Age curiosity

[stangeba]

17, it was my first car and I ordered it new, with the options I wanted and could afford.

[RON T]

I was 27. It was a second generation.. 

[John S]

20 years old December 23, 1979 paid $1100. Bought it from my neighbor had my eye on that car for a few years.

[Grant MacPherson]

19, just married,  1971 , base price $4200 Canadian with just over $3000 options. Traded in 66 Impala 2 door HT.

Second one 67, 2019,  70 SS, first SS I had ever seen in other than pictures.

[Chris shipley]

2 hours ago, John S said:

20 years old December 23, 1979 paid $1100. Bought it from my neighbor had my eye on that car for a few years.

Very nice 

[jft69z]

16 years old, first car was a 72 Monte. That was 1978, by 1979 I was already in trouble with that car, 😄

[FrankOC]

22 when I bought a 78,  then had an 80, 87, 85, 84, then a 70.  

[Dtret]

I was raised on Monte’s. Dad had 71,73,76,80 and passed with the 84. 
mom had a 76 they divorced and his girlfriend had an 81. My middle brother had probably 20. But only drove a few of them. After my 77 I was a little late getting back on board ( 2020). 

[Scott S.]

Drove my first "First Gen" when I was 15 back in '80. My aunt's car. 

Bought my first Monte in 2005, but It's a 2004.

Bought Montelishi in 2019..... Hard to believe I've had her over 5 years. 

[rsorg]

17, when i bought my 72 custom ,454 turbo 400 etc. from my next door neighbor who ordered the car ,and also lives in the same town as me ,plainfield il. that was 44 years ago this past june

[mon-tss]

I was 29. Bought my wife a new 85 Monte SS. And I got a 71  Monte SS far from new.

Edited September 2, 2024 by mon-tss
added pic

[DragCat]

6 hours ago, jft69z said:

16 years old, first car was a 72 Monte. That was 1978, by 1979 I was already in trouble with that car, 😄

Don't try and blame the car 🤣

[jft69z]

19 minutes ago, DragCat said:

Don't try and blame the car 🤣

The DMV and insurance company certainly blamed me, 🤣

[Chris shipley]

5 hours ago, FrankOC said:

22 when I bought a 78,  then had an 80, 87, 85, 84, then a 70.  

Nice!!!!

[Chris shipley]

3 hours ago, rsorg said:

17, when i bought my 72 custom ,454 turbo 400 etc. from my next door neighbor who ordered the car ,and also lives in the same town as me ,plainfield il. that was 44 years ago this past june

Nice journey with the car.

[Chris shipley]

9 hours ago, stangeba said:

17, it was my first car and I ordered it new, with the options I wanted and could afford.

Very nice picture 

[Jared Richey]

13 now 33 still have it.

[Wd71MC]

Well I purchased my first Monte last Oct and I was 40yrs old. My hobby was working on a vintage cabover semi truck but that was becoming to much of a pain to fool with in 2019 I got diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis and that was something to deal with getting up and down out of the truck it would just wear me out not counting if I had a big job to do on the truck. So I just decided to sell my semi and get me something that was in better shape to work on as a hobby and well I seen the Monte at a car dealer where I new the guy that owned it and stopped by to check it out and I literally loved the look of it and so did my wife so I done some negotiating and well the rest is history lol. But when we got the Monte Carlo home I had to show my wife something that I had for over 30 some years and it was a Monte Carlo keychain I purchased when I was a kid because I always loved collecting keys and keychains. Sorry for the long post.

[70 Owner]

I was 17 years old when I bought a 70 Monte Carlo in 1980.  It was originally white with a black vinyl top and black interior.  I worked and saved for the car, and then a paint job and custom wheels.  The memories of that first car stayed with me, and now I’ve had my current 70 Monte for 2 years.

[Chris shipley]

6 minutes ago, 70 Owner said:

I was 17 years old when I bought a 70 Monte Carlo in 1980.  It was originally white with a black vinyl top and black interior.  I worked and saved for the car, and then a paint job and custom wheels.  The memories of that first car stayed with me, and now I’ve had my current 70 Monte for 2 years.

Memories indeed.

[MCfan]

22, I had just graduated from Kansas State in January and started my career with IBM in Kansas City in February.  While I was off to IBM training schools, my wife went back to work at a hospital so we now needed two cars. After 26 weeks of training, I was back in KC without my own car so I went down to Pappas Chevrolet to get one, completely unaware of the Monte Carlo's recent introduction. 

The sales manager was driving an Autumn Gold '70 Monte with a white vinyl top and cream-colored cloth bench seat plus AC and some other power options.  But it also had a 402, TH400 and a positraction rear end (which I knew from my hot-rodding brother-in-law was a good drive train).  I had no credit established yet so had to go with a high-risk, high-rate auto loan, but I brought that baby home and loved it for four years.  With a second child on the way, my wife wanted a bigger car so I let the Monte go and got a new '74 Buick LeSabre ... big mistake!

But, 40 years later, post retirement, I bought my '70 big block factory 4-speed which I still own and drive during winter months in FL.  Also, owned a '70 SS a for eight years.  Loved them all, but the BBC 4-speed has been the most fun to drive.

[Kevn70]

It was a 40th birthday gift to myself this year. Picked up a 70 project. 

[Dtret]

22 minutes ago, Kevn70 said:

It was a 40th birthday gift to myself this year. Picked up a 70 project. 

Very nice gift. 

[sbarnette]

The year was 1978 and I was 16 years old. I still have it today.

[cbolt]

I was 24 when I bought my first brand new car, a 1986 Monte Carlo SS. I was 38 when I picked up the '72. I do have pics of the '72 when I first bought it but they are all 35mm prints that have yet to be digitized. Ill see what I can do about posting them. 

Here is the car the day after we brought it home