THAT was a smart buy. These were great looking cars. Now with the 350 under the hood, it has some power to really make it move. Agreed - clean up, prime it, ship it - make a few bucks. Someone would LOVE to have that. The Cutlass and the Monte Carlo of this era just had the right look. Wish GM would go back to building cool looking affordable cars like this (and I'm a Ford guy!).
fabulousprofound we tear the cars up... we rebuild the entire suspension strengthening it we rebuild the frame making it way stronger most of the time we do the interior and body work making factory fresh update the sounds usually throw a brand new 350 in it yet we destroy cars cause we build ours to hop 20-100 inches off the ground GTFOH
fabulousprofound those low rider ones are the to Best Buy just like Cadillac cam outlined if you want something with frame strengthening already done, just take out the low rider stuff, new body mounts and whatever else for peace of mind...beats buying one that was driven to and from the bingo game and looks mint but the frame is rotted
That is one fairly decent GM G body you scored right there. A car from an era when GM was the biggest auto manufacturer in the world, in a time when most North American households had one sitting in their driveways in the version of their favoured division. Judging by the condition, that would be one vehicle worthy of restoring into a restomod or cool daily driver with the right body work and mechanical refresh. It's interesting that the PRNDL indicator at the bottom indicates it came originally equipped with a three speed automatic. The G bodies were in production from 1978 up until around 1984 for the four door versions. But I think the two door versions (Monte Carlo, Grand Prix, Cutlass and Regal) continued on until 1987 before production finally at the time when all the front wheel drive cars had well taken over their market. But if I'm not mistaken, in 1984 that car should've came originally equipped with a four speed automatic if it had been originally equipped with the 305 Chevy small block V8 (a 350 was never an option from the factory). Only if it had been equipped with a 229 V6 (basically a Chevy 305 minus two cylinders) originally, that would explain the three speed automatic. Check the trunk floor carefully. That's typically where they like to rust. The rear license plate holder also folds downward to reveal and enable access to the fuel filler if I remember correctly. Wow, I can't believe I know so much about these GMs since I'm actually a die hard blue oval guy who's been turning wrenches at blue oval dealerships since 2000.
Reverse?! As long as she’ll light the tires up you can just doughnut your way out of tight parking. Great find. My favorite era for these. Not a bloated as the mid 70’s cars, not the “bloat on a budget” of the 78 - 80 downsize either. Just crisp yet flowing lines with a nice amount of chrome. Always loved that dash too. Nice and open. Doesn’t pen you in. That interior (with a good cleaning) just makes you want to stretch out and cruise. One hand resting on the top of the wheel and one slung over the passengers seat back. Windows down. Just floating down the road headed to the lake. Summer. Good times. Better times than we are in now - damn, that’s a lot of imagery from just one semi rusted malaise era GM mush mobile. Maybe I need to get me one!
Save it. These can be a ton of fun and have so much available in the aftermarket world. Even not being an SS, it can be a lot of fun! The fact that it's not rusted to shit like the old ones up here in Ontario makes it a must keep for me.
Ha ha ha ha ha that it does. I have done the rustproofing every year and had good results. That's me though. Buying a used car here means that underbody could be anything.
I like G body so much I got rid of I got rid of an 88 Honda Accord that my wife brought into our marriage when we got married and bought an 80 4 dr 267 v8 Malibu and converted it over to a 5-speed stick out of a 2.8 liter V6 86 Chevy S10 pickup what an awesome car to drive it sure beats driving a Honda Accord four-door front-wheel drive which I deem to be a very unsafe vehicle I took the Chevy Malibu and one on a dirt road and wiggle the steering wheel back and forth it just did a couple of swerve Diggins and kept driving when I did that in the Honda Accord it got almost sideways and almost rolled the car so much for front wheel drive
@@jonpaulschafer1871 that's funny because in 1989 I bought a 79 Malibu four-door which was a V6 3 speed stick shift. Had a blown head gasket so I pulled the motor and tranny out and stuck in a 1970 El Camino 350 and for speed. I even swapped the rear end out from a Buick Grand national. It was a fun sleeper until my girlfriend wrecked it LOL.
