Awesome! I have an all original one! 65 Malibu SS 327/350. The only thing that’s been done is the exhaust. Other than that, original motor, transmission, paint, everything. It’s amazing!
Hi Chris. I'm the one that commented in the previous video about having trouble hearing you in that video, as well as when you were at Kevin's shop. I just watched this video and the sound was great from start to finish. The little 327 in this Malibu sounds really good LOL... I'm 63 years old, so I've had a fair amount of experience with various 327 engines over the years, both stock and racing, and a lot of people don't give them the credit they deserve. My first car when I was 15 (1976) was a 69 SS Chevelle 396. It was a 4 speed with 4.11 posi. It was a very strong running car, but in all honesty, I love the sound of a nice small block when it's wound up, and the sound of the Malibu when you were working it a little reminded me of that. Of course a sound that really makes me smile is a 67-69 302 when it's turning 6,000+ rpm. It's been a few years since the last time I drove a 69 Z-28 but I can still remember the entire trip from start to finish, and exactly where I really made that car work. Ironically I can't remember what I had for dinner two days ago LOL.
A guy I knew in high school had a red 65 Malibu SS (all white interior). He never raced anyone, and a lot of us assumed with the 327 it wasn't fast (I don't know which 327, but it was a 4 speed), but I rode with him to a nearby town (22 miles) as a back seat passenger, and I was scared sh*tless for a bunch of that ride...that little car was wicked fast!
There were lots of fast 327s. My brother in law's 67 Malibu handily beat my neighbor's 400 Gran Sport more than once. My nephew got that motor from the junkyard about '92, and as a professionally built 350, powered his very quick Nova for many years. It was a lot faster than his Roadrunner
@@robertmoffett3486 Agreed on the 327s. When I was 17, I had a 68 390 4 speed Mustang GT, and a guy in a 68 Camaro outran me. I asked him what he had in it, thinking it was a 396. He said it was a 327. I said BS. He offered to let me look under the hood, but why bother? SBCs all look alike. Gained a lot of respect for 327s after that.
Chevy really made some nice looking cars in the mid sixties 😊. My dad had a '65 Impala SS when I was born in '65 - first car I remember. Great looking Malibu - thank you for the video 👍
That's a sweet ride. I had a 65' Malibu that I bought from a shipmate in San Diego back in the early 80's for $450. It wasn't an SS I don't believe but it was a LAGIT driver. In the time I owned it I drove it several times from San Diego to Eastern Washington State and it did Great. It had a 283 ci and a Borg-Warner T 10 4 speed. It wasn't a "muscle car" but it was fun to ride in. It was a wagon, too. As I said I bought it in San Diego and it was DEFINITELY a California car. While driving it back home in Washington State in November I found out that the heater blower motor was unplugged and it was COLD so I used one of my old wool blankets across my lap. I also had to put some cardboard in front of the radiator just to try to keep heat in it. 😂 After I got home I checked it out and found the wire disconnected from the heater fan motor and had heat the rest of the time I owned it. LOL. Unfortunately it was stolen in the late 80's and I miss that darn old beast. Love the SS you drove in the video. Thanks for bringing back some GREAT memories, too.
I'd bet it got a used door on the passenger side sometime in its life. Nice 65, worth putting a few bucks into. Look's like a real ss to me, has the proper rear body panel trim. Looks like the steering wheels slightly bent.
Hey Chris, Them ole Muncie shifters were bad when they were new let alone 60 years later. One thing we would do back in the day to fix them was to replace it with a Hurst Comp Plus. lol Nice ole Chevy and I would love to have it. Later
Reminds me in the early 80's when a guy I worked with asked me to give him a ride to look at a 64 Nova SS convertible. I just moved to southern California and and was happy for an excuse to explore the area. We were driving through orange groves near Colton California. It was wild, it was my first time seeing oranges on the trees. It was a beautiful white car with red interior. It had a 6 cylinder with a three on the tree. Just a really nice car, not a muscle car but a really good driver. He bought it for cheap... It was less than $2,000 dollars. Thank you for the video I appreciate you!
