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That's correct. Dan

Jim and Shelley are friends of mine and they now live in the St. Louis area. He still has the car and treats it exceptionally well. We attended a show together last summer, and we've also been to the Rt 66 Festival in Springfield, Illinois several times. The photo was taken of our SS454s together at a restaurant after the Festival at Springfield in 2018. It was featured on a TV show several years back. Rob, they attended the Eastern Meet in Carlisle in 2020, but not with their SS. Dan

A partial VIN is stamped on the driver side. Dan

CR is the correct code for an SS. Is this a numbers matching transmission to your SS? I don't understand the 415 on your tag. Dan

Glen, the trans tag pic that Aaron posted is one I sent him recently from my car. It's a Van Nuys SS and the sequence number of the VIN is 164181. The car was assembled the second week of January, 1970. I believe our transmissions were built only 8 apart! Just with your code being CR, I can tell you have a '70 SS, also. Dan

Bump it once, bump it again, race is over. Dan

Rob, do you think all '70s from the Baltimore plant had the full halo trim? Dan

The top trim is of the halo design, even if it extends completely to the windshield. The first design that you see on alot of '70 models is known as full halo top trim. The change was made before production ended for '70 and is what's known as is the halo top trim. Dan

Thanks everyone! I have a small list of things to do this winter. One of them is repaint in the trunk. I found a spatter paint that is suppose to match the original very well. It's from Thornton Reproductions in Pennsylvania. They specialize in Oldsmobiles. Dan

Hi Grant. I still haven't received mine. Did you get a tracking number? Dan

I have a friend that has had his '70 SS for decades (2nd owner) and he is just as particular about keeping it original as the first owner was. It has 53k miles and came from the factory with a gold tank on the compressor. I read here years ago that the factory installed tanks were gold and the over-the-counter ones were black. If you have one that hasn't been restored, take the tank off and you'll see a little bit of the original color of coating inside. I've had both. The compressor with the gold tank below is an NOS compressor that I bought last winter. It came with the wrong tank, so I had a correct gold tank recoated gold. The black coating is black phospate and I had a couple of tanks recoated in California at Brakeboosters.com. They also did the gold tank and alot of other parts on my car. Dan

True. This is not a factory installed LS6. It was ordered from a dealership with the LS5, and it was converted with an LS6 at Dick Harrell Performance Center on Hickman Drive in Kansas City, Missouri, not a Chevrolet dealership. I met a number of Monte owners at the Ol' Marais River Run car show at Ottawa, Kansas in 2018. One of the guys said he knows Mr. Pestinger and Tim told him he gets paid good money to take the car to some of the big shows he's displayed it at. The MCACN show is one he's been paid to attend. Dan

The show season was still a little slow for 2021, due to Covid, but I made it to 5 or 6, and a half dozen cruise ins. I was lucky to find and buy an NOS load leveling compressor that was still in the box, but it had the short tank. I found another compressor with the right tank and had the tank replated to match the factory color it still had. It works nice. I also traded for a really nice, original spare tire and wheel and put it in the trunk. I need to switch it to a 7" Rally wheel. Dan

If you're asking about the chrome edging, some cars came with it both top and bottom, but not our cars. They only had it on the top. Dan

I would still like to get 2. Please let me know if and when these are available. Dan

Slap shift to the top. Dan

Beautiful Monte! Thanks for the photos. More are welcomed! Dan

Incredible job on your restoration! Have fun! Dan

I watched videos and I've done 2 headliners. They came out with zero wrinkles and I was very pleased with the way they look. They aren't hard to do. The trick for the locating screw holes later is to put the screws in them loosely, before you put the headliner in. Afterwards, just feel for them and cut a small X over the heads. Dan

Welcome to the website and club. Beautiful Monte! Dan

If the seam on the backside is just coming loose, it can be re-glued with contact cement. When I restored my car, the black threads on mine were getting frayed and faded to the point the thread was gray. I removed the vinyl covers and the thread, then re-stiched them by hand. Contact cement worked great to re-install them. Dan

Slap slap. Dan

If he can't get the color to match, we might have to settle for painting them. Dan

Great car! Congratulations! Dan

Excellent work and photos! Thanks for posting them. Dan