Wasn't an awesome car I had a 79 Malibu 4 door with a V6 and an automatic and it was a taxi cab at had a 200 cubic inch V6 which was a 3.3 L and I took out the blown turbo 200 and put in a turbo 350 out of a77 Monte Carlo and it had a 2 41 rear Axel and my wife drove it for a while and really liked it we sold it to a friend of mine and he didn't keep the registration current and it got towed off and scrapped but I still have my 80 Malibu classic 4 door sedan had it for 21 years with a 267 4.4 L and a 5-speed I love the gas mileage I get about 13 in the city in about 25 26 on the highway and I have an often Hauser dual-port four-barrel without a computer Quadrajet intake on it and Advanced hydraulic roller cam 6° and headers and dual exhaust and people approach me to see if I want to sell it but Its my daily driver that's why I chose a four-door so it so it wouldn't be prone to being stolen thanks for your reply what state do you live in im resident of Montana like to hear more about your Malibu 4 door I put R P O F41 front and rear sway bar on my vehicle so that when I go so when I go through the curves it's really nice and comfortable to drive and firm
@@jonpaulschafer1871 it's amazing how anemic those V6 malibus were. Mine was white with a puke pee Green interior. It had no options. I hated how the back windows did not roll down on a hot day. When I swapped it for a V8 it really woke it up until my girlfriend rear-ended a garbage truck do'h!
@@jonathangodbout6645 nice to hear about your 79 Malibu mine was white had dark red interior with the small block Chevy based 200 cubi missing cylinders 3 and 6 missing bore and stroke 3.48 stroke same as if 305 and a 350 but with a 3.500 bore instead of a 4 inch bore like hey 350 back windows do not go down this was for two reasons more interior space and discouragement High sale volumes volumes on the four doors and the wagons 1983 was last year for them the G-Body was a step-down vehicle from rear-wheel drive to front-wheel drive over its 11-year model run there were approximately ten million four hundred thousand sold in different variants of G bodies manufactured from 78 to October of 1987 for the 1988 model run from Chevrolet Pontiac Oldsmobile and Buick manufacturing was moved to Mexico in a lot of situations after 1985 quality was also cheapened also had a white 86 Oldsmobile Cutlass 4 door with a 3.8 Buick V6 wiring installation in the engine compartment was a cheap quality had problems with wire shorting out and causing engine malfunctioning to the C4 computer system which was used after 1979 in various models a lot of people took these cars to the wrecking yard but I recognized quality in September of 1977 when I was about 15 years old I began to observe how they were manufactured by going to the dealerships this is why I chose to settle with the first three years of production since qualities high and there's no computer except for 1980 California models 49-state models do not have computers for 1980 on various models in 1979 there was an article written by I think car and driver and they compared a 79 Malibu 4 door with a 267 with f41 suspension to a BMW and it rivaled it and handling and this is true since I've done a lot of street racing with my four-door and smoked BMWs in the curves and the straight away in 2002 how did you find your Malibu what state or did it come from
Love a G body. Had a 85 Cutlass for almost 20 yrs. Leaked every fluid except gas and diff fluid, could take a corner at not too safe speeds, and had over 400k on her before her untimely death. Had planned on dropping one of my 455's in her just because. RIP Olds.
WOW!!! What a find!! A good scrub in & out, de-rust, patch, and primer. Good start with some decent bones! IMHO, I couldn't scrap it! Lol! .......lesseee...... satin black....some red & yellow pin striping....... cheesy seat covers.... Cherry bombs with turnouts in front of the rear wheels......... Jay THIS is my wife's "dream Hot Rod". Have fun with the new thing!!!
"Uh, oh. I did another thing ". Words that have been uttered from husband to wife since Adam. Seriously though, that would be a good project. I prefer the mid 70's Monte carlo, myself
Lol my friend drove his 1995 Toyota previa For 10 years with no Reverse gear. The Van looked In drove great with the exception of The 4 speed automatic transmission that forgot It's reverse gear. He has donated it about 6 years ago to a local Baptist church who still drives it today. Christmas time my friend was driving through the parking lot in spotted the backup lights on the Van brightly lit. He was so excited to see that they had fixed the transmission in the Van could finally backup. After a while it didn't even bother him and he made an art out of parking in places where he could always drive forward. That Van hauled around a lot of band equipment and still holds a lot of our youth in the back cargo area. That Monte Carlo is a heap though
@@drewbenefield2001 nope, no Facebook for me. Long story short, I got put in "Facebook jail" for voicing my opinion on something. Take away my freedom of speech, i got no use for it.
