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I gotta tell everyone here that I love this family, yes I said family not club because that's what it is. I joined many years ago and over the years I have made some very good friends. I've been through some very personal and physical issues especially lately and I've had nothing but support from this family. If there's anyone on the fence about joining and paying the minimal fee to join its well worth every penny. I can always come here no matter how far I am down in the dumps I am and always enjoy myself. I love the friendships and the banter between members. Thank each and every one of you for helping me through my hard times, I love you all! I could go on for hours about all the great members on here but I won't, thank you all!

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.

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

Today marks our 53 wedding anniversary. On a cold snowy Jan 16th day , I said yes after she asked me to marry her :). Just kidding… we had 20$ between us but by the grace of God , clawed our way thru . She’s been a blessing to me all these years , almost as much as the 71 Monte :).. kidding again. But that is the reason I’m partial to the year 71 Monte. The year we were married..

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

It's Thanksgiving 2023 and our family is all here for dinner. My oldest Grandson has his learners permit so I let him drive my 71 Monte Carlo. We had a beautiful day here in Michigan so I went to start the Monte and the battery went dead. I attached jumper cables to it and it started right up. I see that it is charging so I backed it out of the garage and let Evan take over. He drove me all over the area for almost a hour. We had a great time. Evan said the steering is a bit loose and the brakes require more pressure to stop the car than he is used to. This was such a great thing for us remembering back to when we drove him to the Woodward Dream Cruise every summer. Picture from 2009 when he was very young and now:

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

My 71 SS made the cover of the OPGI catalog. I took this photo a few years ago and they liked it for the cover.

20 years ago I was working on organizing a 70-72 Monte Carlo meet in Nevada. FGMCC founder/president Kevin Wiles liked what he saw and proposed that we make it an official club meet and the Western Meet was born. I had no idea that I would still be organizing these 20 years later. That first Western Meet had 6 members attend from three states and one province and was a fantastic experience that I still look back with fond memories. This year the 19th annual Western Meet will have 30 members from long distance all over the Western US and Canada. These don’t happen without members dedicated to travelling long distances attending these events and I want to thank those who have attended over the 20 year history.

CLUB AWARDS PRESENTED: Joe Tedesco - Recognized Member Award: Joe has been a big help to us in finding ways to make the club website better. The number of things Joe has improved are too many to list but Joe has made numerous improvements and has been a big help to me in updating members status's on the boards. Also Joe's technical knowledge has been one of the first members to respond to members questions Tom Ferrante: Recognized Member Award: When a member posts on the boards and is looking for assistance and/or information Tom is the other person who is one of the first to respond. Tom has assisted many members through difficult problems and sometimes is able to help members with parts he has "In Stock" Congratulations to Joe and Tom on receiving their Recognized Member Awards. 1970 TO 1972 MONTE CARLO - STOCK CLASS: 1st Place: Willie Conforti 2nd Place: Gary Vanatter 3rd Place: Rob Peters 1970 TO 1972 MONTE CARLO - STREET CLASS: 1st Place: Dennis Tretter 2nd Place: Daniel Donlin 3rd Place: Ed Walker 1970 TO 1972 MONTE CARLO - MODIFIED CLASS: 1st Place: Joe Tedesco 2nd Place: Frank O'Connell 3rd Place: John Rodi 1995 TO 2007 MONTE CARLO - STOCK CLASS: 1st Place: Bob Wiemels 1978 TO 1988 MONTE CARLO - STOCK CLASS: 1st Place: Joe Sullivan MEMBER SPECIALITY AWARDS: Rob Peters 1970 Monte Carlo. Celebrity Judge Award from Lou Santiago or Garage Insider TV Show Frank O'Connell 1970 Monte Carlo. Celebrity Judge Award from Charlie Vrana of Greenwich Concours Mike Talarek 1972 Monte Carlo. Celebrity Judge Award fro Kristine Miller-Kochon, GM Enthuiast Thanks to Tom Ferrante for providing me the below information that was not on the Carlisle Events List Tom Ferrante: Celebrity Judge Award, 1970 Monte Carlo. Given by Bill Miller Jr. Co-owner of the Carlisle fairgrounds I thought one other of our members had received a Celebrity Judge Award but it is not listed on their website and I can't remember who it may have been. All three of our officers, Bob Wiemels, CK Collins and Rob Peters, were invited to be Celebrity Judges and were invited to a luncheon on the show field on Saturday. THE FIRST GENERATION MONTE CARLO CLUB RECEIVED TWO OTHER CARLISLE EVENTS AWARDS: CLUB CHALLENGE PRESENTED BY HEMMINGS: 2nd Place. This award is presented to the club based upon cars registered in the club name COOLEST CLUB HANGOUT: This award is presented by Carlisle Events to the club with the best decorated club canopy and the inner actions of their members among themselves and with the spectators and other car owners We had a several other really neat things happen while we were there: The first happened on Friday morning. Lou Santiago, who has hosted numerous television shows asked if he could interview me about my car and the club for his current show. It was a very short interview but it was really an honor and a chance to talk about the club. I have no idea when the show will be aired Also on Saturday afternoon two gentlemen from HEMMINGS CLASSIC CARS approached me and asked if I would be interested in having my car featured in that publication. I told them I would be honored but it is not a restored car and they said that would not matter. They have taken my information but I don't know for sure if or when I may hear from them, I will keep you all posted. On Saturday evening we were honored to have Lou Santiago join us at our group dinner. Bottom line is the First Generation Monte Carlo Club had a very strong showing at the Carlisle Events GM Nationals. Thank you all for attending. 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.

