My name is Jameson Miller, I'm 11
years old and from Zion, Illinois. Pretty much right on the border
between Wisconsin and Illinois.
I have a 1978 Malibu
Wagon that we call the Millberbu.
It has a 415 cubic inch small block.
Built by TA Racing Engines.
Dart SH P-Block.
Callies Comp Star Crank and Rods.
SRP Pro Pistons.
All-American Profiler 23-degree Heads.
A Edelbrock High Rise Intake.
I mean it's not a tunnel ram, but it's a high rise.
Quick Fuel 750 carb on there.
And a K and N Air Filter.
-Very cool. Now, something is pretty unique about this car. Who built this
car? -I did. Me and my brother.
-You turned every wrench? You
tightened every bolt? -Yes, pretty much.
Some of the little things that I didn't know how to do
I give credit to dad doing that. Especially the wiring.
Because that was a big job and
he's pretty much one of the wiring masters.
So when we deleted the ac and heat, we
didn't need any of the fans
and what are they called, the vents.
So we took out the middle vents and
my brother, he
made out a template of out of cardboard.
And then we laid it across a piece of steel and dad cut it out.
And then we cut the holes for the gauges and put it in the car.
So.
Yeah.
-So, this is your first Power Tour right? -No, this is actually my 5th
Power Tour. For the last 4 years we brought my dad's 2015
Challenger, which we also built.
That was our first car build.
And then uh, so you want to hear a funny story?
So Power Tour last year,
dad shows me the car before we go on Power Tour and he's like check this thing out.
And I'm like, nice.
And he's like someone already bought it.
I was like dang it.
So we come on Power Tour and we meet a guy with the exact same car.
And I'm talking exactly the same. A 1978
Malibu Wagon, Classic.
So, there's 4 versions. The Normal, which you can get in any color.
There was the SS, which came with the Monte Carlo
frontend and all the SS parts.
Ya know the 350, the shorter ratio
steering box, better
cooling system, ya know all that.
I'm not a big fan of the Monte Carlos. But
then there was the Classic. Which came in camo beige with the pinstriping.
So I met that guy.
And that's what this car is, it's a classic. But there was the
Classic Estate.
Which had the wood grain, that was pretty cool.
But I like the Classic. I just thought it looked so cool.
And I was like dad I want the car. Little did I know,
he already bought the car. I was like
that's the version I want, I want the Classic. He was like sure.
He already bought the car. So we're working out in the shop,
we recently bought a shop at this time. And
we're putting together, building shelves, and I'm up on the top grinding down screws.
Dad calls me and he's like
Jameson get down here. And I'm like what am I in trouble for this time.
So I'm climbing down the ladder.
He's like go outside. I'm like okay.
And I walk outside and I see the car
on the trailer and I'm like what.
So little known fact about older cars,
a lot of people don't know this. If you check
the taillights and they're not re-pop
they will say the year.
So I went back there and checked it out.
The car didn't run when we got it. It had a
quadrajet, good wrench 350,
turbo 350 transmission,
not anything special.
And it did not run. Anything pass half throttle the car would just go
*funny engine noise*
And then it would die.
So we swapped out the, we took off the carburetor, checked it out,
there was no problem with it, so we were like it okay, put it back on there
still bogged out.
So our buddy, Tim Millati, who actually, he
built the engine.
He gave us one of his dyno
carburetors, which was also a quadrajet but it was a 2
barrel instead of a 4 barrel. And it also had no secondaries or
chokes. So a full race carb. Put it on there
car ran great. And again check my Instagram
or my YouTube if you want to see my first burnout video.
So that was pretty cool. After that we got it in the shop
Swapped out the engine, put in a turbo 400 transmission,
we tore it all the way down. Got rid of the suspension and everything.
Everything just down to body and frame.
Now one of the things that
is really special about this car, is that
it has the QA1 level two handling kit. Which is a
full coil-over setup with tubular uppers,
tubular lowers, tubular
sway bars in front and rear,
and then it has boxed lowers, and tubular
upper trailing arms
in the rear.
So, yeah. It has the
turbo 400 transmission with a Lokar floor shifter
because with the headers, it would not work
with the column.
So, it has a Don's
Automotive driveshaft and a Quick Performance
Ford 9 inch in the rear. It had 411s in it
but a 3-speed and 411s and
cruising on Power Tour, it's a little bit ya know,
at highway speeds? No.
So we took it over to our buddy Sean Kelly who fabricates
and we put it up on his lift.
And swapped out the old 411s for some 350s.
And the car has been
good cruising ever since. Then there's the little things,
the valve covers, and the over-flow box. Both Canton
Aluminum.
We've got the Cold Case radiator and fans.
They recently sponsored us actually
so that was pretty cool.
We have a Glass Tech fiberglass hood.
Has US Mag rims
with Continental Extreme Contact Sports.
This is a donor engine and stuff. This was all donored.
Besides the suspension and the stuff that we did custom.
And our sponsors.
We donored out of my dad's
83 Cutlass. -87 -87 Cutlass
-So for people who want to learn more about the car and
the different things that you do, how can people find you?
Well mainly if you go to my Instgram because
my YouTube channel it usually just does the cool
videos that we do.
But if you go to my Instagram you'll see the whole build
on the Challenger, this, soon
to be my brother's CJ7 Jeep.
And we might
I'm trying to convince my dad to get a K10 Blazer
and slam it on 20 inch Steelies for my mom.
-Well very cool.