Mr. B. Here ! 🍩☕️👀😎👍 : As you I look at these as super used vehicles (survivor) what concerns me is the heavy body filler , for a quick sale ! Love your walk around on the vehicle , nice job 🍩☕️👀😎👍
Great example of a driver car, nice but too nice. I love the early chevelles, 66 is the best imo for the inset rear window. Also, that poor steering wheel is flopping around like an abused bicycle tire lol.
Nice. My first car (it was actually my dads, he gave it to me when I turned 16 in 1975, and became the family driver) was a 1963 Nova SS two door hardtop. It was a real SS, but believe it or not, the 1963 Nova SS was NOT available with a V8. It had a straight six with a Powerglide. It was only 10 years old when he bought it in 1973. Original rust free AZ car. I've had several cars that would be worth a lot today, but were not considered anything special back then.
Yes, sir a friend of mine received as a graduation present (his class was 1969) a 1964 Chevy II white with red interior and it was a six with a powerglide transmission. All of these cars were just vehicles that the manufacturers marketed to sell cars and really none of them were real special back then but now that they are getting harder to find and of course people are willing to pay more for them now than what they originally sold for (talk about inflation)
Had a 64, 283, 4 speed in my late teens. Had some front fender ripples but didn’t affect how it drove. Really screwed up and sold it. Been kicking myself ever since
@@kiwiclassicsandcustoms9160 Yeah , it's on RUclips, it's about moonshine running , and the moonshine running car is a '68 Mustang fastback. He gives it the jandal too.
@@kiwiclassicsandcustoms9160 I threw in " jandal" to confuse our American friends. I remember Scott Mc Laughlin being asked by reporters, how he narrowly beat Garth Tander ? ( I think) at the finish line , he said " I just gave it the jandal , f*** yeah ", oops. 😄 . Oh and those Chevelles in that movie are on hard tracks, not dirt , just thought I'd better clear that up.
@@kiwiclassicsandcustoms9160 Not correct. The only letter in a 1965 Chevrolet VIN number is the assembly plant code. You possibly meant "L" on the cowl tag (under the hood) which for some plants was believed to denoted SS. The other poster is correct, the "38" as the 2nd and 3rd VIN digits would denote a true SS V8 in 1965. Also, if it had "37" as the 2nd and 3rd digits, it's still an SS, but a six cylinder SS. The "SS" package was a trim package and was available in the six and eight cylinder models in 1965.
You want mine. I bought it from the original owner in 1977. Ground up restore in 1982. It is stored in my garage since 1982. But the motor is a a 1966 corvette 327 350hp with stock aluminum intake and Holly. Needs brakes, but I will get to it! The only thing that's not stock, is the radio 8track. Air stocks and mags!
Yes that yellow came from GM in different descriptions, My grandfather gave a 56 Chevrolet to my dad for us kids (I glommed right on to it as mine) to drive. It was original that turquoise color (150 2dr sedan). The paint was in pretty bad shape, my dad chose a Pontiac color (Granada Gold he said). It was a yellow like this color (I wanted another color didn't want yellow). After he sprayed this thing and we polished all the trim and reinstalled it (only thing we had to mask off were the front windshield and the back glass). Later on I got a set of Keystone custom mag wheels and with that it looked sharp. Friend of mine had a 67 Chevy II and he had those chrome Cragar wheels. Yes that shifter is a Muncie shifter that came with those cars (all of the 4spd models) and it bolts separate to the transmission cross member and of course for hard shifting didn't do so hot so it generally got replaced with the Hurst shifter. Thats' a decent little hot rod so to speak and I hope to see it again on your channel.
As noted by others, the VIN would have determined if it's a real SS. If you had "37" as the 2nd and 3rd VIN digits, you have a six cylinder SS. If you have a "38" for the 2nd and 3rd VIN digits, you have a V8 equipped SS. The cowl tag would have also told us a lot including what the original paint color was.
Another basically stock classic. Are you getting hot rod withdrawal symptoms yet Kiwi? Nah, that couldn't happen, you'd just go and hug the KSV Mustang 😆 Good to see there's still a few out there. I completely agree with the 'older repairs' comment. Probably done when it was just an "older car". I'd be happy with it, as a car that hasn't had a recent all over resto.
