Bob Hansen

Since I didn''t get a response the above poster was from the 2004 Eastern Meet in S.E. Michigan at the Woodward Dream Cruise

Welcome fellow Michigander! Leo at Koniks Klassics https://koniksklassiks.com/ In St Clair, MI may know of a 72 for sale. There are a few Michiganders here that have had 1st Gen Monte's for decades!

A little something I've had hanging around....

running 255R60's on 8" vette rallies myself

Let's See 'em!

Apparently I need to increase the insurance value on my car.....

Exactly, I have 1 bad bag, but this way everything is new & I'll have spare components is something gets messed up.

I've been using these Air Lift brand air bags forever. After 30 +/- years they no longer hold air for some reason. Initially got them for launch control & to reduce wheel hop. Having 5 to 7 lbs more in the right rear than left rear, it would keep the back end from sliding out to the right. They otherwise they provide a slightly stiffer feel and help to keep tires from rubbing under load. I was pleasantly surprised to find that they still make them for the Monte after all these years! here is the set I got. https://amzn.to/3gMuW4s Now to start clearing space to replace them when they get here! While it was well below zero out this morning , the Monte is ALWAYS kept well above freezing!

Haven't had mine out in several years hoping to get it out this summer. I have most of what it needs except the time. Since it's been sitting (in a climate controlled environment) will be redoing the carb. It has needed a higher stall convertor, that has been purchased! Albeit for all the wrong reasons, the mud truck (see Locked-n-Loaded Mud Truck on Facebook) needed a stall convertor & the one in the Monte will be perfect for it, so a new one was bought for the Monte. The only thing left to get is a new driveshaft yoke for the TH400 as the current one has quite the groove worn into it which makes it leak.

3rd gear usually goes out first then reverse will fail, and 1st & 2nd will work forever. Well that's been my TH350 experience anyway. 3rd & reverse use the same bands.

I twisted the guts out of a Summit Racing 2000 in less than 3000 miles. Put a B&M Holeshot 2000 in it and it behaved like a stock one, pulled it out and have a B&M Holeshot 2400 in it now. Oddly enough, the Summit 2000rpm one felt like it had a higher stall than the the B&M 2400 does

I did some research awhile back The B&M Holeshot convertors have a thrust bearing. The TCI convertors of the simular price range do not have a thrust bearing, yet their expensive ones do. So after breaking my Summit Racing brand convertor (TCI) I bouught a B&M holeshot 2000, should have went with the pricier 2400 though. as far as a convertor slipping in final drive, the only ones that don't are the "Lock Up" convertors. Typically, the higher the stall speed the more it slips in final drive.

One common item is that the driveshaft yoke can get wore down and gouged and will still leak with a new seal. Overfilling the trans will cause fluid to come out the vent on top of the case when the fluid heats up and expands. Remember a 1st Gen Monte does not leak!, It is just marking it's territory!