[Appreciated]

Fantastic!!!. 

[Newbie member - Monte Carlo Man 72]

Welcome to the club, beautiful Monte , we kinda like Monte Carlos too, and Youl find a lot of great info on this club site. Just keep practicing on going to different areas of the site and Youl catch on in no time .. 

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

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… 

[Carpet installation question]

Mine under the screws, figured it would pull out otherwise.

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

Went ahead and going with the satin black on the front grill , Had a warm day to paint… still not finished tho have to do some touch up on it like Steve had to do on his…

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

20 hours ago, Rob Peters said:

I've seen you when you're over the limit and it isn't  a pretty sight.

rob

Now that’s funny 😆. I don’t care who you are .. that’s funny. Actually I don’t remember what I looked like over the limit, and probably didn’t care:)

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

Doesn’t matter truthfully, I’m over the limit again anyways 🙃

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

17 minutes ago, cny first gen 71 said:

Used a satin black, hard to really see this is about the best one to see it.

Great , looks good thanks. I see

how you did it, left the outer edges of the mesh chrome , or silver. Good idea, sharp!        But , Oh my gosh ! Rob. More points off my original score card !🤣

[Boonesborough Boogie Nationals]

16 minutes ago, Montemedic said:

Back to our regularly scheduled program. Ron, congratulations on your award !! I hope you had a good time and enjoyed the show. 

Thanks CK, much appreciated, it’s a difficult show to win at even tho the plaques are small. Budget cuts due to inflation or something like that. Anyway, the point is, I’m glad to see the first generation MC did so well at this show. They’re being more appreciated in this area as of late. Could have had something to do with our eastern meet this year only 80 miles away.. 

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

Thanks guys , sounds like something I would need to special order. Steve, did you paint yours gloss black or flat ?. Would love to see a picture if you can post  me one when you get the chance. Thanks .. my car is black on white with black interior. Might look good painted black . 

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

Haven’t yet , but got 71 in position to remove grill, paint grill mesh or crossbars whatever they are called, but for the life of me I can’t remember the name of that correct grey color on a 71.. I know I’ve seen it on here somewhere. Help, my mind has gone on vacation ! 

[Boonesborough Boogie Nationals]

One thing you might notice Mark, for your sake I did not take any corvette pictures 😂

[Boonesborough Boogie Nationals]

3 day event in Boonesborough Ky . I was there Saturday and Sunday after returning from Tennessee trip. Only 4 first gens there, stalked but no cigar. One other one belonging to a FGMCC’ fellow member. Ronnie Johnson, first time I’ve seen his 71 SS. He had to opt out of somerset Eastern meet this year unfortunately due to engine problems. All fixed now and I must say it’s a great restoration job on the car . Grey color and just plain beautiful..           

Out of 600+ registered cars , we were both at the top of the points list of our class 1998 on down.. we beat out dozens of Camaros, chevelles , fords ect. With only a few points between us. I was glad for him as this was his first competition in his 71.. Hope he get to Carlisle 24.. 

Got a couple pics of his grey 71. 

 

Bus took me to my rightful residence, 

[Central Ky classic cars , cruise.]

Had a great time in Tennessee. Good weather too. Not much leaves in color but still got some shots .. good to be back. I just had to go cause I really liked that Mullett vet mark and they sold the temptation while I was gone  yea!!! 

[Central Ky classic cars , cruise.]

A few pics from a car cruise last weekend Paris kythen it’s off to the Smokey mts in Tennessee for my yearly trike riding and primitive camping 🏕️. A whole week of scenery and riding…. 🌲 

[Carb choke question]

Haha that’s funny, would hate for it to happen to me again in 50 more years :)… seriously, maybe I can find some stainless steel ones , but not 100,000$ like in my back . ⚡️ 

[Carb choke question]

21 hours ago, Chevy Dave said:

I have converted to an electric choke and it uses the same type retaining clip. I would suggest trying to find a new retaining clip.

Wasn’t aware it uses same clips, no sense in me replacing carb style then . This choke works perfect and idles down at warm up too. Just wish there were a better way, a lot of damage can be done if one little clip comes off.. 

[Carb choke question]

I’m sure the answer is somewhere on the boards , but I’ll ask anyway. Quadrajet 4 barrel on my 454, mechanical choke linkage. Was running full throttle from take off at somernites cruise , beat guy beside me by second gear. However, when I let off the gas pedal it barely slowed down !😱. Too high rpm for neutral so next step was to shut her down but I made it to a shell station a block away with brakes on. They were smokin when I finally got stopped and shut engine off in gear. 
Found the retaining clip ‘ pictured’ came loose jamming throttle down and choke almost closed. Got it back together before dark, tightened clips after I got home, seems ok. Is there any other method of securing this linkage other than replacing carb with electric choke carb???

[Happy Fall Y’all]

On 9/30/2023 at 8:46 AM, DragCat said:

Hope you don't also have your x-mas decorations out 🤣 Since they are being displayed now in stores 😠

I don’t bypass thanksgiving like stores do. Walked in the Walmart over the weekend and ‘ just like that’ it was Christmas 🎄… 

[Oh bla de oh bla da ,fix it day]

13 hours ago, DragCat said:

Yea my buddy is trying to talk me into a 4 post instead of a 2 Ive got more research to do lol

I prefer the two post, it’s working best for me. I really could park something underneath if I had to also.. 

[Oh bla de oh bla da ,fix it day]

Yours much easier to get vehicle loaded onto lift tho.. 

[2023 Eastern Meet location Revisited]

1 hour ago, cbolt said:

Linda and I really enjoyed the EM in Somerset. If I'm being honest I am a little jealous that you got to go to another Somernites Cruise. Thanks again for making that happen Ron. 

Was perfect weather back in May and also this September cruise. Couldn’t have asked for a better time or better people… 

[Happy Fall Y’all]

[Any Takers?]

Ugh!🫣