Mine was a '78 coupe, solid white, into which I was installing a F**D 9" with Lincoln disc brakes and Detroit Locker (even built a large reusable jig for attaching\aligning the malibu coil-spring axle brackets to any axle housing), with a built GN TH200 behind an EFI '87 Buick Grand National GNT charge-air cooled 3800 V6 - had the Hotchkiss control arms adapting the B-body front knuckles and 12" discs from the larger Buick Electra-type chassis with the larger steering box from the same series, using the Malibu\El Camino Sport instrument cluster with complete instrumentation incl tach, Camaro high-back buckets, El Camino console, etc
Alas, #1 son got his license and needed a vehicle for work, so I wound up installing a very low-mileage 4.1L Buick V6 and BOP TH350 in it for his use, thinking I would reclaim it after he became able to afford a Civic with a fart-tube - but, he quickly removed the rear shocks and pulled the rear springs outta the chassis, letting it bump around on the axle like those ones with the wobbly-headed chihuahua in the rear window with eyes that lite up with the brake lites, and the furry dice hanging from the rear-view mirror, and the furry dash and furry visors and fuzzy door sills and furry package tray and.........well, you get my drift, eh - the constant beating loosened everything in the previously tight body, also wound up severely cracking the frame above the axle on both sides - not much use then for my project, so his mom sold it for 50bucks - even at that, the m*****n argued with her for hours, trying to get the price down below $0.01 - and he didn't even want the rear springs...............
Alas, #1 son got his license and needed a vehicle for work, so I wound up installing a very low-mileage 4.1L Buick V6 and BOP TH350 in it for his use, thinking I would reclaim it after he became able to afford a Civic with a fart-tube - but, he quickly removed the rear shocks and pulled the rear springs outta the chassis, letting it bump around on the axle like those ones with the wobbly-headed chihuahua in the rear window with eyes that lite up with the brake lites, and the furry dice hanging from the rear-view mirror, and the furry dash and furry visors and fuzzy door sills and furry package tray and.........well, you get my drift, eh - the constant beating loosened everything in the previously tight body, also wound up severely cracking the frame above the axle on both sides - not much use then for my project, so his mom sold it for 50bucks - even at that, the m*****n argued with her for hours, trying to get the price down below $0.01 - and he didn't even want the rear springs...............
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