1977 Malibu sedan Ottawa Kijij

Jonno · Poncho Master!

1977 Malibu sedan Ottawa Kijij

TINY · Guru

Nice car but he wants way to much im sorry but thats just a old car of no value would make a great derby car.

4SPEED427 · A Poncho Legend!

I would have lost that be. I thought all 77 Malibus had square lights.

Jonno · Poncho Master!

The cheaper plain Malibus (not the Malibu Classics) have the round singles for '76 and '77.

Back in the day there were quite a few around.

The Buick A bodies of the same vintage have a couple of different front clips depending on the model (Special/Century/Regal).

68 427 · Poncho Master!

Carl Stevenson wrote:
I thought all 77 Malibus had square lights.

ME TOO!

Jonno · Poncho Master!

I actually have a '77 Malibu brochure which shows both headlight configurations.
Not much space is given to the single headlight models as they are trying to sell the gravy models after all.

MC · Canadian Poncho Superstar!

TINY wrote:
Nice car but he wants way to much im sorry but thats just a old car of no value would make a great derby car.

Too much money: agree. Maybe knock a thou or two off it and it would be a nice entry level hobby car or just a comfortable weekend cruiser for a family.

Great derby car: disagree. Nice original old cars should be preserved. There are enough junk yard refugees out there to use for the derby, if that turns your crank.

I know I'll get piled on here for saying that (as usual), but sorry I just had to get my 2¢ in on that one.

73SC · A Poncho Legend!

Jonno wrote:
I actually have a '77 Malibu brochure which shows both headlight configurations.
Not much space is given to the single headlight models as they are trying to sell the gravy models after all.

Being a 73-77 A body affectionado I will confirm the headlight treatment on Chevelles. The dual stacked rectangular lights were saved for the Malibu Classics and other higher level trim models. This one is basically your economy model.

I think Buick had the most varied treatment in headlights then, even the 4dr cars were different from 2 dr models.

The beaks on the Buicks and Olds cars varied from model to model as well. Some might recall that Richard Petty drove a 1977 Olds Cutlass because the front end treatment was the most slippery of the GM A bodies.

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Jonno · Poncho Master!

Oh yeah! When 1977 came knocking these cars were pretty hot sellers and Oldsmobile was at the top of its game with over One Million sold, mainly Cutlass models. It was the last year for the Colonnades and the public was eating them up.

The Malibu was the only B body to hang on to the round headlights in '76 and '77 on the less expensive models.

Buick Olds and Poncho all switched to the small rectangular quads after '75.

The bigger rectangular single headlights didn't appear until '78 in the new downsized Malibu and Fairmont. Both these cars would go back to the smaller quads in the early '80s.

Above is the most famous round headlight Colonnade Buick of them all.

Kojak loves you, baby. smile

MorePower · Poncho Master!

i had one, one if not the nicest riding car I ever owned....I sure do miss it

1977 Malibu Classic

here is a pic

Pontiacanada · A Poncho Legend!

73SC wrote:

I owned one of these. Brougham with cordoroy, pillow-back seats and a ton of transmission problems.

Jonno · Poncho Master!

Pontiacanada wrote
I owned one of these. Brougham with cordoroy, pillow-back seats and a ton of transmission problems.

Kojak never had any transmisson problems, at least on screen!

Would hate to be the service advisor if he had! Eh Todd!

CdnGMfan · Canadian Poncho Superstar!

968138?AWSAccessKeyId=1XXJBWHKN0QBQS6TGPG2&Expires=1311811200&Signature=9zOSyRymQNv%2F2WucuRJin60ZQcg%3D 1977%20Chevrolet%20Chevelle-05.jpg Here is one picture I took in 2006 while driving along. Anyone in Scarborough should be able to recognize the background & intersection. It was a stock and very clean 1977 Chevelle Malibu sedan that looks identical to the one in the brochure, shown also for comparison. Same colour and for the most part options.

-- Edited by CdnGMfan on Wednesday 20th of July 2011 09:54:52 AM

-- Edited by CdnGMfan on Wednesday 20th of July 2011 09:56:16 AM

Jonno · Poncho Master!

Thanks Cam.

I really prefer the look of the round headlights over the rectangular quads.

Funny how Chrysler followed suit with the Cordoba in 78/79.

I do love those '70s cars! smile