I love the chevy's from that era. My first car was 64 in 1970, but it was just a 4 door 6 banger. Drove the wheels of that thing. BTW... What's up with that steering wheel!? Looks like it's not circular, but has an odd distortion in it like the California sun started to melt it. LOL!
A friend of mine had a 64 Chevelle 4dr job that came original with the 194 six cylinder engine and three on the tree (I believe he got it from his mother who bought it new) Well he did the usual hot rodding stuff for the time, put a V8 and 4spd in it and a set of Keystone classics. It was that minty green color. The engine was a thumper engine (that's what we called one that was cammed up somewhat) and he used it for a 69 Camaro he was doing. I sold him a 283 that came out of a 64 Chevelle that had been wrecked and he updated the brakes from a 71 Chevelle station wagon (drum and disc). The car was actually a solid car and the kicker is he took the back set out and had already put in buckets so when he went over to the Home Depot to get PVC pipe he could open the trunk and slide the pipe into the car and close the trunk. People would look at this guy sort of funny when he would go out and do that.
Yes that yellow was featured on a number of GM products and called different names. We had a 57 Pontiac Chieftan that was black with that yellow for the roof and the side trim. Whacky huh?. My Dad repainted the car first a green with white top (green was a Dodge color) my sister had a crash where the right rear quarter panel was damaged and Dad replaced the panel (with one from JC Whitney) bought another junk 57 for ten dollars for all of the tailight assembly and damaged trim (of course I got the radio out of it) and repainted the car a British Racing Green with the white top and side trim. Car looked sharp I tell you.
My buddies dad bought a 65 z-16 396 4 speed Chevelle from nickey Chevrolet in Chicago new in sept of 64. He wrecked it in 67. He’s still got the sheet he ordered it with and a copy of the original title. That’d be a 250k car today
Other than the passenger door, I didn't notice any other green paint. In have to wonder if, somewhere along the line, it got some damage to that door, and it was cheaper (back when this was just another aging car and nothing special) to just bolt a junkyard-fresh door and repaint, instead of faffing around with reskinning.
My first car was a 1965 Chevy Chevelle Malibu SS. I graduated from high school in 1976 in Southern California. And those wiper knobs are not a California thing at least not where I lived. And for that to be a for real SS the vin has got to start with the numbers 138. I still have the vin. number to my car. And there are no letters in it at all only numbers. It's really easy to fake an SS. I'm not saying that this is a fake but they aren't hard to do. I bought mine off of a Kmart parking lot on the side was where they did their auto repair. My car was completely original and I was the third owner. I paid $675.00 for it. I've never heard about the L L thing on a SS just the 138 numbers.
I see it has a 12 bolt rear end, which is a big deal in Chevy land. I recall difficulty starting a hot Chevrolet engine as being something that came up frequently in magazine tech columns many years ago. I didn’t own one, so whatever the answer was, I don’t remember.
Chevelle looks good for its age despite some bodywork, was it just my eyes or the steering wheel seemed warped. Towards the end when you were turning into the workshop road it seemed that way, correct me if I am wrong
At the expense of possibly sounding stupid…(not familiar with 65 Chevelles). Was the steering wheel warped or was that the spec? Either way….awesome car Kiwi. Thanks for sharing.
Hi Chris, Is that a Sunbeam Alpine or a Tiger that I see in the background of the garage? I have one of each and they're both basket cases. I'm currently trying to sell them. ☮️ on 🌎
@@boilerroomed3682 watch out for the video series coming on that one soon. The plan is to widen it 4", lengthen it by 4" and drop it on to a Miata chassis with with either SBF or LS power
No Wipers ? cant have many stock trucks rolling around California, when the poor buggers are heading to the works they sure as hell know its a one way trip and following behind you're glad you're not in a convertible with the top down!
Beauty, but oh: *that* shade of yellow. Its near impossible to get that down & even with two base coats. For high desert? Perfect color: lots of reflection without going blind [as white can do].
I'm a Ford guy, but I can make exceptions. Nice car.
Awesome! I have an all original one! 65 Malibu SS 327/350. The only thing that’s been done is the exhaust. Other than that, original motor, transmission, paint, everything. It’s amazing!
Nice car!! Hang onto it!!!!!
