1965 Chevelle Malibu Sport Coupe on 2040-cars

1965 Chevrolet Malibu, 2-Door Sport Coupe (VIN #136375Z133256)

Exterior:  Madeira Maroon

Interior:  Medium Saddle Ramada Cloth & Imitation Leather interior, carpeted floors and protective floor mats

283 cu. in. V-8, 195 Hp;  2-bbl carburetor, Powerglide Automatic Transmission, 3:31 Positraction Rear End

Manual Steering, Manual Brakes

14” Wheels with the Chevelle Wheel Covers

Spare Tire in the Trunk

Frigette Air Conditioning Unit (after market)

Odometer Mileage:  < 100,500; Numbers matching car

Manufactured in Fremont (March, 3^rd Week, 1965)

The Malibu was purchased from Bob Coyle Chevrolet, 117 E. Santa Clara Street, San Jose, CA and the original owner took delivery on 3/23/65.  The car is being offered for sale for the first time in its garaged life.  The car was never a hand me down, never seen a high school parking or mistreated in anyway.

The car went under a repaint in 1983.  Madeira Maroon paint surface is crazed on the hood, top and truck.   Besides being 30-years old, the crazing is due to the original paint not being removed but sanded, primed and repainted with lacquer. 

No body corrosion outside of the standard spots associated with the Chevelle Malibu, which is along the lip of the sheet metal under the truck where a rubber strip lays on top to give a finished appearance to the bumper application.  Moisture and dirt tended to gather between the metal and rubber and set up corrosion.

This car is a 100% California clean find.  The car has been parked in a garage in Santa Clara County since the year 2000.  It has been brought back to life beginning in June 2013.  

The following is the work that has been completed.

Rebuilt Carburetor

New Fuel Pump and Filter

New Fuel Tank and fuel level sending unit

New Water Pump

Cooling System Flushed and Coolant Replaced

New Heater Hoses and Upper & Lower Radiator Hoses

New Front and Rear Brake Cylinders (four wheel drum brakes)

New Master Brake Cylinder

New radial Uni-Royal Tiger Paw whitewall tires

Frigette AC Unit blows cold (evacuated & recharged with new R134a refrigerant)

There are no tears in the upholstery and the headliner is perfect.  Doors and windows open and close easily.  The driver side roll up window needs adjustment in the door to prevent minor sagging.  This car does not exhibit ever having been in an accident.  The original owners said they got bumped in the teacher’s parking lot on two occasions in the side fender panels.  These events are not detectable on the body.  The car is straight, the sheet metal is in great shape and the bumpers are perfect with out dents or even crooked.

The engine long block has never been opened.  The car received regular maintenance, starts easily and runs smoothly.  The Powerglide transmission shifts appropriately and smoothly.  It handles like a car built in the mid-60’s but it runs true and straight on the freeway with zero pull to left or right.  With the new brake cylinders the manual brakes operate smoothly and evenly when stopping.

The original 1965 Chevrolet Owner Protection Plan with the Protect-O-Plate comes with the car.  The original working AM pushbutton radio is with the car and stored carefully in the truck.

This automobile is a blank sheet of white paper to become whatever the 2^nd titled owner desires the car to become.  It is a rare find.

The ’65 Malibu may be seen at the Goodguys All American Get-Together this weekend at the Alameda County Fairgrounds in Pleasanton, CA.  Come to the “Cars for Sale Corral”.    

If the ’65 Malibu does not discover it’s new owner this weekend it will be on sale at the Goodguys 17th Colorado Nationals, June 6-8 (Friday, Saturday, Sunday), The Ranch Events Complex, 5280 Arena Circle, Loveland, CO 80538.  Come to the “Cars 4 Sale Corral”.