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This 1977 Chevrolet Malibu has survived nearly 45 years with just 44,000 original miles and a dashboard that’s somehow never cracked — a rarity for any GM product from this era. Filmed at Country Classic Cars in Staunton, Illinois, it’s the kind of straight, unmolested survivor that malaise-era collectors are only now starting to chase. Viewers are already debating headlight trim details across Malibu model years in the comments. Watch to see what 44,000 careful miles really looks like.

An 11-alarm fire tore through a 530-foot warehouse at Country Classic Cars in Staunton, Illinois, destroying 143 vehicles including one-of-a-kind Hemi Road Runners, Chevelles, and Camaros. Investigators traced the blaze to one of five cars in the building’s center but never confirmed a cause. Here’s what happened, and what was lost, the night one of Route 66’s best-known classic car dealerships caught fire.

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