WOW, to say that this blew my mind is an understatement! I bought a 72 the end of 71 from Briggs Chevrolet in South Amboy, N.J. It was almost exactly the same except mine had ram air and was a 454 (don't remember the HP) with an M22 trans and posi. The paint got lost of looks. I was working for Delco and supplied battery's to Baltimore. I had a friend in scheduling so I got all the information on the assembly. It was assembled on a Wednesday (don't remember the exact date but I think it was third third week) shipped on Thursday and delivered to Briggs on Friday. There is another story but that can be for another time. Great video and super car, thanks!
If you’re in the market for a classic car High Octane Classics is the place to go. You get Steve M. To show you the car from your own home. What a true beauty
My uncle had 72' 454 SS red with black stripes. I thought it was a M22 4 speed. I could be wrong. Bought it new when he got out of the army. Beautiful car.
You could most definitely buy leaded fuel at the pump beyond 1972. Leaded fuel was available for several years afterwards. There were still more than a million leaded running cars on the road. They still had to buy leaded fuel!
Beautiful specimen. I was a Ford guy (mostly) but I oood and awwwd at all the pony and muscle cars back then. I think that generation of Malibu/Chevelle are exceptionally good looking. If Chevy said it had 255 horsepower my experiences were it was underrated and that horsepower was very strong thoroughbred horses
I don't know what it is about the rear bumper with the tail lights in it. But that's probably my favorite part of this car. And probably my favorite rear bumper of any car. Just screams cool
Steve, I always loved listening to the knowledge that you poured into our heads. ❤❤ so glad I found this channel. 😍 roadkill and fryburger can kiss ,my 🙈🎵🎶ass. fry burger, whom owns everything. 😅😅😅😅😅 it's mine,mine,mine according to FRYBURGER. You, however, are a breath of FRESH AIR. thanks STEVE.
Steve, wasn't it that the '72 Chevelle in fact was slated to be the "colonnade" design of '73, but because of the crippling strike of '70 (two years previous), it pushed back the time for amortization on the old body stamp dies by one year, so GM accountants suggested introducing the '73 with the new body design (to save tax).
Beautiful ‘72 , i love those style of rallys on that car and the 2nd gen camaros……im building a 6.0 stroker for my LSA supercharged nova and im gonna need those 396/402 badges😊😊😊
Really great to have you back. You are the most knowledgable person that I know, but unfortunately, I must correct you on one small item. I started selling Chevrolets in 1971 as a 21 year old college senior. You are 100% correct that in 1971, vehicles were designed to run on as they said, "low lead and no lead" gasoline. It was the 1975 model year that unleaded fuel became mandatory on all U.S. cars and the dreaded sulpher smelling catalytic converters came a bout. The law at that time provided for trucks with a GVWR of 6,000 pounds to be exemp.,That allowed for the GM F44 suspension to have the ability to burn leaded fuel. The long wheelbase pickups came with a GVWR of 6200 and teh short wheelbase 6000 pounds. This number increased in a few years and eventually all pickups had to burn unleaded. I worked on the truck lot and had by that time become truck manager. It was really difficult to get some of the older people to conver to "white gas" as they called it. People resisted change even then. I remember people wanting to order split rims when they were discontinued and so many hated the lower profile tubless 16.5" tires compared to the taller tube type 16".,.Oh well so much for rteminicing.
is steve ever gonna get back to junkyard walk arounds? really miss them treasures such great learning material...these vids are great and all but miss the old steve...keep getting better
Good to see you doing your Thang, Steve 👍🏻 Also, any idea what those three square holes in the trunk lid are for?? Somebody needed a tiny square for a repair? 😂
From $6K to $73K that's the minimum range of profit return every week I thinks it's not a bad one for me, now I have enough to pay bills and take care of my family.
VENTURING into the trading world without the help of a profesionals, trading and expecting profit is like turning water into wine you would need a miracle.
GOOD CONTENT !!! Very engaging right from the beginning These are tough and frankly I appreciate how you discuss global finances in such a delicate way. Business and investment
Experted Ann Marie strunk was my hope during the 'bear summer' last year. I did so many mistakes but also learned so much from it, and of course from Maria strunk.
