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Old 02-10-2014, 08:09 PM
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Hi everyone. I have long wanted to get a Chevelle and finally my time has come this week. I am picking up my 1972 Malibu this coming weekend and the resto project can begin. Managed to find a running car that has not been worked before, all numbers matching. It has rust in all the usual places and is a vinyl top car (not sure i'm going to leave it as one).
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Old 02-10-2014, 08:28 PM
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Welcome to the site, post some pictures when you get it home. Vinyl top car can mean a lot of rust under it. Hard to find a number matching car anymore that not a fortune to buy. Couple of others have 72 chevelles on here so you are right at home here.
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Old 02-10-2014, 08:50 PM
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Welcome from Ga ,tell us a little about yourself and your plans for your car and show us some pics .
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Old 02-10-2014, 08:59 PM
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Welcome to the site! As the others have stated, lets see it..... we love pictures!
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Old 02-11-2014, 07:13 AM
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Welcome to the site and congrats on the new car.
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Old 02-11-2014, 07:04 PM
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Welcome V. My name is Nancy and I have a 1972 Malibu. I too had a vinyl top at one time. Unfortunately like Ray said, I had a lot of rust under it. I ultimately replaced the whole roof. I look forward to hearing all about your Malibu.
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Old 02-11-2014, 08:57 PM
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Thanks for the words of welcome. I live in Richmond Va and I am supposed to pick the Chevelle up Thursday night, provided we don't get buried in snow tomorrow. I'll get some pictures up this weekend. I plan to keep it as a driveable car as much as I can. As this is my first one i'm going to take my time and try to break a big job into little parts. My end goal is not really to make this a show car but something to be driven and enjoyed. I plan on it being a grandfather, father, son project with my dad and my 10 year old.
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Old 02-14-2014, 09:13 PM
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Well we got buried with snow and ice so I couldn't pick up the car last night. Tomorrow is the day, the previous owner is going to drop it off at work for me. I should have some pictures to share very soon.
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Old 02-14-2014, 09:30 PM
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We have had our share of snow too ,looking forward to pics .Do you plan to change anything on it or leave it as is ?
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Old 02-15-2014, 02:47 PM
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Keeping my fingers crossed that you get your car soon.
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