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1971 Chevelle Malibu New Paint Nice Parts Fast Street Driven Car on 2040-cars

US $18,000.00
Year:1971 Mileage:57786
Location:

Sacramento, California, United States

Sacramento, California, United States
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1971 Chevelle. Non ss. Car is registered and insured under my name. Can drive it on California 91 octane anywhere you want. I recently had the car painted in base clearcoat. Paint is nice and body is extremely straight as the pictures show. Car shows exceptionally well and gets a lot of attention. This car has never been in an accident and all body panels are original to the car except for the hood, which was replaced with an original Chevelle hood. There is absolutely no rust on this car.

Engine specs 

406 cubic inches
Dart sportsman iron heads 2.05/1.60 with heavy port work done by Wes King. 
Comp trw flat top pistons .030 11.4 CR
.043 fel pro head gaskets
Moly rings
Isky Z-70 solid camshaft
Duration 304/304 duration .548/.548 lift 108 centerline
Originally 2 bolt main. Has 4 bolt main splayed caps now.
Stock 400 crankshaft .010/.010
5.565 stock rods polished.
3.75 inch stroke
High volume oil pump
Double roller timing chain

Transmission 
Built TH350 
Manual valve body 
Stalls around 3500rpm on footbrake.

Suspension
Rearend is a Fab9 housing from Chris Alston that bolts into chevelles.
Strange axles. 
Shocks are competition engineering adjustable drag shocks front and rear.
Boxed rear control arms
New calipers, Wilwood rotors, and braided brake lines
New upper and lower balljoints, drag link, wheel bearings, and hardware.

Fuel system
Braided -8an front to back with a return system into aluminum fuel cell in trunk.
Valving system to pump fuel to or from stock fuel tank also. 

Exhaust
Mandrel bent 3 inch headers back. 
Fully muffled with X pipe. 
Turndowns just before rearend housing. Makes some noise and sounds absolutely amazing.

Cooling system
New stock replacement radiator
Mark VIII electric fan
Never runs hot even on the few extremely hot days it has been driven.

Wheels
Weld racing wheels front 165R15 tires
Weld racing wheels rear 325/50/15 ET Street tires
Tires are new. Rear wheels are new.

Interior
Front seats are new aftermarket buckets.
Door panels are new
Armrests are new
Carpet is new
Interior panels dyed black

Paint and body
I stripped the car down prior to bodywork. All bumpers, door handles, trim, and side glass removed. Removed engine to clean front frame, radiator support, control arms, and firewall. This was then primed and painted in base clear black paint. New Goodmark inner fenderwells were sprayed in gloss black single stage. Please keep in mind this was done in my two car garage so the body was not removed for this. The entire frame is not painted. Just the front section to the transmission tunnel area. Its not perfect but does look very nice. Next I reassembled the frontend and reinstalled engine. Then adjusted the fender and hood alignment. All panels line up great and hood opens and shuts correctly with no binding. Trunk lid was removed for prep. I ran out of time to fully prep the bottom of the hood prior to it going to paint shop. Looks good under hood still just not perfectly smooth as I would have liked. 
Car was sent to painter afterwards for final blocking and masking. The color I chose is called Havasu blue metallic. It is a factory color from a 2003 Honda Odyssey. It is a very similar color to the original light blue that was applied to these cars and is a very easy to obtain factory car color if future touchup work is ever needed. When i got the car back from paint I fully cut and buffed the paint. All of the trim, bumpers, door handles, etc. were in good enough shape for a driver so all of that was polished and put back on the car. Weatherstripping and all seal gaskets are new. Windows are very smooth and correctly adjusted. No shaking or rattling and seal up nicely. 

Engine was put together several years ago. Has been freshened up a few times as needed over the years but have found no reason to change a single thing on it. Has maybe 2000 miles since last rebuild. Transmission was recently done by the same person who built the engine. Roughly 1500 miles on that. This engine and transmission has proven dead reliable. I do not drive it often lately but it has been on several road trips that were a few hundred miles long without so much as a hiccup.

Issues or things I believe should be fixed. 
The front windshield has a crack in it and drips water when I wash it. I would simply have it replaced as opposed to resealed. 
The car has had a switch panel installed in it for several years that it does not need. But it controls starter, electric water pump, fuel pump, and electric fan. Works fine. Just no reason to have it on a street car.
Dashpad is cracked. 
Rear seat is not correct for the car. It dimensionally fits and looks right but it is not for that car.
Lastly, I believe at some point the wiring harness should be replaced with a Painless harness. Everything works and I have seen no issues as of yet. But the car spent countless hours getting wetsanded. On top of being 40 years old, its just a nice way to modernize the wiring and save possible future headaches in my opinion. 

That is about all I can think of. The car is an absolute blast to drive and gets an overwhelming amount of attention. I guarantee you cannot take this car more than a few miles away from home without turning heads and getting compliments. You'll be lucky to get it out of your driveway before that. The car is not perfect but its certainly very nice. I have been accurate down to every detail that I can think of on this car but legitimate buyers are welcome and encouraged to see it in person during the auction or contact me for any questions NOT answered in the ad. Thanks for looking.

Car is listed locally and if sold during the timeframe of this auction prior to meeting reserve, I will cancel bids and pull auction.

Fred
916-390-5157


On Jun-29-14 at 12:06:27 PDT, seller added the following information:

Reserve is very reasonable on the car. In order to be fair to all bidders, I will not release what that amount is though. Just bid what you are willing to realistically pay for the car. Thanks.

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