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Saw this 1971 Monte Carlo at Summit tonight. Talked for a while with the owner he has a 1990 Corvette tuned port injection system on the car. The block is original 1971 350. A 700R4 trans with 3.73 gears. He bought the car new in 1971 and did a frame off restoration a number of years ago. Cloth interior, column shifted, very nice looking car. John S

Just ordered a new set of Valve Covers W/ breathers, can't wait to get them on

When it comes to our mechanical friends, anything can make a recovery. Just matters on the person, and you ARE the person for this recovery! Just saying.

They say a cat has 9 lives. I’m making sure this car has had a fighting chance to live out it’s long, neglected life. Could it be a miraculous recovery? Or could it be an organ donor? Either way I’ll feed it until it dies.

I don’t know how or where you find the patience to do that to that car. To me it looks like trying to feed oats to a dead horse. John S

Nice!! I hope they don't hit the brake power booster.

Dpnt forget to post pics when installed

Best wishes for him and his family.

Very niiiccceee!!!

More Thoughts and Prayers for your brother in-law. God Bless!

Thank you Willie! I wasn't looking to purchase another car but when I saw this I couldn't pass it up!

Sharp!!! Real Eye Candy ...

You can believe this statement. This man’s already restored one super sport and in the process of restoring another. (how’s THAT for subliminal positive reinforcement?!)

Go to the resources section here and check out Aaron’s thread about determining if you have a real SS. And if you can, send all of us here pictures of the car. We’ll pick our apart for ya.

I too thought the same thing .

Went to a car cruise late this afternoon about 40 minutes from our house. The car cruise was kind of dead so I cut out early and remembered an old member of the Model A Restorers Club lives not far away. This man is 92 years old and he and his wife were very active in the Model A Restorers Club but his wife passed away about 5 years ago. That and with his knees going bad I knew he could not drive his Model A's anymore and that he had to sell them all off. Since I had purchased my Monte I kind of drifted away from the MARC (Model A Restorers Club) but decided to rejoin it after not being a member for 10 to 15 years. I knew from talking to a member that Bill was having a hard time of it and rarely had visitors at his house so I decided to drop by and see Bill. When Bill came to the door he recognized my face and I said "Do you remember Me" and he said yes. I asked if he felt up to a visit and he smiled and said "Sure, I love to sit on the porch and if you will help me out onto the porch we can sit out there. We started talking and it was like we had not missed a beat. You see I was a 45 year member of the MARC before I drifted away so I knew many members over the years. It was sad to see Bill in his advanced years and sad to hear how much he misses Joan (Bill said to me, "you know they say it gets easier as the years pass but it really doesn't, I miss Mom as much today as the day she passed") Mom is what he called his wife Joan. It was sad to hear how he had to sell all of his beloved Model A's and antique Caddy. As sad as all of this was it was good to get to sit with Bill for an hour or so and just shoot the breeze and talk about the good times we had on Model A outings with the club, all of the picnics, one and two or three driving tours with the club. It was a good feeling to see how much Bill appreciated someone stopping by to just talk with him. Bill told me about selling all of his cars but also mentioned he has quite a large number of parts that he just doesn't know what he is going to do with them. Bill told me that some people had kind of taken advantage of him on buying some of his parts. I told him that he needs to find someone that he trusts to come and go through his parts and make some lists of what he wants to sell and then help him price and sell some of those parts. he told me he has fenders, doors a totally rebuilt steering column and many small parts. Unfortunately I have not been active in the club until recently so I am not really sure what Bill's parts are worth so I doubt I could be of much help. I told Bill that I needed to leave so I could get the car back before dark (I had the Monte Carlo with me and Bill loved it). I helped Bill back into his house and asked if he would mind if I stop back on another day when we would have more time to talk and he told me "Come any time". As I was closing the door, I said to him, "Bill I know you recognize my face but it has been so many years since we have seen each other do your remember my name?" Bill seemed a little embarrassed and admitted he has been trying to remember my name since I had arrived. I told him I was sorry and should have told him when I arrived who I was. I told him, "Wait till you get to be my age, sometimes I can't even remember my own name" Yep, even though the car cruise was a bust I really had a good evening. rob

Feed her some gasoline, that's an expensive enough gift nowadays....🎁

I got in, started the engine and took her for a ride.

Looks a bit like Max's Falcon....

Always liked the Javelin body style,very cool good luck with it

Mine will be 50 the 30th. I have the original registration from when ole red was brand spanking new

Mine is coming up on 51 too I almost forgot after the 50 year celebration last may.

Found my build sheet in the rear back cushion. Really great condition overall. I will probably have more questions but one that comes to mind is what color is the interior carpet color? In know the trim is saddle, but there are several colors of carpet that could have been used. Also how do I know which "saddle" paint was used for interior trim pieces without have to order 20 different cans of trim paint? Thanks for any help, David

My radiatpr show panel arrived today, man it's nice , can't wait to put it on