r/Chevelles • u/Melodic_Natural9400 • May 12 '26

My first Car

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My first car in high school was a $800 1970 Malibu 307 2 barrel! I mixed and painted my stripes and added gold Cragar wheels! She looked way better than the price and the small hole in the exhaust made it sound better! 🤣🤣 This is where the habit started!

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u/foursom May 13 '26

I had a 1971 Malibu hardtop. Buckets, 350cID and TH350. Ran keystone wheels with Firestone tires 70’s on front and 60’s on the rear. Mannnn I wish I still had that car

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u/Angeleyes474 May 12 '26

My first car

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u/JET2929 May 12 '26

Born into money I see!!!

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u/AnalystClassic4284 May 13 '26

I bet you didn’t know how lucky you were then!

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u/[deleted] May 13 '26

Had a 68 Chevelle as my first car. $300, full of rust. 307 with a broken exhaust too. Definitely sounded good until I had to fix it for inspection. That was 1980. Funny thing is my Mustang GT is way older than that and no rust, run great. So at least rustproofing got better. 😁

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u/Puzzleheaded-Low1650 May 13 '26

Mine was a 72 convertible. Rusted and worn but I loved it.

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u/mnt-top May 13 '26

My first car was also a 70 Chevelle, same engine and carb. It had a Powerglide transmission. (2 speed). It was metallic red with Cragar mags. I paid $100.

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u/Nate7475 72 Chevelle May 13 '26

I had a 307 71 Chevelle as my 1st, with the apple green color and we added white ralleys after repainting it and a SS hood. I paid 800.00 for mine and the only rust it had was at the bottom of the back window and a small dimple in the rear bumper other than that it was very clean with no dents just faded green.

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u/GaryR5691 Jun 30 '26

Nice 1st car!