Hi Chris. I'm the one that commented in the previous video about having trouble hearing you
in that video, as well as when you were at Kevin's shop. I just watched this video and the sound
was great from start to finish. The little 327 in this Malibu sounds really good LOL...
I'm 63 years old, so I've had a fair amount of experience with various 327 engines over the years,
both stock and racing, and a lot of people don't give them the credit they deserve.
My first car when I was 15 (1976) was a 69 SS Chevelle 396. It was a 4 speed with 4.11 posi.
It was a very strong running car, but in all honesty, I love the sound of a nice small block when
it's wound up, and the sound of the Malibu when you were working it a little reminded me of that.
Of course a sound that really makes me smile is a 67-69 302 when it's turning 6,000+ rpm.
It's been a few years since the last time I drove a 69 Z-28 but I can still remember the entire trip
from start to finish, and exactly where I really made that car work. Ironically I can't remember
what I had for dinner two days ago LOL.
A guy I knew in high school had a red 65 Malibu SS (all white interior). He never raced anyone, and a lot of us assumed with the 327 it wasn't fast (I don't know which 327, but it was a 4 speed), but I rode with him to a nearby town (22 miles) as a back seat passenger, and I was scared sh*tless for a bunch of that ride...that little car was wicked fast!
There were lots of fast 327s. My brother in law's 67 Malibu handily beat my neighbor's 400 Gran Sport more than once. My nephew got that motor from the junkyard about '92, and as a professionally built 350, powered his very quick Nova for many years. It was a lot faster than his Roadrunner
@@robertmoffett3486 Agreed on the 327s. When I was 17, I had a 68 390 4 speed Mustang GT, and a guy in a 68 Camaro outran me. I asked him what he had in it, thinking it was a 396. He said it was a 327. I said BS. He offered to let me look under the hood, but why bother? SBCs all look alike. Gained a lot of respect for 327s after that.
Chevy really made some nice looking cars in the mid sixties 😊. My dad had a '65 Impala SS when I was born in '65 - first car I remember.
Great looking Malibu - thank you for the video 👍
Glad you enjoyed it and thanks for watching!!
That’s what I need a nice driver that’s not all rusted out! That I can afford! No trailer queens here lassie!
Getting hard to find these days!!
@@kiwiclassicsandcustoms9160 True that Kiwi! 🥝
That is a sweet little Chevelle. A perfect driver. Enjoying you channel and videos.
Perfect daily driver.
That's a sweet ride.
I had a 65' Malibu that I bought from a shipmate in San Diego back in the early 80's for $450.
It wasn't an SS I don't believe but it was a LAGIT driver. In the time I owned it I drove it several times from San Diego to Eastern Washington State and it did Great.
It had a 283 ci and a Borg-Warner T 10 4 speed. It wasn't a "muscle car" but it was fun to ride in.
It was a wagon, too.
As I said I bought it in San Diego and it was DEFINITELY a California car. While driving it back home in Washington State in November I found out that the heater blower motor was unplugged and it was COLD so I used one of my old wool blankets across my lap.
I also had to put some cardboard in front of the radiator just to try to keep heat in it. 😂
After I got home I checked it out and found the wire disconnected from the heater fan motor and had heat the rest of the time I owned it. LOL.
Unfortunately it was stolen in the late 80's and I miss that darn old beast.
Love the SS you drove in the video. Thanks for bringing back some GREAT memories, too.
Always like the 64/65 body style and Crocus Yellow really makes it pop!
Thanks Kiwi! That’s my favorite color and year for the Chevelle…
Glad you enjoyed it and thanks for watching!!
Kiwi, nice old Chevy! They, cant all be perfect. Nice, that people want to save them!
Yes it is !!
Yeah that's a nice car. It's got some issues but still it's all right. It'll definitely have to get wiper blades in Tennessee. 👍👍🙂🇨🇦
I'd bet it got a used door on the passenger side sometime in its life. Nice 65, worth putting a few bucks into. Look's like a real ss to me, has the proper rear body panel trim. Looks like the steering wheels slightly bent.
Great car in great shape. That's what you want to buy. I'd paint the chassis and floor pans though. More humid environment now.
