74 Chevy Malibu Classic from Portland, OR

Hey guys. My name is Anthony. I have had my Chevelle since I was 16, and am now 30. It is currently dark green. It looks bad because I went to UTI in AZ for two years, and left it behind while in school. I spent a bunch of time working to pay those student loans, and 7 years later pulled it out of a field and brought it to my new place in Hillsboro, OR (just outside Portland). I am saving to get a house, so that I have a proper shop to begin my overhaul.

I am planning to build it pro-touring style (massively updated suspension, tires/wheels, and brakes). I want to do an engine set-back, and change out the drivetrain to a newer set-up (probably an l92 headed lsx motor, and 4180e trans). I already have a Furd 9" rear for it. I have recently been following body related posts because I am planning on making a custom rear roll pan and use something like the a 73 Camaro rear bumper. I also want to change door handles (like on Blue Collar Buick), shave the drip rails, flush mount the glass (windshield, rear, & opera glass), and change the front end to a 73 Laguna S-3 Style.

Lately all I've done is get the old cam'd 350 running and drive it around to keep it mobile. I buffed and waxed it a few weekends ago, mostly out of shame for neglecting it for so long. I have been lurking on this forum for a while, and most of your posts have been so helpful I hardly needed to ask anything myself!



This TINY one car garage is a huge roadblock, but I do some work on it still.

welcome aboard Anthony <<<===== cool name we share it !!!

anyways nice ride you have there good luck on it, she looks like a good car to start AGAIN with LOL

Welcome, Anthony.

Welcome Anthony. You have some great plans for your car, it ought to be great when you get it finished with it. I like that color. There are some things I do not like about your plans, but its your car. You have to please yourself, thats what the game is all about. I hate it when people do crazy things to their car just because everybody else does it. All right, I'm an a$$, I'll tell you my ideas. Its not worth it to flush mount the glass, not worth the effort. I have only been west of the Mississippi river twice and then it was just by a few miles, but I thought your area was rainy. You know they put those drip rails there for a reason. I love all your other ideas except ONLY set back the engine if it is a normal part of the installation of the LS engine. Okay, kick my butt, I could not resist. JB2wheeler http://www.picturetrail.com/sfx/album/view/19847223

Welcome to the board! You might have stolen some of the ideas I had for my car!

welcome aboard

nice to see that you did not give up on your baby. i bought my 73 monte when i was 23,im now 36 and it is almost done.

Welcome Anthony. I'm here in SE Portland.

DUDE long time no se where ya been hiding brotha

Limey wrote:DUDE long time no se where ya been hiding brotha

Me? Nowhere in particular, lol.

well welcome back Dustin, anyways good to see regular faces again

Welcome to the forum! I'm digging the current wheels, but I'm a bit of an oddball for the classic styles. Sounds like you have a solid plan for a unique vehicle.

Limey wrote:welcome aboard Anthony <<<===== cool name we share it !!!

anyways nice ride you have there good luck on it, she looks like a good car to start AGAIN with LOL

Yeah, startin over can be a pain. But the good thing is, I am trained now. I learned all the things that confused me before, so I am much less likely to commit the kind of butchery that I did when I was younger.

chevy76monteman wrote:Welcome Anthony. I'm here in SE Portland.

Nice to meet you! Is there a "NW chapter" in the works here? I was told by my neighbor that I could go to a VW rally when I brough my car home... and although I have friends in that circle, I am a V8 guy.

Rago wrote:Welcome to the forum! I'm digging the current wheels, but I'm a bit of an oddball for the classic styles. Sounds like you have a solid plan for a unique vehicle.

I thought about keeping them, but they won't fit the theme or the brakes. I also am looking to run way wider rims regardless of diameter, and they are only 7" rims. I will probably post them on here for sale in a few years when I get the new ones.

Hows the interior? The car actually looks like its in great shape as it is now! Keep us updated!