[monte7ocar]

Andrew yes there is a 70-72 monte site fgmcc.com. Not all monte's came with the vinyl top trim they did come without or with a two tone paint job with the roof being a different color from the bottom. As for the first car $14k sounds to high without seeing pictures of it. 72 there was no ss monte's only custom which had everything a ss had in 70 and 71. the 70 looks to be a late run car since its vinyl top goes all the way to the windshield like the 71 and 72 model's. The 70 looks to be a nice car and a good price. As for rot the vinyl top hides a lot along with the side trim. Weight wise a monte will come in at 3600lbs and go up depending on the options. I know where a yellow monte with a tan top is for $6,500 and it has seen the track.

 

[monte7ocar]

andrew here is the post for the car http://www.racingjunk.com/category/...om/category/18/Complete_Race_Cars/post/1493475/1972-monte-street-strip-car.html the last owner of it is a member of the fgmcc and has ran it down the track. motor is a 355 small block with a set of vortec heads 350 trans with a 3.31 gear don't know why the new owner put 3.55 down for a gear. it has a fiber glass cowl induction hood on it. if you want an SS car take a look at this one http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT&item=190295057440#ht_500wt_1549 that one belongs to a member from fgmcc that needs to sale to keep his company a float.

 

[monte7ocar]

you might want to e-mail this guy mitziflowerss67056@yahoo.com he is the one who put the cowl hood on it and raced it.

 

[monte7ocar]

as long as the top is treated good you should not have a probably. if the car has been redone the top should have been treated before the vinyl went back on. my monte org. had a vinyl top that some one removed, it now has a 39 year old top on it from another monte.

 

[monte7ocar]

I have only hear of a few montes with that problem.

there is a guy in mi. that has ton of montes and a whole lot of parts.

 

[monte7ocar]

Andrew don't worry about the SS badges on the side trim the last year you could get an SS Monte is 71. The only thing the vin will be able to tell you is if it was a big block car or a small block car. The guy is in Michigan here is the guys website http://www.koniksklassiks.com/ . The last picture I posted is my Monte. Depending on where you are looking you can find deals on first gen Monte's here is one in Ohio http://www.firstgenmc.com/ubbthreads/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=189307#Post189307 saw this car at the clubs meet last year.

 

[monte7ocar]

My name over there is pretty close to the one here instead of it saying monte7ocar like it does it's monte70car.