70 Monte -Clean w/ Protecto Plate

[DaveC68]

Car was also built at the Flint plant...so correct me if I'm wrong, on Flint cars you will not find a build sheet more often than not.
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Not to beat a dead horse, just trying to figure out why the 2bbl air cleaner (all stock appearing, to include the smog tube) had the 350/300 sticker?


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Hey, possibly when someone swapped out the 4 bbl intake for the 2, that lid just had a better shine!!

[DaveC68]

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I don't know squat about the monte's. I just think they look better than the chevelle's

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AMEN Brother!

[budnate]

I beleive Dave is correct the tops are the same size and they left that on the car....

[69LM1]

Yes. Like I said, my mechanic has a 70 monte with the 402(396) with the 12 bolt rear, buckets, console shifter and the tach in the gauge cluster. In the Monte world this is not considered anything special. Apparently they only had one "special" car, and that was the SS454. His car is very nice and he uses it as a daily driver (but I am sure that sucks a whole lotta gas!).
The monte's just seem to have, I don't know, Character. They are still relativly inexpensive, kind of like the cougar to the mustang. You can still get a 68 cougar GT 390 car for under 8,000.00, but try and get a Mach1 mustang for that price!
(Not that I am comparing the Monte's to the Chevelle's, I guess the Monte's were more luxary cars and the Chevelle's more of a muscle car).

Rich
Rich

[GM-26]

Dave, Your "Champagne Gold" Monte Carlo is really nice. It looks very similiar to a "Triple Gold" one that I once owned. In 1994, I purchased mine from a 72 year old women, who owned it for 24 years. In the spring of 1970, her nephew drove this car to her house to have lunch with her. He was a new car salesman and it was a "demo". She fell in love with it and it was sold to her. I promised the women that I would return to her house after I restored the car. Six months later, I went to her house. She came outside and tears rolled down her face. She was so happy to see her "Goldie" looking like new again. It was a great moment. After owning it for more than eight years, I ended up selling the car to a local hardcore drag racer. The car is now "tubbed", "caged" and has a 800 horsepower big block in it. The car went from being 100% stock to a rear bumper scraping monster! I sold the car to purchase a 1979 Camaro Z28 that was in my neighborhood since new and that I always wanted to own.
Nick....

[GM-26]

Sorry about the sidetrack!
Somebody buy Rich's Monte Carlo!!

[69LM1]

"Somebody buy Rich's Monte Carlo!!"
Hey Thanks. But this is a pretty interesting thread. You guys rock with being able to decode any GM TT or POP (even non GM tags!)

Bowing as "Were not worthy, Were not worthy"
(Mike Meyers)

Rich

[DaveC68]

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In the Monte world this is not considered anything special. Apparently they only had one "special" car, and that was the SS454.

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Rich,
I'd like to think there is one other "special" Monte.
My gold one (pictured) is a factory big block 4 speed, tach dash and buckets. The real kicker is that it had all that and fender skirts too
around 600 made in 70

[DaveC68]

Nice car Nick

[GM-26]

Thanks Dave. My Monte Carlo also had quarter panel shirts! During the restoration I chose not to put them back on.
They are still in my garage.- Nick...