From 1969 1 (1967) 1967 Triumph GT6 2 (1968) 1966 Impala 2 door hinge 3 (1971) 1971 Monte Carlo 402, turbo 400, air, criuse, tilt, ps, pb, pw, pt, rear defogger, am/fm/8 track, gauge package, buckets/ counsel, triple green, front and rear bumper guards, 3.08 gear,rally wheels. 4. (1971) 1959 Triumph TR3 - still in the family 5. (1975) 1968 Olds 442 455 4 speed M22 built by B&M 6. (1975) 1938 Pontiac coupe, 350, turbo 400, air, cruise, tilt, telecopping, pw, pl, ps, pb, 3.42 posi. Ran high 13s. 7 (2000) 1987 GMC 4 wheel drive 454, Holley Sniper, 4 speed, 3.08 posi. Daily driver 8 (2019) 1970 Monte Carlo SS454, gauge package, pw, ps, pb, pt, tilt, vigilite, wiper fluid monitor, buckets/counsel, 3.42 posi, black/black. Driving when no snow. Hope pictures load, left out a lot of short stays. ..

Today marks my 3rd Anniversary as a member of FGMCC, I must say I have learned a TON since joining and have made many friends, looking forward to many more years in the club 👍

How’s that going in this cold. Average voltage drop for all models is 30 percent. All over the side of the road, parked. Monster lines at the charging stations with a four hour time limit on charging. Imma fire up an SS and go whip some donuts at the charging station. Honk Honk.

I just finished my car after a 6 1/2 yr. build. I've owned the car since 1998. I made first restoration attempt in 1998/99. Moved it around in pieces until I started over in the fall 2016. I drove it to the Syracuse Nationals from Queensbury, NY. Its the furthest trip I've taken it and couldn't be happier with how everything went. Although my plans were to have come earlier and stay until Sunday, the weather held out to still make for a great trip. I came across a group of beautiful 70 - 72 Montes and saw the club banner. It didn't take long for me to join. I parked with the club on Saturday and although I walked around most of the day, I had a great time talking Montes with a bunch of the other Monte owners / enthusiast. I'm humbled by all the incredible compliments, especially coming from other Monte owners. I'm already working on plans for the 2024 Eastern Meet and hopefully can get out to Lebanon Valley for another meet up. Looking forward to seeing more incredible Montes and meeting more member in the future. Now I need a trailer! Seth

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.

Hi all! Newest member apparently, so I’ll post a couple pics of my 70. Original block,trans and rear.

