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On 2/3/2023 at 9:16 PM, Rob Peters said:
Our member Steve Redmyer posted the below on Facebook. I wanted to share his post here since I am sure some of our members are not friends with him on facebook. Our thoughts and prayers go out to Steve and his family, I will send a sympathy card on behalf of the club.
Rob
I come to you with a heavy heart to announce that my son, Joshua Redmyer, passed away unexpectedly yesterday. I have struggled with the appropriate way to share this news as I am not in a place where I am able to call everyone with details. I truly appreciate my family and Joshua’s Marine brothers for the support they have given.
Rob,
I wanted to let you know we got the card and really appreciated it. Also appreciate you letting the members here know as I do not get on the site much anymore.
Steve
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I truly appreciate the thoughts and prayers. Seeing this was really touching…to know that my Monte Carlo brother (and sisters) thought of me and my family during this difficult time.
Steve
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39 minutes ago, jft69z said:
Yep, I saw that. It's doubtful a tan wire would be a ground, but I guess you could see if it is with the ohm meter, now that you've verified there's no power on it.
It's sure looks exactly like the harness in Brew's pictures though. Sure would like to know where that black/pink wire goes.
Nope the Tan wire is not ground. I have no idea where the wires go beyond when they go up into the main harness running across the top of the cluster.
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No power on the plug with the Tan and Black/Pink wire regardless of key position.
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I will check for power. Just to be clear both wires (the tan and the black with pink stripe) are are crimped into a single connector in the plug.
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4 minutes ago, jft69z said:
That second plug you show is not used if you have an A/C car. It's for the blower motor resistor of a non-AC car, which is located inside the car on the heater housing, under the dash. On the A/C car, the blower resistor is in the engine compartment.
I'm going to have to go up in the attic to look at the old wiring harness out of my car. It's a '72 though, so no guarantee if it's the same.
Awesome, that means I don't have another plug to find a home for. I wonder if the plug I am looking at might not be a similar thing...in a non-AC car it would plug in as @Brew shows but in an AC car the plug with both a tan and a black with pink stripe wire is not used?
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hmm, I have that same plug but on mine a tan (it actually looks more brown, like the color of the wire on the other side of the plug) wire plugs into it.
That lines up with the diagram @jft69z posted. So I think we still do not know where the plug I posted originally goes.
While digging in the dash to figure this out, I found another plug (see the second and third picture) which doesn't go anywhere...so now I have two plugs I need to find homes for 😕
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Yes middle..the box like thing below it in the picture is the center AC duct.
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@Brew - Thanks for the diagrams. Unfortunately, I don't see anything in them that helps to identify this plug 😕
@1970mcss - I should have mentioned this is a 1970 Monte. I believe the brake alarm was just on the 1972 wasn't it?
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I need to know where the plug in the attached should be plugged in. The picture is looking into the dash (dash pad removed) right in the center. I found the plug just to the drivers side of the center AC vent. The plug is a single cavity/connector but it has two wires, a black wire with a purple stripe and a tan wire.
Any help to know where this should go would be greatly appreciated.
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Well, after a bit of difficulty in transport, she finally made it to her new home.
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20 minutes ago, John S said:
Like to see an interior picture.
John S
Here are all the picture (other than what I already posted) that I have at the moment.
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13 minutes ago, Jared Richey said:
Winfred Owens convertible you bought is probably one of the best built convertibles in the country
Thanks, Jared. It is very nice, the paint is starting to show it's age and I am starting to think about getting it painted this fall/winter but I already have one in the shop being restored...it has been there nearly 2 years and is still a long way from finished. The shop is run by a friend of mine and he just works on mine when he has a break between insurance work. The car will be super nice when finished but it is really taking a looong time... I might need to find another shop LOL.
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17 hours ago, MCfan said:
Dang, Steve, that's a BEAUTY!! Your SS cars will/should be jealous! Looks like black vinyl over Fathom Blue and in great condition - well done! My '70 402 4-speed was also a very low option car - even had manual steering!! I've had a great deal of enjoyment upgrading the options on my car including Classic Auto Air, factory power windows and door locks, factory power steering, stereo radio with front and rear speakers, power seat back releases, full gauge dash, courtesy lighting, keyless entry, front and rear bumper guards, air lift, rear sway bar, wheels and tires, etc. Not sure how "original" you want to keep yours, but I plan to own and drive mine for many years so I decided to make it the way I like it while retaining a virtually stock appearance. Keep us posted on your plans and progress. I know I am biased but I think you now have the best first gen configuration ever offered. Enjoy!! 👍
Yes Dennis my SSs should be jealous as this seems to be a very nice car. It is Fathom blue with a black vinyl top and the interior is blue cloth. As mentioned in a previous post, i was able to confirm (with pictures) that the motor and transmission are numbers matching. According to the seller, the car had one repaint which included some minor ding fixes back in 1980. The metal is all original and solid (no rust) but there is the beginnings of some bubbling at the rear window but it looks to be just surface. I will know more when I get it here and can look it over and get it up on the lift but I am super happy to have found it.
