Just asking for my Mom's friend.

Under 5k. The low mile rides like that are usually good deals for buyers. They are not real collectable and usually are bought buy folks looking for a clean driver and don't want to spend a lot of money. If it is a V6 it might garner a little more interest due to gas prices.

Older cars with low milage are not usually a bargin. A friend recently bought a '85 Impala with only 14,000 miles on it. She thought she got a steal but after having to replace almost every gasket and seal on it she could have bought a much later model.

I have had 4 Montes a 78, 81, and two 95s. The only regret was the 81 it was bought with low miles but still seemed to be plagued with problems, and that was when it was 3 or 4 years old.

I would look for a newer low mile car bargins are out there if you are patient. I feel I did good on my current daily driver. 1995 Monte Carlo Z34 with 24,XXX miles out the door for $4500. I have had it about a year and it drives just like brand new.

http://s141.photobucket.com/albums/r63/138car/Monte/

Sounds like a good candidate for a drag car. That's a fairly popular body style.

Sounds like a good candidate for a drag car. That's a fairly popular body style.

My thoughts exactly! :thumbsup:

why would you take a clean, low mile car and make it a drag car? there's plenty of other ones out there to do that to. not that this is many peoples dream car, but anything 25+ years old and halfway desireable with 29k deserves to be respected a bit.

It's better than taking a rusty pile of junk, and putting a bunch of money into it. An '80 Monte is not going to be driven for fuel economy reasons, no matter what engine it has.

Most likely the car has a 267 V8. The beauty of that is that you can dump it when the cam fails and drop in any 350.

It's not a turbo 3.8 Buick powering it by any chance? It would have a hood bulge and diecast Turbo 3.8 lettering on the bulge. You could do that in '80 & '81. They were not great that year, but of course the Buick V6 turbo got refined and earned some respect in a couple of years.

Heck, even if the seals are all dried out, if the car is otherwise well preserved it would be a nice car. The lockup converters may have made their debut in '80 and they were problematic in those early years.

These cars are somewhat desireable, but not worth much.

why would you take a clean, low mile car and make it a drag car? there's plenty of other ones out there to do that to. not that this is many peoples dream car, but anything 25+ years old and halfway desireable with 29k deserves to be respected a bit.

%100 Agreed :yes: