My Sister's Monte SS

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Local Hero

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My sister always wanted a GN until she realized she would never afford a clean one. So instead she settled (her words) for a Monte SS.

It was a pretty clean and well maintained car when she got it. She had me go through it mechanically and I cleaned it up even more. The factory paint still showed pretty decent. While I was under it, I yanked the springs and made a Gentleman's Drop on those cutting off one coil from each. I thought it sat much nicer than stock.

About 10 years ago she hit a fence post and caved in the rear quarter between the door and the rear wheel. Upon fixing the damage, I was having a ton of trouble finding the replacement rainbow graphic stripes. I never cared for those anyway. I'm also a fan of "less is more" so I convinced her to let me take the rest of the stripes off. I only left the orange Monte SS lettering on the doors.

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pontiacgp

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That is a real sweet looking Monte SS. Let me know if you are interested in replacing the factory decals, a friend of mine bought the decals but decided on not installing them on his SS
 
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Local Hero

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That is a real sweet looking Monte SS. Let me know if you are interested in replacing the factory decals, a friend of mine bought the decals but decided on not installing them on his SS

I like the car better without them. But I'll be seeing my sister this weekend and will mention it to her.
 
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565bbchevy

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Nice Monte. I have never been a fan of decals on our cars, I have always felt they look so much cleaner without them.
 
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CaliWagon83

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Wouldn't change a thing. Looks awesome as-is. Similarly, when my Regal wagon was re-wrapped after the fender-bender, they didn't put the center mouldings back on the door, and to be honest, I don't miss them. Once I get the right front mouldings done, I think I'm going to leave the rest of the body alone visually.
 
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