I've got fond G-body memories! I had a '85 in 1993 that I paid $600 for - it got hit from every direction, plus severely overheated. I did drive it home with no work, aside from a brake job later. The valve seals were as hard as a brick, so it left a plume of blue smoke everywhere I went! Sounded just like that one there, too - I used to get pulled over by MA state troopers every single time I passed one coming the opposite direction. That thing could take sharp right hand turns without any steering input, thanks to a pretzeled control arm. It also never had second gear! It just skipped right over into 3rd, lol. I drove that thing for 2.5 years - took it to the mountains of NH, NYC, and towed a trailer with 3 ATVs on it every Sunday to our riding spot. Only left me stranded once with a bad starter, right in front of the autoparts store! I was buying my bi-weekly case of oil. With all it's ugliness, that car ran great with the stock 305, and rode beautifully! First I lost reverse, and finally the trans let go, and all I had was 1st gear. I drove it to a junkyard that would give $100 for any car you drove there. I had to argue with the guy! HAHAHA! It was ROUGH! He says to me, "You hit everything but the lottery with that thing!" I told him I just put a new starter in, and he finally relented. :D Here's a couple pics from winter of '93: www.udrop.com/4G5b/85_Monte.jpg www.udrop.com/4G5c/1985_Monte_Carlo.jpg
Amazing how you find something like that for that price. Here in New Jersey that thing would’ve probably listed on Facebook Marketplace for like $4000 even with the bad transmission.
Sweet ride! Definitely a great project car! I would definitely fix up the car & put ac and a Bluetooth stereo in it. I would install side pipes on the car & paint it up as well.
Would you believe in early 1984, I bought this very same 1984 Monte Carlo, of course brand new !! It was dark brown metallic and GORGEOUS !!! Brown cloth interior, and if I'm not mistaken, it listed for about 13k. Payments for this car was about 219.00 !!
I call that a "rubber burner"😎 My cousin had a 79 (same body style virtually) and that puppy was FAST! First time in my life that I'd done 110 in a 35.
My mom had one like this. bought it new in 84’ with the 2.8 v6 and it was a absolute dog, if you wanted to pass someone on the highway or had any form of steep hill you had to turn the a/c off.
Save! Is a good car/good movements and suspension and a real classic. This car has not accidents and looks very good for this age,not crashed is a good project.
The G body is one of my favorite cars of all time. Having said that, as soon as you said the rear frame rails were rough, my vote was to scrap it. I see it's also got holes in the rear quarters....I doubt this one was a SC car it's whole life
In another 10 -15 years that will be an easy question to answer - SAVE IT! When I was in high school (early 80’s) I think about how many 60’s era cars we hauled to the junkyard that just a decade later people would have given their eye teeth for as the basis for a ground-up restoration.
The original G body GM was manufactured in 1969 and was the Pontiac Grand Prix platform. In 1970 Chevrolet adopted the G body platform for the 70-72 Monte Carlos. In 73 GM dropped the G body platform, using the A body platform for the mid sized line up. Up until 1978my when they returned the G body platform back in their line up. All G body's shared the same frame. GM controlled ride quality between each model by the positioning, adding, or deletion of body mounts , bushings For example - The Grand National/ Turbo T had to have a tight feel so every body mount received a bushing total of 14 locations While the Buick Regal on had 12, 2 missing mid ship to give it a floating feel. Same goes for the Monte Carlo SS vs. Monte LS Pontiac G.P SJ vs. LJ ,Olds Cutlass vs. Olds 442
That things got a real lope to it. I also remember your video about a light blue Camry with a similar transmission problem. Strange how such a different power train can have such a similar problem. I also like that it's not painted a garish color and doesn't have stupidly large rims.
Very happy to hear "Dad", as I didn't see anything pertaining to his health, etc. Although, i may have missed the video. Any ways, love that you got this nice Monte. A lot of them up here in Ontario, Canada are rotted out. Too bad. Cheers man!
