The Chevelle continued to be popular in its fourth model year, 1967. That’s when this car rolled off the assembly line. The VIN indicates it was a Malibu Sport Coupe with a V8 engine. Today it wears SS 396 badging but has a more modern 454 V8 and a TH-400 transmission under the hood. With its wide rear tires, it looks as though some drag racing may have been intended. As a running car used for weekend outings, this Chevelle is in Hempstead, Texas, and is available here on eBay. The asking price is $25,000 but there is a Make Offer feature for consideration.
We don’t know the history of this car, but it looks as though several steps were taken to improve its mechanical acumen as well as the comfort of the passenger compartment. The timing of the transformation is unknown, but the engine now deployed wasn’t available before 1970, so that’s the oldest this replacement motor might be. The car has a reported 93,000 miles on the odometer, but the experience of the engine isn’t mentioned.
Chevrolet built nearly 404,000 cars in the Chevelle family in 1967, which would have included the wagon-based El Camino. Of that number, 141,000 were non-SS V8 powered Malibu Sport Coupes. Interestingly, the front of the cars wear SS 396 badges. Perhaps the Chevy once had a 396, too, becoming an SS 396 clone before the 454 came along. Besides a new radiator with electric fans, the car sports 18-inch wide wheels where tubbing has been done to support the larger size.
The interior looks quite modern with grey bucket seats from another era. And the instrument cluster is all-new with digital additions like the Dakota speedometer. Quite impressive, especially at night. The paint job is probably okay, though the seller does point out a flaw or two. If the car runs as well as we suspect, this could be a turnkey car for Cars & Coffee with a little detailing. And as a word of advice to future car sellers, you’ll have a better presentation by taking landscape photos rather than portraits. It’s hard to get the whole car squeezed into a photo taken straight up.
Had a 67 Malibu coupe, this one doesn’t impress me. Look at the way the wiring is wound around the windshield wiper for one and the wiring from the MSD unit!
IMO just shoving a big engine does not make a quality car. They should have left this one alone with the small block and had a good handling car.
There’s a lot not to like under the hood. The wiring job looks like Mr. Bentwrench did the work under a shade tree. The brake lines show the same attention to detail. The battery is held in place with some sort of fabric strap. I would prefer a red cable coming off the battery’s positive terminal. Finally why was the trim tag removed from the firewall?
The seller calls the car “drivable” but the amount of dust on the car indicates the car hasn’t been driven in quite a while. No details about the age and condition of the 454 are provided. There’s also no mention of possible upgrades to the braking systems, front and rear suspension or the rear end. The half a roll cage and unfinished interior where the rear seat should be says it’s an unfinished, abandoned project. This Malibu would be a good show car to demonstrate how to **** up a perfectly good vehicle.
We had a 67 Malibu, not an SS, but it had a 327, Four speed, Bucket seats, console, and optional disc brakes. Wonder if it survived? It ran good when it was sold for $700.
I had a 67 Malibu, also a non SS, a 283, 4 speed with buckets and a console. Butternut yellow with black interior. Had it from 68 to 72 and traded it in on a 71 Volvo 1800e.
shoemaker to say the least!