well you made me do it so I had to search for a 77 Monte Carlo.
I found this one - omg that lime green is hideous especially on the interior but the 76 and the 77 were very similar.
Bid for the chance to own a 1,300-Mile 1976 Chevrolet Monte Carlo at auction with Bring a Trailer, the home of the best vintage and classic cars online. Lot #19,311.
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I bought a 77 MC just like this in college but I had to bring it home on a tow truck. It was black (and rust) with a white interior and bench seats and a very worn out 305 2bl carb. I spent about a month just to get it up and running but within 3 months the engine needed too much work to fix. I found a donor car which was the exact same car and was even Black but it had the upgraded red interior with the factory swivel seats. I also found a junkyard 454 vette motor with xxx miles on it and since this body style was already setup to accept a big block it was an easy swap. i did it with a friend in his 1 car garage in the middle of February it was so cold and we had just basic tools but somehow we got it running. I ran out of money for the exhaust so we ran 45 degree couplers from the header mufflers and bolted some pipes to the frame to exit the exhaust from in front of the rear wheels. the engine got a top end tear down and cleanup with a little bit beefier cam and aluminum intake and a Carter carb. Had to upgrade the trans to handle the extra HP and I put in a shift kit i could chirp the wheels between 1st and 2nd gear pretty easily which was cool for a 5000lb car.
the first week i had to drive it so slow because the weight of the bigger engine sagged the front springs so bad the header collectors would constantly scrape the ground. I found a set of Chevelle station wagon springs and put those up front - it was almost like a gasser they were so much taller but helped a lot.
I drove that thing around for 4 years with a toolbox in the trunk and always had a pile of spare parts because it was always breaking down but a lot of good memories in that thing. Too bad I dont even think I have one picture of it.
After dumping 1000's of dollars into turning it from a POS to a faster POS i sold it to the guy who helped me rebuild the engine for like 600 bucks and then about a year later the frame finally rusted out in the front (known issue) and he told me one day he went over a speed bump and the front end of the body separated from the chassis so he had to junk it.
if it was fully restored i guess it would look like this. If I had discretionary money for fun i would find one just like this and buy it in 3 seconds.
From the seller’s description: Up for your consideration is a rare example of a 1977 Chevrolet Monte Carlo highly desirable factory Black with Red Interior. It has only 19k miles on the odometer and is believed to the ori...
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