Hey Chris, Them ole Muncie shifters were bad when they were new let alone 60 years later. One thing we would do back in the day to fix them was to replace it with a Hurst Comp Plus. lol Nice ole Chevy and I would love to have it. Later
I had a dark green 65 SS that came from the factory with an under dash mounted RCA turntable that played both 45's & LP's
Mallory dual point distributor and yellow Accel plug wires....takes me back to the days before the internet and to buying speed parts at Super Shops😎😎
eugenecandelaria4651 Super Shops got a bunch of my paychecks as well.
Hi Kiwi that wee convertible sitting in your workshop is it a sunbeam tiger.Cheers from Timaru.
Had a Crocus yellow '65 SS a few years back. 283 powerglide with a huge chrome console. One of those 'wish I still had it" cars.
I got a few of those too 😏
Reminds me in the early 80's when a guy I worked with asked me to give him a ride to look at a 64 Nova SS convertible. I just moved to southern California and and was happy for an excuse to explore the area. We were driving through orange groves near Colton California. It was wild, it was my first time seeing oranges on the trees. It was a beautiful white car with red interior. It had a 6 cylinder with a three on the tree. Just a really nice car, not a muscle car but a really good driver. He bought it for cheap... It was less than $2,000 dollars. Thank you for the video I appreciate you!
It's a beauty , would make a good garage mate to my 65 Elco, GM called that yellow in 1965 Butternut Yellow
Old school hot rod, good starting point for a nice driver.
Absolutely !!
I have a Chevelle Malibu 1965. It is a 350 endgin and Th 400 automat. I love this car Thanks Kiwi to sharing that!
My first car was 65malibu ss 283 4speed white with red interior God wish I had that car back she is was a beauty
I'll bet you do!!! Glad it brought back memories 😎👍
I think the yellow on these cars just looks so cool. Canary yellow on a 65 just is badass
What a sweetheart. I miss my old 63 Acadian. 283 .3 on the floor.
Kiwi doesn't miss a thing. Time to spend a couple K on this car. Keep it up.
Mr. B. Here ! 🍩☕️👀😎👍 : As you I look at these as super used vehicles (survivor) what concerns me is the heavy body filler , for a quick sale ! Love your walk around on the vehicle , nice job 🍩☕️👀😎👍
Great example of a driver car, nice but too nice. I love the early chevelles, 66 is the best imo for the inset rear window.
Also, that poor steering wheel is flopping around like an abused bicycle tire lol.
Nice. My first car (it was actually my dads, he gave it to me when I turned 16 in 1975, and became the family driver) was a 1963 Nova SS two door hardtop. It was a real SS, but believe it or not, the 1963 Nova SS was NOT available with a V8. It had a straight six with a Powerglide. It was only 10 years old when he bought it in 1973. Original rust free AZ car. I've had several cars that would be worth a lot today, but were not considered anything special back then.
Yes, sir a friend of mine received as a graduation present (his class was 1969) a 1964 Chevy II white with red interior and it was a six with a powerglide transmission. All of these cars were just vehicles that the manufacturers marketed to sell cars and really none of them were real special back then but now that they are getting harder to find and of course people are willing to pay more for them now than what they originally sold for (talk about inflation)
That is my favorite year Chevelle. That car is sweet!
Had a 64, 283, 4 speed in my late teens. Had some front fender ripples but didn’t affect how it drove. Really screwed up and sold it. Been kicking myself ever since
Awesome car Kiwi, strangely enough I just saw one of these today, in the exact same color. 😲
Awesome video kiwi miss you on Tony Wednesday night lives
Doing my first live of my own tonight at 7pm. Drop by 😁😎👍
@@kiwiclassicsandcustoms9160 nice I well check it out
In the Jeff Bridges movie , "The last American hero " there's a lot of those racing in dirt track speedway , very cool.
I'll have to check that out!
@@kiwiclassicsandcustoms9160 Yeah , it's on RUclips, it's about moonshine running , and the moonshine running car is a '68 Mustang fastback. He gives it the jandal too.
