Found this "95%" '79 Monte on CL for $3500. It's so awsome they had to give it two ads.
https://pittsburgh.craigslist.org/cto/d/1979-monte-carlo/6724386266.html
https://pittsburgh.craigslist.org/cto/d/1979-monte-carlo-training-day/6724377195.html
This looks like one that I looked at almost 10 years ago that the engine sounded like 6 rocks in a Folgers can. It didn't look as rusty either.
https://pittsburgh.craigslist.org/cto/d/1979-monte-carlo/6724386266.html
https://pittsburgh.craigslist.org/cto/d/1979-monte-carlo-training-day/6724377195.html
This looks like one that I looked at almost 10 years ago that the engine sounded like 6 rocks in a Folgers can. It didn't look as rusty either.