I loaned a 4Runner to a friend once to take hunting. When she brought it back, we met in the parking lot where I worked. While I was waiting, a scrap truck came in to tow another car out of the lot. On the back of that scrap truck was an 81 Caprice. I know it's not a G Body, but it was a 2 door, 2 tone grey with grey interior, no vinyl top car. I went and talked to the man, and paid $150 for it, what the scrap yard would have given him. I still have that stupid thing, it's one of my favorite cars. It would have been recycled into a crappy chinese laundry set by now if I hadn't. People can fault it all they want for being worn out, but hey, let's see the nicer one that they have?
Nice, repair or replace the transmission and sell it off. If everything works it should be worth a bit more and l'm sure you have a good one around. Wouldn't be too much extra work considering.
I miss these old school cars from the 70s and the 80s, you don't see these cars very much anymore because most people drive cars from the 90s or the 2000s onwards.
Before writing the transmission off it might be worth having a very good look at the shift linkage. One imagines that, with it having had a larger replacement engine, the transmission is going to have been out and someone could have messed up the adjustment so that you're only getting the gears from neutral down, so neutral, drive etc...
I remember driving in one of these as a child and my cousin pulled up a piece of carpet while in the back seat driving and you could see the ground moving under your feet through a giant hole in the floor
I say it’s worth it even though it’s not an SS. My dad had one back in the day. It was a white SS with red SS decals and T-tops. It had everything you would expect to find on an SS model. It wasn’t an Aero Coupe. It came stock with a V8. It sounded best when it needed exhaust work. I’m glad the guy V8 swapped yours. You have to have a V8 in a big car like that.
Any G body is worth saving!
G spot
I will buy it
My Mom Loves Monte Carlo
💯💯💯💯💯
Only G-bodies that I don't like are Pontiac G-bodies.
This to me should be treasured or restored
I agree Aaron
Mullets are making a comeback. You need to save it
Had mine since 98!😎👍🇺🇸
Coincidentally i just got a mullet yesterday!!! 😬
And Achy Breaky Heart will come back on the radio! 😁
Save it!!! It's a survivor with plenty of potential...
THAT was a smart buy. These were great looking cars. Now with the 350 under the hood, it has some power to really make it move. Agreed - clean up, prime it, ship it - make a few bucks. Someone would LOVE to have that. The Cutlass and the Monte Carlo of this era just had the right look.
Wish GM would go back to building cool looking affordable cars like this (and I'm a Ford guy!).
Absolutely worth saving dont see very many g bodys on the road nowadays
I see too many of these stuffed with hydraulics being launched into the air until they are junk 😪
fabulousprofound we tear the cars up... we rebuild the entire suspension strengthening it we rebuild the frame making it way stronger most of the time we do the interior and body work making factory fresh update the sounds usually throw a brand new 350 in it yet we destroy cars cause we build ours to hop 20-100 inches off the ground GTFOH
fabulousprofound those low rider ones are the to Best Buy just like Cadillac cam outlined if you want something with frame strengthening already done, just take out the low rider stuff, new body mounts and whatever else for peace of mind...beats buying one that was driven to and from the bingo game and looks mint but the frame is rotted
The reason hydros always on them is there's so many available. plus there lighter cause they have v6s in them
Lighter than a v8 305
@@TheKansasfull nah I just fix mine up to drive daily 🤡
It's a gbody classic I couldn't find one in that good of condition to save my soul!...
The Daisy wheels on the Monte are worth a pile of money these days.
Look like American Racing cp200s ! Remember calling them daisys back in the 1980s !
I thought so too. There not.
@@ls6-ss413
I suppose it depends on if you're buying or selling. They are pretty spendy on ebay.
This car is junk, not worth the time.
The real question is that transmission rebuilding price is. Rust alittle man power and beers can get it done
It’s worth saving! These models are very hard to find now at days!!! My next door neighbors had one when I was growing up. It was a brown one.
