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Well, I ordered the chrome 710 cap from the local auto parts store. They couldn't get me the OIL one. Thanks guys.

Thanks! Second question: I want to replace the cap since the rubber on mine is really hard making it difficult to pop in and out of the valve cover. I've been to 3 auto parts stores and they only have an all rubber plug with "OIL" stamped in it which looks cheesy to me. The one I have is metal with a rubber plug riveted on it which looks a little nicer. Where can I find a decent looking new cap. I haven't tried the Chev dealer yet. Thanks! Edit: Just looked on the Year One site. Even they only have the all rubber cap: What do the other 72 Monte owners with stock valve covers use here?

My 72 has a different valve cover and oil filler cap than my 70. The 70 has the cap that fits in the notches of the valve cover and you turn to fasten. The 72 has just a round hole in the valve cover (no notches cut out) and the oil cap is just has a rubber seal that you push in to the valve cover. Is this stock on my 72? I've never seen this before. Thanks!

Both my 70 fenders have 3 bumpers.

With the exchange rate, you lost two buckles when the car came to Canada, LOL. Seriously, if it was me, I would buy two more buckles and install them the way it was done at the factory.

I was surprised at the difference in the belt systems between my 70 and 72. 1970: My 1970 has 5 buckles on the front bench (black non-deluxe belts). You hook the male end into the female end and pull the strap tight. Same goes for the center position belt. The shoulder belts have the same male end as the lap belts and hooks into another buckle. All 5 buckles are the same. The deluxe chrome belts might be slightly different but I'm not sure. 1972: My 72 (deluxe chrome belts) has only 3 buckles on the front seat. The belt (male end) is a retractible system with no strap to pull the belt tight. Once the lap belt is hooked in, the shoulder strap fits into a "keyhole" on the male end of the lap belt. The center position belt is the same as the 70. Someone may have gotten tired of 5 buckles and removed two of them since they didn't use the shoulder straps. It's also possible the tuckedt them back and under the seat.

My 70 was original with 45,000 miles when i got it and the tag is black. Also black on my 60,000 mile 72. Both cars had no evidence that it had ever been repainted. Looks to be the same colour as the firewall itself.

Chevy orange...

That's one thing I've learned doing all my painting detail work: the time is 90% masking and 10% painting. Its amazing what you can do with some time and patience. Nice Work!

I have a driver's side one in good shape. Maybe between Tony and I, you could get a decent set. I can bring it to the Ferndale mini-meet so no shipping costs for mine.

Very funny thread... Mark is not funny in person at all...

Very cool Jake! I'd love to have something like that. I like cars with cool stories. The original dealership where mine was sold is long gone now. I did visit it once with the Monte before it was torn down but did not take any photos. What was I thinking?

My 70 grille was the same when I got it with a haze all over it. I know it sounds silly but I used a brass brush on mine and it came out great. I tried it on an area that is not seen first and it worked well and I got braver as I went along. Pretty soon I was brushing the front of the grill. I repainted all the black with a Plasti-Kote paint called Trim Paint. It has held up really well.