Rescuing this Monte Carlo- TOTAL DISASTER or The Perfect Project?

Today we are going through this Monte Carlo we bought a few days ago off Marketplace. I'll be honest, I didn't do a lot of looking when we went to pick it up- I just knew I wanted it! So in the shop today we put it on the lift and PRAY that we didn't just overpay for a rusted piece of hot rod garbage.
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[@jeramybartlett1879]

I have a 1972 Monte Carlo with a 454 th400 combo and 2.73 rear gears. It cruises at 2500 rpm on the hwy at 75. My rear tires are 27.75 tall. Also does great burnouts.

[@richardoerter9928]

Same frame as a similar vintage Pontiac Grand Prix. I had a 1970 GP with a 455 HO. What a tire fryer. Also, used to race a first gen Monte in street stock class at the local dirt track. Lots of guys did because they had better weight distribution with the engine setback compared to the Chevelle.

[@Dowin-o5e]

Nice Monte !!! 496, turbo 400 and a posi unit with 3:55 gears !!! Nice find you guys !!! Even the Puppies are excited about this one.

[@ShawnSJames]

Big Block+Monte Carlo =AWESOME! Performance and a smooth ride. You gotta keep this one!

[@coyboybc]

Always enjoy seeing Franklin and Stevie on the show! The old Monte Carlo is one of the best body styles of that car ! Monte Carlo is a muscle car and El Camino is a truck !

[@rayoliver7120]

Had a 71 , put a 396 big block with tb400 transmission , it was a fun ride .... always wish I'd kept it ...... its definitely a keeper Dan

[@Stumpshotrods]

This project is the best! My parents bought a brand new 71 Monte Carlo and I remember it as a kid. It was fun sitting in the front seat pretending to drive.❤❤

[@roymceachin7409]

The best years for them cars . Good score Dan

[@pugliesesspeedshop]

Reminds me alot of my '77 Lemans... Could be a cruiser, could be a hot rod... Either way, its cool!!

[@markstoll5881]

You and your girl are inspirational, regular jobs and letting us watch y'all work on cars. Camaro videos were great

[@paulweigle6872]

Hade a grand prix in the military. Loved that car. Always wanted a first gen Monte, just never found one. Glad you were the guy who ended up with that car.

[@bummer42]

My grandmother had an 81 monte carlo and an 86 caprice. They were both painted metallic blue. Loved them both!

[@BobFurman]

You have nice dogs. Cool. You have a nice Monte Carlo. Also cool. Nice lift lighting. Very cool. Hang on to that Monte, please: and the dogs and the lift lighting, too. All cool.

[@OKHall]

Love the 1st. gen Monte Carlo. I had a 77, big boat, drove like a dream. Would love to get another one. Can't wait to see what you do to yours.

[@dennisbrown2571]

I had a 75 monte carlo. It had restyled by then. It was for sure an old man's car for sure. Kept it a year and sold it to my dad.

[@prepper-bc4zr]

I had a 1973 back in 1986 that I purchesd for 200.00 put a set of lifters and a cam in. Loved that car

[@cryptonewbie2041]

It even comes complete with vice grip door handle that can double as a window crank when needed!! Awesome!

[@rabidcoyote97]

I’m on the side that says leave the drivetrain in the Monte, repair the rotten metal, fix up the suspension and drive it. Putting 550 hp in it still won’t make it nearly as desirable as it would the 57 or the Chevelle. Speaking of the Chevelle; you have enough winter projects this year. Why not just save that for next winter. You’ll have plenty of time to figure out a way to get it back to the new shop.

[@tysonsullivan7837]

Got to do the Big of Blocks , Good choice DD

[@buckeyejim2989]

🗿💨 one thing I like about those montes is it puts the seat back 4in farther than the Chevelle brother. Enjoying the content Dan👍

[@IronChief]

No

[@htalbott1899]

Dan the pass side axle tube should have a code or gear ratio on the front side close to the wheel side

[@DarkFlamage]

Loved my '74...last year of the round headlight Monte's.

