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Right?? Any worse and I'd go so far as to say it was done intentionally/sabotage.

"Pulled the pump. Didn't see it at 1st with the Camera and the flash. . Once I got a bright flashlight I saw it. Flaw in Casting. If you zoom in on 4, you can see it well. Thanks everyone, time to find a new one". That's just crazy talk, dude. You're seeing something that ain't there. Anyone with even a modicum of mechanical knowledge knows that is a telltale sign of REVERSE Cavitation (AKA "RC"), where it fails on the outside of the pump case.. What you have is a textbook case. And not for nuthin', but likely the worst case of RC that I've ever seen. I hope you saved the receipt...

Well done. Most don’t have the mad skills to pull something like that off. You might as well see if the Ohio Department of Transportation has the vanity plate of “DOLLY” available and call it a day.

Sure thing… if it wasn’t a clone.

Don’t know much about welding Other than the little I’ve seen Under the guise of friends who tried to Convince me that they knew how to Handle a torch. I know this skill is not for Everyone, so I won’t pretend to even Begin to say I’m even remotely versed in Anything related to the skill of welding. I’ll Gladly farm out any welding repairs I need.

I usually see my dentist for Cavitation. I’ll be here all week… try the veal and don’t forget to tip your waitress.

Here’s how bad it was… hope ya don’t mind me sharing, Bill. A former retired coworker (Ed D. - AKA “Fingers”) knows you and/or your friends and sent me your post months ago. I cringed when I saw these pix. Hope you weren’t hurt too bad.

I have no clue, Willie. I just pulled the first GIF that caught my eye on an app on my phone after searching “street fight”. I just now searched “dancing banana” and this is one of dozens that came up. Maybe Rob and Joe can learn some new moves …

Looks absolutely awesome!! Can’t wait to see the finished product.

Go for it. I have done hundreds like that.

Ohio, hhhmmmmmm???🤔🤔. Ya don’t say. My memory is a little fuzzy right now, but I seem to remember hearing about a Monte Carlo vehicle and parts hoarder from that neck of the woods who’s always chasing parts. Why chase parts when you can just chase whole vehicles? Yep, my Spidey senses are tingling. all kidding aside, I hope they recover the car before it’s destroyed.

One of the many documents I have for my ‘70 is a five page description of everything about the car after it was reportedly frame off restored in 2003. The guy who owned her at that time quite extensively described everything about the car to help facilitate the sale. He specifically referenced the rocker colors. So I could only speculate that it varied from plant to plant. Following is what he wrote regarding this… Note: Some Monte Carlos came with "blacked out" rocker panels and you'll notice that my rockers are not blacked out. According to the body man and painter that worked on the car, this Monte did not originally have the blacked out rockers and the car is correctly painted without the black.

That makes sense when I read it now. But now you have me scratching my head trying to remember where I read about the Halo and headlight trim being on “early” cars. If I find it I’ll share it

Perhaps I misunderstood something I’ve read along the way then. Literature I’ve seen referenced halo trim as being installed predominantly in “early” vinyl top applications. Maybe it was early(ish) cars that got the halo roof trim treatment? One could reasonably argue that June isn’t “early”… although the strike may have something to do with these pieces still being around the plants that late into the year. I also recall reading that only a couple of plants used the very limited headlight trim until they were “out of it” (Baltimore and Van Nuys?) Either way, both are considerably rare items (not options). Quirky stuff regardless… like - if memory serves me correctly - Van Nuys using only chrome side mirror(s) to a certain time. Correct me if I’m wrong on this… things blend together at times. * Fun Fact: your Monte was built the same week I was hatched. PS - I see you didn’t challenge my declaration of Shadow Gray being the best color ever 😉

Flip it back over and check for the fiber optic cables I need to complete my Vigilite system, please. That is all.