The amount of disgust that was thrown at cars like this 1976 Chevrolet Malibu back in the day bordered on the idiotic. I’ll be fair…for an intermediate car, they were freaking huge, the trunk is almost laughably small compared to what the size promises, and there’s enough space between the grille and the radiator core support to smuggle hooch in by the keg. The bumpers liked to rot off and the engines were typical mid-1970s disappointments. But have you ever actually driven a Colonnade A-body? The handling is almost unreal compared to the size of the car, and that size has a second benefit: robustness. I speak from strong personal experience when I tell you that a 1970s GM A-body can tolerate some no-shit abuse. I put my ’73 through some things during my ownership period and the only time something truly failed involved a misjudgement in ground clearance. That’s it. 
So let’s look at this particular car. Black, black vinyl roof, the same five-spoke Torq-Thrust looking wheels that have been on effing EVERYTHING for the last decade and a half, an oxblood-red gut filled with the finest GM pleather available and in decend condition, and the usual issues you could expect to find in a 1970s vehicle today…meaning a headliner that needs to be replaced, cracked dash, some sketchy interior plastics, and the tell-tale signs of rust streaks coming out from underneath the vinyl roof. Why plunk cash down on this, again? 
For $3,500, because you could drive it and not be scared, that’s why. We’re banking that the stock 350 or 400 is still underhood, so we’d read up on the ABC’s of Building Your SBC. The suspension would get a once-over to keep it’s unreal handling bits in check, and we’d start hunting for any other wheel to get rid of the ones on it. (Okay, I would.) But what is really stopping you from driving this anywhere you want to go? It’s a classic? Hell, sounds like the perfect excuse to us. Just take our advice and don’t peel the roof off. You don’t wanna know.
I happen to own a 75 abody. First of Many of the design errors can be fixed with only a small amount of work. Second it handles and drives lightyears better than most bigger cars, and dosent seem so Big when you drive it. The last cool thing is that there is not Many left. So you wont see 10 others at Cruise Night. They are still afordable for now, and parts are availeble. However things like plastic interior pieces are hard to find, so get one that is desent interior wise. 15 years ago everybody hated my car, but now it seems some are getting there eyes open to the fact that there is more than the usual camaro.
I always liked the body style of these cars, unfortunately here in the Midwest many died on the dirt short tracks, its nice to see one that has potential to be a nice street machine after the roof rust is addressed.
If i was not in Europe i would buy it on the spot.
I own a 1976 chev Malibu classic Canadian Olympic Edition. Check them out online.