The Story of this 1964 Chevelle SS Malibu - Part 2 скачать в хорошем качестве

The Story of this 1964 Chevelle SS Malibu - Part 2

This car was restored as a resto-mod some time before 2011. It has changed hands a few times prior to being purchased by its previous owner. He purchased the car from a classic car dealer in the Midwest and it was sold to him with a 1977 454 big block, turbo 350 transmission and 10 bolt rear end. Originally, this car would have come from the factory with a 283 small block and a 2-speed power-glide transmission. This car’s history and life is a total mystery, at least to me and what I have been able to find. Interestingly, I have found two videos of this car on YouTube, one from 2013 and another from 2011, that I will show you at the end of this video. I’m going to take some liberties here to try to fill in the blanks on what I feel makes the most sense of what is left of the original car. I can only assume that this car, being from Baltimore and spending its entire life on the east coast and possibly north east was rescued as some sort of basket case. It does not have its original engine or transmission, all of that is lost to history. The floors and trunk have no rust, so I have to assume they were all cut out and replaced. The quarter panels have no rust, so either they are full replacements or at the very least, the lowers. The quarter panels do not have factory production numbers along the drip rail, so they are probably after market. All the chrome is flawless, so I’m sure that is all Year One reproduction as is the interior. The firewall has been fully reworked and since this was never an A/C car, there wasn’t much there anyways. There are no signs of its original Ember Red paint job, so that leads me to believe this car had a full media blast down to bare metal during its restoration. When you get right down to it, there isn’t much left of the original car when it was saved. Which made it a perfect candidate for a resto-mod. Which brings us to this…. Originally this car most likely would have come from the factory with a 195hp 283. The 220hp 283 was available, but typically would have come with the air-conditioned cars, which this car was not, but it is possible to have ordered a 220hp car without AC. The 327 cubic inch engine was introduced in June of 1964, but since this car was built in September, the 327 wouldn’t have been available yet. Since this car was probably rebuilt from a rolling shell, everything that has been added to it to bring it back from the dead really doesn’t detract from its value since it’s never going to be a number’s matching car. When the previous owner purchased this car, it had a 1977 454 out of a truck. He described it as powerful, but not a race car. And it had a 350-automatic transmission behind it, which isn’t really optimal behind a big block, but being a lower power 1977 truck engine, I suppose it worked fine. But that old 1977 cast iron pig is long gone now and what power’s this early production Chevelle SS convertible is simply jaw dropping! But we will save that, for the next installment. Make sure you like and subscribe, because now we’re getting to the good stuff. Get the Patreon Back Stage Pass   / openroader   Open Roader T-Shirts are available here: https://teespring.com/stores/open-roader