[@tork62077]

75 was the last year for round head lights. I also had a 74 and absolutely loved that car

[@kevinwright1551]

Monte Carlo is looking pretty good indeed. Vary easy projects indeed. Keep up the great work.

[@daviduglem3213]

Graduation 68 so auntie Carlo was a new car when I was in my early twenties. You could get anything that you can get with a new car in a Monte Carlo even back then. I believe they're going to go up in value right along with everything else. Leave the 350 and enjoy it

[@monadking2761]

That looks like a solid cruiser. Enjoy it.

[@StewWarner]

Ya know, there were early SS Monte Carlo's. Some of those early Monte Carlo small block cars would stomp on the SS 454 Carlo's. My dad's did. I think those are so awesome, you should drop the dime and have it restored. Oh, and that Raptor would look so awesome pulling that Chevelle to your new home. 😊😊😊

[@henryallisonsr8318]

Hi Dan and Daniel hope you are having a great day. I wish you all the best. God bless and have a blessed evening and night

[@michaelwittke8336]

I remember a friend had a 71 Monty in high school which in 75 was an absolute rot box no floors and both places you pointed out were pretty much gone. Major score for DD on this one. If it were mine, I'd go with an HEI, Performer intake and a sniper for drivability and reliability. I'd love to see it done right, not too many of these left and once they are gone, they're gone forever.

[@ClemBunce]

once again, a great show. I love the old Monties they may be a lead sled but still a great car.do the big block you betcha.

[@bensymington5550]

❤❤❤ love your videos awesome content😊

[@robertmayer8455]

Thanks!

[@greggsvintageworkshop8974]

The Monte Carlo is a great car Dan and is in really great shape. She'll make a nice ride for you guys.

[@mzaccagnini7179]

Monties are my favorite cars. I've had a 75 400 4bbl and my brother has a 70 and a 76!😊😊😊

[@TheKevy]

Monty Gold! I had a 69 Grand Pix for a minute when I was 17. Similar design. Big front, little back. Glad it is in such good condition. You deserve it!

[@bighank796]

I love the 1st gen monte. I had a 71 in high school 350, black w/ rallys. Should have kept it. Traded it straight up for a 84 recaro edition trans am 5 speed. Found out that was a rare car,only 1100 made. Should have kept that too!

[@mylennyuym]

Great car Dan, I had a 1971 small block the same color green with an avocado green vinyl top. What a sweet ride.

[@BarryMcGraw-z6b]

In Alberta frames tend to fair better because we depend on more gravel than salt on our roads. The floors on the driver side tends to rust out because of salt on sidewalks. You are welcome

[@MrPaxtonstang86]

That 5.9 that you got from pegleg would fit nice in there

[@nicejunk666]

I love the first gen Monte Carlo here built on the a body-special platform and I believe only the Grand Prix shared that platform

[@glennreach6930]

Convert it to a four door, convertable, El Camino!! You are the only man capable of doing this job. 🥸

[@rickydonahue1586]

You do good body work Danni! You don't over think it. If you can ice a cake you can body fill a quarter panel! 👍😁

[@gregpomeroy2149]

Love this car. Go through the suspension and steering . Those dog dishes are super cool.

[@roddogg914]

Nice buy. I love to look with the dog dish caps myself

[@ronaldwarren5220]

I remember seeing a beautiful black one back in the 90s with gold script, a lopey cam and throaty exhaust. It made my pulse race.

[@derricktaylor1720]

I love it make me want to get to working on my 78 Monte

[@rogan1967]

Bad ass car dude!

[@sgtyork9330]

My stepson has his late father's 71 Monte Carlo. It original with a 402 Rat and TH-400 and 12 bolt rear. I'm not sure if it has a positraction differential. It's solid but needs a total restoration. Body n paint work with interior need love. The engine runs well and smokes the tires easily.