I am not yet sure how original I will keep it...maybe just change out the bench for a set of buckets with the console and possibly add A/C. Of course I will keep the original parts but I just can't see me enjoying the four speed with a bench seat haha.
My buddies all think I am crazy LOL because all I do is buy and never sell anything. I now have 6 1970 Montes...4 - SS454s, 1 - Covertible, and this latest 1 a BBC 402 with 4 speed. All the Monte's are original numbers matching (except of course the convertible which is just a super nice example of how the conversion should be done) and in near perfect condition. In addition I recently bought a 1935 Chevy truck that although complete and solid (no rust California truck) is in pieces and needs painted and reassembled. It is a good thing I don't have a wife, I would likely have been shot by now.
Here is a picture of some of my collection in front of my shop...
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Thanks for the input guys. Yes Dennis, I was aware of that location and it turns out that is where this motor is stamped...it is a numbers matching car.
I just bought it YAY!!!
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Hello everyone. I have been away for awhile focusing on other things. As some of you know I have several (4) 1970 SS454s and earlier this year acquired an extremely nice example of a 1970 Monte Carlo convertible. Before I bought the convertible, I was quite sure I was happy and didn't need any more Monte Carlos. However, as many of you can attest to this hobby is really more of a sickness and there is always (seemingly) good reason to buy just one more when something special comes up...and that is how I ended up with the convertible. Well, now another gem (I think) has become available and I am trying to determine a fair value so I can determine whether I should buy it or not. The car is a very solid 1970 Monte Carlo with factory 402 with the M20 4 speed transmission. It is a bench seat car with no options except AM/FM mono radio, tilt wheel and the gauge package...no A/C or power options. It is also a Flint built car so there is no build sheet to authenticate it. That said, the owner is fairly confident that the engine and transmission are original and that the car was repaint once in the early 80's. Trying to validate the motor I have not been able to see if the partial VIN is stamped on the pad behind the alternator (just can't see it well enough) or not but I can see the stamping has the characters "T0401CKR". I have been able to determine that the "CKR" suffix does denote a 402 with a 4 speed trans from a 1970 Monte Carlo (or Chevelle).
So the questions are...
1) Is the "CKR" designation enough to prove the car is a factory 402 4 speed car and that this is likely (though not positively) the "born with" motor?
2) How much should the lack of proof certain of the numbers matching status of the car impact the value
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WOW Learn something every day. Although mine is not original to this car (it is an SS454) I was told it was original to the donor Monte it came out of. I have also seen several others that all had knobs and shifters like mine so I just assumed that is how they came.
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My 1970 has a white shift knob with the 4 speed pattern...was this different for 1971
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Does any one know where I can get a correct dipstick tube (and dipstick) for the TH400 in my 1970 SS454
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My first choice would be a highly optioned 1970 402 in Cortez silver with an automatic and bucket seats. I had this car when I was in high school and have many great memories in and with the car.
My second choice would be the 1970 SS454. I have several (3) of these cars now in various colors all with black vinyl tops and bucket seat interiors and I love owning and driving them all.
My third choice would be a 1971 402 4 speed just because of the rarity.
While I like all of the first gen Montes the 1970 is my favorite. I love the grill and parking lights of the 70 far better than the 71 or 72.
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I am interested...would be really cool to get them painted to match our cars. That would make easy to know which keys go with which car.
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Thanks for all of the input guys. Can some one share a link for someone who can make the tag and for those special rivets? I want to be sure I can get a new tag made and the proper rivets to attach it before I pull the trigger on this project.
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What are the "proper rivets"?
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So I have a opportunity to buy a 1971 SS454 project car. The car is all there and there is one decent build sheet for the car proving it is an SS with power windows and locks. Problem is that several years ago there was a leak in the windshield that caused the VIN to rust to the point of being unreadable. This happened while the car was in California and a the car was taken to the CA highway patrol (or wherever it is one get these things done) and had a replacement VIN tag placed on the door jamb. It has all the parts that would make one believe it is a real SS but I am just not sure if the replacement VIN tag doesn't just pretty much kill the value.
What are your thoughts?
wanted good clean roof 70
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I have a roof in Louisville, KY it has the A pillars but not the sail panels. Let me know if your interested.