Found this site looking around at forums for a brake swap. My Uncle set me up with a nice 1980 Monte t-top back in the late 80's. Back with a white bucket interior, 229 v6?, metric 200 trans. I loved that car - have many great memories with friends driving around in it. Fast forward to early 2000's, I wanted to pick up a Monte and found a nice SS on eBay in Illinois. I bought it and my Uncle had it shipped to Maine for me (he's the BEST!) in 2007. I've had it ever since. It's a great daily driver and I've built memories with this car too driving around with my sons, singing (poorly) to 80's tunes on summer nights. I took out the 305 and put in a 350 w/Vortec heads, GM HOT cam, Flowtec headers, Pypes X-pipe exhaust, and a TransGo in the 200-4r. I drilled and tapped my 350 880 block for a roller setup and was running roller rockers until 1 came loose and broke apart, wiping out the lower end. I rebuilt it, again, and run regular rockers now. I enjoy it every time I drive it. My Uncle brought up a dash for me some time ago coming up from Florida (he really is the BEST!), and I put that in. Redid the interior, seat foam for the front seats, covers, etc. I was running Intrepid electric fans and a SPAL controller but it was flaky, so I've gone back to the (almost) stock clutch fan and fan shroud. I say almost because with the serpentine setup you need to get a reverse rotation fan and clutch from an F-body. Anyway, good to see this site and enjoy Gbodys with you guys. ~Kevin
Some pics.
Some pics.
