keith72monte

thanks, I have the original order sheet from dealership , I don't think I,m going to even take the back seat out to get build sheet.. too afraid I will tear bottom of seat.

Hey monte members. I just got my latest low mileage 72 monte with 34,198 miles. 350 2 bbl , special order paint, fathom blue I wish the paint was shined up some more. I used some wash and wax stuff to wash it. I don't know if I,m better off having it wet polished at a body shop or is there good polish or wax for original laquer paint that would bring the shine back to life. it has a decent shine but what would be the best way to handle a original paint car, there is a small area of paint on top about a half dollar size that has come off in the rear to top seam area and a shopping cart dent in rear quarter that made the first owner park the car inside since 1990. 2nd owner (a car friend now) installed new tank and fuel pump installed, carb rebuilt. bump key and starts, ac needs a charge or whatever, need new wheels and tires with white walls (original tires have cracks ofcourse on sidewall .., plan on replacing caliper hoses and repack wheel bearings and drive to local shows. keep the miles down. maybe trailer to carlise show or the beach shows. Thanks Keith

Yes Robert , I know I need to be talked out of another car. I would rent out garage space from you , if yours were not full lol I mean 5 is enough right. I have to learn to know when enough is enough.

Yea I,m thinking keep it the same. I have never seen the color in person. I,m thinking I have no garage space for a freshly painted car. Too many cars, need a bigger garage. I will get car out of shop and wait until I have a garage to preserve fresh paint. Or put 16k away towards a big block car. lol

Thanks for the input Tom. I just don't want to go with a color people don't favor. I just figured these cars only come around original once. I am a dark color fan. 1 st owner ordered in 1971 was a special order. I have the original order sheet from dealership. the car is still at the guys garage I bought it from. I need to see my newer car to make room. I will check out cowl tag this Monday when I have it delivered. original tires on car. it says color 28 fathom blue on work order. I wonder how rare does it make it.. whats the difference between fathom blue and the mulsanne blue offered in 72? anyone know?

Hello, members, I have a chance to buy a 1970 monte , garage kept, 51k mile car. No rust , but in one spot, drivers fender behind the lower chrome moulding needs a patch. It is a small block car # match drivetrain. gobie beige with white or crème white top. The interior like new, light saddle buckets and factory gauges with air condition blowing cold. It is at a body shop waiting on a color pick. It has not been sanded down yet. I just purchased from the same gentleman, a 1972 monte in special order paint phantom blue, with 34,200 original miles, small block , no top. blue bench seat. I have 5 1972 montes. One is a 402, so I have that big block itch, is taken care of ,for now. Running out of room. I,m going to have to buy a car trailer. If I buy the 1970, or sell one of my project cars. My question is how desirable is gobie beige. Also inside trunk lid looks new with factory labels looking new and door jambs wont need painting, less cost at shop? I lean toward 1972. I know 1970 is what people lean toward and better resale value. I,m leaning towards keeping it gobie beige and maybe end up selling it. I,m probably going to have about 16k into it finished. All new brakes and everything mechanical has been done. It just needs paint and drive. would it be worth keeping it original color. or is there a higher resale if I make it phantom blue or black? whats your input , Thanks

Yes Robert , I will probably get those from you. trying to get ready for the ocean city car show. I hope to run into some monte members there.

Thanks for the input Rob. There is a hole in the drivers door panel for a remote style mirror. It appears to be the original interior guessing because the build sheet has vin number on it, maybe they changed mirrors out, I will pull mirror and see. the door could have been replaced. I had 2 custom small block cars before, neither had the belt moulding on top of the doors, maybe they were removed at some time also. I will check to see if those were removed from screw holes on the inside.i,m guessing its not because the three holes for the sail panels emblems, the air ride leveler sound cool, but is it going to be worth putting it back together? how much do the air compressor and shocks cost to replace?i,m sure theres a better coil over shock or something that will make it handle better? If I can find time to bring it to the show,i will.

hello, I just picked up a monte carlo72 u code matching numbers. Seems it was ordered with the air leveling shocks. I only have part of the build sheet. I would like to know if that is a rare item for 72? it has the shock shield protectors and sway bar. the pictures show the level switch mounted to upper control arm. I am able to look behind vinyl top and see three holes in sail panel. I'm guessing the custom emblems have two extra holes, so there should be 5 holes for the emblems? trying to rule out if it is a custom. seems like a special order with air level shocks?

