1st car I ever bought was a 1976 Mailbu Classic 2 door while in high school. Swivel bucket seats, cruise control, and vinyl landau roof. 305 2bbl and turbo 350 tranny. A/C. 2.73 rear axle with limited slip. Drove that thing for almost 400,000 miles. Emptied the convertor after warranty and timing chain at 80,000 miles. Replaced tranny at 150,000 miles. Never opened the engine except timing chain. Rebuilt the 2GC carb many times. A few fuel pumps and water pumps. Roof rotted after about 8 yrs. Really never rusted. (living in west Texas, so dry) Finally T-boned a 92 Grand Prix that ran a stop sign at 50mph and totaled it out. Saw a lot of the US in the "Boo" as my daughter would call it. Married and brought home 2 kids too. Really miss that car.
I had a 1975 Chevelle Malibu with the 250 straight 6 and Rochester 1 barrell carburetor. Very reliable. Got it from my Grandmother when it was about 16 years old and drove it for about 8 years. Loved that car!! I should have kept bit. The guy I ended up selling it too just let it sit.
These cars were crap and they were butt ugly. Chevrolet had been going downhill since 1972. I was driving a 1970 Chevelle Super Sport, 396 cubic inch 375 horsepower, 4 speed when these came out. Thank you Periscope film for posting this though, people think cars are crap now........
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I remembered my dad's partner had the station wagon with a 454. That baby hauled more than luggage. My dad had a 73 Buick Riviera GS Stage 1, my brother & I would wash them & race each other. Neither was old enough to have a license, but we lived in the boonies, so.... I'm quite surprised to mention which car was the victor 🇺🇸
While it may have been produced mid year, you also had the Laguna, plus there's one other option that also made a Malibu look good, that was the swivel bucket seats, I know they made the 75 Cutlass I used to drive really nice, wish they had that in todays cars
my dad have for long time the estate version green/woody.whe use it for the flower company.what a great car.whe bin on vacation to Austria and Italy from the Netherlands.cruising tru the mountins,no problem.
I loved the 1971 Chevelle...looked awesome and with a small block with head and cam work, it was a fun car to drive. These seem butt ugly compared to the 71 LOL
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Beautiful Chevelle Malibu, I see high Quality of GM in all vehicle in 1975, I´ll like to had one with 350 CID engine , I imagine smooth and quite ride,
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75 was a real bad year for GM. First year for “catastrophic” converters (catalytic converters). Already emasculated V8s were choked further down by this. They all were prone to severe rust, but then every car including the imports did the same. Best thing you could do back then is get a Suburban if you had a family or a truck if you didn’t. They still rusted but we’re just built better.
The Seventies seemed to be marked by weary pessimism on nearly every count starting with Watergate and two gas crises, and it seems as if we've been on a downward spiral ever since!
@@davidallen5776 Also consider that the aftermath of the Vietnam War added to that weary pessimism. When South Vietnam fell in 1975, there were strong opinions of 'what a waste' that resonated in the US.
@T Holmes . . . Yep! I recall those dark days of the automotive industry in the US. Domestic engine technology was very crude back then, where carbureted-engines vehicles of that era, with its inefficient/wasteful use of gasoline, had those catalytic converters doing meltdowns in short order. The modern era of efficient electronic fuel injection (which became mainstream in the late 1980s) on vehicles can have the cat converters last the life of the vehicle.
I had a (used) 1977 2 door Malibu - atrocious piece of junk. Rusted both doors until they wouldn't shut without slamming them several times as hard as I could. Blew fuses because the not installed clock option wire was left hanging an rubbed on a sharp metal under dash bracket. Crappy 305 V8 with little power. 1970s cars were crap.
Most 1970's are the worst cars made. Ugly K cars. Blunt snout, velveeta cheese box styling, abhorrent smog devices. Rubber baby bumpers that ruined them even more....
@@albear972 1980 was as forgettable as 1975. An ugly, sordid forgettable era. Things began to improve in c.1984 , the wedge shape stuff was better than the prior crimes against aesthetics
1st car I ever bought was a 1976 Mailbu Classic 2 door while in high school. Swivel bucket seats, cruise control, and vinyl landau roof. 305 2bbl and turbo 350 tranny. A/C. 2.73 rear axle with limited slip. Drove that thing for almost 400,000 miles. Emptied the convertor after warranty and timing chain at 80,000 miles. Replaced tranny at 150,000 miles. Never opened the engine except timing chain. Rebuilt the 2GC carb many times. A few fuel pumps and water pumps. Roof rotted after about 8 yrs. Really never rusted. (living in west Texas, so dry) Finally T-boned a 92 Grand Prix that ran a stop sign at 50mph and totaled it out. Saw a lot of the US in the "Boo" as my daughter would call it. Married and brought home 2 kids too. Really miss that car.
I had a 1975 Chevelle Malibu with the 250 straight 6 and Rochester 1 barrell carburetor. Very reliable. Got it from my Grandmother when it was about 16 years old and drove it for about 8 years. Loved that car!! I should have kept bit. The guy I ended up selling it too just let it sit.
