1980 Malibu (my 1st car)

[josh98bird]

Its been put on hold while in college but I decided to start her up yesterday and give her a good wash. Let me know what you think.

[josh98bird]

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[josh98bird]

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[mloaks]

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Outstanding.

[Savorybacon]

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Throw some D's on the *****!! I have always loved those early eighties malibu's. Great looking car.

[josh98bird]

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Throw some D's on the *****!!

Soon she'll get lowered and some 18 inch TT2's

[badinfluenceRS]

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What engine does it have?

I had a 79 lemans (also a gbody) with those same wheels lol...

there fun cars, easy to work on and that underside is really clean for a gbody...

[josh98bird]

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The car had a 305 in it when I purchased it awhile back. You could tell it wasn't the stock motor, I believe it came out of a chevy pickup. The VIN said it came with a v6. The 305 that was in the car (out of a truck) was in bad shape, leaked oil, misfired, and had no power... alot due to the two barrel on top. So instead of fixing it up, which I had planned, we just went to a junk yard and found a 350 vortech out of a 98 tahoe and swapped it out. We converted to a carbn as well. Many people ask why I didn't put a larger motor in or why I didn't leave the fuel injection... Well, I wanted a car that was easy to drive street wise and yet still have the power to have fun. I just want the car to look great and have a great looking engine. Thats the reason I'm not putting a cowl hood or anything else power wise. I get a lot of compliments on the wheels and color, but I'm getting different wheels and re-painting it the same color.

[josh98bird]

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I don't know how many miles the engine has... since the swap only about 1k but the car says 126k as of right now. Which isn't too bad for a 27 going on 28 year old vehicle.

and its so fun to work on... easy to reach everything no computer :)

[badinfluenceRS]

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yea the rims should look sweet...i didn't like the solid style

[Niko97RS]

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how much did u pay for it

[josh98bird]

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how much did u pay for it

well I bought it in 2001 i think and it had a 305 pos... I believe the total was $3,490

With the new motor and cleaned up a bit, I could probably sale it for double that. It was already this color, had the wheels on it and exhaust... we just did the tint, chrome accents, and engine swap.

[Fireball27]

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aw man thats awesome.. i'd take that in a heart beat.

P.S. Don't change the wheels! :(

[Texas02Fbody]

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Nice to see people repping the Malibu, my first car was 1999 Malibu, but I'm about to sale it.

[josh98bird]

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Nice to see people repping the Malibu, my first car was 1999 Malibu, but I'm about to sale it.

sold my 2000 malibu earlier in the year. It was a great car, good pep, real comfortable and very reliable. I didn't want to get rid of it but had to choose the firebird or the malibu.