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It appears to be gold. I suspect if you look at the body tag on the cowl the trim code is “774”.

I have a feeling you need to adjust the top clips that the door panel hangs on so it can drop the panel a little. The top rails of my my 1971 panels sit lower than my 1970 panels.

Yes, those are original.

Not there yet... LOL

The plastic guide shown here circled in red on the passenger door is missing from the driver’s side. It may have fallen inside stopping the latch from rotating fully.

It appears that it is releasing the latch (including the safety) but something isn’t allowing the latch to open all the way. A part could be broken inside the latch casing and causing the latch not to rotate fully. The investigation continues.

Tried that. The latch is not releasing.

It catches at the latch. It it similar to when you lock the door and close it but does not close all the way.

I got this far. Now looking into what needs to move to open it and I’ll get a coat hanger down there. If the issue is inside the latch it may be tough. The door has a very slight sag and may be resting on the pin. It was never an issue opening from the inside, just from the outside.

Opening the door on the 71 Monte has always been a little tough but got worse this summer. I was going to look into it this fall but the door decided I should do it now. The problem is that the door won’t open now. It opens a little but still catches. I can’t get enough clearance to remove the interior door panel. Any ideas on the next step?

New shoes for the 71 SS. I love the attention to detail of my tire shop. Tires all lined up the same with the valve stem.

I got my rear bumper from OPGI and it surprisingly fit well.

Welcome! Very well optioned Monte. Being a Baltimore car there is a good likelihood of finding the build sheet.

Small radiator. Typically a small block with no AC but some non-AC cars got the larger rad if a towing package was ordered. This was for 70 and 71 only I believe and not very common. I have not seen a 72 with a small rad. Also note that the proper rad hose is impossible to find. I buy the one for the longer rad and cut it to make if fit as best as I can. Small block with longer rad (very common) Big block

There are two different small block shrouds. One for the narrow radiator and one for the more common larger radiator.

Nice work. My hoses don’t sit on that ridge. There are three different shrouds depending on engine/radiator combination.

Welcome! Good introduction. This is a great group here.

I love that show. I didn’t realize it could be viewed outside of Canada. It appears to be a classic copper 71. That’s what the colour of my 71 looks like in the dark.

The right upper control arm for my 71 SS (12 bolt with F41) is the same as my 70 (12 bolt without F41). I also have a 10 bolt Monte without F41 in my garage but I'm pretty sure we know that control arm will not have the extra welded plate on the right upper control arm.

The only Montes that had a 10 bolt were the ones with the 350 2-barrel engine. All others had the 12 bolt.

Even when I showed my dad the photo of the car with the wheel placed in front of it he says “well, they aren’t rallys” 🤣

My 70 small block car with a 12 bolt rear but no sport suspension has it so it is a 12 bolt thing rather than a F41 suspension thing.

😁🤣😛

Welcome! This is a great group here.

Great looking Monte!