Hello all, well here is the story, My interior shop guy has a 1970 Monte Carlo that has been in their family the whole time. I am considering buying this car, It has the original bumpers and its a very straight body. It will need new interior and a new engine and paint, there is rust under the car and in the engine bay. Its a good deal and I may buy it. It does have the original transmission. I hope I can find the best places to order parts and find somebody who could help get the rust off the car and get it painted.

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An Original 1970 MC

 

That body looks real solid. Good candidate for a complete resto. Should be worth something when done too.

 

If/when you start your resto project, be sure to take lots of pics. So people can see just how much work you had to do. Good Luck, dude.

 

[align=center]Hi Patrick,[/align][align=center]Great project Monte Carlo[/align][align=center]I know it can cost a lot to have it professionally rebuilt,[/align][align=center]but if you have the knowledge, time, money, tools, etc[/align][align=center]it should be a lot of fun.[/align][align=center]I hope to be able to do a restore someday.[/align][align=center]Good Luck[/align][align=center][/align][align=center]Here is one example of a 1970 Monte[/align][align=center]that selling for $32K[/align][align=center][/align][align=center][/align][align=center][/align]

 

Nice find Space. Maybe if we all chip in, we can buy it?

 

Not a bad little project. Plus you have access to the car's entire history. That in itself makes the car a better deal in my book.

 

i bought my 70 for 500. after 10,000 in parts,paint,time. it was valued at over 30k.
I would do it in a heart beat for somethign that straight and if it is a complete car you would never go wrong with it. you can part it out and get your money back if it had to come to that. But from what i can see i would say it is a eazy restro. project and i would do it.

 

You guys are my Inspiration, thanks for the tips, I didn't think of it as a very good investment but whatever I put into it would not go to waste. Thank you for the great feedback, I like this because it will teach me alot and the restro shouldn't be to hard. Since I talked about this to another person I have met locally, he told me he has done many restro's, so I think I will have very good direction.

GO MCF!

 

If you aren't friends with Jared Richey you may want to consider doing so. Jared owns a couple of really nice 1st gen Montes. He may be a source of locating needed parts?

Cort can also be a source of great information. He owns every generation Monte ever built. We should call Cort, "Mr. Monte." cause he knows so much about them.