I'm still going back and forth with the insurance company but I did find some excellent prospects for parts today in a local you-pull-it yard.





The only thing I'd need after pulling parts from these two would be the Monte LS rear panel, the section of trunk pan that is crunched, headlight mounting plate, and a hood. The local yards all had terrible hoods. None were undented. I'll keep looking. If all else fails I'll have one sourced and shipped online. I'm planning to get the trunk pan section from a local GM dealer. It's worth the extra cost to not have to sit in the sun and drill out a hundred spotwelds with a cordless drill.

 

Yeah good luck on finding a solid hood, im still looking myself lol

 

Heres a complete 98 Z-34..
This one is a friends of mine he has forsale.
The price is definitely negotiable.
Something to consider.


1998 Chevrolet Monte Carlo Z34

 

Thanks for that Stumpmi but if I do lose the car it won't be getting replaced. I have an 86 Monte as a fall back. I would just take the money and put it into that car.

 

I've been dreading this call from the other parties insurance but it turned out way better than I expected, thank God. They've decided that I can retain ownership without a salvage title and they're giving me a payout. It'll help a lot in getting her back on the road sooner. I'm off to the junk yard to start collecting parts.

Sounds like I'm going to need the same luck to find a good hood. I wish us both luck, 67ss.

 

Yeah these hoods are just basically complex bubbles. Thought I had a straight hood till I stripped it for paint. Wavy as @#$/ lol

 

headlights are cheap as hell to replace tails arent bad price wise either look on ebay/amazon i have a set of amazong headlights on mine after some dick backed into it and broke the frames on the ebay headlights i had still have the OEMS in my garage for resale purposes. new lights and new bulbs up front should run you 50 i recomend amazon as it appears build qaulity is better than my stock ones

 

Be careful with replacement lights, cheap ones will be knockoffs and not genuine GM parts, search around if you want genuine parts, more money but probably worth it. I had el cheapo headlights on my 97 and they sucked lol, one just never fit right and the mounting bracket snapped.

 

I ended up just grabbing a headlight from the Monte in the junkyard. It was faded but was only 10 bucks. I'll try to clean it and if it fails I can still use it until I get a set. I don't drive at night very much and I can take one of the other cars if I do. I also have a set of those clear Ebay headlights from years ago. I took them off when I was doing a lot of network maintenance windows at 1am.

I spent some quality time in the junkyard on Wednesday.




I picked up as much as I figured I might need. Lumina trunk lid with panel, taillights, bumper cover, bumper support, trunk and bumper wiring harnesses, and some random bits and pieces. I've always wanted to put a Lumina tail panel on my Monte but there were those two holes in the trunk lid that kept me from doing it. Now I can do what I always wanted to try. If it fails I can always just drill the two holes and get a Monte panel.

 

looks like a good score!!
I always hate the crummy luck with accidents on these cars, Every time someone hits me in Eleanor, thet act like it isnt a big deal because it isnt worth that much to them. I mean seriously, how would you like it if I did that amount of damage to your car? it may be old, but its MY old car.