@@barrycuda3769 "the Jandall" I love it😎👍
@@kiwiclassicsandcustoms9160 I threw in " jandal" to confuse our American friends. I remember Scott Mc Laughlin being asked by reporters, how he narrowly beat Garth Tander ? ( I think) at the finish line , he said " I just gave it the jandal , f*** yeah ", oops. 😄 . Oh and those Chevelles in that movie are on hard tracks, not dirt , just thought I'd better clear that up.
Jamie Whincup ( not Tander) 2014 Clipsal 500.
If the first 3 digits of the serial number start with 138 its an SS. It's the car I have. Crocus yellow.... sweet ride
I read that the 2 L's in the vin denote SS 🤷🏼♂️
@@kiwiclassicsandcustoms9160 Not correct. The only letter in a 1965 Chevrolet VIN number is the assembly plant code. You possibly meant "L" on the cowl tag (under the hood) which for some plants was believed to denoted SS. The other poster is correct, the "38" as the 2nd and 3rd VIN digits would denote a true SS V8 in 1965. Also, if it had "37" as the 2nd and 3rd digits, it's still an SS, but a six cylinder SS. The "SS" package was a trim package and was available in the six and eight cylinder models in 1965.
Partially correct. "38" denotes a V8 equipped SS in 1965. You could also have a "37" and it would still be an SS, but a six cylinder equipped one.
Nice!!!!
It looked like the steering wheel was a little warped. Was that noticeable while you were driving it?
No, I didn't notice it till I was editing the video. Didn't feel it either...
You want mine. I bought it from the original owner in 1977. Ground up restore in 1982. It is stored in my garage since 1982. But the motor is a a 1966 corvette 327 350hp with stock aluminum intake and Holly. Needs brakes, but I will get to it! The only thing that's not stock, is the radio 8track. Air stocks and mags!
I had a 1965 Malibu SS with a 283 and a ‘glide. Car would do 18-20mpg on the highway. The 1965 was available with the 396/375 motor.
Nice Car !
Yes that yellow came from GM in different descriptions, My grandfather gave a 56 Chevrolet to my dad for us kids (I glommed right on to it as mine) to drive. It was original that turquoise color (150 2dr sedan). The paint was in pretty bad shape, my dad chose a Pontiac color (Granada Gold he said). It was a yellow like this color (I wanted another color didn't want yellow). After he sprayed this thing and we polished all the trim and reinstalled it (only thing we had to mask off were the front windshield and the back glass). Later on I got a set of Keystone custom mag wheels and with that it looked sharp. Friend of mine had a 67 Chevy II and he had those chrome Cragar wheels. Yes that shifter is a Muncie shifter that came with those cars (all of the 4spd models) and it bolts separate to the transmission cross member and of course for hard shifting didn't do so hot so it generally got replaced with the Hurst shifter. Thats' a decent little hot rod so to speak and I hope to see it again on your channel.
As noted by others, the VIN would have determined if it's a real SS. If you had "37" as the 2nd and 3rd VIN digits, you have a six cylinder SS. If you have a "38" for the 2nd and 3rd VIN digits, you have a V8 equipped SS.
The cowl tag would have also told us a lot including what the original paint color was.
I try not not to get into whether these SS cars are real, there's just so much conflicting information and opinions out there.
@@kiwiclassicsandcustoms9160 The VIN and the cowl tags (again assuming that they are original to the car) tell the story in this case.
Another basically stock classic. Are you getting hot rod withdrawal symptoms yet Kiwi? Nah, that couldn't happen, you'd just go and hug the KSV Mustang 😆
Good to see there's still a few out there. I completely agree with the 'older repairs' comment. Probably done when it was just an "older car". I'd be happy with it, as a car that hasn't had a recent all over resto.
Dusted the KSV off last week for a photo/video shoot. She's a beast😁😎 rear tyres are toast😬. Cheees mate!!
This is the way I like them.👍👍
Very nice car
I agree!!
12:06 Funny watching you turn that steering wheel. It looks to be pretty bent. 😁
It's also possible it might have had a door replaced with a different colour and repainted.
this chevelle would be a good garage buddy for the yellow 2 door 6 cylinder falcon you had on the channel recently.
