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1972 Chevelle Malibu. Placer Gold aka Goldie "The Story"

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This is the story of Goldie, I am going to try to incorporate pictures of he tear down and build. This car was 100% unmolested when purchased and still has a majority of its original parts. This will be done in many posts.

In 2009 I found a 72 Malibu with a 350 2bbl and 350 Automatic transmission. The car was built at the Van Nuys, CA plant and sold to the original owner in Tucson, AZ.

The car lived in Arizona for most of its life but sometime in the late 1990's it made it's way East. The previous owner's son registered it in NC on 11/30/1999. During the 2000's it was parked in a field to rot away with a bag of fertilizer in the trunk.

The owner and his wife were getting a divorce and he sold it to a local garage. While driving to work one day I spotted the car in a shed at his shop and stopped to ask about it. I was able to buy the car for $3500 October 1, 2009. Below is the build sheet and pictures of it when I looked at it on the repair shop's lot.

Note: A radio was never ordered with this car BUT it has a windshield antenna BUT someone installed a fender antenna.. Also note the car was a May production in 1972, a very late build. The vinyl top was an aftermarket add-on.
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More to come....
 
The 2009 Carolina Chevelle Show in Burlington, NC was coming up the month we bought Goldie, I registered it for the show. Below is the car parked next to my Midnight Bronze 72. Fortunately Burlington is 30 minutes from the house.

BTW... This was the first time my wife drove my Bronze 72. I was a nervous wreck!

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My son made a display for the car and it was in the show under his name.

The car was a hit at the show, it was an unmolested time capsule.

It did not win, but it won the best prize, a PUI Seat Cover and door panel kit. James Hinshaw fulfilled the prize and we stored it for many years.
 
This tear down was a long time ago, I know we started with the vinyl top. The rear glass just lifted out due to the rust. Oh about the rust, yes, it was from Arizona but a bag of fertilizer in the trunk made quick work on the trunk pan. The rear glass channels being rusted allowed for moisture to get in the car, the floor under the seat had a couple of holes but fortunately the other floor pans were in good shape. Also notice the paint fade from the Arizona sun.

Yes, there are 2 Chevelles in the garage, my Bronze 72 under the cover, and a 69 4 door.

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Note the package shelf above, it is green as is the lip under the back glass. More on that later too.

Below note the package tray color.

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My '67 looks just a tad bit worse than that (haven't started yet because of the availability of steel), but still lots of work for you.
 
Belden Speed make rear window replacement channels for our cars, PS be careful to measure the opening you have for replacing things, I think my body guy might have screwed up on mine when he put the full quarters on because my molding doesn't fit right
 
Next we started tearing down the front end, I did have tear down helpers. My son is now 23 and my daughter 17. And wow, have I added shelves and cabinets to my garage since then.

Look Ma, no rust!

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Good you had your kids involved. Kept them off the streets and under your watchful eye. Your daughter has a very happy smile. I bet she was enjoying spending time with her Daddy.
 
From here we started tackling the interior. I did not make as many pictures here as I should have but being around and owning 72s since 1971 I am pretty knowledgeable about everything in the dash.

The windshield was cracked so my son and I worked hard to bust it out. No Pics but I remember both of us pushing on it with our feet.

The dash was next. The car is a radio delete A/C car and has a mono speaker hole. All A/C cars with a radio came equipped with dash corner speakers, the non-A/C cars had a center speaker. The dash appears to be wrong but is not. Funny story about that later. The dash pad and dash are brown, kick panels green and A-Pillars green. Placer Gold cars are different.

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Notice the cowl color
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See the green on the firewall.

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The green is all over the car.

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A couple of dash pictures
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Ut Oh, Hidden Vin!
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Well, the time came to remove the body off of the frame. Unlike my Bronze 72 that spun a cage nut in the trunk, Goldie's bolts came out smoothly.

Just before I got this car I had the body off of my Bronze 72, less than 1 year before:
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So I don't have a lot of pics of the Gold car's body coming off but the question of how I do it came up.

Basically I use 2 engine cranes. I install eye bolts in the upper fender bolt holes on the cowl and the rear is attached thru the trunk bumper holes. I do have pictures of the Bronze car being lifted.

I lift the body and then use cinder blocks and 4x4 to hold it up while I roll the frame out from under it. Notice.. I keep the rear crane connected. This car was heavy because the interior was in it. I had borrowed the body dolly for the bronze car but made my own for the gold car, I needed different wheels.

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Chevelle_Nut said:
Well, the time came to remove the body off of the frame. Unlike my Bronze 72 that spun a cage nut in the trunk, Goldie's bolts came out smoothly.

Just before I got this car I had the body off of my Bronze 72, less than 1 year before:
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So I don't have a lot of pics of the Gold car's body coming off but the question of how I do it came up.

Basically I use 2 engine cranes. I install eye bolts in the upper fender bolt holes on the cowl and the rear is attached thru the trunk bumper holes. I do have pictures of the Bronze car being lifted.

I lift the body and then use cinder blocks and 4x4 to hold it up while I roll the frame out from under it. Notice.. I keep the rear crane connected. This car was heavy because the interior was in it. I had borrowed the body dolly for the bronze car but made my own for the gold car, I needed different wheels.

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Glutton for punishment, weren't you?
 
Chevelle_Nut said:
This tear down was a long time ago, I know we started with the vinyl top. The rear glass just lifted out due to the rust. Oh about the rust, yes, it was from Arizona but a bag of fertilizer in the trunk made quick work on the trunk pan. The rear glass channels being rusted allowed for moisture to get in the car, the floor under the seat had a couple of holes but fortunately the other floor pans were in good shape. Also notice the paint fade from the Arizona sun.

Yes, there are 2 Chevelles in the garage, my Bronze 72 under the cover, and a 69 4 door.

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Note the package shelf above, it is green as is the lip under the back glass. More on that later too.

Below note the package tray color.

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You have a 69 Four door in the garage? You are a man of sterling taste!
 
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