Just sold a property in Alaska and I'm thinking to put the cash in stocks, I know everyone is saying it's ripe but Is this a time to buy stocks? How long until a full recovery? How are other people in the same market raking in over $450k gains within months, I'm really just confused at this point.
In high school, a friend's dad got his boy an automatic, baby motor '72 & hijinx ensued, let me tell you. We didn't need any SS emblem to find trouble & we didn't have no stinkin' badges, but of trouble, we found plenty....
We'll try this again as the previous comment was deleted, probably for calling out the crack in the steering wheel.... We got the VIN, we win: 1 for Chevrolet, D for Malibu, 37 for two door Sports Coupe, U for 402 CID V8 with four barrel, aka "Big Grunt of the Fleet", 2 for 1972 model year, B for Baltimore, MD assembly and the rest is the production sequence. The Baltimore, MD plant operated from 1935 to 2005 and last assembled the Astro and Safari minivans. We got the tag, we can brag: ST72 for 1972 model year, 13637 for Chevrolet (1) Malibu (36) two door Sports Coupe (37), B for Baltimore, MD assembly, 704 for Black Elk coated fabric interior trim, A51 for front bucket seats, 65 65 for Orange Flame lower and upper exterior paint, 06D for the fourth week of June 1972 production, and D for Malibu two door Sport Coupe. Not correct, leaded gasoline wasn't phased out for on road use until January 1, 1996 and was readily available in many stations up through the 1980s. Yes, it got less prevalent at fuel stations as more vehicles started using unleaded fuel and the older vehicles were removed from circulation, but it wasn't the 1970s that leaded fuel stopped.
Net horsepower is what the engine delivers at the crankshaft with all belts, pulleys, etc installed. Gross hp would be just the bare engine at the crankshaft. To bypass new government emissions regulations, Chevy bored out their 396 engjnes to 402 ci. Engines over 400 cubic inches, at the time, didn't fall under emissions regulations. Can usually add around 30 to 60 horsepower to an advertised NET rated engine to know it's gross horsepower.
The biggest reason 72s didn't have the 360hp 71s had is because GM started rating net power, instead of gross, as mandated by the government. A good number to use, to get a ball park on gross rated cars like these, is about -70hp. So, if we take 70hp from the gross 360 we're at 290. So, there were some other changes like lowered compression, tamer cams, etc, that reduced the hp a little more.
I think he meant to say SS 454. I don't believe the 396 was an option anymore after 1970. I am talking mostly about the emblem on the side, that is when he said SS 396. 402 is pretty much a 396 but I have only seen SS 454 emblems on 71 and 72's. My favorite two years by the way. Beautiful car with a 4 speed to boot!
In '70 it was bored to 402 and still called SS396. In '71 the 402 option was simply called SS on the side. The only engine callout on the side was for SS454.
I thought they stopped calling the 402 a 396 in 1971. And I think only the 454 got a displacement emblem under SS in 71. I could be wrong. Just going off of memory
What was the reason for increasing displacement from 396 to 402? I have never been able to track down an authoritative answer... I recall something to do with emissions, but that makes no sense to me.
Steve looks like you're ready to go back on the block at Barrett -Jackson . I hope you are still under contract . I hope those guys didn't turn their backs on you ...
I've heard that Chevrolet poked the 396 to 402, to escape some emission regulation which took effect in 1970 but didn't apply to engines over 400 cubes. Heavy Chevy was available with the 400 BBC, which was basically a 325 horse 396 with five more horses from the extra six cubes. The 350 horse equivalent (or was it the 375 horse equivalent? Pretty sure it wasn't both.) was only available in the SS models, where it was still called a 396.
The day in 1978 when I wrecked my 70 Chevelle SS 396 4 speed with cowl induction in the rain was a bad day indeed. I bought it for $900 because no one wanted them back then. Because I was in HS, I couldn’t afford to get it fixed or even out of the tow lot…
The 307v8 WAS NOT AN SS OPTION!!.What are you talking about,,,,no such thing as a ss307....Malibu,or base Chevelle option.If that "SS," came from the factory w/307,it is a clone.
Keep 'em coming Steve. Great to have you back!!!
Love having Steve back !! He's the guru !
Love the color and wheels!
