well its taken 3 motors to get me here (stupid cracking 400s) but it now runs and drives. i gave up on 400s and build a 383. the car runs awsome, despite its weak 2.XX gears in the stock 7.5 the car is fast.
well this is my 78 malibu, its was some other guys strip car and man did he not take care of it. he put decals to cover some of his shoty body work. the interior has seen better days. when he towed his car he put his slicks on the back seats, they where pretty much coverd in tar. will my motor is at the machine shop and my trany is being rebuilt, im gonna clean up his messes.
this is how i bought the car for $700, no motor, trans or diff. good thing i had a 83 wagon for parts. my car sat like this over winter
i just broght my car home on april 14. i got to work, he painted the head light bezzels and some of the trim white. and that had to go, i uses dupili colour "crome" paint on the bezzels and it came out OK, but i will have to replace them, i also remove ALL of the gay decals. the car looks 10 times better
i did my best to tiddy up the interiour. i will eventuly get racing buckets, new dash pad and new carpet, but i need to get this car moving first
AHHHH NO MOTOR, ill grab some pic when my motor come back from the machine shop and i put it together
FINALY back from the machine shop. installed the cam and pistons today and wanted to chuck the heads and intake and my harlend sharp roller rockers on. the heads are TrickFlow 23, the intake is a Vic Jr and the cam is a comp 282S solid lifter cam. more to come
Finish fire wall, i redid the previous owners hack heater delete plate and paint the engine bay semi gloss
ENGINES IN
new wheels and tires. have rare 15X5 Gm rallys and 15X7 for the rear.
IT RUNS and very well i might at. car has lots of guts to it and is very responisive
heres my gauge pod, ive since filled it and painted it tan. i still need to colour match it to my poo brown vinal dash
heres a few shots of my crummy dash pad and my tach and gauges.
heres whats behind the heater delete plate, a ford starter solonoid and some relays for my fan and gauges
best shifter in the world, B&M pro rachet
heres my realy valve covers, not the stock painted ones in the above pics. it my never endquest to rid my car of crome, i painted them orange. the came out grate. also my gold anodized timing cover was paint orange casue the gold was off when u clean it up. ill get another one this year
heres the 12bolt my friend droped off. i got his used gears and posi and the houseing for $400, needs to be CLEANED but im up to it
some of the old timers may reconize this one. its a Motion Pefromance decal. its gonna be the only decal on my car so i decide to make it a good one
CHECK OUT PAGE 2 FOR MY ENGINE BUILD UP
