Glen

Not sure if you’re referencing the air cleaner or the radiator, so I’ve attached pix of both. Box #91 on my ‘70 SS is for wheel covers. Box #91 on the ‘71 SS is also ‘AU’. See attached pix.

Beautiful cars and welcome! That garage looks awesome, too.

Funny, I was found to comment on how Joe IS a knob.

Not to mention headers are present. Have the original exhaust manifolds been retained? If so, does the heat stove and vent/tubing accompany them? Yep… what possessed - whoever did it - to go with faux woodgrain radio knobs?? And, yes… put up or shut up with the Build Sheet. And don’t even get me started on that aftermarket flux capacitor 🤪

Gonna see if I can find any. I honestly don’t remember having or taking that many pictures of her. It was a daily driver for years, the shock towers were just about rotted through, not to mention it was Swiss cheese under that vinyl top… It would rain just as much inside the car as out. I would be surprised if she were still around as I sold her to a neighborhood kid and never saw it again after that. Yeah, no way would Mongo fit 😂 And how about that whopping $10 deposit? Simpler times indeed.

I think I’ve mentioned in the past that my first car was a ‘67 Camaro which I got the summer I turned 16. The story goes as follows: Dad bought it used from Mom’s boss in ‘68. I believe they said Bossman wanted a new ‘68 convertible. Mom drove it daily until ‘78 until carting three kids around in a two door got old. I can still remember a time two guys pulled up next to my Mom and asked if the car was for sale. When Mom said “no”, the one guy replied “I’ll give ya a pretty penny for it”. I’ll never forget that moment because 6 or 7 year old me didn’t know what a “pretty penny” was. My sister, who is the oldest of the three of us, had first crack at the Camaro when she got her license. Lucky for me, she declined because it “wasn’t her style”. I saved over $2,000 over the next few years working little after school jobs to pay for everything Dad said was gonna have to be done to get the car ready. It seemed like an eternity. Starting sometime in the spring of ‘86, my dad (a lifelong self-taught mechanic) and my Uncle Ron (a Ford dealership mechanic) ripped the 210 HP 327 and Powerglide out. They tore that motor down in one morning and afternoon and my uncle took it and the PG to coworkers who rebuilt the trans and cleaned and bored the block .030 over. I was tasked with taking the gas tank to the car wash to clean it out, and running to assorted parts places the next few weeks to pick up whatever new internals were needed for the motor, brake drums, lines, fluids… you name it. Once everything was ready I watched Dad and Uncle Ron re-build that 327 on a Saturday morning/afternoon. I’ll never forget getting the job of spray painting it when they were done, teasing me to hurry up so it’d be dry by the next morning so they could drop it back it. It was that or “you’re gonna have to wait til next weekend”. They dropped it in the next morning and I’ll never forget my uncle quickly backing the nut off a rocker arm when it made a “wuuuhhh” sound from a bit too much tightening once they started her up and adjusted the rockers and set the timing. The next thing I’ll never forget is the three of us going on a first test drive, oil burning off the exhaust… easily visible because they left the hood off for this maiden voyage. It never crossed my mind to drive a car without a hood. It struck me as funny, wondering if the cops would pull us over if they saw us. Anyway, while looking for something totally unrelated, I found the following (in the toolbox out in the garage of all places). I sold her in the spring of ‘92 when I bought my first new ride - a Lumina Z-34 with a 5 speed - to celebrate having my first real job. Check out the amount paid as a deposit on the original bill of sale 🤣😂. I forgot I even had this documentation as I have not seen it in close to 30 years. I don’t know how it got in my toolbox as I don’t remember putting it there, but I’m sure glad I found it. No Build Sheet or Protect-O-Plate, though. Anyway, just got to thinking about the good ol’ days and thought I’d share that story.

Employer match is free money. Unfortunately, I do not have the luxury of being matched at any percentage. Regarding dipping into savings plans for big purchases… that’s one of the dumbest things you can do from a fiscally prudent standpoint. Although with our program here, if you take a loan from your funds, the juice you pay goes back into your account with the principal (as you’re both the “lender” and “borrower”). Still discouraged as you’re missing out on potential gains while that money is tied up in. your new pontoon or Harley purchase.

My 70: 22 Jan 70 - Van Nuys Plant My 71: 02 Apr 71 - Leeds Plant

Thoughts & Prayers to his family and friends.

When I started with CPD, PEBSCO had just recently gotten their hooks into the city to administer a 457 Plan. The old timers informed us newbies to stay as far away from it as possible as PEBSCO had reportedly gone belly up in New York where it had originated, costing many participants to lose a substantial portion of their nest egg. Luckily I had enrolled when they visited us in the academy, ignored the salty veterans and regularly increased my contributions as my pay raises arrived. I’m happy to report that at some point PEBSCO became Nationwide Retirement Solutions and playing the long game has really added up nicely, market conditions and the “Let’s Go Brandon” economy notwithstanding. Hopefully these next couple of years before retirement gets me back close to Trump era portfolio balances, as unlikely as it appears. But yes… one needs to get involved as early as possible, even if it’s only $50-$100 a paycheck. That’s one of only a few pearls of wisdom I can share with the new guys.

PS - maybe change your screen name to “Rush2Crush” or “FindNGrind”, Ryan… Just kidding!!!

Sure it was. It positively reminded me that our SS’s are that much more rare thanks to heathens like Ryan 😄

Great story, Mark. Welcome to a great group.

I particularly like that it gives old curmudgeons like Joe T. something to do. All kidding aside, a tip of the old chapeau to all of you who make this thing go.

* This is NOT a plug for ss396.com * Got an email from ss396 earlier and it included this link which some may find useful… https://www.ss396.com/cars/1970-monte-carlo/

I just looked it up. Here’s what I found…

You just taught me something new. That said, I still think it’s ugly. Not quite as ugly as Dennis’s feet that find their way into pictures he posts, but ugly nonetheless.

This is (thankfully) the first and only ‘Starsky & Hutch’d’ Chevelle I’ve ever seen.

Personally, I don’t care for the look. But to each is own.

Leave it!

3 random musings, in no particular order: • I find the choice of color for “New Member” emasculating • Would you consider a countdown clock (a la a ‘Doomsday Clock’) for the Non-dues Paying”. That’d be both motivational and cool ⏰ • Do you accept third party, post-dated, out of state checks for dues payment? That’s all I have for now.

Makes sense when you dissect it this way.

“I was curious about a build sheet when I owned the car, but never wanted to disturb the originality by removing the back seat, etc. The car's a living time capsule...why mess with it? “ Jeff 70SS Because removing the back seat hardly qualifies as disturbing the originality. Particularly when a Build Sheet might be present to corroborate the authenticity of rare option(s). And now that I think of it, I remember seeing the original listing for this car. Quite a time capsule, indeed. Now call the dude you sold it to and have him poke around for a Build Sheet!

A throat punch solves many an issue… Just sayin’.

You’re messing up my FGMCC site muscle memory. Thanks for nuthin’.