Seeing Hurst shift knobs + LSD decals under the trunk lid make me SO HAPPY !!
Rock on Steve !
Cheers High Octane !!
Fantastic seeing you back Steve, great job!
👌🥰👍One of the most beautiful, badass car Chevy ever made!
Oh my God that's my dream car a 1972 Chevelle . I love 70 to 72 Chevelle's. One day I may own one I hope.
What a beauty!!!~ Looking great Steve!!!~Hope your ahead on your rehab and look to healing nicely!!!~
Back when cars didn't have all the nanny-state stuff. Great video, Steve.
A classic! Thanks for sharing it Steve. Thanks to Danny for the ride! Take care! 🙏🏼
Great seeing you Steve! You’ve been missed
WOW, to say that this blew my mind is an understatement! I bought a 72 the end of 71 from Briggs Chevrolet in South Amboy, N.J. It was almost exactly the same except mine had ram air and was a 454 (don't remember the HP) with an M22 trans and posi. The paint got lost of looks. I was working for Delco and supplied battery's to Baltimore. I had a friend in scheduling so I got all the information on the assembly. It was assembled on a Wednesday (don't remember the exact date but I think it was third third week) shipped on Thursday and delivered to Briggs on Friday. There is another story but that can be for another time. Great video and super car, thanks!
A friend of mine bought the Briggs Chevrolet sponsored LS-6 from Ralph Truppi and Tommy kling.
Your looking good Steve. Beautiful car😮😮😮
Thank you Steve!👍
If you’re in the market for a classic car High Octane Classics is the place to go. You get Steve M. To show you the car from your own home. What a true beauty
Last year for a good looking chevelle in my book.
Heavy Chevy. Thanks Steve
Hi Steve love your episodes on these classic cars that I grew up on, keep getting healthier my friend stay safe and enjoy your life.😎🇨🇦
My uncle had 72' 454 SS red with black stripes. I thought it was a M22 4 speed. I could be wrong. Bought it new when he got out of the army. Beautiful car.
I loved my 72 SS 350. I had the front bench seat which my dates really appreciated 😊.
That’s near new condition, honestly, a little better. Thank you High Octane Classics, Super Shane, and Mr Magnante. ~ Chuck
LOVE those wheels!!!
Love it , we had a orange and black 72 SS . 350 4 speed !
You could most definitely buy leaded fuel at the pump beyond 1972. Leaded fuel was available for several years afterwards. There were still more than a million leaded running cars on the road. They still had to buy leaded fuel!
Great to see you Steve nice car.
Beautiful specimen. I was a Ford guy (mostly) but I oood and awwwd at all the pony and muscle cars back then. I think that generation of Malibu/Chevelle are exceptionally good looking. If Chevy said it had 255 horsepower my experiences were it was underrated and that horsepower was very strong thoroughbred horses
Thank you Steve
I don't know what it is about the rear bumper with the tail lights in it. But that's probably my favorite part of this car. And probably my favorite rear bumper of any car. Just screams cool
Mr. B. Here ! 🍩☕️👀😎👍 : Professor Steve 📝📓🎓🍎 looking good, video is very informative !
Steve, I always loved listening to the knowledge that you poured into our heads. ❤❤ so glad I found this channel. 😍 roadkill and fryburger can kiss ,my 🙈🎵🎶ass. fry burger, whom owns everything. 😅😅😅😅😅 it's mine,mine,mine according to FRYBURGER. You, however, are a breath of FRESH AIR. thanks STEVE.
Sweet car. Glad to see Steve doing better and better!
Another great video… looking forward to the next one 🇨🇦
THANKS STEVE
Steve, wasn't it that the '72 Chevelle in fact was slated to be the "colonnade" design of '73, but because of the crippling strike of '70 (two years previous), it pushed back the time for amortization on the old body stamp dies by one year, so GM accountants suggested introducing the '73 with the new body design (to save tax).
My first car was a 72 chevelle with the 307.good times
Steve! Great car. Love all the GM cars on this platform. The Buick is probably my favorite, but I would definitely drive a Chevelle
My first car, except mine, was a convertible. Same paint scheme. Bought it in 1977 after boot camp for $3500. Know it like the back of my hand.
