[Did You Ever Notice????]

Thanks!

[Replacing air conditioner system]

Looks great!

[A Bit of Nostalgia]

Thanks for posting!

After I bought my 71, my high school friend got a 71 SS 454, tan with a dk brn vinyl roof like in one of the pictures.

Sadly he was T Boned while driving it, when a dump truck ran a red light. No injuries but totaled the SS 454. 😞

[New to FGMCC]

Welcome Brant!

Great looking Monte.

[Parking brake pedal doesn’t return home]

If we are talking about the same thing, it's the switch that will turn on the parking brake "warning light" on the dash.

I forgot to plug it back in one time and I drove the car 5 + miles with the parking brakes ON!!

My Monte Carlo, is a 1971. I don't know if that matters.

Not sure but the return spring (that releases the tension on the rear brakes) is part of the parking brake cables (I THINK)

The {GROUND} screw I have an arrow pointing to, is the ground wire attachment point for the dashboard harness.

[Parking brake pedal doesn’t return home]

When I replaced the heater core on my 71 (No A/C) Monte, it turned into a real snowball. Since I had the carpet and dash all out I also blasten and painted the parking brake mechanism. Here is a picture.. before and after. I can't find the painted picture of it.....

 

[Introduction...]

Welcome Jeff! Enjoy.

[Need help removing my cluster]

[Need help removing my cluster]

Another Picture:

 

[Need help removing my cluster]

One very important thing to remember is the shift indicator cable (If you have a column shifter) is very easy to break.

See attached picture:

This is one thing to watch out for, I knew about it and still broke mine.

I had my dash all out of the car when I pulled the cluster.

 

[What did you do to your Monte Carlo today?]

Took the first ride since the new battery a month ago. Cranked very quickly and fired up faster than I expected. Took a short drive and all is not too bad... 1- Trans leaking 2- Plastic right inner fender cracked (nothing new) big time.

[vacuum canister bracket]

3 more pics of the evap system on my 71:

This was leaking vacuum (see the damage) so I replaced the entire canister many years ago.

This small blue restrictor was inside one of the small hoses, shown on the diagram below. I almost threw that restrictor out the day I replaced all the small hoses.

 

[vacuum canister bracket]

Picture from my 71 350 4bbl Monte. Lots of  small hoses attached to all this

[SBC to BBC Fan Shroud]

Not mine but will this help you???

[Underhood color]

That reminds me how prior to ELPO (A PPG name I believe) or electroplating primer, cars were dipped into a tank of, what we called at DuPont, "BLACK DIP PRIMER".

When I restored my 71 back in the 80's I worked at DuPont Automotive finishes laboratory in Troy, Michigan, and we had black dip primer available. It required baking at 400 F. for 30 minutes to cure. We did have large ovens at the lab and I was able to prime the entire Radiator support core and the top plate. That was a long time ago and it still looks great!    Good times!!!

[Z28 rims for my 70 Monte]

Reading these posts reminds me of when I still had the original thin single white sidewall Goodyear G70x15 tires on my 71. A friend of mine (His name is also Bruce) bought a new 71 SS 454 Monte Carlo, about 5 or 6 months after I got my Monte. Not that long after he got it, he bought new Michelin radial tires! The ride and control was so much better, I couldn't wait to get some for my Monte. Now someday when I need to replace the tires I have now, (Almost 8 years old) the hard part will probably be finding the single thin white stripe. I do still have the original spare tire in the trunk!

[Z28 rims for my 70 Monte]

I like them!

 

[Cars of my past]

Ron, I always wanted one like that.

Way to go Fire Chief! 

[Made the cover of OPGI catalog]

So cool! Congratulations!

Get plenty of copies.

[Cars of my past]

I forgot one, 1956 Murray that I also still own. (My true first car!)

 

[Cars of my past]

I never drove this but it held the NHRA record E.T. @ 11:37 with an inline Pontiac OHC SIX back in the late 60's. I did help work on it when I was 15 - 18 years old. My Brother in-law and two of his friends owned it.

I did get a ride one time WOW!

I made this MINI Bike in 1966, that was fun. Check out the long chrome exhaust header!!!

 

[Cars of my past]

[Cars of my past]

Here are the vehicles I remember:

The 73 Cougar was my wife's first car and it was stolen. She is still sad about that.

Year / Model         Color          Date New         Date Sold
1937 Dodge Truck    Black    25-Feb-37 (My older brothers but I drove it alot. He still owns it)

1963 Triumph TR3-B Red (Our youngest brother and I restored it for our older brother then I sold it to our youngest brother then he sold it back to our older brother)   
1971 Monte Carlo    Black    14-May-71 (Still own it)   
1973 Cougar    Red    1-Jun-73    27-Sep-79 STOLEN!!!
1978 Ford T-Bird    Brown Met.    1-Oct-78    9-May-86
1984 Escort    Black    1-Jan-84    
1985 Pontiac Grand Am    Red & Gray    9-May-86    29-Sep-93          
1994 Ford Taurus    Deep Emerald Green    29-Sep-93    14-Apr-03
1998 Ford Taurus    Toreador Red Met.        
1999 Pontiac Grand Am    Red    24-Mar-99    23-Mar-01
2000 Grand Prix GT    Black    1-Jun-00    31-May-02
2001 Grand Am        23-Mar-01    23-Mar-03
2002 Grand Prix GT    Bright Red        
2003 Grand Prix    Silver Met.    14-Apr-03    5-Mar-20
2004 Grand Prix GT2    Ivory White    29-Mar-04    27-Mar-06
2005 Pontiac G6 GT    Electric Blue Met.    21-Dec-04    18-Oct-06
2007 Impala 3LT    White    17-Oct-06    31-Oct-08
2009 Impala LTX    Silver Ice Met.    31-Oct-08    14-Oct-11
2012 Buick LaCrosse    Quicksilver Met.    14-Oct-11    30-Aug-14
2014 Buick LaCrosse    Crystal Red Met.    30-Aug-14    28-Apr-16
2016 Buick LaCrosse    White?    28-Apr-16    24-Apr-18
2018 GMC ACADIA    White    24-Apr-18    21-Apr-20
2020 Impala    White    5-Mar-20    
2020 GMC TERRAIN    Red quartz tintcoat    21-Apr-20    
My least favorite are the two SUV's.........

[Transmission fluid check and dipstick]

Took a picture of my 1971 350 w THM350. Looks like 23-3/4" to me.

[Cars of my past]

Nice! You have a great collection, thanks for sharing.

My older brother has/had a red 1963 TR3B.

My younger brother and I did a low $ restoration on it around 1973. It's still is in the family still red and just totally restored.