Chevrolet's midsize Chevelle debuted in 1964 and received a fairly substantial mid-cycle refresh for 1966. The car came in four distinct tiers. The king-of-the-hill was the SS396, which stuffed a big block Chevy into either a Chevelle sport coupe or convertible body. Below the Super Sport came the Malibu, which was sporty as well, and could be had as a convertible, hardtop coupe, hardtop sedan, pillared sedan, or wagon. The Malibu, however, only had 120hp Hi-Thrift 194 cube or 140hp 230cid Turbo-Thrift inline-six and the 220hp 283 or 275hp 327 Turbo-Fire small-block V-8 options. The lowest two tiers were the Chevelle 300 Deluxe and the stripped-down Chevelle 300.
This Tuxedo Black '66 sport coupe has an SS badge on the grille and the crossed flag "396 Turbo-Jet" fender badges, and that's definitely a Chevy rat motor under the hood with valve covers big enough you could use them for a baby's bathtub, but the "Malibu" script on the rear quarter panels indicated that it had started life with something smaller in the engine bay.
Definitely a cool ride, though!
It was photographed with a Canon EOS 40D and an EF-S 17-55mm f/4-5.6 IS zoom lens in May of 2022.
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