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New from Tennessee

Well if things work out I'll be bringing home an 01 Monte Carlo in the next couple weeks. Used to have an 04 Dale Jr edition but had to sell it when I went out on my own. Out of the cars I've sold that's the one I regret the most. Some day I'll have another one but I'll have to wait a while for that.

So a little about myself:

I live in middle TN. Been in the Army 7 years (in the Reserves right now), working full time and going to college as well for Computer Information Systems. I also have a 73 Z28 Camaro that's my baby. Been messing with cars for quite a while and know the 3800 platform like the back of my hand. So it'll be nice to be back in the W-body/3800 world if this deal works out (unfortunately not set in stone quite yet)

Welcome to the forum. I hope the deal works out for you and you get your Monte. I have many sold car regrets too.

Welcome to the Forum..

Welcome to the forum

Welcome to the forum Sgt. from a fellow Dale Jr edition owner. :)
Sorry to hear you had to get rid of yours. I'm sure you must have had a lot of fun in it. I find it's very easy to make the gas guage move in these supercharged Montes. ;)

Thank you for your years of service. We'd love to see some pictures of your 73 Camaro (if possible). Love seeing the classics. We have a number of members in the service. So I know it's not always possible to access pictures and such. :thumbsup:

Taz, I browsed around the site before I decided to join and I noticed your siggy pic there. I know what you mean about knowing how to move the gas gauge. I also knew how to make it stay put too. I got 30mpg highway with mine when I wanted to. That was according to my calculations, not the readout. It did take me a bit before I figured out how to really burn rubber. That Monte was my first automatic. Burning rubber in a stick is easy; rev it up and dump the clutch. Required a little more finesse (and turning off traction control) to do it in the Monte LOL. I do like those L67s (also had a Grand Prix GTP with the L67 before some idiot pulled out in front of me and totalled it). One of my dream projects is to make a RWD version and mate it to a 6 speed.

I happen to already have some pics on photobucket of the 73. It's not painted yet but I hope to have that done later this year. This is the best pic IMO:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...8/DSCF0012.jpg

The one thing I hate about this Monte that I'm trying to get is that godawful surfboard spoiler. I can't stand it. Couldn't stand it on the Grand Prixs either and if I'd had my GTP longer I definitely would have gotten a different one. Realized I didn't mention it but it's an SS that I'm trying to get. I definitely prefer the 3800s.

welcome to the forum, I hope it works out for you to get the Monte. The camaro looks sweet!

Welcome to the site - sucks that you had to get rid of your Dale Jr monte.

Welcome. You've picked a great place. Thank you for the continued service.

Welcome to the forum!

Welcome to the fourm! Thanks for your service! Navy vet myself.

Thanks guys. I'm headed to get some grub. Gonna check on the Monte while I'm out so I'll post up when I get back.

Welcome to the family! We live in KY 10 minutes from the TN border. Hope you get the Monte, we just picked up a black '01 SS this past weekend and LOVE it! Your Z28 looks awesome too! : ) Good luck!!

heyy! welcome to the forum! nice camaro! && good luck with the monte stuff!

Well I finally was able to lay claim to it today. Next Friday when I get paid again I'll be able to put the rest of the down payment in and bring her home!

Here's a pic I took with my phone today.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...0908-00121.jpg

Be nice when I can finally bring her home. Then I'll be saving up for a new trunk (with vertical spoiler) and a ram air hood from MPD.

Man, that looks nice... sorry I didn't get a chance to welcome you sooner.

Pm me when you get it... id like to see it in person, AND it'll be nice to have another monte owner/ enthusiast to hang around.

Hi Sgt,
Is it a 2001 ? It looks great...Did you get the CarFax report..
Does this Monte have 160K+ on it ? Sure hope that you check everything out b-4 you sign the papers...Will they let you take it for a long drive to check everything ?

Thanks for sharing your picture, and I wish you the best :thumbsup:
Good Luck 4 -Sure....

Is this the serial # on your future Monte ?

Quote:

VIN:2G1WX15K019191621Year/Make/Model:2001 CHEVROLET MONTE CARLO SSSearch Results:25 records found in our database

Yeah Space it has miles on it but I checked everything over really well. I know those 3800 motors inside and out so I knew what to look for. I've only ever had two vehicles with under 100k miles so I know what all to look at. I ran it on a 50 mile round trip to check things out. I've seen many 3800s with 500k+ miles so 160k is nothing for me. Every truck I've ever had was over 200k when I got it too. I have a ton of experience with high mileage motors.