new guy from massachusetts

[yourownself]

hey there, folks,
i just regained custody of my '79 monte ('80 nose) after buying it, building it some, and then giving it to my brother as a graduation present.
he's into jeeps now, so it's just been sitting dormant, collecting leaves and rust for a few years now.
i just moved the car back to my house, and now i have big plans for it.
dechroming, derusting, repainting a deeper red, and perhaps a white interior with some red accents.

here's how she sits now.

she's not very streetable, as i learned what i was doing WHILE i was building the engine, so i went by the theory that bigger is better, cam and carb wise, so taking care of that is the immediate plan.

long term, i'd like to put in an LT1/4L60E or possibly, if it takes me long enough, an LS1 in there.


i've been lurking for a while, and really seem to like the feel of this board.

i'm sure you guys'll hear from me a good amount!

take care, folks

 

[midwestls]

Hey nice lookin Monte. Welcome to the forum.

 

[78MC-BBC]

hey i used to live in Stoughton, MA!!!!

 

[Tony_SS]

Welcome to the site! I've been a fan of that Monte for a long time (saw it cardomain way back when) and always wondered who owned it. Good to have ya aboard here, I'm looking forward to see the progress on it.

 

[vm1971]

WELCOME!
nice monte!

very cool, indeed.

VINCE

 

[yourownself]

hey i used to live in Stoughton, MA!!!!

?donde y cuando? (where and when?)

Welcome to the site! I've been a fan of that Monte for a long time (saw it cardomain way back when) and always wondered who owned it. Good to have ya aboard here, I'm looking forward to see the progress on it.

hey thanks! as much as i love what makes my car different, i hate it for it's lack of functionality! sidepipes are cool to look at, but massachusetts police don't like a car that sounds like a barbershop quartet of harley-davidsons roaring through town!

thanks for the kind words!

 

[78MC-BBC]

i moved out of stoughton, lived about 2 blocks from stoughton center about 2.5 years ago. i used to work for a company accross from the t-stop, now they moved to the old fleamarket building on route 138/139 cant remember the number.

the cops in stoughton sucked, last time i had my 78 running i got stop 9 times by 4 differnt cops all for the same reasons. racing (i was going 35mph), car too loud (dual 3" exhaust w/dynomax ultraflo mufflers), didnt believe the car was legal for emissions (cars older than 85 dont have to take them) and for strange looking license plate/no front plate (i have a vintage 1978 massachusetts plate which means i dont have to run a front plate and looks really strange compared to the newer plates)

 

[yourownself]

yah, i heard they got really weird a few years back when they had all that messy noise with the police chief and everything. i was living in hawaii/san diego at that point, so i missed out on all the corruption. now all my friends from high school are cops, so it's all good!

 

[78mali350]

welcome to the site, looks like a solid project you have on your hands