Rob Peters Posted August 25 Posted August 25 Yesterday I attended a car show sponsored by a Boy Scout Troup. It was a beautiful day and a great birthday. I didn't get pictures of all of the cars, maybe only about 1/4 of them rob I was the only 1st Gen Monte there but not the only Monte, I think I counted maybe 4 Monte's I frequently see Grand Spurts at local shows and never seen one that disappoints, this one is not exception This Camero RS 454 won Best of show. It truly deserved it!! This is one of maybe 6 Chevelles/Malibu's in attendance I think the owner of this 55 Chevy lives at car cruises/shows. I see this car at almost every one I attend. This is a car you won't see at every car show/cruise. A Chevy Monza Spyder. They were known as a high performance sports car with beefed up suspension and V-8 engines 11 Quote
GRAY 70 Monte Carlo Posted August 25 Posted August 25 Happy belated birthday I hope it was great 5 Quote
DragCat Posted August 25 Posted August 25 X2 on the belated b-day, thanks for posting the pics 4 Quote
Michael Boyte Posted August 25 Posted August 25 Happy birthday my friend !!! Thanks also for posting pictures of the car show. 3 Quote
Leghome Posted August 25 Posted August 25 I had Buick that was the same body style as the Monza but it had an even fire V6 that was a nice car until the transmission died. Bought it for my oldest daughter and she refused to drive that ugly car so I drove it. It was a lot of fun to drive at least until it died. LOL 2 Quote
Marks71 Posted August 25 Posted August 25 Happy Birthday Rob. Thanks for the pictures. Looked like a nice day. 2 Quote
FL 72 Monte Posted August 25 Posted August 25 Happy birthday glad you had a good day thanks for the pics!!! 2 Quote
Scott S. Posted August 25 Posted August 25 Happy B-Day !!! Nice group of cars.... Still a G.N. fan. I remember (back in the '80's) a buddy had one of those Monzas. Scary with the 305 and 5 speed. 2 Quote
Rob Peters Posted August 25 Author Posted August 25 If you want to check out something interesting, check out the 18th picture, the one of the red Oldsmobile. It has a hood latch assembly like I had never noticed on any other car. It is a little hard to make out, especially if you are using your phone, but check out the stock set up of the hood latch system. Rather than the pin being mounted on the hood and the latch being mounted on the core support the stock set up on this car has two pins mounted onto the core support and the latching mechanism, including the safety latch mounted to the hood as one piece. The spring loaded latch release has a square bar that extends from the center of the hood out and is aligned with each of the core support pins. rob 2 Quote
willie Posted August 26 Posted August 26 Happy Birthday Rob and Chris!!!!! Tkx for posting the pics Rob, very nice cars there!! 3 Quote
Wd71MC Posted August 26 Posted August 26 Happy Birthday Rob that looks like a nice car show thanks for sharing the pics. 1 Quote
Leghome Posted August 26 Posted August 26 13 hours ago, Rob Peters said: If you want to check out something interesting, check out the 18th picture, the one of the red Oldsmobile. It has a hood latch assembly like I had never noticed on any other car. It is a little hard to make out, especially if you are using your phone, but check out the stock set up of the hood latch system. Rather than the pin being mounted on the hood and the latch being mounted on the core support the stock set up on this car has two pins mounted onto the core support and the latching mechanism, including the safety latch mounted to the hood as one piece. The spring loaded latch release has a square bar that extends from the center of the hood out and is aligned with each of the core support pins. rob And those thing were a real bear to realign and adjust after a front end accident 3 Quote
Chris shipley Posted August 26 Posted August 26 13 hours ago, willie said: Happy Birthday Rob and Chris!!!!! Tkx for posting the pics Rob, very nice cars there!! Thanks willie Quote
RON T Posted August 26 Posted August 26 Happy Birthday young man, no better way then to celebrate 3/4 of a century than to go to a car show on a beautiful day. Was made just for you … Quote
Scott S. Posted August 26 Posted August 26 19 hours ago, Rob Peters said: If you want to check out something interesting, check out the 18th picture, the one of the red Oldsmobile. It has a hood latch assembly like I had never noticed on any other car. It is a little hard to make out, especially if you are using your phone, but check out the stock set up of the hood latch system. Rather than the pin being mounted on the hood and the latch being mounted on the core support the stock set up on this car has two pins mounted onto the core support and the latching mechanism, including the safety latch mounted to the hood as one piece. The spring loaded latch release has a square bar that extends from the center of the hood out and is aligned with each of the core support pins. rob Extra holding power for such a big piece of sheet metal ?? Quote
DragCat Posted August 26 Posted August 26 Looks like Rob unlocked the special celebration bottle when he got home 🤣 1 4 Quote
Rob Peters Posted August 27 Author Posted August 27 40 minutes ago, DragCat said: Looks like Rob unlocked the special celebration bottle when he got home 🤣 Cute Mark but I wouldn't be caught dead wearing a watermelon. Unlike Dennis being in lobe with banana's I don't do Watermelon. You see, my aversion to watermelons dates back to when I was a kid. You see, our next door neighbor was backing out of his driveway and ran over a young neighbor girl with one of the back tires of his car. We heard her screaming and ran outside to see her throwing up what at first we thought was blood. In reality she had been enjoying a water melon shortly before the accident and that was what we saw her throwing up. Where the neighbor ran over her (this was when I lived in Jacksonville, Florida) she had been playing in an area of very soft sand and the sand cushioned her and other than some bruising she was not harmed. Ever since I saw this I have just not had any desire to eat water melon. Yes, my hair and beard is gray but it is not nearly that thick. Gladly there are no dancing water melon emoji's rob 1 Quote
Dtret Posted August 27 Posted August 27 So what you’re saying is , you have an issue with watermelons. Hmmm, I can work with that SIR. 1 1 Quote
Rob Peters Posted August 27 Author Posted August 27 4 minutes ago, Dtret said: So what you’re saying is , you have an issue with watermelons. Hmmm, I can work with that SIR. Uh-Oh, I see a need to bring back the dancing banana's for you. rob Quote
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