Guest Posted March 23, 2004 Share Posted March 23, 2004 I bought a copy of the '70 Monte/Chevelle/ElCamino factory assembly manual on e-bay which is showing the outside drawing of the SS Monte as having a cowl induction hood, the drawing is from approx mid '69 and the technician's comments don't mention it as being cancelled or an option, therefore it was ment to be a standard production?? Is this an interesting subject and should I try to scan the page to this post or is there a simple answer to this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Mau Posted March 23, 2004 Share Posted March 23, 2004 Personally, I find that to be very interesting, Big Dave. I'd love to see the drawing and the notations about it! Dave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
montefrazer Posted March 23, 2004 Share Posted March 23, 2004 Literature is written and printed before the final decisions on production are made. This is how the convertible care and use instructions made it into the 70 owners manual and a drawing of a 70 convertible made it into a pamphlet. It would be interesting to see this, but it doesn't mean it was available in 70. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 23, 2004 Share Posted March 23, 2004 Yes, that's what I was thinking Steve, I'll try to get it scanned tonight and display it tomorrow... Dave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ejw71 Posted March 24, 2004 Share Posted March 24, 2004 Agree with Steve. Just because a company printed an ad isn't documentation that it was ever produced. Came across a '53/54 Ford at a car show it had power steering (looked orginial to me which doesn't mean anything other than what I thought). Asked owner if this was first year for a Ford with power steering. He agreed and showed me an ad that announced power steering on that year Ford. I accepted the option to be orginial based on how it appeared, ad wasn't documentation but supported the option as being original. Ed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 24, 2004 Share Posted March 24, 2004 LOL guys It's actually the drawing of the chevelle SS while on the above page it was the Monte Carlo, so under above conditions I didn't notice I was not looking at the MC. hhhmmm how embarrassing... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 24, 2004 Share Posted March 24, 2004 In 70 a brother-in-law came over with his new car. It was a 70 Monty with a 350 and cowel induction. This was a factory instalation in a flat hood. I remember being amazed on how it worked. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoodicoff1 Posted March 24, 2004 Share Posted March 24, 2004 he actaually had cowl induction installed on his car thats cool. Nowadays if you ask GM for a special option on your vehicle they would laugh at you not like back in the day you could have your car like a wopper any way you wanted it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Mau Posted March 24, 2004 Share Posted March 24, 2004 Literature is written and printed before the final decisions on production are made. This is how the convertible care and use instructions made it into the 70 owners manual and a drawing of a 70 convertible made it into a pamphlet.Yep. Man, wouldn't it be cool if some of the stuff that was proposed but never produced actually had been? As we have seen from cars that have been modified from coupes to convertibles - they really are beautiful. I'm glad that they nixed the idea of a FGMC 4-door, though. The Monte Carlo was a "personal" car, and making a 4-door out of it would have watered-down that image. Dave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 24, 2004 Share Posted March 24, 2004 One thing that I did see for sure was a Cancelled idea of a washer system for the headlights yes I'm seroius and it was on a drawing of a Chevelle (don't tell me it was actually produced later ). Also cancelled for that year (1970) was the fluid monitor system, wasn't that actually an option for the Monte in '70 or was it applied later on '71? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
montefrazer Posted March 25, 2004 Share Posted March 25, 2004 One thing that I did see for sure was a Cancelled idea of a washer system for the headlights yes I'm seroius and it was on a drawing of a Chevelle (don't tell me it was actually produced later ). Also cancelled for that year (1970) was the fluid monitor system, wasn't that actually an option for the Monte in '70 or was it applied later on '71? If I remember right, head light washer was available on 69 Camaro. Both my 70 Montes have the washer fluid monitor system. Here's another odd one from the accessory brochure for 70 Chevrolet. "Liquid tire chain dispenser. Ideal for use on icy roads." Don't remember actualy seeing it on any cars. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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