hey Donald, here are the brackets you have to get. Ask any questions, We are here to help.

this is what I bought in 2012, theres a lot more to offer now. Maybe I was sent the wrong base brackets? the sliders have three slots in front and back for height adjustments. if you want gm style oem brackets for conversion, then get some from ebay through goodmark, or any supplier. they have to be welded in. maybe some guys on here have pictures of there factory bucket cars, showing the correct bracket? Just order what procar says to install and see if it works, since you have the seats already.If things don't line up, just send it back and go with a different company. If things don't line up , have them email or mail you a return label, soo you don't have to pay return shipping. Not your fault they sold you the wrong item.

i bought the kit for 68 to 72 a body. maybe a universal base might work. the scat seats I bought had the 5 way slots, not like the touring model picture above.Much more padding on the ones Bill has. I will get a part number and ad to topic.

Cbolt, you didn't have to weld in brackets, because yours had factory buckets? the base for the procar bolted right onto the oem bucket seat mounts? no welding needed? things were not lining up for me. my good luck as always.

I have the procar scat seats. They aren't as comfortable as the factory seats. Not a lot of padding for long drives. If your a skinny person,(I am not) then they will be more comfortable. I also have to get out of the seat to slide it forward. if your under 225 pounds, then they should slide forward and back without having to get out of the seat.They have a upward angle in the front, that's ok when your close to the steering wheel , as you would be for racing. I put bath towels on the bottom , helps from cutting into the back of my legs on three hour drives to the beach, also keeps the seats clean once I get to the show.Fabric on those seats aren't easy to clean , don't spoil mustard or anything like that, doubt it would clean up . If your racing on a track, then they are better then stock seats. If your just cruising around to local shows or whatever, Your going to be better with factory seats. If you decide to go with racing seats and 5 point belts, you have to be careful, shoulder belts for racing are meant for cars with roll bars in them. Incase you roll the car, factory belts allow your body to slide downward. 5 points will hold you upright and roof will come down on your head.They make shoulder seat belts for street car, schroth brand , used in b&w,s road racing .they are pricey ,if you go with the electronic sensor mechanism. that allows for free movement when you want lean to go forward in seat without having to loosen belts, but meant to be used for a street car. For a cruiser to the car shows and doing some burn outs, just go with factory. I did it for the cost. Find a nice used set oem seats for around 400 and recover them. Plus now they have oem style covers with side support. They came out with that right after I had installed mine. If I only had one monte carlo, I would take the seats out. I bought oem style bucket seat brackets to weld in the floor, but the scat seat rails wouldn't line up and had to weld in the brackets differently.. my car was a bench seat, I bought the complete kit they sold, and also the oem style brackets from goodmark.. Maybe someone else with oem brackets can say there scat bolted right up to oem brackets? Look at the guys monte,s on here,with high horsepowered cars with different options then procar seats. new forum topic.. What seats do you have in your monte and do you race it on the track. I just seen a touring series by pro car that looks a lot more padded and side support .but no spots for 5 harness. There is my input on scat procar seats.

hey dan , where did you get yours from? what brand? or supplier?

hey scott, how long ago did you buy yours? Please everyone let us know when they bought their metal inners. I know i got a bad set of dynacorn, but AMD wasn't one hole off either. AMD was off 6 holes on passenger and 4 holes on drivers. Time to get alittle more investigation on this subject lol i bought the dynacorn year and half ago. #cv3006r 68-72 inner fender RH lot# 1104AQ , I bought the AMD a month ago.# AMD 1264 71-72 chevelle ft inr GM14036cl AMD inner was thicker metal. Both said made in taiwan. Now that i am done with my build, I can find more time to put more input on these parts on here.Give back to the community so to speak lol

Glad to see someone say had to work a few holes lol, I have a feeling my passenger fender maybe had alittle bit of a bow in it to not line up as good as the drivers side. But the two lower big holes for the lower brace was not close and drilled new holes. had to ream out the two top holes some , in order for the inner well to slide over alittle to be able to get a screw hole lined up. after all that nightmare, it seems to have made a pinch in the edge of my fender, but the moulding will cover that up, hopefully.... my other monte is low mileage straight body. i will give the sherman ones a shot on that car. If i run into a problem i will deff update this post and return them under 30 days or whatever. i,m into metal inner for 450 plus shipping, so if you have doubts, then buy plastic ones people have been saying fit like a glove.mine fit like a glove that was too small for my hand.

