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True. This is not a factory installed LS6. It was ordered from a dealership with the LS5, and it was converted with an LS6 at Dick Harrell Performance Center on Hickman Drive in Kansas City, Missouri, not a Chevrolet dealership. I met a number of Monte owners at the Ol' Marais River Run car show at Ottawa, Kansas in 2018. One of the guys said he knows Mr. Pestinger and Tim told him he gets paid good money to take the car to some of the big shows he's displayed it at. The MCACN show is one he's been paid to attend. Dan

I have a friend that has had his '70 SS for decades (2nd owner) and he is just as particular about keeping it original as the first owner was. It has 53k miles and came from the factory with a gold tank on the compressor. I read here years ago that the factory installed tanks were gold and the over-the-counter ones were black. If you have one that hasn't been restored, take the tank off and you'll see a little bit of the original color of coating inside. I've had both. The compressor with the gold tank below is an NOS compressor that I bought last winter. It came with the wrong tank, so I had a correct gold tank recoated gold. The black coating is black phospate and I had a couple of tanks recoated in California at Brakeboosters.com. They also did the gold tank and alot of other parts on my car. Dan

I just subscribed as well. Looking forward to following the build!

The stock fan shrouds were not painted. It sold for $38k USD.

Ron's Youtube channel is AWESOME! I really enjoyed the quality video and sound...(Not to mention the content!) That car is ART! Keep up the great content....so good to watch Jeff (enviouSS)

Glad you like it Joe!!! It doesn't look like fun for me. Alot more did fall off since i seen it last. OOHHH BOOYYY!!! The helpers look like they are ready to help. They are getting big now!! I also see that end table is missing something, and i dont mean the glass top. LOL Carry on Mr Joe!!!

At first glance I did not see any numbers, but will open BOTH eyes this time!😉 I will look when I get back to the shop.

The neighbor got a new chair delivered Saturday, asked if I wanted the old one. Looks like they claimed it already. They still like the old one though.

More parts are falling off the car. It's gonna get worse, before it gets better.

Lol I was hoping Kevin would chime in. It's the correct one. Here is the one on my 71 402 auto, aka Barn Find

Here you go Neal. Thanks to Tom and Kevin!!! 350 first. 402 second. 454 third. See you guys even teach me how to use this darn comp after all!!!

Thank you all for the great advice - this really is a great site with lots of excellent info, I think the 1st thing on my list is to get the A/C working, I know many of you are talking about putting these cars away for the winter but I'm in Texas where it's 76 degrees and sunny today (yes I took most of these pictures today-11/23/21) So I can keep driving it and fixing small things as I go.

Welcome! With that low of miles I wouldn’t bother doing a full restoration. Just maintain it and clean it up as much as you can. You will get so much enjoyment out of it. If you have the budget you could get it painted and refresh some of the interior. Neither of mine are frame off restorations. Just cleaned up and painted. My 71 is also classic copper with sandalwood interior with 82,000 miles.

Here's a picture of mine

Like Arron stated, those are the over the counter high rise guards. The factory option ones look like this....

https://gmauthority.com/blog/2021/09/brilliant-first-year-chevy-monte-carlo-big-block-heads-to-auction/ With a small block fan shroud…