Winter Project, '67 Malibu

[CC Rider]

A long-time buddy owns an auto repair shop near me. For years I've been going there every Saturday morning to help out, work on my own stuff, or just hang out.

The owner is too busy to work on his own stuff, so I end up working on his cars. I've reassembled a dark blue '67 Malibu (which he sold after I finished it ), his daughter's '65 Mustang fastback, and his '70 El Camino. My next project is his son's '67 race car.


What started out as quarter, floor replacement, and paint job turned into taking the body off the frame, replacing almost all of the sheet metal, and spraying a pretty decent paint job. All of this was done by someone else.


I purposely didn't call this a frame-off restoration, because originality is not a goal with this one. I don't exactly agree with the direction they want to take this car, but then again, it isn't mine.


I took these pictures the same day we pulled that patina '69 Kingswood Estate out of the woods.


Original colors were Emerald Turquoise with a matching bench seat interior. I recovered the seats with reproduction covers YEARS ago. In the upcoming months, I hope to install that interior in this car.


Someone did a pretty good job hanging sheet metal on this car.

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