This is a 1976 Chevy Malibu Classic 4-door station wagon, with the original metallic blue paint, a 5.7 L 350 Chevy engine (producing roughly 250 HP; fuel efficiency ranges from 5-7 mpg up to 13-15 mpg, depending on driving style, load, speeds, etc.), automatic transmission, and bench seats in both front and rear.

The car was purchased new in 1976 by one of my uncles (husband to my mother's older sister) and driven as a primary family car, I believe, from 1976 until the early-mid 1980s, after which it was used primarily for longer trips and occassional errands requiring more interior space. (The rear wagon bed, with the rear bench seat folded down, will accomodate 2-3 twin sized mattresses, stacked horizontally, or close to the capacity of a mid-full sized pickup truck bed in lumber, furniture, etc., although the top is obviously permanently covered and vertical height is limited.) Until the fall (early Oct?) of 2000, the car was kept in a cool, dry basement double garage and well maintained, with all documentation of services and maintenance saved for posterity.

The car was given to me in the fall (Oct?) of 2000, and I thoroughly detailed and maintained the car until the spring (Apr 14?) of 2001, when I had an accident, while driving the car in heavy fog, crossing a narrow bridge with heavy steel guard rails on either side, following a sharp curve in the road, just prior to the bridge, where the two-lane road split into two separate, individual, one-way lanes, each crossing a separate narrow bridge. Apparently, at a speed of 50-55 mph, the left corner of the wide, heavy, chromed front steel bumper nicked/caught the left guard rail, as I corrected for the sudden curve in the road, in the fog, around 2-4 AM on the morning of 14 April 2001 near/within the city limits of Bloomindale, GA, USA, driving west on U.S. Hwy 80, after driving a friend to his home on the 'East Side' of Savannah, near Victory Dr. & Skidaway Rd. I suffered a moderate-severe concussion and lost most of my memory regarding the accident, several hours before the accident, and 9+ hours after the accident, but I eventually recovered the majority of my speech and equilibrium, over the following 4-6 weeks, and essentially fully recovered over the following 3-4 months.

This accident resulted in fairly severe damage to the left, driver's side of the large, front, chromed steel bumper, including some slight bending (a few inches) outwards (towards the driver's side) at the front end of the driver's side frame rail, as well as a slight front->rear shift in the driver's side frame rail relative to the passenger side frame rail (i.e., the wheels on the driver's side are now slightly behind the wheels of the passenger side, if viewing a perpendicular line drawn through the center of the hub of the wheels on the passenger side; i.e., the frame was slightly bent/skewed, but this could be corrected with a large/heavy frame machine, although the vehicle is still stucturally sound and driveable), in addition to moderate-severe damage to the driver's side front quarter panel (fender), both driver's side doors, and the driver's side of the rear, wagon bed sheet metal covering (essentially, a concave dent was formed on the driver's side, in a neat line, front to rear, as the car slid along the heavy steel guard rail on that side, in the course of the accident; the long indentation is probably 4-6 inches deep and will require some moderate-major body work to repair).

The car was still driveable, following the accident, and was driven until the summer of 2002. Around July 2002, the engine suddenly and unexpectedly stopped cranking, one afternoon, after returning from an errand. The car has not run since that time, but the engine oil has been changed 2-3 times since (between the fall of 2002 and the summer of 2006), the tires have been periodically washed and treated with protectant, one wheel and tire have been replaced, the spark plugs have been replaced, the ignition coil (built in to the distributer cap on this model; it has an early electronic ignition--early for a 5.7 L 350 Chevy engine) has been replaced, the fuel filter has been replaced, and a replacement mechanical fuel pump has been purchased but not yet installed.

I believe the car may well run again with the replacement of the starter and/or alternator, along with a new battery, clean/new spark plugs, fresh engine oil and radiator/engine coolant (antifreeze), and some preliminary fogging/lubrication of the 8 combustion chambers/cyllinders, prior to attempted cranking. I plan to complete this fundamental, preliminary 'restoration' within the next few months, prior to completing some minor, preliminary body repairs (possibly but not certain), prior to, most likely, selling the car in a local auto trade paper, most likely for use as a work vehicle or, possibly, to someone interested in restoring the car (possible but unlikely) or using the engine in another car or truck (most likely).

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