Absolutely save! I wouldn't mind a g-body. My uncle had a monte carlo ss and it was his favorite car of all time
Love it. Had an 85 Monte, great Hwy cruiser. I put a fresh 355 in mine with a 700R4 behind it. Was a fun car, wish I still had it
That is one fairly decent GM G body you scored right there. A car from an era when GM was the biggest auto manufacturer in the world, in a time when most North American households had one sitting in their driveways in the version of their favoured division. Judging by the condition, that would be one vehicle worthy of restoring into a restomod or cool daily driver with the right body work and mechanical refresh. It's interesting that the PRNDL indicator at the bottom indicates it came originally equipped with a three speed automatic. The G bodies were in production from 1978 up until around 1984 for the four door versions. But I think the two door versions (Monte Carlo, Grand Prix, Cutlass and Regal) continued on until 1987 before production finally at the time when all the front wheel drive cars had well taken over their market. But if I'm not mistaken, in 1984 that car should've came originally equipped with a four speed automatic if it had been originally equipped with the 305 Chevy small block V8 (a 350 was never an option from the factory). Only if it had been equipped with a 229 V6 (basically a Chevy 305 minus two cylinders) originally, that would explain the three speed automatic. Check the trunk floor carefully. That's typically where they like to rust. The rear license plate holder also folds downward to reveal and enable access to the fuel filler if I remember correctly. Wow, I can't believe I know so much about these GMs since I'm actually a die hard blue oval guy who's been turning wrenches at blue oval dealerships since 2000.
Reverse?! As long as she’ll light the tires up you can just doughnut your way out of tight parking. Great find. My favorite era for these. Not a bloated as the mid 70’s cars, not the “bloat on a budget” of the 78 - 80 downsize either. Just crisp yet flowing lines with a nice amount of chrome. Always loved that dash too. Nice and open. Doesn’t pen you in. That interior (with a good cleaning) just makes you want to stretch out and cruise. One hand resting on the top of the wheel and one slung over the passengers seat back. Windows down. Just floating down the road headed to the lake. Summer. Good times. Better times than we are in now - damn, that’s a lot of imagery from just one semi rusted malaise era GM mush mobile. Maybe I need to get me one!
That’s in restorable condition ! & new paint . . You’ve got a good looking ride !
Love the G-bodies! Definitely save it
definitely save!
Save it. These can be a ton of fun and have so much available in the aftermarket world. Even not being an SS, it can be a lot of fun! The fact that it's not rusted to shit like the old ones up here in Ontario makes it a must keep for me.
redgreen66 all that salt really makes any car runs out
Ha ha ha ha ha that it does. I have done the rustproofing every year and had good results. That's me though. Buying a used car here means that underbody could be anything.
Dang I remember when those were brand-new on the lot. she looks like she's been ridden hard and put up wet but still restorable.
I like G body so much I got rid of I got rid of an 88 Honda Accord that my wife brought into our marriage when we got married and bought an 80 4 dr 267 v8 Malibu and converted it over to a 5-speed stick out of a 2.8 liter V6 86 Chevy S10 pickup what an awesome car to drive it sure beats driving a Honda Accord four-door front-wheel drive which I deem to be a very unsafe vehicle I took the Chevy Malibu and one on a dirt road and wiggle the steering wheel back and forth it just did a couple of swerve Diggins and kept driving when I did that in the Honda Accord it got almost sideways and almost rolled the car so much for front wheel drive
@@jonpaulschafer1871 that's funny because in 1989 I bought a 79 Malibu four-door which was a V6 3 speed stick shift. Had a blown head gasket so I pulled the motor and tranny out and stuck in a 1970 El Camino 350 and for speed. I even swapped the rear end out from a Buick Grand national. It was a fun sleeper until my girlfriend wrecked it LOL.
Wasn't an awesome car I had a 79 Malibu 4 door with a V6 and an automatic and it was a taxi cab at had a 200 cubic inch V6 which was a 3.3 L and I took out the blown turbo 200 and put in a turbo 350 out of a77 Monte Carlo and it had a 2 41 rear Axel and my wife drove it for a while and really liked it we sold it to a friend of mine and he didn't keep the registration current and it got towed off and scrapped but I still have my 80 Malibu classic 4 door sedan had it for 21 years with a 267 4.4 L and a 5-speed I love the gas mileage I get about 13 in the city in about 25 26 on the highway and I have an often Hauser dual-port four-barrel without a computer Quadrajet intake on it and Advanced hydraulic roller cam 6° and headers and dual exhaust and people approach me to see if I want to sell it but Its my daily driver that's why I chose a four-door so it so it wouldn't be prone to being stolen thanks for your reply what state do you live in im resident of Montana like to hear more about your Malibu 4 door I put R P O F41 front and rear sway bar on my vehicle so that when I go so when I go through the curves it's really nice and comfortable to drive and firm
@@jonpaulschafer1871 it's amazing how anemic those V6 malibus were. Mine was white with a puke pee Green interior. It had no options. I hated how the back windows did not roll down on a hot day. When I swapped it for a V8 it really woke it up until my girlfriend rear-ended a garbage truck do'h!
