Check out these groovy snapshots of the 1965 Chevrolet Chevelle Malibu! The ’65 model year was a wild ride with the 327 engine becoming a regular production order. And who could forget the rare Malibu SS396 Z-16? Only 201 of these beasts rolled off the assembly line, making them rarer than a unicorn at a petting zoo. In ’65, a whopping 294,160 Chevelles were sold, including those snazzy SS versions. Canada held onto the Malibu SS badge until ’67. As of 2017, just 75 of the original Z-16s are still revving their engines.
The 327 is made a regular production order (RPO) engine for 1965 and there were also a total of 201 units of the Malibu SS396 big block Z-16 roll off the assembly line that year. There were a grand total of 294,160 Chevelle cars sold in ’65 and that includes the SS versions. The last year for the Malibu SS is ’65 in the States, but Canada kept the badge until the end of ’67. There are still, in 2017, 75 units of the original Z-16 Malibu SS396 documented to still exist.
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