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Did you ever notice... on so many of the Facebook groups dedicated to the First Generation Monte Carlo how many Scam Ads and Knock -Off T-Shirt ads they have. If yes, have you also noticed that don't see much of that here on the FGMCC site or even the Facebook group that Aaron (Canuck) manages. That is because of the screening process we use here when someone wants access to post on the site. Even if some of them do get through it is almost always quickly noticed by our moderators and admins and those posts are quickly removed and the poster banned from the site. We rarely have members scammed on items posted for sale here and we rarely have to remove posts or ban people from posting. This is a very safe place to come to for your needs. rob

I've been wanting this done for quite a while, finally got it done. With everything that has gone on the last couple years with me and still going on I just said it's time to get it done so now it's done! It's there forever.

The ‘71 came out of hibernation Friday. The ‘70 was extracted from her cocoon today. Both gave me no issues starting and felt great on the 10 - 12 mile initial ride. The AC compressor on the ‘71 gave up the ghost (the pretty green dye in the refrigerant matches the Lime Green Poly perfectly 😂), but whatya gonna do? New compressor already ordered and hopefully delivered and installed in time for Carlisle. PS - the day I figure out how to get pictures loaded in sequence is the day Dennis’ feet don’t appear in his pictures

Finally a decent day. took Monte out for her first run of the year, got her some fresh gas and had myself my own little cruise. Looking forward to have others join me.

Replaced the plugs again today and I also replaced the plug wires. I then took her for a test drive. Sure felt great to get a ride in. rob

Was finally able to take mine out today, ran good no problems. Went to an eclipse event but hardly anyone showed up so I came back home. Eclipse is about 1/2 now but mostly covered by clouds.

Reassembled! Rebuilt engine and transmission. Some tidying up in the engine bay.

After mowing grass most of the afternoon yesterday, today, Sunday , a beautiful day to assess the 71 and do a little spring dusting ,, tire pressure check ect..probably a road test too.. getting the fever .!! 🚗

Well got the MC out of the garage today and let it run for awhile. While I had it out I figured I would take a few pics while it was such a pretty day.

Had breakfast with my Dad and my second favorite mechanic yesterday. I’ve previously mentioned that Terry had owned a ‘71 SS that he sold many years ago, but he’s still finding various parts, memorabilia and literature etc. Yesterday he gave me a few “Super Chevys” magazines from ‘84 and ‘85. Attached are some pix and Monte-related articles… can you find the two unicorns? 🤣😂 Hint: one’s “down under” and one’s pulling the front tires off the ground. There’s a nice 2 page article on the ‘71 SS which appears on the cover of the July 1985 edition of Super Chevys “Chevy Show Place” Looks exactly like Dennis’, minus the bananas in the tailpipes And I’m definitely curious… were some of the owners as listed 40 years ago ever FGMCC members? Are these folks still alive? Are any of the Montes still around under different ownership? Perhaps some of you senior FGMCC members might know of these folks and cars.

New member but old lurker here. I wanted to join the ranks of a paying member to make sure this place stays around as long as possible. I have a 1970 402 BB - Auto, factory buckets and console w/ power windows, Flint-built 08C-third week of August '69, Color 78-Black Cherry w/ B-Black vinyl top. It now has a transplanted 454 bored .030 over, dual plane Weiand intake and a dual line 650 Holley carb. Just got it running along with all new calipers, lines, discs, bearings and pads up front and new trailing arms w/ poly bushings out back. I've had the car for over 30 yrs but life and kids got in the way of working on it more often. So now I am, little by little. I've been so thankful for the information I've found here and hope to find more as well as friends in the hobby. If you are near Nashville, TN, "holler back", as they say ! Some old pics as well as some recent ones are attached as I've worked on it here lately. Dennis Bagwell

Did some touch ups today. The rebuilt engine had an oil leak that could only be addressed by removing the head. A few weeks ago my engine builder came by to pull the head/intake and fix the plug that was causing the leak. I finally got around to doing the paint touch ups today.

Spent the weekend getting her ready for spring.... IF that every comes. lol Changed oil & filter, lubed the front end, re jetted the carb, chased that "mystery wire" down, pulled the rear seat.... and "no", there's no paperwork tucked in there. Put the re conditioned dash and battery back in, added a squirt of gas down the carb...... And "BINGO"!!! She fired right up. Now, just need to get the new tires on and wait out the snow the weather woman says is coming tonight.

Hey Dennis I didn't know you went to Phoenix for the final 4!

Surprise post on FB by the body shop doing my Monte. They have started to lay some color down. Making progress.

THANK YOU Willie!!!! LOVE TO MAKE CARLISLE BUT RIGHT NOW HEALTH KEEPING ME CLOSE TO THE DRS. NOTE, I AM WINNING THE FIGHT!!!

I wonder if we can find the real owner of that internet pictured car, and maybe get him to be a club member...

Got delayed today, not complaining I was with good people. Anyway, got in the garage late, put on the battery charger, got it off the jack stands, topped off the air shocks, tires, checked the oil and rad. The rad looked a little low so I'm off in the morning to get some distilled water. Works for me so I can go to the car wash and clean 2K roadtrip grime off the truck. Also bought a TPMS for the trailer and have to get that set up. Plan is to be on a cruise tomorrow, and test the line lock and lay down some smoke 🤣

It’s not what I did to the Monte today. It’s what I’m doing for the Monte’s. lol. In process of picking this up and relocating it to my property ( no 2x4’s involved). 16 x36. Not pretty now but we’ll see how it goes. Don’t know if I will put cars in it yet but it will be great for parts.

