Nice looking car that looks pretty well preserved, yet has a non-original '68 327. I suppose it could have been someone's weekend warrior that grenaded the original block early in its life and spent most of its time sitting in the garage.
I used to see these 327/4-sp/12-bolt early Malibus fairly often, but they come up for sale pretty infrequently these days. Cool car.
Link to 1966 327/4-sp Malibu auction
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