mettech Posted September 22, 2014 Share Posted September 22, 2014 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2x-3wBuqJm4 I always liked the MC and Grand Prix. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twintornados Posted September 22, 2014 Share Posted September 22, 2014 Those big two door personal luxury coupes were all the rage...I have a 1976 Mercury Montego MX two door hardtop that I spent waaaay too much to restore, but you know what? It sure is fun.... 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akirby Posted September 22, 2014 Share Posted September 22, 2014 I had a 75 Cutlass Supreme. Baby blue with a white vinyl top, blue velour seats, whitewall tires and chrome wire wheels. Mechanically it was a POS - replaced just about everything at least once. But it was sharp! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silvrsvt Posted September 24, 2014 Share Posted September 24, 2014 (edited) A buddy of mine in High School loved Monte Carlos....so my memories are of these ones from the 1980s, when I started driving in theearly 1990's. He also had a 1969 Camaro V6 that was in rough shape that he sold. I remember taking him at a stop light with my dad's 92 Escort LX...stick for the win LOL Man cars where slow back then LOL Edited September 24, 2014 by silvrsvt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grbeck Posted September 24, 2014 Share Posted September 24, 2014 A buddy of mine in High School loved Monte Carlos....so my memories are of these ones from the 1980s, when I started driving in theearly 1990's. He also had a 1969 Camaro V6 that was in rough shape that he sold. I remember taking him at a stop light with my dad's 92 Escort LX...stick for the win LOL Man cars where slow back then LOL You're right - cars were slow then. My parents had a 1976 Oldsmobile Delta 88 Royale Holiday sedan, and a 1982 Delta 88 Royale sedan. Both had V-8s (a 350 and a 307, respectively). Both were very slow...hardly like the famed "Rocket V-8" of legend. I believe that our 1973 AMC Gremlin with the 258 I-6 could beat both cars from a stop light! As for the Monte Carlo - I liked the 1970-72 versions, along with the 1969-72 Grand Prix. The Colonnade versions were wildly popular, but the Monte Carlos were definitely on the baroque side with their exaggerated fender swoops. The Cutlass Supremes came off the best during those years. I prefer the "basket handle" 1977-79 Thunderbirds, which were also extremely popular. Those cars were EVERYWHERE in the late 1970s and early 1980s. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akirby Posted September 24, 2014 Share Posted September 24, 2014 I had two friends in high school who got matching Chevys (they were twins). One had a black Camaro and the other had a black Monte Carlo similar to the one pictured (not sure if it was a SS). I think they were 78s or 79s. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grbeck Posted September 24, 2014 Share Posted September 24, 2014 (edited) That Monte Carlo SS was offered from 1983 through 1988. That basic body style debuted in 1981. It was a heavily face-lifted (and much-improved) version of the downsized 1978 Monte Carlo. Edited September 24, 2014 by grbeck Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akirby Posted September 24, 2014 Share Posted September 24, 2014 I don't think it was a SS - I think it was just a black MC with T-tops. Pretty sharp back in the day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichardJensen Posted September 24, 2014 Share Posted September 24, 2014 T-tops. Man..... I wonder why those things stopped being popular. I mean, sure, you had to figure out where to put them when you took them out and they were bulky and unwieldy and they had a tendency to leak if you didn't take care of them, but apart from that, what better way to say, "Hey, I look just like AJ on Simon and Simon." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fordmantpw Posted September 24, 2014 Share Posted September 24, 2014 T-tops. Man..... I wonder why those things stopped being popular. I mean, sure, you had to figure out where to put them when you took them out and they were bulky and unwieldy and they had a tendency to leak if you didn't take care of them, but apart from that, what better way to say, "Hey, I look just like AJ on Simon and Simon." I can attest to the fact that riding in the back of a Camaro with T-tops sucked! The wind buffeting was horrible...and it was a 1 hour drive each way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichardJensen Posted September 24, 2014 Share Posted September 24, 2014 I can attest to the fact that riding in the back of a Camaro with T-tops sucked! The wind buffeting was horrible...and it was a 1 hour drive each way. Well, at least it kept you from having to talk to the people in the front seat. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akirby Posted September 24, 2014 Share Posted September 24, 2014 I can attest to the fact that riding in the back of a Camaro with T-tops sucked! FTFY 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
630land Posted September 24, 2014 Share Posted September 24, 2014 The Montego shown was the plainer coupe version of the MId Size line, compared to the Cougar XR-7 of the time. But to younger car fans, anything with 2 doors is a 'personal lux car'. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silvrsvt Posted September 25, 2014 Share Posted September 25, 2014 The coolest thing I saw (well at the time) was what I think was a Buick Regal that was in primer black (way before Rat rods where even thought of in the early 1990s) that looked almost identical to a Monte Carlo SS (gotta love GM's badge engineering of the 1980s!) and the guy had a Chevy bowtie sticker in the back window (when that was poplar yet again in the 1990s) with a question mark in the middle of it! LOL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twintornados Posted September 26, 2014 Share Posted September 26, 2014 (edited) The Montego shown was the plainer coupe version of the MId Size line, compared to the Cougar XR-7 of the time. But to younger car fans, anything with 2 doors is a 'personal lux car'. Yep...there were three trim levels in the Montego line; Base, MX, and Brougham...then you jumped to the Cougar and continued upward from there....the one pictured (aka, mine) is an MX. 351 Windsor V8, C4 automatic trans, AM radio with speakers on the rear deck and a knob under the dash for front to rear 'fade' control, air conditioning, power steering and brakes and that was about it...she handles like the Queen Mary, but I enjoy the hell out of driving her around...everybody does a double take....I call it "Pimpin' ain't easy!" .The tires and rims are 16" aluminums from a early 2000's Panther (Town Car, Crown Victoria, Grand Marquis) chassis with Mastercraft 225/60-16 whitewalls....GOTTA have the white walls!!! Edited September 26, 2014 by twintornados Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anthony Posted September 26, 2014 Share Posted September 26, 2014 (edited) I've always loved big two doors. (I think that's why the Challenger appeals to me so much). Big, brash and unapologetic. I love these cars. They make zero sense and they were perfect because of it. Edited September 26, 2014 by Intrepidatious 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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