason i wanted to do this is to out do my dad he's had a 71 chevelle malibu sitting in the garage that only needs paint hes got a 454 in his im going for that or a real nice small block

pics soon! hate to leave ya waiting but seeing this car you wouldnt think it sat in a field for over ten years!

[Bigdaddy]

  i luv the old malibus

[slymer]

  i luv the old malibus

Me too. My uncle had a 78 when I was youger that ran in the 10's. It was a beutiful car.

[Corey]

I always wanted to get an old malibu and make it a sleeper

[Orangecrush]

had a black 79, was badass, wished i kept it,

[KORNBREAD]

i had an 80 elcamino with the malibu front clip. always loved that style.

[BIG TODD]

sweey

[TBigLug]

We need some pics! Sounds like a sweet project. I scrounged up a picture of mine after I pulled the motor to redo it. Never put it back together though. Was a kick ass screamin' car!

[HalensDaddy]

well  back to the drawing board with this one i bought a 350 that im gonna stroke and i already sent my block to get bored .40 over with some dome pistons, aluminum or camel backs something 2.02 and use a nice high rise single plane with one of me edelbrock carbs im still looking for parts that i need

[HalensDaddy]

Updated photos of the rear wheels I just bought

[HalensDaddy]

Another pic

[HalensDaddy]

Here's my motor I bought a couple weeks ago

[marshall]

cool, had a 4 door with same drivetrain. if the 9" isnt a direct fit already, you can use an 8.5" rear from a 71-72 cutlass, bolt's right in, 3" wider than stock 7.5". like the old skool rims also, an emery cloth and wd-40 work wonders in the lug nut holes. makes installation way funner

[HalensDaddy]

if anyone has any sbc parts they wanna sell me im needing heads, intake, and some ignition parts some msd stuff

[HalensDaddy]

thanks for th advice on the rear end and i also need some skinny front runners to match my rears if anyone has any

[J.C.]

i had an 80! loved that car!

[HalensDaddy]

got any pics of it?

[Bryank]

sweet! i had a 79 almost same color. i bought for the 355 in it and back then good old mom wouldnt let it sit around and had to give to junkyard for $25,still pisses me off

[HalensDaddy]

finally got some matching rims for the front at the midland festival for $25 7" wide man i love that place also picked up like 12 big shocks and a crap ton of huge u bolts

[HalensDaddy]

Pulled the v6 out and I bought a scat steel crank 12:1 compression srp dome pistons and 6.0 I beam rods for my engine build that I've changed again I need a 400 block for the 406 parts I just bought