Canuck Posted January 23 Share Posted January 23 I’ve seen two very low mile 72 Montes with vinyl roof trim but the car is all one colour. Was this an option? Has anyone else seen this? I did see a 71 Monte at a Western Meet that was the same way. It had the vinyl roof trim with the paint code 6767 indicating the lower and upper colours was classic copper. Below is a photo and body tag of a 11,000 mile Monte that is Mojave Gold up and down. Note the code 6363 on the body tag. This one below just popped up on Facebook 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mon-tss Posted January 23 Share Posted January 23 Can't say no[ but gotta say why would they do it. It does look like the trim is unpainted. Like to see that build sheet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cny first gen 71 Posted January 23 Share Posted January 23 I like it although never saw one like it. If mine had a vinyl top I would have removed it and left the chrome. Not sure if I would have painted it all one color or done two tone but definitely vinyl top would go. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Peters Posted January 23 Share Posted January 23 I have never seen that at all. My Original Monte was Desert Sand upper and lower and had double numbers of that paint code but didn't have the trim. I can not shed any light on how that would happen or why. rob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare SS Posted January 23 Share Posted January 23 4 hours ago, Canuck said: I’ve seen two very low mile 72 Montes with vinyl roof trim but the car is all one colour. Was this an option? Has anyone else seen this? I did see a 71 Monte at a Western Meet that was the same way. It had the vinyl roof trim with the paint code 6767 indicating the lower and upper colours was classic copper. Below is a photo and body tag of a 11,000 mile Monte that is Mojave Gold up and down. Note the code 6363 on the body tag. This one below just popped up on Facebook This first car at top of post was actually my 8,000 mile (Mojave Gold) 72 Monte. I sold it to a fellow in British Columbia about 4 years ago when the odometer just turned to 11,000. I was going to make a post seeing if anyone knew why this very odd combination occurred? I do know this car is 100% original: it sat in garage for 34 Years and was never touched. I was curious about a build sheet when I owned the car, but never wanted to disturb the originality by removing the back seat, etc. The car's a living time capsule...why mess with it? Jeff 70SS 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glen Posted January 24 Share Posted January 24 “I was curious about a build sheet when I owned the car, but never wanted to disturb the originality by removing the back seat, etc. The car's a living time capsule...why mess with it? “ Jeff 70SS Because removing the back seat hardly qualifies as disturbing the originality. Particularly when a Build Sheet might be present to corroborate the authenticity of rare option(s). And now that I think of it, I remember seeing the original listing for this car. Quite a time capsule, indeed. Now call the dude you sold it to and have him poke around for a Build Sheet! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canuck Posted January 24 Author Share Posted January 24 The Mojave gold car is not far from me and I have spoken with the owner a few times. I’ve never seen the car though. Being built in Canada, this car will not have a full build sheet. It may have the small slop of paper with the RPO codes but not sure if it has colour codes on it. With that said, Vintage Vehicle Services would have all the data on this car but someone needs to pay for that package. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare SS Posted January 25 Share Posted January 25 While I agree with you, it hardly qualifies as disturbing the originality, there simply was no need to; I also really didn't want to remove or disturb anything, bc it was an original find and I was selling it that way. Even though the car was like a brand new Monte with so few miles, there was nothing otherwise very special. 1972 350 2 bbl. no AC, no power options. Now, if this were an SS, or a Custom...then we're talking! 19 hours ago, Glen said: “I was curious about a build sheet when I owned the car, but never wanted to disturb the originality by removing the back seat, etc. The car's a living time capsule...why mess with it? “ Jeff 70SS Because removing the back seat hardly qualifies as disturbing the originality. Particularly when a Build Sheet might be present to corroborate the authenticity of rare option(s). And now that I think of it, I remember seeing the original listing for this car. Quite a time capsule, indeed. Now call the dude you sold it to and have him poke around for a Build Sheet! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glen Posted January 25 Share Posted January 25 1 hour ago, Rare SS said: While I agree with you, it hardly qualifies as disturbing the originality, there simply was no need to; I also really didn't want to remove or disturb anything, bc it was an original find and I was selling it that way. Even though the car was like a brand new Monte with so few miles, there was nothing otherwise very special. 1972 350 2 bbl. no AC, no power options. Now, if this were an SS, or a Custom...then we're talking! Makes sense when you dissect it this way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobW Posted January 27 Share Posted January 27 My car is scheduled for the body shop n mid March for rear window rust repair. As much as I like the look of the vinyl top, I'm considering painting the roof with a tan to match the top and reusing the trim. Paint is code 65, Orange Flame. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canuck Posted January 27 Author Share Posted January 27 2 hours ago, BobW said: My car is scheduled for the body shop n mid March for rear window rust repair. As much as I like the look of the vinyl top, I'm considering painting the roof with a tan to match the top and reusing the trim. Paint is code 65, Orange Flame. That will look good! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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