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Member ID: liquidh8

Location: yardley, PA

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1979 Chevrolet Malibu

Bragging Rights

  • 1/4 Mile0 sec @ -1 mph
  • 0-600sec
  • Top Speed-1mph
  • HP500
  • Weight3900lbs

Major Upgrades

  • turbo
  • nitrous
  • bore increase
  • port and polish
  • supercharger
  • extrude honed
  • stroke increase
  • engine swap

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Interior

Exterior Styling

Car Audio & Video

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    • Currently 3.3/5 Stars.
    • Currently 3.3/5 Stars.
    • Currently 3.2/5 Stars.
    • Currently 3.1/5 Stars.
    • Currently 3.2/5 Stars.
    • Currently 3.4/5 Stars.

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Last updated: Feb 19, 2009

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Jim’s Chevrolet Malibu
“Bottle Fed Sleeper”

  • Currently 3.3 /5 Stars.
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NOW FOR THE INTERIOR and AUDIO SYSTEM!!!

A few pages back I gave all the specifications for the gear I'm going to use. A few months back I tackled the fabrication of the front door panels. These are all fiberglass, utilize all the factory mounting hardware, and use the original armrest. These panels took about 12 hours a piece to make. Without further ado...

liquidh8's 1979 Chevrolet Malibu These are the left front door panel. I had already made the same panel as the origanal out of fiberglass. Here I added all the MDF speaker rings and crossover cutout, then covered it in fleece. liquidh8's 1979 Chevrolet Malibu

liquidh8's 1979 Chevrolet Malibu This is after alot of sanding and MarGlass. Added a few coates of primer/surfacer. Then wet sanded it all.
liquidh8's 1979 Chevrolet Malibu This is after the interior paint has been applied and the components have been placed in to run the wires.

Waiting for some more pics!!

Here a a few of the passenger side installed in the car. Don't mind the interior, it is a project in progress!

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The start of it anyway. Most of the gear is installed, though alot of it is temporary. Just till I get the staging right and make the rest of the fiberglass panels.

Installed the Grand Prix dashboard.  Loaded with Autometer Phantom guages.  I also cutom built a 3 guage A-pillar, since they aren't made for 4 dorrs or station wagons.  Now dig the pics, the last pics are the finished product.

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The gauge plate is a stock I am modifying to flush mount all the autometers. The car stil has a/c, so i am keeping the vents. When the fiberglass work is done, I have carbon fiber overlay to cover the panel with, it should look real good.

liquidh8's 1979 Chevrolet Malibu


And the Autometer gauges, most of them anyway.

 

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liquidh8's 1979 Chevrolet Malibu

 

 


Here is after a little more work, well, alot more. The 3 horizontal lenses between the big holes are for the high beam, brake and seatbelt indicators. the little hole is for my custom shift light. It is controlled through the ECM, the light is a Pelican M^ replacement flashlight head. i get em free in the military.

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I used carbon fiber vinyl overlay till I can afford real carbon fiber.

liquidh8's 1979 Chevrolet Malibu


Here is the ALMOST finished product!

liquidh8's 1979 Chevrolet Malibu

 

liquidh8's 1979 Chevrolet Malibu


Here is the dash installed in the car.

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Here you can see the shift light and the turn indicators, LED's baby!  I flush mounted stock lenses for the highbeam, seatbelt and brake warning lights.

 

liquidh8's 1979 Chevrolet Malibu

 

Here you can see the bottom of the dash where it meats the custom fiberglass door panels.  Don't mind the wiring, I still have to finish the power window/lock install.

 

liquidh8's 1979 Chevrolet Malibu

liquidh8's 1979 Chevrolet Malibu

 Here is the A-pillar

liquidh8's 1979 Chevrolet Malibu

liquidh8's 1979 Chevrolet Malibu

 

Lemme know what you think, rate my shit up!

 

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OneHotHoe  

Posted by: OneHotHoe

09/26/2008 09:44PM

thats a nice wagon bro! i would love to see that thing run in person... deff a sleeper. but the hood is a little suspicious...lol 5*s. check out my Hoe. later

chevykid83  

Posted by: chevykid83

09/07/2008 10:08PM

Nice wagon, I wanted to get 1 but I found this coupe fist, come check it out

bigtank05  

Posted by: bigtank05

08/08/2008 10:37PM

let me know when you do. i would like only 6.5 and a tweeter whole the front and back doors.

Malibu29  

Posted by: Malibu29

07/08/2008 08:19PM

nice wagon. come check out mine

its_the_chill  

Posted by: its_the_chill

05/10/2008 02:52PM

aye nice work on the chevy, i like the shit brown metallic bucket myself, but i 'd call it pearl-dokey. haha do you remember what size tires you had on your rallys on the black wagon. are those fifteens, i'm wondering if i could fit some 235/70/15's on mine or if i'll need to get some smaller up front right away, thanks 5 stars, keep up the good work

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Member ID: liquidh8

Location: yardley, PA