I picked up a 1969 Chevelle Malibu last Friday. It's been sitting for 18 years. 53,000 original miles. Still rolls. The body has some light surface rust but no holes. Quarters are in great shape as is the frame and trunk. There are three dents from the doors back. None are bigger than one inch in diameter and are less than 1/4" pushed in. The windshield is cracked but all the rest of the glass is good. The car is 100% complete and the motor is not stuck. Has a posi, ps and that's it. Original motor, tranny ect. After taking the carpet out the floor has no rust on it at all and has the original paint that still looks good. I am planning on a full restoration. I have done 2 cars this way in the past 2 years. Was $3000 a good price?
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I picked up a 1969 Chevelle Malibu last Friday. It's been sitting for 18 years. 53,000 original miles. Still rolls. The body has some light surface rust but no holes. Quarters are in great shape as is the frame and trunk. There are three dents from the doors back. None are bigger than one inch in diameter and are less than 1/4" pushed in. The windshield is cracked but all the rest of the glass is good. The car is 100% complete and the motor is not stuck. Has a posi, ps and that's it. Original motor, tranny ect. After taking the carpet out the floor has no rust on it at all and has the original paint that still looks good. I am planning on a full restoration. I have done 2 cars this way in the past 2 years. Was $3000 a good price?
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Looks like you got a good deal. I paid $1400.00 for mine in 85 with similar body condition and a junk motor...but it was an SS. The way things are going, finds like that are hard to come by nowadays. :thumbsup:
Welcome to the team Tim.
Great find, wanna make a quick grand.
Which engine does it have?
Where ya' from?
oh, where's the barn?
Great find, wanna make a quick grand.
Which engine does it have?
Where ya' from?
oh, where's the barn?
Hi and thanks. The car is a stock 350 with posi. I am going to do a concourse restoration. I generally do frame off rotisories. The only rust is in the bottom of both fenders just behind the wheel. It's not alot so I will weld in new pieces and lead over the patches. I may stoke the 350 to a 383.
Well we drained the oil, changed plugs, cleaned the carb and started the motor today. The tranny worked as wel. All we did was change the fluid and filter in th tranny. Unreal. the radiator still holds fluid. It it wasn't for the brakes we probably would have drove it today. Tommorow we start tearing it down and stripping paint. I am picking up the rotissorie tommorow as well. This could get interesting. I need to patch the lower corners ofthe fenders and get a new trunk lid. It has an SS hood that came with it. Looks like the only body panel I neee dto replace will be the trunk lid. Damn I'm glad I bought this car.
Hey should I be posting to a different Forum instead of the Welcoming one?
Thanks
Hey should I be posting to a different Forum instead of the Welcoming one?
Thanks
I have a friend who is into Mopars. He grew up in a small town in Wisconsin near the place where I got the car. He told me about this car. He' known about it for years. Since he is not into Chevy's he never gave it much thought. Last year he brought me some pictures of it. I contacted the lady who owned it and told her I would like to look at it. She agreed. My wife, grandson and I went to lokk at it. It belonged to her first husband. He passed away 16 or more years ago. About 6 months before he died he had the motor built up. It runs on race gas. She told me tha he used to put a $100 bill on the dash and bet people they couldn't grab it. She said noone ever got it.
Just before her husband passed away her sister-inlaw made all new upholstery including seat covers, door panels and a headliner. She was a professional upholsterer(?) It's all been in storage since and I have it. It's just like new.
After he died she moved from Washington to Montana then to wisconsin. The car never was driven after he died. It was trailered to Wisconsin and set out near some trees where it sat for at least 15 years. The tires still held air.
The car has 52,426 original miles on it.
Some of her relatives wanted to buy it from her but she wouldn't sell it to them because it was too fast. So it sat. I guess I was the lucky one. I had a 1969 Chevelle in the same color when I was in High School.
I told her I would do a frame off retoration and when I'm done I would drive it back to her town so she could drive it and burn up some tires.
I live in Shakopee Minnesota
Just before her husband passed away her sister-inlaw made all new upholstery including seat covers, door panels and a headliner. She was a professional upholsterer(?) It's all been in storage since and I have it. It's just like new.
After he died she moved from Washington to Montana then to wisconsin. The car never was driven after he died. It was trailered to Wisconsin and set out near some trees where it sat for at least 15 years. The tires still held air.
The car has 52,426 original miles on it.
Some of her relatives wanted to buy it from her but she wouldn't sell it to them because it was too fast. So it sat. I guess I was the lucky one. I had a 1969 Chevelle in the same color when I was in High School.
I told her I would do a frame off retoration and when I'm done I would drive it back to her town so she could drive it and burn up some tires.
I live in Shakopee Minnesota
I don't think you are too far upside down. Here's the deal of last week. 70, second owner, less then 40K miles.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/1970...bu-36-075-miles-No-Reserve_W0QQitemZ150245982896QQcmdZViewItem?hash=item1502459
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/1970...bu-36-075-miles-No-Reserve_W0QQitemZ150245982896QQcmdZViewItem?hash=item1502459
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