hey big tank, how long ago did you order yours? seems like when someone says theirs fit, i end up with something differnt lol must be my car is 72 special lol because tawain inner fenders didnt fit, made in tawain chrome remote mirror didn't fit , hooker headers didn't fit. ect... i have another monte to build, it would be nice to have metal inners that aren't made in tawain. let me know the part number and how long ago you got them, i will get a set for my other car to see how they fit. Thanks for the info. i see part number 6264843 and 3992604 fender liner? thats the one? did it say made in china or usa when you got them in?

I ordered a pair from ausley chevelle a year or two ago, I went to put them on and 6 holes would not line up, spent 4 to 6 hours redrilling, because i could not send them back. They we re made by dynacorn. Another member bought his 10 years ago and they fit right from ausley. I bought a pair from leo last month.He said they we re made in canada and from amd company. 4 holes we re off but they fitted good enough not to send back. On the bubble wrapping it said made in tawian. Only good part i got from tawain was the dii review mirror and sun visor supports. Rest of the tawian and china stuff is junk.I did a ground up restoration last two years and just stay away from tawian parts when you can.If i did it over i would just by the plastic inners because everyone on here is happy with those.I wasn't happy redrilling and having to remount both inners about 30 times to ream out holes and redrill spots that we re not even close. Live and learn. By oem nos if you can.I must of just gotten bad ones or something...

Ok i,m getting my pulleys together, and i find there are a single groove pulley and double for the water pump. I have a small block with air conditioning. i do not have a emission air pump. i see in the assembly manual that cars with air pump use a double groove water pump. I was told by a well know restorer that it should be a double groove pulley. I can see that would be better if the alternator belt was thrown, that the water pump would still operate.I just don't remeber ever seeing a double pulley on any of my montes.But when comparing the two pulleys i have, the single seems to line up alittle better.Since i only see in the assembly manual a single pulley being used, i am going to have to go with that. anyone have a double pulley on their water pump and is a oem setup without a air pump? thanks for any info

the open gasket i got from the parts place with the mirror kit works fine with my old remote mirror, just not the new one.i will send my old mirror out and rechrome.If someone knows of a place that sells oem gaskets i would buy a few.

If you bought from ausley and mirror came in small white box. You might want to check the angle with out remote mirror if you have one. I just sent two back to ausley. Let me know how yours worked out, thanks

yeah i bought one from parts place twice cause they we;re on back order for a year, they sent one gasket, then another open gasket, neither worked. i order from ausley both drivers and passenger side. i got the same problem with their mirrors. i took out my old remote mirror and the open gasket worked correct for old mirror. If someone knows where to buy a correct mirror right now, let me know. i know another member on here that had bought a drivers from ausley in the past and they worked fine. but whoever the maker is, they have the angle off. i took pictures of old and new and it clearly shows the angle way off on new mirrors, guess i have to rechrome my old mirror to get my car on the road. Kindof gave up on passenger side install until i find the correct angled one. shipping is starting to add up on this 4 times ordered.

Thanks for the info. I think your idea is the right one. Great looking car you have. awesome quote on the thong lol

Hey all the guru's out there.Here is the 10k question of the year lol I bought and installed a ecc 72 gas tank. I bought the replacement vapor lines,but have not installed.Now i realize it would be nice to not have the extra lines along the fenderwell and the hose running acros to the pcv valve to carb.But i do not want any fume smell because my rec room door goes out into the garage. I have seen people say cap off vents and use vented gas cap. I could easily just order a 1970 tank and install that because i havent put any gas in,and i have another monte i will put back to stock when i restore that car or sell it off lol, but doesn't gas fumes float out of the 1970 vented cap? i don't want any smell at all.because garage is attached to tiny house and i leave the door open to heat and ac my garage lol i have seen people suggest using a lawn mower air filter on the end of tube that should go to canister. I have seen people say use a part they sell on www.396,com for a 1969 chevelle, small plastic piece that fits onto the vent tube that goes to front canister. I have my car looking super clean under the hood and just think not having the hoses hanging around would make it more of a show car. Let me know what has worked for you. There is a reward for the best answer lol and no it is not 10k lol