Painted part of the frame and lower part of the firewall/trans tunnel.

11 years ago today my daughter took the walk down the aisle. I'm now blessed with 2 beautiful grand children, her 2 children obviously. Was a great day I was all dressed up in my monkey suit, and of course monte had to be there.

Nice !!!!

Awards and door prize photos from Sunday morning.

Hello everyone, my name is Kevin Collins and I joined the club right around when it was formed. As you know life sometimes gets in the way and some things just get forgotten about. Unfortunately I didn’t stay up with the club, but I am happy that it is thriving ! I have a 1972 Monte Carlo that I have owned since 1985. I am currently giving her a much needed rehab and will hopefully have her back out this year.

Well it’s time to welcome home my missing piece ( minus 4 speeds, I’m not chasing them). 1972 W code Custom. And yes all numbers matching. With documents

Was out walking yesterday with my wife Mona, came across a little show and shine at the senior's residence just up the road from our house. About a dozen cars. The first one I noticed is a '72 green Monte Carlo. Went around looking at the other cars, saving the Monte until last. Beautiful car, small block, bucket seats,console. The owner came up and we started to chat. I was ready to put on my salesmen hat and promote the great club we have. Turns out he's already a member, first one I've met in person. Funny thing we both live here in Oshawa, both own green cars and are named Rob. I know, no pictures, didn't happen. So here she is.

Hope everyone stays safe, just take a moment to think of those that made the ultimate sacrifice so we could all be with our families and friends as well as playing with cars

Great show only two Monte’s of any kind. A black 70, the owner is on the Facebook page and told him he needs to get on this site and become a member. I need to put my stalking papers back in my trunk again. We removed everything from the trunk late year and have only been to 2 or 3 shows since and with the car not running well along with wet weekends I think we have it straightened out. I need to work on m photo posting to get them in the desired configuration, every time I try to turn the iPad they keep turning sideways again

Today marks 98 days and a wake-up before some of our members start arriving for our Eastern Meet. It won't be long now. Get any projects done now in preparation for this largest club meet ever. rob

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

Back in September of 2022 I attended a big show out here in So Cal that I try to get to every year. Cruisin for a Cure. A charity for prostate cancer awareness. My wife normally comes with me but she couldn’t. Because they offer free PSA screenings she made me promise to get screened this time. A first for me. About a week later I got a call from a doctor saying my numbers were high and that I should see my doctor ASAP. A needle biopsy confirmed I had prostate cancer. Luckily we got it early. After a little research I chose the 28 day regiment of radiation treatment at City of Hope of which I completed in early 23. Because of the sayings “you only live once” and “you can’t take it with you” I dipped into my retirement, with my wife’s blessing, and started a 6 month search to find an exact replacement for my first car. The 71 first gen I have now. My PSA numbers now are barely detectable and I feel great. I have my wife, City of Hope and my love for classic cars for quite possibly saving my life. Unfortunately my wife isn’t buying into my reasoning that because classic cars may have played a small part in saving my life, I should get some more. My point is that I know there are quite a few club members in my age group. If you haven’t had a PSA screening, get one. It could save by your life. By the way, I went to the 2023 show and thanked the people in the screening room for saving my life.

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.

Hello to all the First Gen fans out there! Been visiting here for years and finally joined. Started by looking around for cars to purchase and fell in love with all the knowledgeable info and fans like me.

After installing front and rear glass and new tires she’ll be back on the road for the first time since 1980 IMG_5124.mov

Some pictures of the Pittsburgh World of Wheels

It was actually warm enough to push the 70 out of the garage to wash the firewall and frame getting it ready for paint. Also washed up the bumper filler so it can paint it the correct silver colour. The body shop back in 2000 painted it body colour in error.

As you can see, it's a very busy morning 🌄

Not monte but I went down to Albany this past weekend to have my mom's 95 birthday we took her out to dinner Sunday night then to breakfast Monday morning. She had a great time . Here is a picture of 4 generations mom, me, my daughter and her great grand children (my grandchildren) me my brother and sister, daughter, son in law my niece and great niece all had a great time, well worth the trip.

