BobW Posted February 17 Share Posted February 17 Car shows & Daytona rained out for the weekend, gonna install the Dakota Digital gauges. 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canuck Posted February 17 Author Share Posted February 17 12 hours ago, jft69z said: 72 Customs come with that driver side mirror. I think you could get a passenger side as well in Canada, from what I remember seeing here in the past. My red 71 SS454 I had was Canadian built with the dual sport mirror option but still only rolled off the assembly line with the driver's side mirror. Even at the factory the pass side mirror was rare. I do know of a club member with a black 1971 Canadian built SS454 that has both sport mirrors. It is the only one I've ever seen. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marks71 Posted February 17 Share Posted February 17 Was the driver side remote but not the passenger side? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canuck Posted February 17 Author Share Posted February 17 32 minutes ago, Marks71 said: Was the driver side remote but not the passenger side? Correct, only the driver's side was remote. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canuck Posted February 17 Author Share Posted February 17 Here's the option list from GM for a Canadian built 1971 SS454 Monte Carlo with the sport mirror option. Note the description for D35 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marks71 Posted February 17 Share Posted February 17 Thanks for the info. I see the HP showing must be net, as opposed to gross on the air cleaner label. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canuck Posted February 17 Author Share Posted February 17 Working on reassembly today. 11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuckin70s Posted February 17 Share Posted February 17 Thank you, that answers some questions. I have a '72 with only the drivers sport mirror. Canadian built as well. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Searsman Posted February 17 Share Posted February 17 On 2/16/2024 at 11:55 AM, Rob Peters said: After sanding them down and you had a nice shiny polished bare metal look you should have clear-coated them for an interesting chrome like modified look.. it may be an alteration from Factory Correct demerit but what the heck. rib Didn’t cross my mind to do that Rob, I did think of getting them chromed at some point but couldn’t find a place that does that close to me.. something about environmental problems doing chrome now.. evidently. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Searsman Posted February 17 Share Posted February 17 On 2/16/2024 at 1:22 PM, Marks71 said: They came out nice. What are your side mirrors off of. This is a picture of a 1971 Monte Carlo sales brochure center fold, with an SS sporting a drivers side remote sport mirror.. Then a pix of the drivers sport remote mirror and passenger non remote sport mirror on my 71. When we were at the 2021 Eastern FGMCC Meet in Bristol, a fan was watching the drag races on satellite tv. The airplane camera zoomed in on the car show and all the Montes, the fan called a friend of his at the show, and asked where the heck did the rt side sport mirror on that white Monte come from?.. we were parked two cars down. I said, as far as I remember, I got it thru the Parts Place.. Anyways, we made friends with the couple 2 cars down, but unfortunately he passed away the next year. His name was Richard, went by name Dick, wife’s name was Joyce, but I don’t remember their last name.. great people. Car was copper color. True story.. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canuck Posted February 17 Author Share Posted February 17 11 minutes ago, Searsman said: This is a picture of a 1971 Monte Carlo sales brochure center fold Here’s an interesting note about that image in the 1971 brochure, the mirror was added to the photo after the fact (ie touched up). It is actually a photo of a 1970 Monte Carlo that they colorized and touched up for the 1971 brochure. For the 71 catalog they changed the wheels, tires, hood emblem, halo trim, driver’s mirror and rear SS trim in the photo. The door panel still is 1970 though. This is the original photo. 4 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Searsman Posted February 17 Share Posted February 17 5 minutes ago, Canuck said: Here’s an interesting note about that image in the 1971 brochure, the mirror was added to the photo after the fact (ie touched up). It is actually a photo of a 1970 Monte Carlo that they colorized and touched up for the 1971 brochure. For the 71 catalog they changed the wheels, tires, hood emblem, halo trim, driver’s mirror and rear SS trim in the photo. The door panel still is 1970 though. This is the original photo. WOW! Thanks, 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Peters Posted February 18 Share Posted February 18 Ron, that would have been Dick and Joyce Savage. rob 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marks71 Posted February 18 Share Posted February 18 4 hours ago, Canuck said: Here’s an interesting note about that image in the 1971 brochure, the mirror was added to the photo after the fact (ie touched up). It is actually a photo of a 1970 Monte Carlo that they colorized and touched up for the 1971 brochure. For the 71 catalog they changed the wheels, tires, hood emblem, halo trim, driver’s mirror and rear SS trim in the photo. The door panel still is 1970 though. This is the original photo. I’m glad you brought that up Aaron, because something didn’t look right about that photo. That horizontal trim piece. Those sure are good looking mirrors though. