Has Drag Week or any of the other racing really ramped up that itch of yours to finally find something to go hit the track with? Do you just want to get out there and get going, instead of piecing together your own car over the next few years? eBay is a gold mine for finding some decent race cars, and while the normal find is a roller that just needs a motor, sometimes you can get lucky and find a complete, ready-to-rock setup that only needs your name on the car to be complete. Such is the case with this 1979 Chevrolet Malibu coupe.
From the listing:
EXTERIOR:
Malibu 2 Door Coupe (Fiberglass Doors)
Custom Paint Job
Lexon windows
Fiberglass Hood
Hoosier Drag Tires
Rear- 32 /14.5 -15
Front- 26/4.5-15
Wilwood Disc Brakes
HAL shocks
Clean, Solid Body
INTERIOR:
Two Seater
Cobalt RPM gauge
Auto Meter Water / Oil / Brake / Volt gauges
MSD Ignition (MSD 7AL-2)
Fuel and Cooling Switches
Quarter Stick Racing Shifter
Digital Delay Stage Timer
Fiberglass Transmission Floorboard Cover
Engine:
‘Dart’ Cast Iron Small Block Chevy 406ci (750 hp)
Crank is an Eagle crank & rods. This motor is full of parts and we have all of the paperwork. You will not be disappointed with this car.
Drive Train:
PowerMaster Performance Starter and Alternator
Transmission: Two Speed Powerglide
Run Time 10.10 Seconds on 1/4 mile strip.
The paint is up to you, but an at-press-time buy-in of $16K for easy 10s in the quarter sounds awesome to us. Wire up lights, add turn signals and wipers, and you’d be set! Or run the Chevy as-is and have a riot. Either way, it’s not like you’re losing…
eBay Link: 1979 Chevrolet Malibu
Spectating at Drag Week this year was similar to attending my first HRPT. Yep, gotta do this for real now. My 80 Malibu is very similar to the 79 Lemans that came in runner up in the SME 32 car shootout, so I’ll be working on it.
As for the Malibu pictured, I’d add a Gear Vendors or swap to a 4L80e, then drive the heck out of it.
Sadly I don’t have room or time for more toys and that would just nearly wipe out my toy budget. 🙁
Now a roller for 1/4 -1/3 the price and I’d be in trouble because I have just enough of an itch to go crazy scratching.