Nice '69 Malibu, One Family Owned with Great Docs

[scuncio]

Nothing special as far as drivetrain, but a great looking California car with a neat set of original docs including window sticker from Schonlaw Chevrolet in Hollywood.

Pretty strong money already...probably as much as it's worth IMO

Link to 1969 Malibu auction

[mockingbird812]

Cool car. Why an M40 (isn't that the TH400) behind a 250HP 350 cu.in.? Did they opt for that? shouldn't that normally be an M35?






hmmmmmm, maybe they were going to drop a 427 in front of it and create a sweet sleeper!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Damien]

Strong money, but a pretty cool car!

[tom406]

Ad seems confident its a TH350. If it is actually a TH400, I would guess that the factory A/C triggered an upgrade. I've shared before that I had a '69 Firebird 350/2bbl with A/C that had a TH400. It was an untouched car that I couldn't figure out why it had that transmission. Apparently engineering decided that was needed for the application. I'd be curious as to the reasoning.

[WILMASBOYL78]

[QUOTE=mockingbird812;1425695]Cool car. Why an M40 (isn't that the TH400) behind a 250HP 350 cu.in.? Did they opt for that? shouldn't that normally be an M35?

I believe that even the TH350 was listed as an M40 denoting 3 speed turbo-hydramatic transmission in the earlier cars. The listing was the same for the TH400 cars...the engine/hp level was the deciding factor.


-wilma

* a rust free 69 Chevelle...V8 engine, Th, p/s, PDB, a/c, etc...bargain at $15k.

[Kurt S]

Exactly. M40 was a 3 speed auto, either TH350 and TH400 - the listed price would be different. The same way as M20 was 4-speed manual - either a Muncie or a Saginaw.

[BOWTIE67327]

Id be surprised if does not bring low to mid 20's