Looking green likes color
I love the chevy's from that era. My first car was 64 in 1970, but it was just a 4 door 6 banger. Drove the wheels of that thing. BTW... What's up with that steering wheel!? Looks like it's not circular, but has an odd distortion in it like the California sun started to melt it. LOL!
Yeah I didn't notice the wheel driving it but wow it stands out in the video😁
A friend of mine had a 64 Chevelle 4dr job that came original with the 194 six cylinder engine and three on the tree (I believe he got it from his mother who bought it new) Well he did the usual hot rodding stuff for the time, put a V8 and 4spd in it and a set of Keystone classics. It was that minty green color. The engine was a thumper engine (that's what we called one that was cammed up somewhat) and he used it for a 69 Camaro he was doing. I sold him a 283 that came out of a 64 Chevelle that had been wrecked and he updated the brakes from a 71 Chevelle station wagon (drum and disc). The car was actually a solid car and the kicker is he took the back set out and had already put in buckets so when he went over to the Home Depot to get PVC pipe he could open the trunk and slide the pipe into the car and close the trunk. People would look at this guy sort of funny when he would go out and do that.
Sweet Chevelle 👍
Chevy seemed to like crocus yellow a lot. It was used often in ads, including a two page one in Hot Rod Magazine, featuring all GM muscle cars
Yes that yellow was featured on a number of GM products and called different names. We had a 57 Pontiac Chieftan that was black with that yellow for the roof and the side trim. Whacky huh?. My Dad repainted the car first a green with white top (green was a Dodge color) my sister had a crash where the right rear quarter panel was damaged and Dad replaced the panel (with one from JC Whitney) bought another junk 57 for ten dollars for all of the tailight assembly and damaged trim (of course I got the radio out of it) and repainted the car a British Racing Green with the white top and side trim. Car looked sharp I tell you.
If that Chevelle spent all of its life in California, I'd bet that he lived near the ocean. Lots of inland Ca cars have zero rust on them, even today.
Sweet car.
It really is a nice neat car that doesn’t need restoration…. Just keep it like that and drive it
Very nice old Chevelle. Also I keep seeing that Sunbeam Alpine/Tiger. Whats up with that ? Jay
My buddies dad bought a 65 z-16 396 4 speed Chevelle from nickey Chevrolet in Chicago new in sept of 64. He wrecked it in 67. He’s still got the sheet he ordered it with and a copy of the original title. That’d be a 250k car today
I'd be happy with a rusty 6 cylinder automatic. I love Chevelles
Nice car.
Cheers mate!!
Other than the passenger door, I didn't notice any other green paint. In have to wonder if, somewhere along the line, it got some damage to that door, and it was cheaper (back when this was just another aging car and nothing special) to just bolt a junkyard-fresh door and repaint, instead of faffing around with reskinning.
It's got a 12-bolt rear end. More than likely it is a real SS. If it's got a 396 and it's a real SS that cars gold
I like it too 🙂
😎👍cheers mate
Nice little driver! Sending unit on a 59 year old car🥴!!
Apparently it always shows hot so he doesn't worry about it....
My first car was a 1965 Chevy Chevelle Malibu SS. I graduated from high school in 1976 in Southern California. And those wiper knobs are not a California thing at least not where I lived. And for that to be a for real SS the vin has got to start with the numbers 138. I still have the vin. number to my car. And there are no letters in it at all only numbers. It's really easy to fake an SS. I'm not saying that this is a fake but they aren't hard to do. I bought mine off of a Kmart parking lot on the side was where they did their auto repair. My car was completely original and I was the third owner. I paid $675.00 for it. I've never heard about the L L thing on a SS just the 138 numbers.
Damn non Americans adding un-needed 'u' to words survivour,flavour,colour etc 😊😊
Jokes from a fellow NZer 😉
Don't forget the extra syllable we added to Aluninum 😳😁😎👍
Nice chevy, looks like the steering wheel is bent in the top quadrant.
I believe that the most expensive Chevy in 1965 was the Chevelle SS with the 396.
That sounds right 😎👍
Stanonv It's also one of the rarest as well. They only made 216 of them.
oldest car/truck I owned was a 68 el Camino and it was a rust bucket with them turbine wheels Derek Bieri is always after
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My neighbor has a 65 Chevelle 300 2 door sedan with a nasty 396 under the hood.