Beautiful ‘72 , i love those style of rallys on that car and the 2nd gen camaros……im building a 6.0 stroker for my LSA supercharged nova and im gonna need those 396/402 badges😊😊😊
Really great to have you back. You are the most knowledgable person that I know, but unfortunately, I must correct you on one small item. I started selling Chevrolets in 1971 as a 21 year old college senior. You are 100% correct that in 1971, vehicles were designed to run on as they said, "low lead and no lead" gasoline. It was the 1975 model year that unleaded fuel became mandatory on all U.S. cars and the dreaded sulpher smelling catalytic converters came a bout. The law at that time provided for trucks with a GVWR of 6,000 pounds to be exemp.,That allowed for the GM F44 suspension to have the ability to burn leaded fuel. The long wheelbase pickups came with a GVWR of 6200 and teh short wheelbase 6000 pounds. This number increased in a few years and eventually all pickups had to burn unleaded. I worked on the truck lot and had by that time become truck manager. It was really difficult to get some of the older people to conver to "white gas" as they called it. People resisted change even then. I remember people wanting to order split rims when they were discontinued and so many hated the lower profile tubless 16.5" tires compared to the taller tube type 16".,.Oh well so much for rteminicing.
Beautiful car! Thanks for posting!
I was still pumping leaded gas in the 80s.
Yep, can't recall when it finally went away; but was certainly pumping leaded at the Gulf station I worked in HS 1987
The Malibu "400" with all SS power train,with flat hood and sweep dash,was the real sleeper.(With a bit of comfort).I had one.
Very sweet ride and very informative video guys!Keep up the good work.I live in Canada and would definitely consider HOC for a classic car purchase.
I owned one. Orange white stripes / interior 350 automatic !
is steve ever gonna get back to junkyard walk arounds? really miss them treasures such great learning material...these vids are great and all but miss the old steve...keep getting better
Good to see you doing your Thang, Steve 👍🏻
Also, any idea what those three square holes in the trunk lid are for?? Somebody needed a tiny square for a repair? 😂
Emblem access
I enjoy your video junkyard crawl please see if you can do a video on a phase111 Chevelle Corvette. They are very rare.
From $6K to $73K that's the minimum range of profit return every week I thinks it's not a bad one for me, now I have enough to pay bills and take care of my family.
VENTURING into the trading world without the help of a profesionals, trading and expecting profit is like turning water into wine you would need a miracle.
GOOD CONTENT !!! Very engaging right from the beginning These are tough and frankly I appreciate how you discuss global finances in such a delicate way. Business and investment
Experted Ann Marie strunk was my hope during the 'bear summer' last year. I did so many mistakes but also learned so much from it, and of course from Maria strunk.
Just sold a property in Alaska and I'm thinking to put the cash in stocks, I know everyone is saying it's ripe but Is this a time to buy stocks? How long until a full recovery? How are other people in the same market raking in over $450k gains within months, I'm really just confused at this point.
The fact that I got to learn and earn from her program is everything to me think about it, it's a win-win for both ways.
In high school, a friend's dad got his boy an automatic, baby motor '72 & hijinx ensued, let me tell you. We didn't need any SS emblem to find trouble & we didn't have no stinkin' badges, but of trouble, we found plenty....
Looking/sounding good Steve ! 👍 very cool chevelle.. Kentucky woman LA woman or a long cool woman in a black dress... its all good
We'll try this again as the previous comment was deleted, probably for calling out the crack in the steering wheel....
We got the VIN, we win: 1 for Chevrolet, D for Malibu, 37 for two door Sports Coupe, U for 402 CID V8 with four barrel, aka "Big Grunt of the Fleet", 2 for 1972 model year, B for Baltimore, MD assembly and the rest is the production sequence. The Baltimore, MD plant operated from 1935 to 2005 and last assembled the Astro and Safari minivans.
We got the tag, we can brag: ST72 for 1972 model year, 13637 for Chevrolet (1) Malibu (36) two door Sports Coupe (37), B for Baltimore, MD assembly, 704 for Black Elk coated fabric interior trim, A51 for front bucket seats, 65 65 for Orange Flame lower and upper exterior paint, 06D for the fourth week of June 1972 production, and D for Malibu two door Sport Coupe.
