6spdbu

[796spdbu]

Heres my 79 Malibu project. I havnt worked on it for over 6 years.
Had it down at my farm in the barn. I did a frame off on it back in 96' when I was "just" going to repaint it.Then it turned into a frame off.

It has all the hotchkis control arms in the rear. In the front it has the 12" B body spindle swap with the Hotchkis upper arms and tie rod adjusters, and has a monte carlo SS steering box. I have for it a set of bilstien shocks and Eibach springs. I do not have sway bars yet.

I know some people say the suspension is not up to par for superb handling but back in 96' this was the hot set up,I thought.

I have the 19"s off of my 95' camaro under it in the photos just to get an idea. I know I have to notch the rails and the widen the wheel tubes. On to the pics.

The rear wheels are 19x10.5 with 295/35 bfg's


The fronts are 19x8 with a 245/35 seem to fit really well



Heres a shot of the somewhat smoothed fire wall and the frame/suspension

Heres ashot of the front end mocked up. I found the elcamino chin spoiler at a swap meet for $10 bucks!


Heres a shot of the dash..Its an Idea, The panel is out of a pontiac.I like the way you can run 7 gauges and still have the a/c vents.

Heres a pic of the Recaro seats I found in the salvage yard. They're out of a late 80's/early 90's BMW if I remember right. It bolted down to the out side seat mounts with out any modifing. I have to fab up some mounts by the tunnel because the car was an origanal bench seat car.

I know its not a high dollar 69' camaro but I dig it!

Greg

[CruizinKev]

nice project Greg! keep it up and good luck with!

[Hotchkis]

very cool Greg! We can't wait to see it as you continue your build.

[796spdbu]

Thanks guys! Im excited to be getting back into this build. I really like this body style,I have 3 of them. As a unoffical dead line. Id like to have it road worthy for Run For The Hills later this year. I have my engine almost ready to go. Just have to decide on wheels and sway bars.

Greg.

[montessaj]

Greg, your bu is coming along nicely, get that thing done!!

[malibu 79]

Great to see another bu coming back for another round.

[6spdmalibu]

Good choice.

[796spdbu]

I ordered my new wheels yesterday and 2 of them showed up.

They are 18x8.5 Beyern Mesh




The rears are 18x9.5"





No rubbing issues in the front






This is how close to the wheel is to the lower c/a.
Theres about 3/8"
Looks like it will be close with a 245/40 tire but we will see.

[6spdmalibu]

Damn, good wheel choice!

[CruizinKev]

sweet!

[montessaj]

Where the heck did you get those things? AWESOME!!!

[brrymnvette]

Awesome to see another g-body build. I'm on my 9th bu currently. Ugly cars, but for some reason, I love them.

[73X]

Question. Are those wheels 5X120 or 5X120.65? just curious since I really like them. If they are the BMW 5X120 pattern, what are you going to do for mounting them. Nice build by the way.

[Joker69Camaro]

Beyern makes wheels for BMW applications, their parent company is TSW. I only know this cause ive been doing research for those exact wheels on my 69. Cant wait to see it done with them on!

Jeff

[68firebird]

Love this project!! thats gonna be sick when its done. I'm also a huge fan of the wheels you chose, I'm thinkin of a similar kind for mine, just black.