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Welcome Kurt. That's a good looking Monte. They are great cars & still quite under appreciated...that's why we hang here with like minded folk.

Hello everyone. My name is Jaime and i am 28 years old. Currently live in Lakewood, CA. I have been married for 2 years and have a beautiful 5 month old daughter. I have been a tech with Mercedes for 5 years. I am the proud owner of a 1973 Chevelle Malibu that was originally purchased by my parents in 1977 before they were married. I was given the keys at age 14 to start working on it. It currently has a 355 with some goodies. Havent been able to do much since the arrival of my daughter but do still drive it on occasion. I am so glad to see so many G3 owners in one place. I have been at CT since 2001 and some of you my know me as jm7368. I will try and post some pics as soon as i can.

Welcome guys !

Hey everyone My name is Mat I'm a mechanic by trade and have been into cars all my life, my 2nd ride was
a 77 malibu classic in the 80's always been my favorite car. I came a cross a 76 laguna 6 months ago and traded
a 67 bonneville for it . now my project begins. this is a great forum and i'm glad to be a member.

Welcome aboard. You have good taste in cars.

MT76LAGUNA wrote:Hey everyone My name is Mat I'm a mechanic by trade and have been into cars all my life, my 2nd ride was
a 77 malibu classic in the 80's always been my favorite car. I came a cross a 76 laguna 6 months ago and traded
a 67 bonneville for it . now my project begins. this is a great forum and i'm glad to be a member.

Welcome. JB

Congratulations on recapturing a memory! Nice to have you on board...great bunch of fellow enthusiasts here!

Hi, I'm Jeff, have a 73 ss not a clone, pulled the original 350 due to a stuck valve & in the process of buttoning up the new old 69 camaro 350/350 will post pix soon

Hey guys, my name is Henry (BigSythe) new to board but glad I found it. My ride is '73 Chevy Chevelle (Malibu), currently 350/350, with stock bench seat interior. Soon to be converted to 383 stroker/700R4, bucket seats with floor shifter.

Welcome to the forum Henry. Good luck w/ your upgrades, sounds like a good plan.

Welcome aboard

Nice to meet you on line.

Sweet ride

Wally

Hello fellow Colonnade lovers,
I just want to introduce myself. I have owned a Pontiac Can Am since 1980. Yep, it is hard for me to believe that it has been 32 years since I spotted my prized possession on a used car lot in Houston. I was looking for a Pontiac that was rare and not a Firebird. At the time, my dad owned a 1974 Monte Carlo 350 and my mom owned a 1977 Olds Cutlass Supreme 350. One of the first things I did was to swap the double hump transmission cross-member from my dad's Monte for my pitiful single hump cross-member, so I could run dual exhaust. Things just snowballed from there. Next was a Fairbanks positive shift plate for the Turbo-400, headers, Edlebrock P4B aluminum intake, Holley 650 and a Crane cam. A few years later the 400 broke it's crank right behind the balancer and I used this as an excuse to build and install a 455. Ram air III heads fitted with Ram air IV stainless steel, swirl polished valves, forged flat top pistons that were dished to reach a somewhat livable 9.75 compression ratio. Comp cams camshaft, 750 Holley on the same P4B with a stock distributor re-curved on a Sun machine. Heavy duty input shaft, output shaft and sprag in the Turbo-400, along with a 3500 stall converter. Rounding up the drivetrain with a 12 bolt rear end with a Moroso Brute Strength posi, 4:10 gears and a C-clip eliminator kit. This was all done in 1988 and it is still in the car today. I had a whole lot of fun with this combination over the years. I need to perform a frame off restoration and get her back on the street. When you hop up any of these G3 body styles, nobody expects them to be fast. I made monkey butt's out of an awful lot 5.0 liter Mustangs. I came across a guy in a brand new Buick GNX. This guy thought he was a genuine ball of fire. He had a sick look on his face afterwards. He just could not believe that a car that big, could go that fast. I am glad I came across this site, because these cars are a hell of a lot fun. It is a shame that smog motors were the only power plants that were available when they were new. I believe they were designed, at first, for the next phase of performance of the muscle car era that never came.

Great story, welcome to the forum (we like pics)...

Welcome a board

Sounds very cool. Would love some pics. Welcome.

Welcome

Hi All;
I'm Bill. Avid car enthusist all my life. I have a 77 Elky Classic and a 68 Z28 (clone). I've had several projects over the years, but the El Camino has always been my fave. Bought in Oregon in 1985. I'm glad I found this forum and I believe it will be a great resource.

Welcome Bill. That is a sharp Elky from what I can see in your avatar. Is that all black? I am looking forward to seeing bigger pics because I have been thinking about painting my Elky solid black. Of course, I never can make up my mind when it comes to things like what color to use. First, I need some money, LOL. JB

Welcome to the forum Bill.

Thanks guys. I'll post a few pics soon as I figure out the hosting.

Hey everyone! My name is TJ and I am the proud new owner of a 1973 Chevy Malibu. I bought it off an old lady who barely drove it and garage kept it. It has 43,000 original miles on it. It needs a little tlc (wash down and buff) but otherwise is in amazing shape! I will have more picture posted shortly! Thanks all

Welcome TJ. Sounds like you really lucked out! JB

Nice job! To me the 73's are the best lookin. Welcome to the site and keep us posted on your progress.

Welcome to the site TJ. Sounds like you got a winner.

Budman! How ya been?