Chris shipley
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6 minutes ago, Scott S. said:
Die Hard....
Excellent movie first one
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12 minutes ago, jft69z said:
Bad Santa.
Funny movie
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Favorite Christmas 🎄 movie... I will have to go with nnational lampoon Christmas vacation
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😆 🤣 lol I seen it after the fact
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The great Christmas light flght show .they picked the wright car for Santa 🎅 to be driving.
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Welcome to the club....
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8 hours ago, Vastingray said:
71 my mother in law bought brand new we did a complete frame off restoration matching numbers block waiting on a couple back ordered parts used all NOS parts quarters,fenders, doorskins ,roof ,bumpers ,grille all new dated glass QA-1 coil overs on all 4 corners 12 bolt with 4:56 gears,turbo action 400 turbo with reverse valve body we have a 632 crate motor on back order we’ll probably run that next year exciting times ahead
Looks great 👍 nice job
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Same here 70 degrees today .tomorrow 2 to 3 inches of rain expected tomorrow. Weekend below freezing 🥶. Car is put away for the winter.
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13 minutes ago, MC1of80 said:
How does your car sit now? If the front is low, easy to raise the rear. If the front sits high, bigger/heavier rate springs will be needed to raise.
Pics of "Big Red" when I was trying on the "Bling" wheels and tires. Lolol. I have cargo coils for an 80 Impala wagon in the rear.
Looks awesome 👌
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5 minutes ago, cny first gen 71 said:
Yes springs for sure, mine has air shocks and what I believe were original springs. I replaced them with Moog cargo coils and added spring spacers on the bottom spring perch. The air shocks will be coming off some day when I get around to it.
Thanks for sharing 👍
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2 minutes ago, MC1of80 said:
Springs by far. Air shocks used to "lift" the car at all times have been known to tear out the upper shock mounts.
Thanks for the info
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Some people like the car level .
Some like the rear end a little higher . What's better bigger springs in back or air shocks?
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6 hours ago, TracyB1970 said:
I’ve been looking for a first gen for a while, finally pulled the trigger about a month ago on a 70 350/350. It needs a few little things, I’ve already drove it around 1500 miles and have enjoyed all of them.
I also picked up a 1970 LS6 454 that I have at an engine builder going through one I get all of the brackets and figure out which Headers, carb etc.. that I’m going to use.
Beautiful car.
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5 hours ago, 1Bad_Monte said:
Morning,
Just joined FGMC and wanted to introduce myself. My name is JR and I am a Bay Area native.
I purchased a 1972 Monte Carlo a little over a year ago as a project car for my father to have fun with. He was debating retirement and after my mother passed, I wanted to make sure he had something to keep him busy. Growing up he would do body work and paint as a side gig and a hobby. Unfortunately, after stripping all the primer off our Monte, it was worth less than scrap price. I’m talking even the trunk divide was held to the body by fiberglass and glue.
The previous owner sold a great story about how he drove it once a week and got it from the original owner but it became clear that he/they spent all their time covering up and fiberglassing in all the missing metalwork. It did however come with a box of original documents from the original owner that showed just how loved the car was.
We couldn’t let it be treated the way she had been so our build went from just get her running and have a cruiser to rebuild and update. Though, like most projects, she’s over budget and behind schedule she will be one of a kind.
She’s definitely given my pops a new passion as he has taken to the web and reached back out to old friends to dust off his skills. That to me is worth every penny 10x over.
I’ve had a few Camaros and a 72 short bed so I am new to the Monte Carlo world but it has been so nice to see the community this car has created.
Happy to hear and share what ever I can.
-Jr
Pictures
1&2: Day we picked her up (bad lean and alignment way off. Thought it was suspension but it was a sign of things we’d find)
3&4 Peek at the interior and a shot of what she looked like all covered up
5 Some of the box of documents she came with
Good luck with your car. Sorry about your mom passing ...
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Holiday movie
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