@@jonathangodbout6645 nice to hear about your 79 Malibu mine was white had dark red interior with the small block Chevy based 200 cubi missing cylinders 3 and 6 missing bore and stroke 3.48 stroke same as if 305 and a 350 but with a 3.500 bore instead of a 4 inch bore like hey 350 back windows do not go down this was for two reasons more interior space and discouragement High sale volumes volumes on the four doors and the wagons 1983 was last year for them the G-Body was a step-down vehicle from rear-wheel drive to front-wheel drive over its 11-year model run there were approximately ten million four hundred thousand sold in different variants of G bodies manufactured from 78 to October of 1987 for the 1988 model run from Chevrolet Pontiac Oldsmobile and Buick manufacturing was moved to Mexico in a lot of situations after 1985 quality was also cheapened also had a white 86 Oldsmobile Cutlass 4 door with a 3.8 Buick V6 wiring installation in the engine compartment was a cheap quality had problems with wire shorting out and causing engine malfunctioning to the C4 computer system which was used after 1979 in various models a lot of people took these cars to the wrecking yard but I recognized quality in September of 1977 when I was about 15 years old I began to observe how they were manufactured by going to the dealerships this is why I chose to settle with the first three years of production since qualities high and there's no computer except for 1980 California models 49-state models do not have computers for 1980 on various models in 1979 there was an article written by I think car and driver and they compared a 79 Malibu 4 door with a 267 with f41 suspension to a BMW and it rivaled it and handling and this is true since I've done a lot of street racing with my four-door and smoked BMWs in the curves and the straight away in 2002 how did you find your Malibu what state or did it come from
Can't wait to see this thing with paint, doesn't matter how good the finish is just one solid color will make the world of difference
Love a G body. Had a 85 Cutlass for almost 20 yrs. Leaked every fluid except gas and diff fluid, could take a corner at not too safe speeds, and had over 400k on her before her untimely death. Had planned on dropping one of my 455's in her just because. RIP Olds.
My mom had one that era I loved the warning lights panel and the big comfy seats keep her give her some love
WOW!!! What a find!! A good scrub in & out, de-rust, patch, and primer. Good start with some decent bones!
IMHO, I couldn't scrap it! Lol! .......lesseee...... satin black....some red & yellow pin striping....... cheesy seat covers.... Cherry bombs with turnouts in front of the rear wheels......... Jay THIS is my wife's "dream Hot Rod".
Have fun with the new thing!!!
I love it, but I've always been a fan of the G-bodies. I think it's worth saving, a little rough around the edges, but still.
Its still got its original shift knob, that makes it worth it right there!
All my life I've wanted a Monte-Carlo
They’re not hard to find
Brandon Kivari find me on under 2k
Yungxrist all my life I wanted a Chevy
@@SNEEKY-PETE you understood the reference.
@@backyardperformance2346 ok
SAVE PLEASE THIS IS A GREAT PLATFORM
That is pretty cool Jay I have the exact same car same color and everything sitting in my garage I love the old G bodies I plan on fixing mine up 👍
I had 2 12s in my first car. Even Putting them at 10% they would still blow your ears out. 4 could possibly shake the earth off its axis.
Try 6 you couldn't hear anything at 10 but I always had it at 25
What's the most beautiful music ever the sound of a v8 in quarantine
First thing, I would do is disable those buzzers
"Uh, oh. I did another thing ".
Words that have been uttered from husband to wife since Adam.
Seriously though, that would be a good project. I prefer the mid 70's Monte carlo, myself
Lol my friend drove his 1995 Toyota previa For 10 years with no Reverse gear. The Van looked In drove great with the exception of The 4 speed automatic transmission that forgot It's reverse gear. He has donated it about 6 years ago to a local Baptist church who still drives it today. Christmas time my friend was driving through the parking lot in spotted the backup lights on the Van brightly lit. He was so excited to see that they had fixed the transmission in the Van could finally backup. After a while it didn't even bother him and he made an art out of parking in places where he could always drive forward. That Van hauled around a lot of band equipment and still holds a lot of our youth in the back cargo area. That Monte Carlo is a heap though
Maybe add a new/used exhaust and detail the interior. Then it could sell quickly. I hope to someone that wants to restore the car.
