Canuck

Welcome! Great looking 72.

Here’s the new lounge area at the club hotel.

It is very common that someone strips the paint from the trim on vinyl top cars. It had a tendency to be rubbed off in some areas and stripping it is easier than repainting it. I stripped mine on my 1970 Monte in 2000. I just recently found out that the trim on all the two-tone trim cars were left unpainted. I had previously assumed that, for example, if the car had a white painted roof the trim was also white but that’s not the case. They only did the painted trim for vinyl roof cars.

The 11,000 mile 1972 I sold last year had the rare option of the two-tone chrome trim but the car was all one colour. It turns out that this rare option could only be ordered at the Canadian factory. Based on the total numbers of Montes with the D99 two-tone trim built in Canada I speculate less than 100 were ordered in all one colour. Note that the trim did not have paint on it like the vinyl roof cars had. When I first got the car I questioned that it could come from the factory this way but was able to verify it with the line sheet (canadian build sheet) and the GM Canada documentation.

That’s not cruise control. That’s the rare electro tip wiper control.

Welcome! This is a great group here. 🙂

The rear seat technically weren’t cups. They were plastic pieces at the base of the rear seat that the belt buckles clipped on to. My low mile 72 had those as well as on the front bench seat.

I thought the seat belt cups in the rear might be a dealer add on but not sure. As for the cruise control, I think the load level compressor did not leave enough room for the cruise control to be installed at the factory. I have seen dealer installed cruise control on an SS454 though. There is room but maybe weren’t able to make it work as a factory installation.

The price seems about right. Congrats on the sale. If I had an auction like that close to me I would consider that as an option too for my 71 SS.

So, you will be ready for the Western Meet then? 😁

I drove the 70 Monte to work today. It drives really nice. Engine has good power and the rebuilt trans is nice and smooth. Here is a photo on the way to work where I got stopped for construction for a few minutes.

Welcome Brant! This is a great group here. Your Monte looks great!

Reassembled! Rebuilt engine and transmission. Some tidying up in the engine bay.

5 months!

There was a member who removed the black Chevrolet emblem and put crosshairs in the chrome ring on his 71 SS. 😁