This 1972 Chevrolet Chevelle Malibu can be seen here in eBay in all its glory. The seller states that he is listing it for a friend in the National Guard. The car is located in Pierre, South Dakota. In the 1970’s, this car would have fit right in but today it will get all the looks as your cruise around. It must have air shocks in the back the get the car to sit at this rake. The car is already bid to $7,600 with 2 days remaining.
This car would be considered a driver. It is equipped with a Chevrolet 350 cubic inch V8 engine. Check out the air conditioning compressor! The engine is said to be slightly modified with headers dual exhaust and a mild cam. Power is send to the rear gears via column shifted automatic transmission. The seller states that he has a clean title in hand. The paint is fading and worn away in a couple of places.
The interior is white but the bench seat has yellowed quite a bit. This isn’t an SS but simply a funky ride that were a dime a dozen in the 1970’s but today you rarely see them. My friends and I called the wheels on this car “flower mags” back in high school. They were a popular modification. The fuel system has been flushed and the car is said to run and drive although there is a problem with the brakes.
Now this car is not a rotisserie restored garage queen. I doubt it is the original color and there is a dent in the front fender. The tires are so new that the blue is still on white letters. Let us know what you would do with this car.
Those front park/turn lights make it a ’71, unless it’s a put-together. Had a ’72 Heavy Chevy back in the day, had 1-piece lights.
Also, that’s an aftermarket compressor, not the A6 that car should have. I’ll stick with my earlier assessment of put-together.
note firewall not a factory A/C car.
The seller updated the ad to say that’s a 1971, not a 72.
Steve R
Those turn signals and park lights are 1971. I had a 71 chevelle super sport.
The wheels are Keystone Kustomag’s, you can still buy that style of wheel, now called the Klassic. I never heard the term “flower” wheels before, but it could be an area specific thing perhaps? The only wheel that I ever heard of that would fall into plant description would be the old American 200S wheels, often called “Daisy” wheels. I have also heard them referred to as “Coke bottle” wheels.
Look like Keystone Klassics to me.
Jack the front end up a little bit, put tunnel ram dual quad and this is a genuine street freak! Back in the early 70’s, street freaks were common sight. Wild paint, wild engine, and nose bleed stance.
All this needs is dingle balls in the back window, truck clearance lights hung from the rear axle, a prismatic sticker reading HEAVY CHEVY on the back window and a Sparkomatic 8-track with Head East or BTO pouring out of black plastic 5″ Kraco speakers and it’s pretty much Friday night 1978 in Anytown, midwest USAmerica.
Kraco underdash cassette deck cranked up to 10 in a ’71 Demon 340. AC/DC, Judas Priest, Aerosmith. That was my Friday and Saturday nights in Sunnyside, Washington, 1979.
Pioneer FM/8-Track SuperTuner under the dash, & a pair of 6×9 Mind Blowers in the rear deck. Cruisin’ Niagara Falls w/ Buffalo Bob, 1981.
Don’t forget the fun fur for the back deck around the 5″ Kraco’s or 6×9 Pioneers lol
I had a 1968 Cougar with a similar paint job but no stripes on the hood. It had a black vinyl top and it was shod with Keystone Klassics too.
The stripes remind me of the ZZ top Eliminator hot rod, from the early eighties music videos. The mild small block, wheels, and stance look so familiar, almost like an undisclosed option.
If it was mine I’d lose the color altogether, midnight blue instead. Loud dual exhaust with dumps no tail pipes, leave the wheels, install right foot to the loud pedal and flog it on down the highway. Please, it’s better off as a hot ride as opposed to the wife’s car it started out as.
I love it! It screams 1970’s. What a great throwback to a better, safer time. I wouldn’t change a thing and I’d drive it daily.
Repaint. Those stripes have gotta go.
This car would look good with Cragar SS wheels. My ’71 Demon 340 had them.
The A/C compressor must bring that 350 to it’s knees when it cycles.