Dave C's 70 Monte Carlo
 

My 1970 Monte Carlo

This 1970 Monte Carlo was sold new at Ken Lafferty Chevrolet in Berlin PA, I bought it my senior year in high school for the tidy sum of $1200 from the second owner in Gaithersburg MD. Having inherited and semi-restored a 1972 Monte Carlo, the family car I grew up in, I knew this 1970 was something special. It was delivered with an LS3 big block, M20 4speed, buckets, console, tach dash, and a hand full of other “nice” options, not to mention body colored hub caps and fender skirts. I was correct and later discovered that only 589 big block 4 speed Montes were produced in 1970.
I drove it through the following summer of 1988, when I disassembled it for a semi-restoration I had planned.
There it sat at my Uncles body shop for the next 13 years while I attended college and completed a full frame-off on my 1972. Every couple years I’d pump a few gallons of fresh gas in it, borrow a dealer tag, and terrorize some of the local South Jersey roads.
Emptying the body shop shelves of all left over gold paints one weekend, I painted the car a resulting shade less autumn gold than original.
I came very close to selling both of my Montes soon after my son was born, but the discussions I had with potential buyers re-kindled my interest in the old cars, and with the advent of my daughter’s birth in 2001 I knew it was “now or never”.
So the real work began, the frame was dropped, engine, and suspension were rebuilt, brake and fuel lines replaced. I used as many of the NOS parts and trim I collected over the years when reassembling and mating the body back to the chassis. For the finishing touch, I reupholstered the interior. While doing so, I found the build sheet to go with the original shipper paper the second owner had given to me with the car. I also discovered a build sheet in the shell of the driver bucket for a very interesting red Monte SS454 ordered without A/C, or power steering, and radio delete, delivered to Georgia.
I have enjoyed the car with my family for the last 4 years.
I look forward to the day I can strip it down and apply the correct autumn gold color. I also plan to remove the A/C system, which I added for my “young family” during the frame-off. Ultimately I plan to bring the car back to its as-delivered glory and may reconsider terrorizing some of the less traveled South Jersey roads.

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and it came with the rare rear wheel fender skirts. https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...mlins/cool.gif

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Swwwweeeeettt!
Man, that Monte's nice.

Rich

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Dave,

Very nice Monte Carlo. I love the big block M/C's. What's better than terrorizing the local areas...in style!

Very https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...mlins/cool.gif

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and it came with the rare rear wheel fender skirts. https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...mlins/cool.gif

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Yeah, nothing screams "muscle car" quite like body colored hubcaps and fender skirts, 'cept for maybe curb feelers. https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...ns/naughty.gif

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I did not know you could get a manual trans in a Monte Carlo. Learn a new thing everyday! Very cool car! Nice detail work too!

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Very https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...mlins/cool.gif Dave. I've always liked the first gen Montes, and having a BB 4 spd is icing on the cake. Good to see your son having fun with it, too https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...iggthumpup.gif

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Very nice and smooooth Monte Dave! What an added bonus to have a 4 speed in that baby. https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...iggthumpup.gif

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Nice Monte, I drove a 4 speed big block Monte home from Carlisle for GTO Don couple years back . Those cars ride very nice. Power with class https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...iggthumpup.gif

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First engine I ever blew up was my mom's '71 350 Monte. Gold body and roof, black bench interior. Fond memories!
Very nice job, Dave.

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I just have to tell this story about a 70 monti.One friday night in 1985 my friend and I went to a Donut shop in Bradford Ontario Canada We went in his 1970 chevelle ss red with black stripes.This donut shop was a haven for midnight all night drag racing at its best. Just as soon as we got there I started talking to a fellow about the 70 chevelle, he tells
me he has a cluster from a 70 monti and did I want to buy it
How much I says, he says 25.00 Canadian before I can say yes
yes yes my friend buts in and says I'll take it Peter you already have one. He goes home and brings it back to the donut shop It was a 6500 redline just like mine.My friend still has it in his car today . I often thought about that monti because he told me he had the body
but not the motor and he was parting it out.It was a 4 speed
car. I regreted not bying the whole car and not just the cluster Oh well!
suprss70

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Cool car!!! Spoke to Dave when he was selling his other Monte awhile back, nice guy. It's nice to see the non-typical muscle cars get their fair share of the lime light. Good kuck with your Monte Dave, looks like you have a good car wash crew...

tom williams https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...ins/3gears.gif

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<font color="blue">Yes, Good kuck to ya!! https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...iggthumpup.gif </font>

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Nice car you don't see every day. Beautiful lines on those '70-'72 Montes.

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"First engine I ever blew up was my mom's '71 350 Monte"

My first blown tranny was my Dad's 1977 Monte. Tan/Tan. Man he loved that car! "We" were reving it up in neutral and dropping it into drive! Had to push it home.

Man did I get a beating on that one! https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...lins/smile.gif

Guess I am due for some payback when my son gets older!

Rich

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Very nice car. I also love to see the unusual cars in the spotlight. Did anyone else find it funny that the AM radio and tape player cost more than the engine? https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...lins/beers.gif

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Thanks for all the nice replies https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...lins/beers.gif
....I think the first generation Monte Carlo's are really under-appreciated https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...lins/dunno.gif
....but I guess it has one good point...I can still afford them. https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...mlins/grin.gif
I plan on driving this one up to GM Carlisle in June, as the FGMCC (First Generation Monte Carlo Club) is having its national meet there this year, I look forward to meeting many of you there! https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...lins/beers.gif

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Nice Monte, I drove a 4 speed big block Monte home from Carlisle for GTO Don couple years back . Those cars ride very nice. Power with class https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...iggthumpup.gif

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DaJudge, was that a silver one with black interior?

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That's an affirmative on the silver Monte, great cars. https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...iggthumpup.gif

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If COPO Pete would quit hoggin' the computer and let his boys do a little looking around, I betcha they'd be all over this thread! BBC, 4-speed, in a Monte...awesome!

Those pics of the little guy washing it are priceless...