Dtret Posted June 6, 2020 Share Posted June 6, 2020 I picked it up in Illinois but it’s a California car. Has not see the road since 1982. I bought it in boxes but 95 percent there. Another project 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canuck Posted June 6, 2020 Share Posted June 6, 2020 Welcome! Nice project you have. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Bell Posted June 6, 2020 Share Posted June 6, 2020 Welcome! Nice purchase! What interior? Numbers matching engine block? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MC1of80 Posted June 7, 2020 Share Posted June 7, 2020 Welcome welcome! Nice stable mates it has! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jared Richey Posted June 7, 2020 Share Posted June 7, 2020 nice find Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1Bad454 Posted June 7, 2020 Share Posted June 7, 2020 Nice! Welcome Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dtret Posted June 7, 2020 Author Share Posted June 7, 2020 Thanks to all. I am pretty pumped about it. All numbers matching engine,carburetor and transmission. It’s got a really plain interior bench seat no tach. But it still has the am 8 track power windows and locks. The car ,from what I can see, has never been apart. I don’t know if the Rearend is a match yet but it is a 12 bolt. I have all the original interior so I am going to box it up and put in bucket seat interior but still keep it blue 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dtret Posted June 7, 2020 Author Share Posted June 7, 2020 This is what I want when it’s done. I pirated these pictures off the internet so I apologize for using them without permission 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willie Posted June 7, 2020 Share Posted June 7, 2020 Welcome!!!! And nice catch, They are all niiiiice!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canuck Posted June 7, 2020 Share Posted June 7, 2020 That looks like Mulsanne Blue with a white top. Nice choice! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
714024SPEED Posted June 7, 2020 Share Posted June 7, 2020 Welcome !!! Best of luck with your new Monte. Love your choice of colors, I own a Mulsanne blue,blue interior, suppose to have a white top but was removed during restoration 71 SS. Keep the pictures coming. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dtret Posted June 7, 2020 Author Share Posted June 7, 2020 That may not be the exact color. Trim tag says ascot blue. But it gives me some hope for the future. I think the ascot is a little lighter but I’m learning Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dtret Posted June 7, 2020 Author Share Posted June 7, 2020 So I fired it up today (first time in years) and it’s leaking antifreeze out the transmission converter shield. Well frost plug or cracked block. I pulled the transmission and found a cracked flexplate and a rusted frost plug (wheeew) but look at the sludge in the motor Black like oil but it’s not Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stangeba Posted June 7, 2020 Share Posted June 7, 2020 I found a DuPont 1970 GM color chart (2 Pages, ft and back) and scanned it. Sorry it's 1970 and not 1971 but it may help and it's free!!! Click on this link to view. https://1971montecarlo.wordpress.com/2020/06/07/1970-gm-paint-colors-and-codes-from-dupont/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dtret Posted June 7, 2020 Author Share Posted June 7, 2020 Thanks for that. My trim code is 24. Although not my favorite color I am going to keep it factory Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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420ponies Posted June 8, 2020 Share Posted June 8, 2020 Oh my, Another BBC Monte Carlo. Does it have the power bench seat? Looks to me someone has been in the crankcase? One nicely optioned '71. Can't believe no tach dash. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dtret Posted June 8, 2020 Author Share Posted June 8, 2020 Hi and thanks. Very very plain interior. The only options ordered were power windows,locks and am 8 track ( yes still there). The guy I bought it from put a new oil pump in it. Engine will be gone through anyway so no problem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
71MonteCarloMD Posted June 9, 2020 Share Posted June 9, 2020 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1970mcss Posted June 9, 2020 Share Posted June 9, 2020 Where in Illinois did you find the car? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dtret Posted June 9, 2020 Author Share Posted June 9, 2020 I found it on Facebook and it was in Champaign. He was the third owner but was best friends with the second owner who knew the original owner really well. Kinda makes me feel like an outcast. The guy that I bought it from is really into muscle car and normally doesn’t sell his cars but he started the body work 10+ years ago and finally figured out recently that he had to many other projects to do and he wasn’t going to finish it. So he posted it. Sorry for the long story to a question that needed a one word answer. I get carried away sometimes 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1970mcss Posted June 9, 2020 Share Posted June 9, 2020 No that's fine, it's a great find a few hours from me. Good luck with the project... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dtret Posted June 23, 2020 Author Share Posted June 23, 2020 So the new frost plug is in the flexplate and trans are in (man I miss my lift). All is now good there. It’s on to all the electrical issues and now most of that is good. Still trying to get all the dash lights to work but I needed to do something to prove to myself that I actually accomplished something so I had the rally’s blasted and powder coated and put a set of bfg’s on(the visual things help motivation)sometimes it’s just the little things. All this works just to tear it back down seems senseless but for me it works 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sbarnette Posted July 7, 2020 Share Posted July 7, 2020 Nice! I look forward to following this project. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dtret Posted July 7, 2020 Author Share Posted July 7, 2020 Thanks but it’ll be a loooooong project. Funds dictate progress. I am going to do a complete frame off as true to original as possible minus the obvious parts we can’t get anymore ( exhaust. Gardner). The interior will be changed to tach and gauges and buckets as correct as possible for 71. I will probably start a new post at some point as by that time I won’t be a newbie anymore. Thanks for the interest Dennis 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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