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Searsman Posted February 18 Share Posted February 18 12 hours ago, Rob Peters said: Ron, that would have been Dick and Joyce Savage. rob I knew you would remember Rob. Thank you for reminding us. We were so sad when they didn’t make it to the 22 Meet in Carlisle. Great people , like most of our members are.. probably ALL.. thanks Rob… 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sbarnette Posted February 21 Share Posted February 21 On 2/18/2024 at 7:33 AM, Searsman said: I knew you would remember Rob. Thank you for reminding us. We were so sad when they didn’t make it to the 22 Meet in Carlisle. Great people , like most of our members are.. probably ALL.. thanks Rob… I met Dick and Joyce at my first Eastern Meet in 2021 as well. We hit it off right away. They lived about 2 hours from me (Joyce still does). Jared and I met there for Dick’s Celebration of Life after his passing. It was a car show/ cruise in that he had been involved with putting on for many years. Here’s a few pictures. 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cny first gen 71 Posted February 22 Share Posted February 22 On 2/17/2024 at 5:21 PM, Searsman said: This is a picture of a 1971 Monte Carlo sales brochure center fold, with an SS sporting a drivers side remote sport mirror.. Then a pix of the drivers sport remote mirror and passenger non remote sport mirror on my 71. When we were at the 2021 Eastern FGMCC Meet in Bristol, a fan was watching the drag races on satellite tv. The airplane camera zoomed in on the car show and all the Montes, the fan called a friend of his at the show, and asked where the heck did the rt side sport mirror on that white Monte come from?.. we were parked two cars down. I said, as far as I remember, I got it thru the Parts Place.. Anyways, we made friends with the couple 2 cars down, but unfortunately he passed away the next year. His name was Richard, went by name Dick, wife’s name was Joyce, but I don’t remember their last name.. great people. Car was copper color. True story.. I have the same one here's the cover 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Searsman Posted February 24 Share Posted February 24 On 2/21/2024 at 6:53 PM, sbarnette said: I met Dick and Joyce at my first Eastern Meet in 2021 as well. We hit it off right away. They lived about 2 hours from me (Joyce still does). Jared and I met there for Dick’s Celebration of Life after his passing. It was a car show/ cruise in that he had been involved with putting on for many years. Here’s a few pictures. Great pictures Sammy, thank you very much...Ron... 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DragCat Posted March 2 Share Posted March 2 Nothing 🤣 Still covered and up on jack stands 🙃 Was a nice day, 40's in the am and hit the 60's so I did some work in the garage and enjoyed the sunset with an ice cold beverage 😁 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dtret Posted March 6 Share Posted March 6 I pulled these off Green today. Going to install new rear coils and a set of hoops. 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DragCat Posted March 14 Share Posted March 14 Well it was in the 70's today and I almost pulled the car cover off and took it off the jack stands but . .......... I was a responsible adult and got the chain saws ready to walk the fence lines this weekend and cut up the trees and limbs that fell over the winter 🙃 Maybe next week 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cny first gen 71 Posted March 14 Share Posted March 14 On 3/5/2024 at 8:23 PM, Dtret said: I pulled these off Green today. Going to install new rear coils and a set of hoops. Gabriel hijackers made for sears. I have hijackers on mine too they are coming off as soon as I am able. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cny first gen 71 Posted March 14 Share Posted March 14 13 minutes ago, DragCat said: Well it was in the 70's today and I almost pulled the car cover off and took it off the jack stands but . .......... I was a responsible adult and got the chain saws ready to walk the fence lines this weekend and cut up the trees and limbs that fell over the winter 🙃 Maybe next week I picked up stuff in the yard and pulled old battery out of lawn mower ( need new one) that's about I could handle. I did say hello to the car as I got tools out of garage though. Still a lot of salt on the roads hopping for some rain to wash it away. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willie Posted March 15 Share Posted March 15 On 3/5/2024 at 8:23 PM, Dtret said: I pulled these off Green today. Going to install new rear coils and a set of hoops. Should be working on a Gold colored car, not green! Unless the green one is going to Carlisle, then its ok!!!! 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dtret Posted March 15 Share Posted March 15 1 hour ago, willie said: Should be working on a Gold colored car, not green! Unless the green one is going to Carlisle, then its ok!!!! It’s possible. If it does I’m ready. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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