I love that slow and lopey sounding idle! And I agree, I also love those G-bodies, they make a great project car!
Just bought an 84 el camino which is very similar to this, love these G bodys!
What a sexy car! I probably would've made the same executive decision!
This car is the epitome of the phrase keep moving forward. Cuz that's all it can do. I'm sorry. This was the perfect opportunity to use that.
Oh come on Jay, You know you have to save it!!! She deserves to be restored.
Holy cow! You watch Jay? What do you think of his mysterious cavalier?
William Singer yep!! I love the cavalier!! Are you a part of the FWD GM Facebook group?
@@drewbenefield2001 nope, no Facebook for me. Long story short, I got put in "Facebook jail" for voicing my opinion on something. Take away my freedom of speech, i got no use for it.
"Save me!" - 1984 Monte Carlo
Absolute PIG with that no-exhaust sound, love it!
Great start to a drag car. Ford 9" rear end, 2 speed powerglide, big block chevy. It would rock!
BEAST - engine sounds very nice.
Most amazingly, the buzzer module still works... They usually quit.
I've got fond G-body memories! I had a '85 in 1993 that I paid $600 for - it got hit from every direction, plus severely overheated. I did drive it home with no work, aside from a brake job later. The valve seals were as hard as a brick, so it left a plume of blue smoke everywhere I went! Sounded just like that one there, too - I used to get pulled over by MA state troopers every single time I passed one coming the opposite direction. That thing could take sharp right hand turns without any steering input, thanks to a pretzeled control arm. It also never had second gear! It just skipped right over into 3rd, lol. I drove that thing for 2.5 years - took it to the mountains of NH, NYC, and towed a trailer with 3 ATVs on it every Sunday to our riding spot. Only left me stranded once with a bad starter, right in front of the autoparts store! I was buying my bi-weekly case of oil. With all it's ugliness, that car ran great with the stock 305, and rode beautifully! First I lost reverse, and finally the trans let go, and all I had was 1st gear. I drove it to a junkyard that would give $100 for any car you drove there. I had to argue with the guy! HAHAHA! It was ROUGH! He says to me, "You hit everything but the lottery with that thing!" I told him I just put a new starter in, and he finally relented. :D Here's a couple pics from winter of '93:
www.udrop.com/4G5b/85_Monte.jpg
www.udrop.com/4G5c/1985_Monte_Carlo.jpg
Looks great. I have had few g bodies myself. My first gbody was 82 cutlass supreme. Got love those gbodies. Please save this monte
I had a all white 1984 Cutlass on 13 inch wires. Miss that thing, she ran great
Doesn’t have reverse but good thing it’s got kick ass speakers you can’t listen to 🤣😭😂
Nice Monte it needs some love, needs an exhaust definitely
Amazing how you find something like that for that price. Here in New Jersey that thing would’ve probably listed on Facebook Marketplace for like $4000 even with the bad transmission.
Oh yeah save that beauty. I’m sure she would clean up great!
Sweet ride! Definitely a great project car! I would definitely fix up the car & put ac and a Bluetooth stereo in it. I would install side pipes on the car & paint it up as well.
Would you believe in early 1984, I bought this very same 1984 Monte Carlo, of course brand new !! It was dark brown metallic and GORGEOUS !!! Brown cloth interior, and if I'm not mistaken, it listed for about 13k. Payments for this car was about 219.00 !!
I call that a "rubber burner"😎 My cousin had a 79 (same body style virtually) and that puppy was FAST! First time in my life that I'd done 110 in a 35.
My mom had one like this. bought it new in 84’ with the 2.8 v6 and it was a absolute dog, if you wanted to pass someone on the highway or had any form of steep hill you had to turn the a/c off.
Save! Is a good car/good movements and suspension and a real classic. This car has not accidents and looks very good for this age,not crashed is a good project.
Last August I just got a 1984 pontiac parisienne and I love driving it.
