Juho Posted August 9, 2024 Posted August 9, 2024 Hi all, Nice to be here! Just bought my first Monte Carlo and very exited. Not an original SS, but build to that direction with sway bars, 454, TH400, Gear Vendor od and other nice stuff. This forum has been very informative and great source of information! Greetings from Helsinki, Finland. -Juho 3 Quote
jft69z Posted August 9, 2024 Posted August 9, 2024 Very nice Juho, welcome to the best place for first gen Montes! 1 1 Quote
Chris shipley Posted August 9, 2024 Posted August 9, 2024 Welcome to the club. Great group of people... 1 1 Quote
Glen Posted August 9, 2024 Posted August 9, 2024 Welcome, Judo! Car looks great with the baby moons. 1 1 Quote
Scott S. Posted August 9, 2024 Posted August 9, 2024 Hi Juho !! Welcome to the insanity... lol Love the colour, gorgeous Monte. Bet she stands out in the neighbourhood. Scott. 1 1 Quote
Chevy Dave Posted August 9, 2024 Posted August 9, 2024 Welcome Juho! If you add the rear sway bar, it is recommended that you add boxed rear lower control arms to prevent control arm damage. 2 1 Quote
cny first gen 71 Posted August 9, 2024 Posted August 9, 2024 did you buy it there or have to have it shipped? Looking a pretty nice car good luck with it. Lots of great people here. 1 1 Quote
Dtret Posted August 9, 2024 Posted August 9, 2024 Welcome to the gang. Great looking car too. 1 1 Quote
Juho Posted August 9, 2024 Author Posted August 9, 2024 Thanks all welcoming wishes! 1 hour ago, Chevy Dave said: Welcome Juho! If you add the rear sway bar, it is recommended that you add boxed rear lower control arms to prevent control arm damage. To my knowledge this all has been done. There is front and rear sway bars and I been told also boxed rear low control arms but have to check. The rear axle is from Moser. 1 Quote
Juho Posted August 9, 2024 Author Posted August 9, 2024 1 hour ago, cny first gen 71 said: did you buy it there or have to have it shipped? Looking a pretty nice car good luck with it. Lots of great people here. Originally it has come to Finland as SS many years ago from New York, and then the previous owner has built it during long period of time. He found out that it is a SS clone. He has also built LS6 style BBC to it. Not massive powerful but enough to go 1/4 mile 13.0. My plan is to build it more to the cruising purposes, first thing is to get the a/c working and get rid of the rear tire rub. 275/60r15 on 10 inch wheels with 5.5 bs seems to be too big tire, fender lips have modified but still there is rub in certain circumstances. Planning to go with 8inch wheels and 255/70r15. Maybe you guys can comment if that is doable:) Have read a lot about tire combos here… 5 Quote
Remanueljr Posted August 9, 2024 Posted August 9, 2024 Welcome to the club! Nice Monte! Love the color. 1 1 Quote
willie Posted August 9, 2024 Posted August 9, 2024 Welcome to the club Juho!!!! She looks great!!! Love the moons!!!! How many Montes can possibly be there????? This is the best group for helping to solve your problems (if any). An abundance of knowledge here!! Good Luck with her!!! 1 1 Quote
cny first gen 71 Posted August 9, 2024 Posted August 9, 2024 I have 255-60-15 on 8 inch wheels with 5 inch bs no problems at all. When I change the probably go with 275-60s I have enough room. 2 Quote
Marks71 Posted August 9, 2024 Posted August 9, 2024 Welcome Juho! Nice Monte. First one I’ve seen set up like that. If you go with the 8” wheel and the 5” backspace, you can keep those 275s in the rear. They look pretty new. 1 Quote
Glen Posted August 9, 2024 Posted August 9, 2024 1 hour ago, Juho said: Originally it has come to Finland as SS many years ago from New York, and then the previous owner has built it during long period of time. He found out that it is a SS clone. He has also built LS6 style BBC to it. Not massive powerful but enough to go 1/4 mile 13.0. My plan is to build it more to the cruising purposes, first thing is to get the a/c working and get rid of the rear tire rub. 275/60r15 on 10 inch wheels with 5.5 bs seems to be too big tire, fender lips have modified but still there is rub in certain circumstances. Planning to go with 8inch wheels and 255/70r15. Maybe you guys can comment if that is doable:) Have read a lot about tire combos here… Don’t feel bad about finding out the car is actually a clone. Dtret has 2 “SS’s” and a “Custom”. Yep, you guessed it… all clones. All that matters is that you enjoy it however you want to build it. 4 1 Quote
willie Posted August 9, 2024 Posted August 9, 2024 1 hour ago, Glen said: Don’t feel bad about finding out the car is actually a clone. Dtret has 2 “SS’s” and a “Custom”. Yep, you guessed it… all clones. All that matters is that you enjoy it however you want to build it. Glen doesn't Dennis have paperwork for one of them??? Quote
DragCat Posted August 9, 2024 Posted August 9, 2024 28 minutes ago, willie said: Glen doesn't Dennis have paperwork for one of them??? I believe Dennis has "paperwork" on the Blue, and thats all I'm saying on that issue 🤣 1 Quote
DragCat Posted August 9, 2024 Posted August 9, 2024 6 hours ago, Juho said: Hi all, Nice to be here! Just bought my first Monte Carlo and very exited. Not an original SS, but build to that direction with sway bars, 454, TH400, Gear Vendor od and other nice stuff. This forum has been very informative and great source of information! Greetings from Helsinki, Finland. -Juho Welcome to the madness, nice looking Monte and stance 🤘 There is a ton of knowledge here and people ready to share anytime. Do you drag race or just run it to see what youve got ? 1 Quote
willie Posted August 9, 2024 Posted August 9, 2024 12 minutes ago, DragCat said: Welcome to the madness, nice looking Monte and stance 🤘 There is a ton of knowledge here and people ready to share anytime. Do you drag race or just run it to see what youve got ? I see where you are going here Mark!!!! lol 1 Quote
DragCat Posted August 10, 2024 Posted August 10, 2024 6 minutes ago, willie said: I see where you are going here Mark!!!! lol I didnt mention Green 🤣 Juho, just a head up, you will see a ton of kidding around between members here, we sometimes get off center of the topic at hand but it's all in fun. 4 1 Quote
Dtret Posted August 10, 2024 Posted August 10, 2024 2 hours ago, willie said: Glen doesn't Dennis have paperwork for one of them??? Two. And the 70 has the VIN on the engine and transmission. That’s gold on that one too. 👍🤨 4 Quote
Dtret Posted August 10, 2024 Posted August 10, 2024 1 hour ago, DragCat said: I believe Dennis has "paperwork" on the Blue, and thats all I'm saying on that issue 🤣 Custom too. lol. 😂 4 Quote
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