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Most onlookers see a 1966 Malibu. Those that are more into the car culture might think that somebody stuck some Malibu SS emblems on a “survivor”. The really curious and more enlightened, though, would see all the little things that add up to a car you will probably never find anywhere else.
of this Chevy is what makes the production numbers so low and the car so extremely rare, however, a long list of “SS” options and some little-known facts about the small block equipped Malibu SS of 1966 definitely don’t hurt the equation. All on its own, an unrestored 1966 Malibu SS is a tough
find today, but literally at our first glimpse we knew there was something up with this one. For starters, some of the car’s tags and badging are considerably different than any we’d seen in the past. And then there’s the flat hood on a ’66 SS that just didn’t sit right with us. The front grille is also minus the “SS” treatment and has an
emblem with an outline of the Swiss Alps that reads “GENERAL MOTORS SUISSE S.A. BIENNE,” and the speedometer and odometer are in kilometers instead of miles as they were for all GMs built for North American use at the time. Knowing that it wasn’t until approximately 10 years later (1977) that cars in Canada started
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