Am I crazy for wanting to buy this 83 Monte Carlo SS??

[Bar50]

Look for a car with as many of the big three as you can afford.
1. Great Body/Paint
2. Great interior
3. Great engine/transmission

I prefer paint and interior, I can swap an engine. And, I prefer nice interior over nice paint, it's where you spend most of the time with the car.

Any one of those big three can cost as much as a car alone. I seen that car on Craigslist, but, it's on the other end of the turnpike, no pics in the ad. That being said, I think it would be a good buy at $800 or less. We are in the same state, the tags would be $275 to get current as current and up to date is much different than a clean title.

You might try looking around on soctal media, as Craigslist is not a strong or busy as it used to be.

454s are not as sought after as they once were, no one likes to feed then anymore.

To start off with, find a clean car that needs a motor or transmission and you'll be much happier.

 

[565bbchevy]

454s are not as sought after as they once were, no one likes to feed then anymore.

These days 454's are considered big small blocks.

 

[el camino ss 84]

For me I think that monte carlo is worth buying if you wanted a on going project or turning it into a drag car. now for a street car you would have alot of work to do and probably need a bigger budget around 3500 to 4000 to have it decent if you were able to hunt all the missing parts down and do all the work yourself.

 

[lilbowtie]

Your talking about putting $3700 + into a car and one hell of a lot of work. For that kind of money you should be able to find yourself a pretty nice car. I would sell my project for less than that.

 

[1evilregal]

you may consider taking your total budget to find something a little more intact and drive able, where you can spend a future budget towards certain areas, instead of "have to do's". don't be in too much of a hurry and jump on the first thing that pops up, montes come up in this area from time to time in decent condition for around a grand, with only maintenance items needed...

couple decent examples for the higher end of your budget in/near my area
https://greensboro.craigslist.org/cto/5857074282.html
https://greensboro.craigslist.org/cto/5826677365.html