So many cars will easily confess their bodywork sins - all you have to do is get them up on the lift, and they sing like a canary!
Very true !! 😁😎👍
In my shop in California we just worked on a 1970 440 4 speed yellow road runner from Tennessee someone out here payed $40,000 for
I see it has a 12 bolt rear end, which is a big deal in Chevy land. I recall difficulty starting a hot Chevrolet engine as being something that came up frequently in magazine tech columns many years ago. I didn’t own one, so whatever the answer was, I don’t remember.
Chevelle looks good for its age despite some bodywork, was it just my eyes or the steering wheel seemed warped. Towards the end when you were turning into the workshop road it seemed that way, correct me if I am wrong
Yes it's a bit bent, I don't notice it driving but man it stands out in the video😁👍
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Almost a Repo Man tribute car. Needs some creepy lights coming out of the trunk.
Nice old Chevy! Does it have the camel back heads? Cheers! 😎👍🏎🏁🏁
Very nice car hows large Marge going
She's going good, just haven't had much time to give to her😬
Two doors - three pedals - four speed Muncie. What's not to like? Malibu's did get a lot better looking (imo) the next few years.
Hey kev, is that the saginaw gearbox/shifter, same problem the HKTG monaro's use to have with SBC, they flex on the cross member i believe.
The old girl has a few plastic surgery scars but is holding up well. A proper refresh would do it justice.
Great candidate for a refresh, not too much work
check the radiator hoses and clamps could be leaking under pressure.
It's holding pressure ! I'm suspecting a faulty sender unit.
Mine was a 64 ss.
Nice!!
It's possible the door was replaced w a green door and painted to match the rest?
Is that a Sunbeam hemi project in the background?
It's a sunbeam alpine project do Mrs Kiwi. It won't be Hemi powered though. Still undecided. On SBF or LS power......🤔
At the expense of possibly sounding stupid…(not familiar with 65 Chevelles). Was the steering wheel warped or was that the spec? Either way….awesome car Kiwi. Thanks for sharing.
The dashboard and door tops were definitely not yellow originally.
Beautiful car, don't like the yellow and black dash, all black for my taste.
Yeah that would be nice!!
Yeah, I believe that those cars came with a different color dash and interior trim that is too much yellow for my tastes.
It is so weird to hear that sound come out of that car. They are all inline 6 cylinders here.
What’s with the steering wheel. Not round?
Something happened to it. I didn't notice it driving it but man it shows up on the video😬
Chrysler had oblong steering wheels in the 50’s.😎😉
Hi Chris,
Is that a Sunbeam Alpine or a Tiger that I see in the background of the garage? I have one of each and they're both basket cases. I'm currently trying to sell them.
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Is that a Sunbeam Tiger or some such off to side?
It's a Sunbeam Alpine that's going to get the Kiwi Tiger treatment🤪
@@kiwiclassicsandcustoms9160 NICE, Get Smart!!
@@boilerroomed3682 watch out for the video series coming on that one soon. The plan is to widen it 4", lengthen it by 4" and drop it on to a Miata chassis with with either SBF or LS power
@@kiwiclassicsandcustoms9160 Will do!
No Wipers ? cant have many stock trucks rolling around California, when the poor buggers are heading to the works they sure as hell know its a one way trip and following behind you're glad you're not in a convertible with the top down!
In my humble opinion cars didn't get any better than American cars of the late 50s to early 70s
Nice Chevelle but the steering wheel is bent.
Yeah it looks bad in video but driving I didn't even notice it....
@@kiwiclassicsandcustoms9160 actually that's the main thing! One can only imagine how that car would be if it were one of the first 396 chevelles!
Bent steering wheel?
Yes indeed!! I didn't notice it driving but it sure stands out in video😁😎
Most 327 chev. engines seem to be overachievers. They just love to breath.
That steering wheel seems bent like a potato chip.
Beauty, but oh: *that* shade of yellow. Its near impossible to get that down & even with two base coats. For high desert? Perfect color: lots of reflection without going blind [as white can do].
I have a suspicion that that car was ever blasted or dipped the end product would be shocking. Much Much swiss cheese