Please please..bring me back to that era again !!
Very cool. I was just looking at a 4 door Malibu yesterday
I’m trying to find one right now, the 4 doors seem hard to come by
My first new car. ‘75 Malibu Classic, loved the swinging bucket seats!
Oh, hell yeah! Got my simulated wood siding, whitewalls, and Bonnie Raitt on the 8 track. What more could you want? 😄
These cars were crap and they were butt ugly. Chevrolet had been going downhill since 1972. I was driving a 1970 Chevelle Super Sport, 396 cubic inch 375 horsepower, 4 speed when these came out. Thank you Periscope film for posting this though, people think cars are crap now........
Completely agree with you. I'll even venture to say that 71 was their last good year as far as the Chevelle SS goes.
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Back when you found a vehicle on the lot and drove it home the same day. And affordable. Beautiful style. The new equinox looks like a bar of soap.
I remembered my dad's partner had the station wagon with a 454. That baby hauled more than luggage.
My dad had a 73 Buick Riviera GS Stage 1, my brother & I would wash them & race each other. Neither was old enough to have a license, but we lived in the boonies, so.... I'm quite surprised to mention which car was the victor 🇺🇸
There's something else I wish I had when I was a teenager!
While it may have been produced mid year, you also had the Laguna, plus there's one other option that also made a Malibu look good, that was the swivel bucket seats, I know they made the 75 Cutlass I used to drive really nice, wish they had that in todays cars
After 72, the Chevelle was no more. Too bad, it was one of the best muscle cars of the 60's and early 70's.
Exactly looks were gone with power after that year Monte Carlo replaced Chevelle in looks though.
Kick ass chevelle SS
It was far from finished until about 1983.
my dad have for long time the estate version green/woody.whe use it for the flower company.what a great car.whe bin on vacation to Austria and Italy from the Netherlands.cruising tru the mountins,no problem.
I loved the 1971 Chevelle...looked awesome and with a small block with head and cam work, it was a fun car to drive. These seem butt ugly compared to the 71 LOL
I feel like buying one now
Thanks guys, I love these !
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Wow
I looked at a Coupe that was For Sale back in about ‘86 or so, but, it stayed there.
Beautiful Chevelle Malibu, I see high Quality of GM in all vehicle in 1975, I´ll like to had one with 350 CID engine , I imagine smooth and quite ride,
1970's and high quality do not belong in the same sentence.
@@PhaQ2 I've heard those stories about the workers leaving their empty Coca Cola bottles inside the doors. Those were weekend day built cars.
There was a massive fall-off following the ‘72 model year.
Better times
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Me gustan los carros
75 was a real bad year for GM. First year for “catastrophic” converters (catalytic converters). Already emasculated V8s were choked further down by this. They all were prone to severe rust, but then every car including the imports did the same. Best thing you could do back then is get a Suburban if you had a family or a truck if you didn’t. They still rusted but we’re just built better.
The Seventies seemed to be marked by weary pessimism on nearly every count starting with Watergate and two gas crises, and it seems as if we've been on a downward spiral ever since!
@@davidallen5776 Also consider that the aftermath of the Vietnam War added to that weary pessimism.
When South Vietnam fell in 1975, there were strong opinions of 'what a waste' that resonated in the US.
@T Holmes . . . Yep! I recall those dark days of the automotive industry in the US.
Domestic engine technology was very crude back then, where carbureted-engines vehicles of that era, with its inefficient/wasteful use of gasoline, had those catalytic converters doing meltdowns in short order.
The modern era of efficient electronic fuel injection (which became mainstream in the late 1980s) on vehicles can have the cat converters last the life of the vehicle.
@@bloqk16 Nam vet here, nobody ever told us "thanks for serving" The commies got a better rep than we did.
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I had a (used) 1977 2 door Malibu - atrocious piece of junk. Rusted both doors until they wouldn't shut without slamming them several times as hard as I could. Blew fuses because the not installed clock option wire was left hanging an rubbed on a sharp metal under dash bracket. Crappy 305 V8 with little power. 1970s cars were crap.
The pretend horsepower ERA
actually it was the end of the pretend horsepower era that they had for decades!
They were outdated in 1975, merikans just had low standards.
Monte Carlo replaced Chevelle in looks power was gone all the way after 72 in muscle cars
The worst! 😝
Most 1970's are the worst cars made. Ugly K cars. Blunt snout, velveeta cheese box styling, abhorrent smog devices. Rubber baby bumpers that ruined them even more....
Chrysler's K-cars were a product of the 1980's
@@albear972 1980 was as forgettable as 1975. An ugly, sordid forgettable era. Things began to improve in c.1984 , the wedge shape stuff was better than the prior crimes against aesthetics
Government interference had s lot to do with it..
Such ugly cars. GM stylists were barely trying through most of the mid '70s.