Not correct, leaded gasoline wasn't phased out for on road use until January 1, 1996 and was readily available in many stations up through the 1980s. Yes, it got less prevalent at fuel stations as more vehicles started using unleaded fuel and the older vehicles were removed from circulation, but it wasn't the 1970s that leaded fuel stopped.
I had a 1972 Caprice with a 402. Last time I saw it was a lowrider.
Heavy Chevy, thats a name i forgot. Love the old limited production models i had a Camaro Berlinetta all flash and no guts.
Didn’t the increase in cubic inches allowed GM to skirt some EPA regulations??
Hello.
Nice car. FYI, your website is down.
Net horsepower is what the engine delivers at the crankshaft with all belts, pulleys, etc installed. Gross hp would be just the bare engine at the crankshaft. To bypass new government emissions regulations, Chevy bored out their 396 engjnes to 402 ci. Engines over 400 cubic inches, at the time, didn't fall under emissions regulations. Can usually add around 30 to 60 horsepower to an advertised NET rated engine to know it's gross horsepower.
that doesnt make sense, even the 454 fell under emissions regualtions
The biggest reason 72s didn't have the 360hp 71s had is because GM started rating net power, instead of gross, as mandated by the government. A good number to use, to get a ball park on gross rated cars like these, is about -70hp.
So, if we take 70hp from the gross 360 we're at 290. So, there were some other changes like lowered compression, tamer cams, etc, that reduced the hp a little more.
It was 75 when unleaded gas was mandated. Before that some stations carried it. Lead was added to gas and yet they charged more for unleaded.
I think he meant to say SS 454. I don't believe the 396 was an option anymore after 1970. I am talking mostly about the emblem on the side, that is when he said SS 396. 402 is pretty much a 396 but I have only seen SS 454 emblems on 71 and 72's. My favorite two years by the way. Beautiful car with a 4 speed to boot!
In '70 it was bored to 402 and still called SS396. In '71 the 402 option was simply called SS on the side. The only engine callout on the side was for SS454.
Wonder if they induction hardened the exhaust valves?
great junkyard crawl.
Sorted car. Nice. Don’t even hear a squeak.
No sticker on air cleaner in '72.
I thought they stopped calling the 402 a 396 in 1971. And I think only the 454 got a displacement emblem under SS in 71. I could be wrong. Just going off of memory
1972 Chevy put a code in the VIN that showed which engine came in the car. W code 454 cars were only SS and U code 396/402 could be Heavy Chevy.
What was the reason for increasing displacement from 396 to 402? I have never been able to track down an authoritative answer... I recall something to do with emissions, but that makes no sense to me.
Still prefer the Skylark coupe with a 455.
I think the taillights should be the same as the C3 Vette's...!!
I believe you need to get Patrick Glenn to look at this there is a lot of miss information regarding this car.????
Steve looks like you're ready to go back on the block at Barrett -Jackson . I hope you are still under contract . I hope those guys didn't turn their backs on you ...
I've heard that Chevrolet poked the 396 to 402, to escape some emission regulation which took effect in 1970 but didn't apply to engines over 400 cubes.
Heavy Chevy was available with the 400 BBC, which was basically a 325 horse 396 with five more horses from the extra six cubes. The 350 horse equivalent (or was it the 375 horse equivalent? Pretty sure it wasn't both.) was only available in the SS models, where it was still called a 396.
....and not a 396....it's an ls3 402 big block.Chevy referred to it correctly by 1971
The 71 & 72s are a bit more affordable than the all popular 1970..
The day in 1978 when I wrecked my 70 Chevelle SS 396 4 speed with cowl induction in the rain was a bad day indeed. I bought it for $900 because no one wanted them back then. Because I was in HS, I couldn’t afford to get it fixed or even out of the tow lot…
Did you live in Detroit on Evergreen South of Joy road
Heavy Chevy was 350 only. No Big blocks.
The 307v8 WAS NOT AN SS OPTION!!.What are you talking about,,,,no such thing as a ss307....Malibu,or base Chevelle option.If that "SS," came from the factory w/307,it is a clone.
This one had a 402 CID V8 originally.
@@googleusergp awesome big block.which was underrated.