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    Newbie 1970

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    3 hours ago, 71MonteCarloMD said:

    I’m not sure what this part is?

     

    5 hours ago, Kevn70 said:

    Anyone got a set of these for sale ?

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    That is the upper mount for the headlight extensions. This is for 1970 only.

    New MT member

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    Welcome! You came to the right place. I’ve been through Kalispell before and know a family with two 1970 Montes in Columbia Falls.

    Our Western Meet is in Summerland, BC this September if you were interested in meeting some club members. There will be members from 6 states and 2 provinces from as far as Arizona. The meets are a great time even if you can’t bring the Monte.

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    New Member

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    2 hours ago, Glen said:

    Welcome Curtis!   I don’t think I’ve seen a two-tone car with the halo trim until yours. Per your trim tag it shows:

    Two Tone
    25-10    Astro Blue with Classic White Top
    25-28    Astro Blue with Fathom Blue Top
    28-25    Fathom Blue with Astro Blue Top
    34-10    Misty Turquoise with Classic White Top
    55-10    Champagne Gold with Classic White Top
    58-10    Autumn Gold with Classic White Top
    63-10    Desert Sand with Classic White Top

    Here’s a link to the FGMCC thread about paint and top colors as put together by Canuck…

     

    https://www.firstgenmc.com/forums/index.php?/resources/paintcodes/

    Rob Peters’ 70 is a two-tone with the halo trim.

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    Super rare options

    in General 70-72 Monte Carlo Forum

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    2 hours ago, Marks71 said:

    It’s funny you mentioned the lack of paint on the trim. Before reading your post the first thing I did was zoom in on the trim to check for paint. The trim on my black vinyl top does not have paint. I assume that it was either stripped because of flaking paint, or replaced. I’m also assuming that replacement molding probably came unpainted. In your situation it makes sense why the factory left it unpainted.

    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.

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    Super rare options

    in General 70-72 Monte Carlo Forum

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    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.

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    build sheet codes

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    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.

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