[@Onedge_Gaming_FS]

Save money patch the qtrs and maybe use what u save to paint it? It's a very solid ride could just single stage it even

[@toddwienck]

Looks great! I think it would look really good with a fleetside bed widened to cab width with flares similar to the front on the rear wheel opening .

[@TheAverageTinkerer]

Closest I could find to 116” Monte Carlo wheel base is the 1970 GTO at 115”. Chevelle 70-72 is 112”. I’m sure someone else could expand on it but I spent 2 mins on Google. Team work makes the dream work 🤣🤣

[@Pittsburgh57Chevyguy]

Leave it alone and drive it!!!!😊😊

[@billkem007]

I had two 1970s. One with a 350- 300HP engine. My neighbor had a 1971 with the 402 big block.

[@gypsyjayrides6664]

Square body rear fender wheel wells would be cool.

[@brianlewis6926]

Turn both tires equally and count the rotations of the drive shaft to one revolution of the wheels

[@Fritzie73]

Very cool 😎! I regret selling my 73 Chevelle Laguna beautiful Maroon ❤❤ 350 4B four sp with swivel seats loved those!! It was fast, my Uncle drag raced they would help me do upgrades as I could afford it 😅. Looking for another

[@YenaS-l7g]

It's easy to make it a posi and that's a sweet deal and car is in pretty good shape underneath and reupholster the front seat check all the nastiness a nice cam carb and you have a great cruiser. I new a few people who raced them but they're a little heavy and long in the tooth 😂❤

[@rogerraff6823]

You can lubricate those bushings with Marvel mystery oil

[@thedude1275]

So no Chevelle!? that's crazy do you know that the Monte Carlo is the old man version of the Chevelle 👍🏽

[@RandyH-qf3dc]

Nice Monte Carlo. Not a real desirable car except to those of us that love them. Seems to be a very solid car. Nice buy. Could be a really nice driver.

[@dnmtorp]

I've been seeing John your engine builder on Sick week doing a lot of cameos

[@Dogman21]

I like the Cooper tires i have ran cooper tires for the last 20+ years love them.😁

[@Jim-qz8wc]

Centerline rims and paint the roof the same color as the car😎

[@scottbledsoe6042]

Dog Dishes are perfect on this one. Great look

[@gordonwalker8003]

That car come from FLINT Michigan . I,Gordon watch it from 1970 -72 Monte Carlo . One was built with wheel skirts on the side

[@graeme8800]

The dog dish caps with the white letters would look good too.

[@hickeyskustomresto]

The bottom makes it all worth while. Solid car. She'll move along great with a big block. I thought the frames were longer umder the toe boards, same as grand prix, and maybe the 4 door chevelle, as the 4 door drive shafts are also 4" longer. Gotta say, I haven't even thought of that since the 90's lol

[@GarySherrill-p7x]

bought one in 1971 loved it

[@ReimundCabel-c8c]

It’s a cool cruiser car.Good luck with your small restoration work.

[@111000100101001]

With the 454 that thing is gonna be a one-tire-fire, especially when the “passing gear” kicks in at 50 MPH :)

[@shanewright6958]

Let’s gooooo. It’s time for another great video 👍👍

[@darrenhawken9766]

Service and tune engine gearbox, tidy car up , drive the wheels off it , thanks for sharing 👍💨💨

[@stormcloud3027]

Man those lights are so nice ,, 👍

[@nohbody85]

73-77 Montes and Chevelles were pretty much the same car. Only the first Gen Montes (70-72) didn't have the same body and frame as the Chevelles. Also about the gauges in the Chevelles. The SS's (at least up to 72, not sure about the 73-77s) had the round ones. The stock Chevelle-Malibu's had the single sweep-speedometer.

[@gordonsmith935]

I had a 1972 Monte Carlo in high school (1981). I was a good car except for the plastic timing gear., ball joints, power window motor,rust around back window(vinyl top), and ac didn’t work. American cars were easy to work on, but we’re worn out by 100,000 miles.

