My car has all original interior (including the rug) and has the 68 style Malibu dash trim

Was that trim piece different for the 68 and 69 Malibu?

I know the 1969 SS 396 trim had a different grain pattern then the 68 but I see some people sell the 68 and 69 Malibu trim as the same part?

The steering wheel emblems for the COPO 427 Chevelles have come through with different ones.
some have the bow tie , some have the Malibu some had the SS

mine has the bow tie

Am I the only one that’s not seeing all the pictures! Last week I could see them all this week most of the pictures are gone!

Same here, strange :tongue:

Mike

Unfortunately I intended to delete the first post only in the thread because it was a duplicate. What happened (due to a bug/issue) it deleted the whole thread! I was able to restore the thread, but inexplicably the pictures were lost. I've been in contact with web developer and he hasn't been able to find a way to retrieve. Very unfortunate because a lot of work by Rick went into this thread....

Oh no, bummer.....this will be a lot of extra work for Rick....to re-insert all the missing pictures.

Steve, I feel your pain.....as a Moderator I have unfortunately made the same mistake.....now my approach is, if it is not broke....don’t fix it.

Dan

I believe the entire edge shape of the trim piece is slightly different between 68/69 malibu, and for certain the font is specific to each year, with the 68 version using the script "Malibu" vs. the 69 wording in all caps, similar to the 69 Malibu 1/4 panel emblem.

Related to the wheel cyl, any thoughts looking into a vintage parts counter book and see if there several part numbers for different applications? Thus helping to understand if they used both sizes due to some performance modifications?

Rick stinks all your pictures are gone but I hope u continue to share your progress and pictures of this great car!

Joe Barr
thanks for posting the pics of the 68 vs 69 Malibu dash trim pieces
Mine has the 69 block letter one

Many people contacted me asking what happened to the photos that had been posted throughout this thread. My apologies for not getting them back on here sooner but time has not allowed it.

I am going to go back to the beginning of the thread and try to repost what was there but I kept no record of what photos I used and since there are now 6505 photos in that album. It takes an immense amount of time to go through and find the photos that pertain to the thread and then reattach them. About 45 minutes to an hour for each posting. More than likely there will be a lot of photos that were not posted before as again, I do not recall which ones I used so keep checking back through the thread for updated photo postings. This may take several days or even weeks so please bear with me.

Many people who contacted me privately appreciated the detailed information so I decided to go back and try to fix it instead of just leaving it as is. I also need to update the thread with the current status of the car but that will have to wait for more time. For now, here is a teaser. Thanks for your patience, I will get them reposted as soon as possible.