I got the cover off. lol. 😂

More pictures

I got tires mounted today and tried them on the 71. They look good.

hello everyone, new member to the club i own 2 70 first gen gems. 1blackon black SS, the other is black on saddle 402. ive had first gen since i was 19.. im 62 n0w and love them very much. very non computer kinda guy, but will get better. need a few parts, love to talk first gen, and love to burn rubber! looking forward to being part of the club.

Purchased 70’ Monte Carlo SS 454 yesterday at GAA auction. Previous owner said that the car won at the Eastern meet at some point. I can’t get a photo to load so I’ll just describe and give previous owners name. The car is red with black top and saddle interior. It seems to have all o-toons for an SS but I don’t know a good way to tell if it is a true SS. I purchased the car from J Brady of Spartanburg SC. If anyone has any info on the car let me know Bryan

FINALY 🤣 Maiden post hibernation cruise today, beautiful day low 70's. I was pulling back into the garage when I remember "someone" said I only post left side photos of the "imaginary" Monte so I backed up and took a right side photo 🤣

Some nice ones in Raleigh today

Just made my reservations. See you all there

Got the cover off mine yesterday, hopefully back on the ground and out for a cruise this weekend 🤞

This is the one that is owned by Richard, from Brooklyn at the time. He now resides in Staten Island and still owned it.

It moves too. Gonna rain. That’s as far as it made it. lol.

I drove the 70 Monte to work today. It drives really nice. Engine has good power and the rebuilt trans is nice and smooth. Here is a photo on the way to work where I got stopped for construction for a few minutes.

There was a member who removed the black Chevrolet emblem and put crosshairs in the chrome ring on his 71 SS. 😁

Well I got my hood ornament fixed hopefully it will stay on lol I had to cutoff a little bit more off the spring so hopefully it will work 🤞

Hopefully see some monte carlos...and see how my stalking skills are.....for any new members ...has rob would say....lol...

It is coming together slowly but surely. All of the holes for the temp gauges and headers are a different size so many trips to the hardware store is slowing me as i get frustrated and then discouraged so keep taking breaks lol.

Finally waking the beast, went for an hours drive, all is well,!

Well got the MC serviced 2 weeks ago and today the weather was extremely nice so me and my wife had to go for a ride and it was was awesome.

Looks like the engine is in, so there is half the battle. Just need a drivers seat and dash, some working lights, bumpers and a windscreen and you could drive it the short distance to the Eastern Meet. To me that's about a week and a half of work, so there is no excuse not to drive it on over!

So John, what you are saying is with 58 DAY'S AND A WAKE-UP remaining until our members start arriving in Carlisle, your car is right on pace to be at the Eastern Meet, right? rob

More paint pictures. A few more pieces were painted last week. They also spent some time refurbishing a spare hood for my 69 Buick GS400

Hopefully the real spring has arrived, it's been so up and down here in N.E Ohio, finally got the Monte out yesterday and put 40 miles on it, felt great do cruse again

I second what Rob said about that other Dennis. He a real pain in the ….

This is the latest.

The cups on my 69 Camaro were pretty butchered from an aftermarket radio that I was replacing with a stock Delco. I made new cups using pvc pipe caps. Before shaving off the old cups I measured their depth and trimmed the pvc to the same. I used JB Weld to bond them and also to create a gusset around the perimeter of the cap at the bonding surface. I then blended the inside of the caps with a Dremmel to blend seamlessly with the knob opening in the dash and resprayed everything with satin black. That was 23 years ago.

Just a few statistics: 78 Number of Members Registered With Me 137 Number of members and their guests registered with me 27 1970's 16 1971;s 19 1972's We also have some members with cars registered that are not First Gen Monte's Stock 19 Street 17 Modified 19 Super Modified 10 States Represented 19 Canadian Provinces 2 rob

Let's see, would that be just one deviation from factory correct or would it be 4 deviations???? How about the spare? rob

So, you will be ready for the Western Meet then? 😁

I was so sorry to hear this yesterday when CK called me. After CK notified me of this yesterday, I sent a sympathy card to Dianne and family, from the club. Our thoughts and prayers are with his family. rob

Patsy gave me a set of AC Delco Rapid Fire spark plugs for Christmas for my Monte. I just got a chance to install them a couple days ago. When I started the car it really ran horribly. It was missing on at least two cylinders. Today I headed up to the storage garage and installed my old plugs that I had removed to install the AC Delco Rapidfire plugs. I was surprised when, no questions asked, when Orielly's Auto Parts was willing to give me a full refund. I then bought the AC Delco R45 plugs. I didn't get a chance to install them yet. When I looked at the Rapidfire plugs I removed, it looked like two of them never fired while 6 of them you could tell were not a problem. I know it was not the plug wires because it ran fine when I put it away last year and after reinstalling my old plugs it ran good again. I do not recommend the Rapidfire plugs. The first thing I noticed about them was from the base that seats in the head, the exposed porcelain portion and electrode were longer than the original R45 plugs that were in there before. rob