While nearly 300,000 Chevrolet Chevelle Malibu Sport Coupes were built in 1970, almost 26,000 were assembled by GM of Canada. They were all V8-powered and 3,300 were equipped as Z25 SS 396 models. The seller’s project car is said to be one of them and comes in a seldom seen color, Shadow Gray. Possibly in parts and pieces now, this Chevy is available here on eBay where the current bid is $2,025, the reserve is unmet, and the Buy It Now is $12,000.
Though built in Canada, this Chevelle now resides in Luttrell, Tennessee. The vehicle has Canadian documentation (per the seller), so this seems like a real-deal car. It is no longer numbers matching as the block, heads, and intake (all in pieces) are from a 1969 Chevrolet. The car was built with the 396 engine rated at 350 hp and paired with a TH-400 automatic transmission (still around?). This was a bench seat car with the shifter on the column.
We’re told the Chevelle needs floor and trunk pans as well as rear quarter panels, not included in the sale. But spare hoods are provided along with other parts that are scattered around near the car. While it has power disc brakes, it did not come with power steering, a bit of an oddity considering the weight over the front wheels.
Photos show the car on a lift, but also with the frame sitting all by itself. So, we’re not sure how much will be assembled when you go to pick it up. It’s clearly a project that can be built anyway you want but keeping it as close to its Canadian origins would make it more valuable in the end. We’re told the rear glass is not missing, but the windshield seems to have a gaping hole in it.
I love it! I’m appalled at folks that leave Jags and Ferraris out to rot, I suppose, this should upset me,,but it doesn’t. Why? Because THIS is what I remember 1970 Chevelles turning into. Oh sure, time after time we see these pristine examples, when THIS was the majority. Don’t get me wrong, fantastic car, when new, even the 2nd owner, but after that, it was all downhill. This is what the last owner ended up with. Naturally, most know my feelings on this stuff, but for gits and shingles, this is what happened to almost all of these. Looks like rusty Chevelles were universal. It was a heck of a toboggan ride.
Yes and to state the obvious, she’s pretty crusty.
RUFF…
If I bought this, I would wonder who is the basket case. Me or the car.
Too far gone for me but I still love a Chevelle and I hope someone will bring it back to the life it deserves. Someone will tackle it.
I have long wondered how you reassemble a car like this one where the parts were not bagged and tagged, and some were likely lost. It must take a tremendous amount of knowledge, skill and time to pull this off.