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What did you do to your car today? Vol 2.0



Thanks ya'all. It's an 80 Malibu and its Maple/Dark Maple. Spent the last couple months restoring it with my dad. Its a surprise for my brother.
 
That's awesome that you and your Dad are working on it. I hope your brother appreciates it once it's done.

Got my 00 GP inspected today before I forget again, lol. Passed no problem. I'm surprised that they actually noted the mileage though. I thought after so many miles that they just put "N/A" on the report.
 
FordMan77 said:
That's awesome that you and your Dad are working on it. I hope your brother appreciates it once it's done.

Got my 00 GP inspected today before I forget again, lol. Passed no problem. I'm surprised that they actually noted the mileage though. I thought after so many miles that they just put "N/A" on the report.
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they take your mileage here too. i think its to show how may cars still pass with high miles lol


whats getting put in that malibu? those are often turned in to drag cars. you know, cheap to buy, kinda ugly, cheap to mod up, hurt the guy next to you's feeling and shi t lol
 


That's why I want to build a drag wagon, like maybe an 87 Buick Electra, with some form of boosted big block V8... :th_thumbsup-wink:
 
WarStryker13 said:
That's why I want to build a drag wagon, like maybe an 87 Buick Electra, with some form of boosted big block V8... :th_thumbsup-wink:
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I had the same idea way way back. Didn't pan out and had to sell her.....

Wagon_01.jpg
 
Scottydoggs said:
they take your mileage here too. i think its to show how may cars still pass with high miles lol


whats getting put in that malibu? those are often turned in to drag cars. you know, cheap to buy, kinda ugly, cheap to mod up, hurt the guy next to you's feeling and shi t lol
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Heck, with 413K showing I figured they'd just say f-it, lol.. Glad I don't have emissions in my county but I'd bet it'd still pass that too.

On paper it isn't worth a damn thing at this point. I really should try to get a stated value policy on it since some of the mods wouldn't be covered by normal insurance. They'd look up a 00 GP with a bajillion miles on it and hand me a check for $500 and say have a nice day!

I love seeing those door slammers at the track take down something way more expensive. When an 80's car pulls the front wheels and kills your LS/Coyote/rice burner-whatever it always gives me a smile. I'm a "built it not bought it" kinda guy.

And yes a wagon would be baller. There was a mid 70's Torino wagon running at my local track a while back that "looked" totally stock minus the wheels. Caught a lot of people by surprise. BB Ford with a 9" and some other goodies. Was still legal on the street too.
 
My pops want one of those wagons hardcore. He's in love with old ststion wagons. Personally id rather have a newer wagon like a Merc 63 or CTS-V. We're hopefully getting the Malibu running today. Im leaving for Vegas tomorrow and my parents are driving the Malibu out that way the the following friday. Good luck right?
 


^^^I know right? The instructions that came with the engine state tla mandatory oil change after the fist 30 miles. 30! Then 500 miles and change just the filter. Only stipulation is no synthetic. Hope they fan handle it.
 
SDGTP99 said:
^^^I know right? The instructions that came with the engine state tla mandatory oil change after the fist 30 miles. 30! Then 500 miles and change just the filter. Only stipulation is no synthetic. Hope they fan handle it.
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bring the ramps, oil, filters and tools and go all road kill on it.......be an adventure lol

it will be all broken in for sure when he gets it.
 


Well the Malibu runs now but it had an 6" balancer instead of 8". So i didn't get to drive it before my flight today. On the plus side my passenger rear window 'something or other' broke. Window's stuck down an inch. Meh meh meh.
 
Speaking of draggin wagons- When I was oh, almost a teen... Dad took me to Wichita International (drag strip). The two things that stuck with me were the mind blowing stringy traction compound assisted wheelstand yanked by a prismatic-lettered first gen Camaro running slicks. First time I ever saw three wheels up. Other thing was a benign looking bronze Coronet wagon with slot mags. It pulled up near the spectator area and wife and kids unloaded. The guy whips over into the pits, whips out a floor jack and slicks, uncorks headers and clicked off a string of mid and low 12s. He made a handful of passes, switched wheels and parked, they watched awhile then off they went. I remember thinking "OK, THAT... is how its done!" I had nonchalantly walked down and peeked while he un-prepped and didn't look any further than to see the 440 with dual quads. You could do that then. Now you couldn't afford to putt to the closest stop sign with a rig like that!
 
Avoided a head-on collision and kissed a guard rail, all because some f*ckwit decided he needed the wrong side of the road more than me...

Here's the carnage:

Oops... by Ben Stryker, on Flickr

Not really that bad, but this is after I pulled the fender back out to it's proper place. The headlight was pushed in far enough to break the plastic frame that holds the top of the front bumper, but I know of a couple clean Galaxy Silver GP's in the junkyard that aren't mangled...
 
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