Dave C's 70 Monte Carlo

[Belair62]

My 1970 Monte Carlo

This 1970 Monte Carlo was sold new at Ken Lafferty Chevrolet in Berlin PA, I bought it my senior year in high school for the tidy sum of $1200 from the second owner in Gaithersburg MD. Having inherited and semi-restored a 1972 Monte Carlo, the family car I grew up in, I knew this 1970 was something special. It was delivered with an LS3 big block, M20 4speed, buckets, console, tach dash, and a hand full of other “nice” options, not to mention body colored hub caps and fender skirts. I was correct and later discovered that only 589 big block 4 speed Montes were produced in 1970.
I drove it through the following summer of 1988, when I disassembled it for a semi-restoration I had planned.
There it sat at my Uncles body shop for the next 13 years while I attended college and completed a full frame-off on my 1972. Every couple years I’d pump a few gallons of fresh gas in it, borrow a dealer tag, and terrorize some of the local South Jersey roads.
Emptying the body shop shelves of all left over gold paints one weekend, I painted the car a resulting shade less autumn gold than original.
I came very close to selling both of my Montes soon after my son was born, but the discussions I had with potential buyers re-kindled my interest in the old cars, and with the advent of my daughter’s birth in 2001 I knew it was “now or never”.
So the real work began, the frame was dropped, engine, and suspension were rebuilt, brake and fuel lines replaced. I used as many of the NOS parts and trim I collected over the years when reassembling and mating the body back to the chassis. For the finishing touch, I reupholstered the interior. While doing so, I found the build sheet to go with the original shipper paper the second owner had given to me with the car. I also discovered a build sheet in the shell of the driver bucket for a very interesting red Monte SS454 ordered without A/C, or power steering, and radio delete, delivered to Georgia.
I have enjoyed the car with my family for the last 4 years.
I look forward to the day I can strip it down and apply the correct autumn gold color. I also plan to remove the A/C system, which I added for my “young family” during the frame-off. Ultimately I plan to bring the car back to its as-delivered glory and may reconsider terrorizing some of the less traveled South Jersey roads.

[Mr70]

and it came with the rare rear wheel fender skirts.

[69LM1]

Swwwweeeeettt!
Man, that Monte's nice.

Rich

[Xplantdad]

Dave,

Very nice Monte Carlo. I love the big block M/C's. What's better than terrorizing the local areas...in style!

Very

[DaveC68]

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and it came with the rare rear wheel fender skirts.

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Yeah, nothing screams "muscle car" quite like body colored hubcaps and fender skirts, 'cept for maybe curb feelers.

[MosportGreen66]

I did not know you could get a manual trans in a Monte Carlo. Learn a new thing everyday! Very cool car! Nice detail work too!

[Bill Pritchard]

Very Dave. I've always liked the first gen Montes, and having a BB 4 spd is icing on the cake. Good to see your son having fun with it, too

[Mr. T]

Very nice and smooooth Monte Dave! What an added bonus to have a 4 speed in that baby.

[DaJudge]

Nice Monte, I drove a 4 speed big block Monte home from Carlisle for GTO Don couple years back . Those cars ride very nice. Power with class

[ANDY M]

First engine I ever blew up was my mom's '71 350 Monte. Gold body and roof, black bench interior. Fond memories!
Very nice job, Dave.