[@TheBuick40]

I like everything about the Monte Carlo.

[@edpoell2876]

Dan this is the car you want to save if only for it's inevitable sharp price rise, because it's so clean it'll last as long as it takes, just as all the cool cars from that era are diminished from availability to low budget hobbyists, the marginal coolness cars will also become rare at any price as well. All that it takes is you fixing this car up to it's prettiest it's been since new and you'll have 200,000 people interested in a semi cool bargain basement project car which increases demand where almost none existed before. As more of this model are restored folks attending auto shows see these cars all dolled up and ask the usual questions how much for entry, parts availability, what does it cost to rebuild and how much time do you have in it? It only stays a bargain long enough to eat up the entire supply of low cost repairable units available then the fun begins as you watch 50% gains yearly as people realize that it was an early seventies muscle car, kind of swanky but pops wasn't easily outrun.

[@randychadwick3673]

1 st gen Monty in my opinion is a great looking car . I've always wanted a 70 ss myself. Back in the day I had a Buick gsx.

[@franklindner8259]

I'm all in on the Monte because single headlights.lot of GM s from 60s I love are spoiled for me with the dual headlights.

[@SaneCayne]

Wow, them's a whole lotta weights on them steelies.

[@kevinschwab6538]

Another fun project, the truck is cool too!

[@glenharper3136]

Thanks for the video.

[@jennfaire8726]

Hey Dan can you do a run and drive 3000 miles video to manitoba stopping and fixing the car along the way. The monte carlo would be a good pick for it. Preferably in the winter time. 🤔

[@Scott-cz7le]

At least the windshield and the other side glasses and th 11:26 e back matched 70 to 72 Chevelle and thankfully the other Chevy small block and big block was the same magic to. Make a man's life easier

[@kylefergus8722]

Math with dan was awesome

[@marctorigiani4558]

There's a lot of room under that Monte Carlo Hood plenty of room for an LS with twin turbos just noticing lol

[@bighank796]

I like the small hubcaps look too. These cars are easy to make nice

[@1944chevytruck]

good job!

[@timrobinson3972]

I'm a big fan of Monte Carlos.My dad had a 71 SS nice CAR

[@GPOldMarineShop]

Those Montes were nice style cars I rermember when they were new ,LOL! ....

[@IowaBudgetRCBashers]

I love these and the 69-72 Grand Prix. Great looking personal luxury muscle cars

[@sixoten]

they were called the "Gentleman's Chevelle". They share a bunch of components with Chevelle.

[@klassenkustoms9932]

It’s funny we picked up almost identical cars in the same week only a province away from each other. I grabbed a fairly rust free dark green 350 auto bench seat Monte Carlo for 1000 bucks

[@Butcherbuilt]

LOVE the Ace Ventura plate!! I had a '72 Malibu in the early 80's that was that same green. Back then I noticed the Monte Carlo and the SS Chevelle dashes are very similar, so I was going to do a swap and make mine a clone SS but never actually got around to it.

[@sergepinard192]

There's nice first Generation I do have a 72 Monte Sports Coupe Autumn Gold!!

[@thman6453]

Love the big block idea 👍

[@meh-canics9628]

Uh oh! DD is coming for me! I better hide the truck 😆😆

[@DDSpeedShop]

@@meh-canics9628 i am!

[@VATION3RD-GEN-X-GARAGE]

You need to take the white letters of the Cooper cobras and turn them to the outside they'll look sharp with those dog dish hubcaps🤙🏻

[@Pittsburgh57Chevyguy]

Love the dogs!!

[@richardherndon3793]

Some of them Monte Carlo's came with a 401 or 403 in the U.S. not 100% sure if motor SIZE I said is correct I'm pretty sure it's one or other of the two. Seen a green one going down the interstate many years ago but it was a 4 wheel drive with supper swappers on it.

[@garyowens3687]

BIG BLOCK YES