My name is Mike Norman. I’ve had two 1965 Chevelles earlier in life and always wanted to get another and fix it the way I wanted it. The following is a 1965 Chevelle, my way (hard top), and more recently, a ‘65 convertible.
I found this car (below) on the internet in Tacoma Washington. We agreed on a price and proceeded to figure how we were going to get the car here economically. The guy put a hitch on it (the 65) and towed a Saturn to Indy from Washington State. I figured if he gets here in one piece how can I get hurt? He showed up with the car on September 23, 1999. I was the proud owner of a really rough 1965 Malibu.
Floor pans, trunk pans, rear quarters, new interior changing from bench seats to buckets, took 6 months.
The drive train consists of:
383 Stroker
AFR Aluminum heads
Victor Jr intake
800 cfm Barry Grant carb
MSD Billet dist w/6al box
Coan Engineering TH400 trans w/4800 stall 8” converter
