ATTENTION K-MART SHOPPERS.

[Scott S.]

Saw this photo on one of those history shows the other night.... Thought I'd share.  

Looks a little rough considering the photo is circa 1975. 

[cny first gen 71]

In 75 they were daily drivers and beaters unfortunately. Back then you could buy a 10 year old car for a few hundred bucks 

[Scott S.]

Exactly what my aunt used hers for..... But that's where I got first exposure to them.  

[cny first gen 71]

My brother in law bought a beautiful 68 impala when he came home from service in late 72 or early 73 unfortunately he totaled that then bought a 70 monte that's when I got bite by the bug. I couldn't afford it when he sold it but quite a few years later I got one 😁

[Rob Peters]

It does look a bit rough.  I am surprised as rough as it looks the fender skirts are still on it.

rob

[Chris shipley]

6 hours ago, cny first gen 71 said:

In 75 they were daily drivers and beaters unfortunately. Back then you could buy a 10 year old car for a few hundred bucks 

Those were the good ol days

[Scott S.]

16 hours ago, Rob Peters said:

It does look a bit rough.  I am surprised as rough as it looks the fender skirts are still on it.

rob

Well......

It is in a K-Mart parking lot. 

[Rob Peters]

13 minutes ago, Scott S. said:

Well......

It is in a K-Mart parking lot. 

I'm not sure what it being in a K-Mart parking low would matter.  Some of us like the look of the skirts, it gives the Monte a longer, sleeker look.  My point was that in the condition it looks to be in I would have thought the skirts would have been one of the first things to be scrapped/removed.

rob

[Scott S.]

19 minutes ago, Rob Peters said:

I'm not sure what it being in a K-Mart parking low would matter.  Some of us like the look of the skirts, it gives the Monte a longer, sleeker look.  My point was that in the condition it looks to be in I would have thought the skirts would have been one of the first things to be scrapped/removed.

rob

I wasn't dissing the skirts...... Just noting that large (or any) parking lots are a free for all regarding dents, and home to the much feared "shopping cart"   

[Jared Richey]

Kevin needs to share his van.

[keith72monte]

This is what happens in a parking lot with a  jealous person with a shopping cart ., Must been a cart of bricks or a running start to get to this much dentage lol  This is why the 1st owner took the car back from the wife and parked it in his garage for 25 years. So no one could hurt his baby again lol Then he retires and sells it, to another car flipper to sell to me. All because of a jealous person with a  shopping cart . Now that big dent in photo looks like someone backed their f150 into that Monte.

[keith72monte]

Skirts look their best on a cadillac. AND women ofcourse lol

[stangeba]

This is what I remember about the old Kmart store near me:

[Scott S.]

15 minutes ago, stangeba said:

This is what I remember about the old Kmart store near me:

Did he ever get it back ??

[keith72monte]

After looking at the spot. or big dent. I was thinking a small drop of water on the camera lens? Wet parking lot. Raining day. Weird reflection on bottom of spot. Trying to be positive. lol

[Rob Peters]

I was basing my thoughts that it was a little beat up by the missing hub cap on the front and what looks like the whole side is a little funky. 

Something else I noticed is the rear end looks to be jacked up pretty high because a car with skirts usually sits lower on the rear wheel.  The skirt molding looks to be at the same height as a cars normal  rear wheel well trim.   With skirts the skirt trim would be at or just below the center of the wheel hub.

No matter what, it was a running, driving first gen Monte and I would not have kicked it out of the garage.

rob