jim's 70 Posted April 29, 2012 Share Posted April 29, 2012 And I thought this was just plain cool..it was a lil rough around the edges, but cool The owner says only 500 were made, 1960 Biscayne Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FASTSS454 Posted April 29, 2012 Share Posted April 29, 2012 That is a Sedan Delivery I owned one in 72. It was my 2nd car, my first was a 64 Impala SS drop top. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canuck Posted April 29, 2012 Share Posted April 29, 2012 I spent 40 minutes rinsing mud/gravel out of my 72 Monte. Â I went to an event at a local winery with a gravel driveway on Friday. We had a lot of rain during the day before the event so iit was pretty mucky there. It was all in the wheel wells, rockers, rear bumper etc. I could not beleive how much came out when I rinsed the car. It gets in every little nook. The good thing is, it's all clean now. Â Went to a swap meet today. I spotted an NOS "Monte Carlo" script for the rear of the car (70/71 Monte) for $20. It was not in the box so there is no way to tell if it was really NOS but still in great shape and a good price. I passed on it since I really did not need it. I found some door handles for the outside of the car in very nice shape with no pits. They were only $5 a pair so I could not refuse as they are in better shape than the ones on my 70. I passed on a few other things that I'd like to have but just not in the car budget right now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LostnFound Posted April 29, 2012 Share Posted April 29, 2012 Hey Aaron...good find on those door handles! Gotta like deals like those. Cheers, Larry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LIL' Mac Posted April 29, 2012 Share Posted April 29, 2012 Yep great find. I need to find a better pair for my '70 too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
72MC Posted April 30, 2012 Share Posted April 30, 2012 And I thought this was just plain cool..it was a lil rough around the edges, but cool The owner says only 500 were made, 1960 Biscayne     That "Biscey" is cool. I saw a black 61 at a car show one year. It turned everyone's head when in drive in. It was black and gorgeous. Kind-of looked like a mini bat mobile.  As far as the Monte, finally started my girl for the first time this year. Runs like a champ. Very happy. - Dave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leghome Posted April 30, 2012 Share Posted April 30, 2012 Got the new fuel pump installed and now have to go and get my 3rd fuel line. The first one I bent without the nut, the second without the nut but still had the other end. Bent it for the downward stroke toward fuel pump and the the second bend was backwards. So the third is the charm I hope but that won't happen til tomorrow. The honey do list got in the road for the rest of today. LOL LOL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
footballubet Posted April 30, 2012 Share Posted April 30, 2012 Finally got my oil pan reinstalled. Tomorrow night start taking the transmission out to replace the pump seal and gasket. Hoping to have her on the road Sunday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrj52 Posted April 30, 2012 Share Posted April 30, 2012 Took the old girl to a car show in Burlington WA, In the rain!! The Monte didnt melt and niether did I. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canuck Posted April 30, 2012 Share Posted April 30, 2012 Took the old girl to a car show in Burlington WA, In the rain!! The Monte didnt melt and niether did I. Â LOL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amsterdam84 Posted April 30, 2012 Share Posted April 30, 2012 I found a NOS rear trunk emblem for $50 at Carlisle as well as a nice clutch fan for $40. I did see a couple first gens there, one for sale and I caught a pic of. I did see a hood spear for a 71 as well but I didnt need it. The guy was offering headlight chrome bezels for $200. One looked very good the second had slight pitting. Was that a good deal? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RickWillson Posted May 1, 2012 Share Posted May 1, 2012 I replaced both lower ball joints today. She drives much better. I will be replacing both upper ball joints in a few days. Should be nice and tight after that. Rick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monteman1971 Posted May 2, 2012 Share Posted May 2, 2012 I'm in the middle of reupholstering my seats.....I have the cloth seats...rear seat is done...buckets are next.... Â Steve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jim's 70 Posted May 2, 2012 Share Posted May 2, 2012 Looking good Steve....keep practicing so you can do mine Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mbeigh Posted May 2, 2012 Share Posted May 2, 2012 Just a couple of cosmetic things today. New side mirrors, rear view mirror, exhaust tips and grille badge emblem. Looking to work on suspension next. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abe72 Posted May 2, 2012 Share Posted May 2, 2012 Replaced my grill badge/emblem with one from OPG. I was also thinking of painting the knights on my parking lights. Has anyone done this before? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jim's 70 Posted May 2, 2012 Share Posted May 2, 2012 Replaced my grill badge/emblem with one from OPG. I was also thinking of painting the knights on my parking lights. Has anyone done this before? Â You are not the first to think about it....If I was just a bit...ok alot.. more talented mine would be done already Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leghome Posted May 2, 2012 Share Posted May 2, 2012 Found a Rally Center for my spare. Only cost me $5, it is not perfect but for $5 I am not complaining. It will work till I find a better one or I could take one off of the car and switch it with this one. The spare will be more closely looked at when the trunk is opened at the car shows. Here are a couple of pix, one before and one after. http://www.firstgenmc.com/photopost/showgallery.php?cat=650 Now all I need to find is a smooth Rally Trim Ring. I think all the smooth ones are after market? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LostnFound Posted May 2, 2012 Share Posted May 2, 2012 Looks great Larry. How did you repaint the black so perfectly? Did you tape it off first? I have 4 NOS ones that I'm saving for the time being. I would like to just keep using the old ones for now and paint some fresh black on them. That's a good idea to have one on your spare and it will look great at the shows. I'm going to get one of those hard black plastic spare tire covers for mine and put a tribute to my late Uncle on it. That's on my to-do list. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canuck Posted May 2, 2012 Share Posted May 2, 2012 Replaced my grill badge/emblem with one from OPG. I was also thinking of painting the knights on my parking lights. Has anyone done this before? Â I've seen a 72 Monte like that and thought it was a little too much in my opinion. Since there is already an emblem on the grille, it seems kind of redundant to have them on the lights too making 3 in total on the front of the car. I guess if you try it and don't like it you can always get a new set of lenses. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leghome Posted May 2, 2012 Share Posted May 2, 2012 Thank you for the kind words Larry. That is about 2 hours of taping. I sure am glad the ones on the car are already done. It was very tedious and time consuming for sure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LostnFound Posted May 2, 2012 Share Posted May 2, 2012 Hmmmm......I have a painter with a very steady hand......she's 12 and would paint all 4 of them for $10 and a chocolate bar. I'll do the taping first. I just had her do the black on the grill I'm refurbishing and she did a great job free hand. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VE3HZZ Posted May 3, 2012 Share Posted May 3, 2012 Hmmmm......I have a painter with a very steady hand......she's 12 and would paint all 4 of them for $10 and a chocolate bar. I'll do the taping first. I just had her do the black on the grill I'm refurbishing and she did a great job free hand.  Now don't go getting her all this work she will be too busy to do mine  I have seen the handy work and I think she and I need to talk as her AGENT I think we need to raise her rates some eh DAD  We will do lunch and discuss it......  And watch out pretty soon YOU won't be able to afford her  Scott Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
502ci Posted May 5, 2012 Share Posted May 5, 2012 Finally decided to start it for the first time this year. Fired up pretty quick. I was tempted to take it out but it looked like rain and sure enough a half hour later it was raining. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Posted May 5, 2012 Share Posted May 5, 2012 It wont melt Bill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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