Went with the satin black on the front grill. These are before and after pictures. Got it back on the 71 , finally. After some realignment of some things … I prefer the black … Thanks for the suggestion Steve…

Here's some pictures of the new interior on my 71 monte. I am so happy with this car. I got it locally for a very good price and swapped a lot of parts from my 70. Radiator, clutch fan,fender moldings, headers and entire exhaust system replaced water pump, fuel pump, all belts and hoses. This car is one of the best running cars that I've owned.

Great weekend at the Good Guys at the Texas Motor Speedway. I didn't win any trophy, but by the number of comments I got from the crowd, it's apparent that there are a whole lot of folks out there who love the First Gen Montes! The track drive at the end of the day is always a blast, too!

Hello everyone! Thank you for allowing me to join. This is my 72’ Monte Carlo. I acquired this vehicle on a trade for a side by side. To my knowledge, I am the 4th owner. And the 3rd owner practically knew nothing about the car other than it had a new generation 6 454 with a “hot cam” and a th400 that was placed in the car roughly a year ago. Supposedly the car underwent a restoration 10 years ago, when they changed the color from gulf green to this hunter green now. The car ran fairly rough on its test drive. I could tell from my experience the car was in desperate need for a timing adjustment and a tune up. The car is running extremely rich, as evidenced by the blacker than sin spark plugs when I pulled them after I got the car home. After getting the car home, I found more and more lazy hodgepodge fixes and lazy short cuts that were taken. Unfortunately not the kind of car I was looking for. Knowing now I would have ran far away but there’s no going back! Some of the immediate issues: 1. Power steering pump was wobbling: Due to longer bolts being used and not able to tighten bracket onto the block & stripped threats in water pump so the belt cannot be tightened. 2. Crank pulley has some damage from maybe a hammer? Eventually this will shear off a belt so this needs to be addressed. 3. Car has a slight lean to the drivers front. Unsure what is causing this yet. Down the road: 1. Bubbling in C pillars underneath the vinyl top. 2. Everything else 😂 Like I said I wasn’t looking for a project, but hopefully I can fix the immediate issues and just be able to enjoy the car for a couple years. I’ll add pictures shortly!

At my granddaughters High School Car Show

Ran both cars to my parents house to change the oil because the Old Man (meant with the utmost respect) has every tool under the sun. Not to mention oil and filters for every car in the entire family which he keeps stocked. And like every time I’m there for something he insists on crawling under the car to get his hands dirty. No doubt he misses working on cars regularly. Not to mention it gets him out of the house and away from Mom 🤣. He’s gonna be 84 in July. Check out the ride he just bought himself a few months ago… he’s awesome (even though he didn’t order the Hemi 🤣). Quote: “306 HP is more than enough. Don’t think so? I’ll run and beat BOTH your Monte Carlos”! I know better than to argue…

After 13 months in the upholstery shop... I got it back last Saturday. Been driving it all over again. I bought it in March of 2015, put a good 20k miles on it until Nov of 2020 to restore. Dropped off March of 2022 for upholstery. Way to long but he he did a a good job and reasonable price. Still need to have vintage AC hooked up crimp lines and charge. And some outside skyglass window tint and trim. A few specs.. 383 stroker built by fgmcc Dick Savage (recently died) 700 R4 Transmission 12 bolt with 373 gears, 4 wheel Willwoood brakes 17" diamond back tires and look alike cutlass wheels. Buckets, tic tak. Full covered vinyl interior (everything is vinyl no painted trim!) 69 442 pattern Body and Paint by ME W30 Stripes taped off by club founder Kevin Wiles. Tamco Stars and Stripes Pearl White, Rock it Red Stripes. (Looks like candy)

Hi all, Thank you for adding me as a member about a month ago. I joined the site looking for a First Generation Monte Carlo. I am happy to say I found a great car. It is not a show car but a great car for weekend drives, going for ice cream on a hot summer day or just a cruise through the park. I am attaching a photo of the 70 Monte I picked up last week.