I've never seen one of these (http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/1977-monza-mirage-9500-orginal-miles-v8-4-speed_W0QQitemZ270378198704QQcategoryZ6783QQcmdZVi ewItem). It must have looked real good in it's day.

Looks a bit like the European Opel Manta:

http://www.mein-youngtimer.de/images/opel_manta/opel_manta_history.jpg

I never understood why people would buy a vehicle and stick it in a garage/barn indefinately with less than 10k miles on the clock.
Was suprised to see a v-8 in there, cool find!

It was a pretty cool car in the day. I had a 78 Mustang Cobra II with the 302 and a 4 spd. My buddy had a Monza Mirage with a 305 and a 4 spd. I could take him everytime in the quarter mile, not by much but I would always win. IT used to just kill him as his car was a little smaller than mine and had a little larger engine. We swapped cars once and he beat me so "driver" skill had little to do with it to my dismay!!!
Looking back on it, I bet the Chevy had 14 or 15 inch wheels and tires while my car had 13 inch.
Tom

If it only has 10k miles wonder why it dosent have the original paint.
My buddy had one with a 4cyl. in it 77 I beleive it was, and I had a 77 cobra with a v6
he would eat my lunch every time. I thought that those cars had a smaller v8 something like a 260 or 265 but I cant remember what that size was for sure.

Wow, now that really goes back. A chevy Monza!!!!!! Now that is old school.

I remember them,hey, they ran good with the little V8 and four speed.
buick skyhawks were like them,but mostly V6 powered-my freinds mom had a new buick skyhawk-4 speed-late 70searly 80s-that little car ran quite well for its time

Bought my wife to be a 77 Monza Town Coupe when we were dating.It was a pretty cool car for the day.

i had one of these with a 231 odd fire engine and a 5 speed. http://home.comcast.net/~jeffswood/pwpimages/1976buickskyhawk2.jpg
in the 1/4 it was a pig, but from street light to street light, it gave muscle cars fits. then my dad got hold of it and threw headers and a 4 barrel on it, he ran a high 12 in it. that was good enough for main street clashes. it was also a very nice freeway runner, and because of it's light weight, they also handled pretty well. i really liked that car a lot, it was the first car i bought brand new, and it felt pretty high quality, compared to a lot of stuff out back then. i bought two more skyhawks over the years, and they were always very dependable. though the even fire engines didn't run as hard as the odd fires...

I've never seen one of these (http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/1977-monza-mirage-9500-orginal-miles-v8-4-speed_W0QQitemZ270378198704QQcategoryZ6783QQcmdZVi ewItem). It must have looked real good in it's day.

I remember those new. Also the Monza Spyder was a cool car. V-8 car with out the ground effects. I think those were built for SCCA racing or something like that. I saw those at MID OHIO raceway back in the day. I dont know production numbers but i bet there wasnt many. How many left is another thing. Cool none the less !

my brother inlaw just sold his for 1200 bucks.

10,000 miles my ###. that thing is a rusted out pos.

I remember those. Didn't they also have one called a Monza Spyder that had bigger fender flairs? And I think the V8s were in the 265 ci range.

My first driving experience was in a Monza 2+2 that we had. Little 4 cyl Sh--box, but it got dad to work. He always called it his "A to B car", as in all he wanted it for was to get from A to B. I remember it had one of those spare tires that you had to inflate with a small air bottle that was stowed with the tire. You put it on the car, then screw the blue bottle on the valve them and stand back and watch the show. The tire would begin to inflate, then unfold itself to a near full-size tire as it got larger. I guess it was the first of the compact spare tires. We never knew where to replace the air bottle.

If you really want to find a neat and rare one, find the Oldsmobile answer to the Monza. It was called the Starfire and could be had with the 305 4spd combo. Much plusher than the Monza. The Monza Spider was kinda cool too!
Tom

This is a fun thread.

If you really want to find a neat and rare one, find the Oldsmobile answer to the Monza. It was called the Starfire and could be had with the 305 4spd combo. Much plusher than the Monza. The Monza Spider was kinda cool too!
Tom

that's why i went with the buicks, the interiors were just down right plush, and i dug the brushed aluminium targa strip across the roof, and the turbo style wheels really set it off. i got a lot of comments on that car....

FYI 262 cubes.

Oh I forgot about the Buick Skyhawk. Check out the racing Monzas, too...

That thing looks like it has had an engine bay fire ! what's with the miissing mid part of the upper rad hose ?
Monza= glorified vega. Not necessarily a bad thing.....

I almost traded my '79 Camaro for a '78 Olds Starfire with a 305 and 4 speed in the early '90's. Now I wish I would have done it. That Olds was cool, and in like new condition. And being so light with a V8, even just a 305, it would have spanked my Camaro.

By the way Chevy built a 267 CI small block in the late seventies early eighties. They were turds, barely good enough for a boat anchor.

Hey, guys ever try to put spark plugs in that monza, esp by the fire wall, I was a chevy parts man back then and I dont think the mech. put all the plugs in when doing a tune up..you know how piece work , works

I had the Spider version with the 305 and a 2bbl.13" rims.A regular POS.Spark Plugs that your supposed to jack up the motor to change.A cooling fan that was so vibration prone it would make so much noise you could hardly hear the radio for all the other squeaks and rattles.The tires were the Firestone 500 that came apart on demand. Did I mention they ship the cars on there sides so they can get more of them in the rail cars.So they have special packing that's supposed to be removed before they sell the car,Not.
I suppose if you thought you were getting a V8 Vega(which I did)you could be disappointed (which I was).I traded it in on a 78 Trans Am.I drove the car three months without a radio because I just loved how Quiet it was.

I had a '79 Sunbird hatchback, which basically looks identical but without the power. Any power. But it was my first car and I will always have the memories of the hatchback. Good times.....;)

According to the ad, the H-body club said it's the lowest mileage one in existence.

According to the ad, the H-body club said it's the lowest mileage one in existence.

Many people with a five-digit odometer car for sale will swear up and down their car only has XX,000 miles. The brake pedal will be worn flat, the drivers seat springs compressed and seat fabric worn to mere threads, suspension bushings worn to ovals - but the car only has 22,400 miles!
Yeah, that one is a flashback for sure and it reminds me of that '57 Plymouth buried in a vault time capsule. Looked so ugly we all wished that it got covered up again.

I love that seller's E-Bay name - real appropriate and I'll bet all his cars have only XX,000 miles. His name must be the reason the bids were so low. :)


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