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Post by HardRocker on May 27, 2009 10:48:36 GMT -5
Another set of Cheat Sheets.....   |
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Post by 85t5mcss on May 27, 2009 18:05:08 GMT -5
80 also has the marker'turn light on the front fenders since the headlights dont have it next to them. 78-79 wrapped around right next to the headlight and didnt use the fender mounted. My favorite gen. Can't read enough on them.
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Post by x on Jun 20, 2009 0:44:15 GMT -5
80 also has the marker'turn light on the front fenders since the headlights dont have it next to them. 78-79 wrapped around right next to the headlight and didnt use the fender mounted. Hmm...I sense another trivia question in this..... Been a while since I've done trivia ... maybe I need to do that again........ We'll see  . Cort | 35swm | "Mr Monte Carlo"."Mr Road Trip" | pig valve.pacemaker ...Chitown #2 = 07/25/09WRMNshowcase.legos.HO.models.MCs.RTs.CHD = www.chevyasylum.com/cort"Heaven knows how long it's been since I felt so out of place" ... Garth Brooks ... 'Learning To Live Again' |
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Post by twomanymontes on Jun 20, 2009 8:08:41 GMT -5
Hmm...I sense another trivia question in this..... Been a while since I've done trivia ... maybe I need to do that again........ We'll see . Cort | 35swm | "Mr Monte Carlo"."Mr Road Trip" | pig valve.pacemaker ...Chitown #2 = 07/25/09WRMNshowcase.legos.HO.models.MCs.RTs.CHD = www.chevyasylum.com/cort"Heaven knows how long it's been since I felt so out of place" ... Garth Brooks ... 'Learning To Live Again' Yeap! I like that Idea! |
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Post by 85t5mcss on Jun 21, 2009 10:13:28 GMT -5
Trivia is good. Did all 3rd gens get the aluminum deck lid? My 78 had it.
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Post by twomanymontes on Jun 21, 2009 16:30:43 GMT -5
My 79 did, But not sure if all did
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Post by HardRocker on Jun 22, 2009 0:49:57 GMT -5
Actually by white 80 has a steel one.... It had some circular scratches on the trunk lid when I got it from magnetic based CB antennas being put on it.
A friend of mine had a 78 with T-tops for a while and he said his trunk lid was aluminum but I could believe that at first since mine had been steel. Then he showed it to me and the weight of it alone proved it to me but he brought out the magnets to prove it too.
On my 80, with the wing spoiler on it, it was enough weight (steel construction plus the fiberglass wing) that it didn't take much for it to fall down when opened. A few times I got the trunk lid in the head when a slight breeze would blow up.
Our 78 is definitely AL. Now, I'm going to have to check my other 80 parts cars to verify if they are AL or Fe.
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Post by 85t5mcss on Jun 22, 2009 19:37:31 GMT -5
So far sounds like 78 and 79 had AL and not the 80. Strange since they already had all the mouldings done for the Aluminum.
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Post by HardRocker on Jun 24, 2009 5:33:15 GMT -5
Exactly my thought too... and then they changed the design all together the following year. It may be that the forms for the AL trunk lids were made stout enough to support fabrication in Fe too. Don't know.
I forgot to check out the trunk lid on the parts 80 at my house last night. Of course, it's "urban camouflage" paint makes it a bit hard to discern if it will be the original trunk lid. The car is mostly gray, but has a gold header panel and bumper, a gold trunk lid, and a brown hood. That kind of "paint job" keeps it on the low-risk-of-being-desired-enough-to-be-stolen list, thus the nature of it's camouflage. I've been working 12-16 hour days the last 2-weeks so I tend to forget many things by the time I get home...
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Post by montegirl79 on Jun 27, 2009 22:19:48 GMT -5
this thread makes me miss my 3rd gen so bad. 79 with an 80 front haha. of course within the next few months i plan on ditching my daily (& the payment that goes with it) so maybe ANOTHER monte? heh heh
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Post by 87 Monte LS on Jun 27, 2009 23:01:58 GMT -5
this thread makes me miss my 3rd gen so bad. 79 with an 80 front haha. of course within the next few months i plan on ditching my daily (& the payment that goes with it) so maybe ANOTHER monte? heh heh What are you Driving as a daily now ? |
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Post by 87 Monte LS on Jun 27, 2009 23:09:02 GMT -5
actually I had a 3rd gen before I was I was a "full monte guy"
it was a maroon 79 I got for free back in 1993 . A 305 V8 car, was missing the intake and carb thoogh and had a bad rear frame. I was going to take the motor and trans out to swap in my 81 malibu , 2 young kids and a mortgage at the time put a halt to that idea LOL. Who would have guessed 8 years later my moms 87 Monte LS would be the car that got me hooked !!!
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Post by montegirl79 on Jun 27, 2009 23:20:20 GMT -5
a 2004 civic that my ex convinced me to buy. its reliable but i dont want it or the payment anymore. id rather have something a little older.
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Post by 87 Monte LS on Jun 27, 2009 23:24:27 GMT -5
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Post by montegirl79 on Jun 28, 2009 15:12:45 GMT -5
actually, a couple months ago we had a 2006 monte ss at work and i really liked it. cant afford it though. first im gonna try to find another monte preferably a 3rd gen. if i dont find one then maybe a camaro.
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Post by x on Jul 22, 2009 0:51:21 GMT -5
Hmm...I sense another trivia question in this..... Been a while since I've done trivia ... maybe I need to do that again........ We'll see . Yeap! I like that Idea! Well then ... I'll have to see about coming up with something in the next few months or so. It might have to wait until fall ... after the Route 66 drive in September ... but, we'll see . Cort | 35swm | "Mr Monte Carlo"."Mr Road Trip" | pig valve.pacemaker ...Chitown #2 = 07/25/09WRMNshowcase.legos.HO.models.MCs.RTs.CHD = www.chevyasylum.com/cort"It's lonely out in space on such a timeless flight" ... Elton John ... 'Rocket Man' |
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