John 3:16

1969 Malibu Pro-Street car

Owner: Michael Pell

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I initially started the restoration back in ‘96, so it’s been a slow-progressing restoration. As you’ll be able to see in the pics and links below, I’ve done a complete frame-off restoration. Nothing on the car is untouched. Every square inch has been either cleaned and restored or replaced.

Special thanks go to Ray for helping out all of these years!

Here’s a quick list of specs about my car:

• The car is 1969 Chevelle Malibu, originally equipped with a 307, Powerglide, 10 bolt single track with 3.08 gears, drum brakes all around, and power steering. It was a pretty basic car. Now it sports the following:
• 486 BBC (454 + 0.060), 10.2:1 compression, Eagle rods, stock crank, Silvo-lite hyperuetectic pistons, 1973 “049” oval port heads with 2.19”/1.88” valves, Unlite distributor, roller rockers, Edelbrock dual plane intake, Holley Street Avenger sp carb, and to top it off, a .622” lift solid roller cam! 
• According to Desktop Dyno 2000, I should expect 555hp @ 6000rpm, and 564ft lb @ 4500rpm. And the torque curve is very long and flat, starting with 498 ft lb @2500rpm, and stretching all the way to 485ft lb @ 6000. I expect the software is optimistic, so it’s probably more like 500 ft lb, 500hp.
• I’ve custom installed a TREMEC TKO-600 5 speed manual transmission. Click this link to see more.
• I’ve back-halved the rear and installed an Art Morrison narrowed rear clip. Don’t ever use Art Morrison products. Click here for a detailed explanation.
• A Mosier Engineering (M/E) Ford 9” with disk brakes holds up the back of the car. A M/E spool with 4.11 Richmond gears and M/E axles are installed.
• The rear wheels/tires are 15”x15” Welds with 18.5” x 31” Mickey Thompson Sportsmans Pros.
• The front wheels are 15” x 6” Welds.
• The interior is all original equipment, right down to the heater delete plate.
• The hood is a 5” Harwod FG, with a smoothed underside.
• Original equipment front disk brakes, Ford OEM rear disk brakes.
• The top is painted a gloss black, and the body color is 2001 Dodge truck blue (paint code PB3).
• The ghosted Bowtie and flames are painted with a blue pearl, and are very subtle.
• The exhaust is a NASCAR style exhaust, right off of a real NASCAR car (removed summer of ‘07 in favor of rear-exiting exhaust)

The rest of the page will depict the progress of the “restification” in a reverse chronological order. So the latest pics and info about the car are at the top. Please click the links to see more information and pictures.

Nov 2006, Added the Argent Silver and Malibu Trim

Sept 2004, more pics

June 2004, more pics from Chevellabration!

Aug 2003, so what kind of marks will those fat tires leave?

July 2002, Norwalk OH Super Chevy

June 2002 (3 pages); Exterior pics,  Almost Complete pics (Ghosted Bowtie, exhaust tips), and interior pics

November 2001: The car is finally road-worthy! The front end is aligned, and made a few test runs up and down the street! All of the windows are installed, the bumpers are on, etc.

October 2001:  New exhaust with NASCAR style exhaust tips

September 2001: Restored dash bezel (4 pics)

August 26, 2001: Finished Paint! (14 pics); quick loading page, high quality page

June 26, 2001: Fresh Paint! (8 pics)

January 2001: Pics and details of the Tremec TKO 5 speed installation (several pics)

July 2000: Pics of the finished trunk floor (7 pics)

June 2000: Pics of the trunk area and wheel tubs (6 pics)

December 1999; Pics of the Body, just before the frame goes back under it (2 pics)

December 1999: Pics of the finished frame (13 pics)

March 1999: Back from the body shop with new quarters, rockers, and filler panel (9 pics)

Summer 1998: Misc of work in progress (11 pics)

Spring and Summer of 1998: Car on Rotisserie (5 pics). Click here to see more about my home-made auto body rotisserie.

Feb 1998: Dissassembly (6 pics)

Here’s some pics I found from around 1988 (2 pics)

That’s all for now!

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