1969 Chevelle Malibu Question

novaman_69 · #1 11-21-2008, 03:44 AM

I am looking at a 1969 Chevelle Malibu that is for sale locally. I am a Nova man more so than Chevelle man and I was wondering how rare of package this Malibu is. Like I said it is a 69. Originally a 350 250 hp with a Muncie M20 4-speed. The car also has bucket seats and a console. I did not think many Malibu's would have a 4-speed with the console and stuff. Is this rare or pretty common for the year?? It is a Canadian car and all the options were coded original to the car and are still in it in good condition.

Thanks in advance.

Schonyenko2 · #2 11-21-2008, 04:44 AM

It was pretty common around here. IA. Guys wanted a 396, but found they couldn't afford the insurance, dad thought that a 396 was to much hp, etc. So they ordered a Malibu 350 4 spd. Put on headers, mags, big tires, and were happy beating the heck outta what they had. Some were even pretty quick, and beat a few 325 hp 396s.

ORIGLS6 · #3 11-21-2008, 04:54 AM

Same here. I had an L35 in my '68 Chevelle but a friend ordered the 327 that came with a Saginaw 4 speed. White car/blue guts/buckets and no console. Cool car, and ran like stink. Finally found out,............. L79 car!
Even the '68 version of the L79 was a stout little package.

SD 396 · #4 11-21-2008, 06:20 AM

Any Canadian production car would be a lower production car and easy to document through Oshawa. It sounds like a decent car with a M20 and buckets but still not a desireable as a SS396 clone. A friend of mine had a Canadian built 300 HP 350, 4 speed, console, gauges, tach, 12 bolt posi and had to SS clone it to get the money out of it.

**Bill Pritchard** · #5 11-22-2008, 04:53 AM

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A friend of mine had a Canadian built 300 HP 350, 4 speed, console, gauges, tach, 12 bolt posi and had to SS clone it to get the money out of it.

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Huh

You mean to say that he really tried and failed to sell the car as a numbers matching, Canadian documented original Malibu with a 350/300, M20, buckets, console, gauges......and was able to make more money on it after spending $$$ to convert it into an SS396 clone? That's a bit hard to believe, unless the ultimate buyer was not made aware that it was a clone.

Postsedan · #6 11-22-2008, 04:58 AM

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I am looking at a 1969 Chevelle Malibu that is for sale locally. I am a Nova man more so than Chevelle man and I was wondering how rare of package this Malibu is. Like I said it is a 69. Originally a 350 250 hp with a Muncie M20 4-speed. The car also has bucket seats and a console. I did not think many Malibu's would have a 4-speed with the console and stuff. Is this rare or pretty common for the year?? It is a Canadian car and all the options were coded original to the car and are still in it in good condition.

Thanks in advance.

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What is the color of this Chevelle? What are all the options listed?

Dan.

**Bill Pritchard** · #7 11-22-2008, 05:46 AM

When my youngest brother was in college in the late 70's, he owned a 69 Malibu with a 307, buckets, console, and a floor mounted 3 speed manual trans....all OEM. I knew of several other 69 Malibus with bucket seats and console from the factory, albeit with automatic transmissions. So anyway, I think they were not so rare back in the day, but I would bet most of the survivors have been cloned into SS396's by now.

SD 396 · #8 11-22-2008, 06:28 PM

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A friend of mine had a Canadian built 300 HP 350, 4 speed, console, gauges, tach, 12 bolt posi and had to SS clone it to get the money out of it.

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Huh

You mean to say that he really tried and failed to sell the car as a numbers matching, Canadian documented original Malibu with a 350/300, M20, buckets, console, gauges......and was able to make more money on it after spending $$$ to convert it into an SS396 clone? That's a bit hard to believe, unless the ultimate buyer was not made aware that it was a clone.

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The original motor was broke bad. He had it for sale and no takers so he cloned the car as a SS. He was upfront about the car being a clone and still sold it to the first person to look at it.

novaman_69 · #9 11-22-2008, 07:20 PM

What is the color of this Chevelle? What are all the options listed?

Dan.

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Dan. It was originally Lemans Blue and still has the original vinyl top. It looks to have been repainted at one time, but the kept it the blue. The other options that I decoded were the console (still in good shape), 4-speed M-20 Muncie, and front bucket seats (still in good shape as well). It looks like the car is overall in good driver shape, and all original.