I got another update: This is a major update that is totally changing the direction of this car at the moment. I picked up a 1970 Chevelle SS396 original Shadow Gray with black vinyl bucket interior U14 gauges and a few other goodies like 4.10 12bolt. My hopes of finding a build sheet in the car are going to be slim seeing as the drivers side door and back seat have both been changed on the car. The rear seat looks to be out of a GTO by the style of it and the drivers side door has maroon paint inside the door jamb. The gas tank is also MIA. The car came without a motor/trans in it although it did come with a bunch of goodies in the trunk and inside floor as well as a bunch of other stuff that I had to load into my Suburban. It is set up as a poor man's drag car with a fuel cell in the trunk, aluminum fuel line ran next to the original lines on the frame and a trunk mounted battery kit. It must have had a decent engine in it judging from the leftovers like Moroso solid motor mounts and the electric fuel pump, dual feed lines off the regulator, and the remnants of an MSD ignition system mounted to the firewall/wheel well. Another thing I found was the extended studs on the axles (had a hard time changing out the wheels with the 4-way bar so I took a chance and pulled it home on old rubber).
Overall, it is a fairly solid, original roller. The roof skin and pass side quarter are the worst parts of the whole car. I found a small amount of rot from the windshield leaking on the top of the dash and it will need a drivers side floorpan patch. The hood and decklid have rot and will be replaced along with both front fenders either getting patched or replaced. I'm leaning towards patching them since they are only rotted through on the bottoms. Someone welded a set of tow bar mounts to the bottom of the front bumper so it will be getting a replacement and the plastic inner fenders have some cracks and holes that shouldn't be there. It needs some interior work-mostly carpet, headliner, and seat covers with drivers side bottom foam. I'll work on getting some pics up but I somehow killed my camera and my phone lens at the same time.
This is the only picture I have for now... Now I'm just trying to figure out how to break the news to the woman... I'm thinking more than likely the Malibu will have to go up for sale but not before I swap a smallblock back into it so I can keep my stuff thats in it. I can't wait...