The G body is one of my favorite cars of all time. Having said that, as soon as you said the rear frame rails were rough, my vote was to scrap it. I see it's also got holes in the rear quarters....I doubt this one was a SC car it's whole life
In another 10 -15 years that will be an easy question to answer - SAVE IT! When I was in high school (early 80’s) I think about how many 60’s era cars we hauled to the junkyard that just a decade later people would have given their eye teeth for as the basis for a ground-up restoration.
When you started her up I got a massive grin creep across my face
Save it save it save it !!!!!!
Save her and restore her
that buzzer would drive me up a wall
Definitely worth saving 84 Monte especially with smooth 350 would be neat lil daily driver
Please restore this! It's a piece of treasure!
Definitely save. These Monte G body’s we’re the best next to the old 78 cutlasses. Awesome cars dude
Definitely a keeper! Needs a lot of love but could be a nice ride for sure. I like the olds too! Used to have one like that and I loved it.
I remember back in the day 1990 I bought one from behind a gas station for $150 with a blown engine car looked like brand new Pretty much.
The original G body GM was manufactured in 1969 and was the Pontiac Grand Prix platform. In 1970 Chevrolet adopted the G body platform for the 70-72 Monte Carlos. In 73 GM dropped the G body platform, using the A body platform for the mid sized line up. Up until 1978my when they returned the G body platform back in their line up.
All G body's shared the same frame. GM controlled ride quality between each model by the positioning, adding, or deletion of body mounts , bushings
For example - The Grand National/ Turbo T had to have a tight feel so every body mount received a bushing total of 14 locations
While the Buick Regal on had 12, 2 missing mid ship to give it a floating feel.
Same goes for the Monte Carlo SS vs. Monte LS
Pontiac G.P SJ vs. LJ ,Olds Cutlass vs. Olds 442
Those speakers are probably done for.
Car looks rough but solid.
Looks like a very solid floor and for the price you cant beat that
I had an '83 and an '86. Both were clapped-out turds but I loved them.
That things got a real lope to it. I also remember your video about a light blue Camry with a similar transmission problem. Strange how such a different power train can have such a similar problem. I also like that it's not painted a garish color and doesn't have stupidly large rims.
Its a G Body! Save IT!
Save it please! I've always loved the G-Body montes.
I've ALWAYS wanted one. A Monte for Monty. Lol
Save it Jay. Love that car 🚗
did not check the underframe particularly from the rear axle to bumper. they more often then not tend to rust out.
Save it bro that’s always been my dream project car but I haven’t haven’t found a good one
Very happy to hear "Dad", as I didn't see anything pertaining to his health, etc. Although, i may have missed the video. Any ways, love that you got this nice Monte. A lot of them up here in Ontario, Canada are rotted out. Too bad. Cheers man!
Even if there’s rust, still looks like a nice vehicle.
My dad used to have a 1981 Chevy montecarlo Landau from s raizman autosales in Highland but wrecked it
I loaned a 4Runner to a friend once to take hunting. When she brought it back, we met in the parking lot where I worked. While I was waiting, a scrap truck came in to tow another car out of the lot. On the back of that scrap truck was an 81 Caprice. I know it's not a G Body, but it was a 2 door, 2 tone grey with grey interior, no vinyl top car. I went and talked to the man, and paid $150 for it, what the scrap yard would have given him. I still have that stupid thing, it's one of my favorite cars. It would have been recycled into a crappy chinese laundry set by now if I hadn't. People can fault it all they want for being worn out, but hey, let's see the nicer one that they have?
The what is on the camera lens reminded me a lot of your older videos lol but definitely save it
Nice, repair or replace the transmission and sell it off. If everything works it should be worth a bit more and l'm sure you have a good one around. Wouldn't be too much extra work considering.
Damn this was my third car.i loved this car.
Now I’ve got a 2003 Monte ss but I still miss my 84. It was this same dull grey color too.
I miss these old school cars from the 70s and the 80s, you don't see these cars very much anymore because most people drive cars from the 90s or the 2000s onwards.
I have an 81 that I am restoring. I LOVE that car!
I have well a 79 Monte Carlo and its amazing how they still have the same dashboard
The 79 monte carlo dashboard is a lil bit diffent but u can swap the two
Those will go up in value in about 10 years and not just a little bit. Good bones for a project.
love your vids.
Worth saving in my opinion. As long as the floorboards are decent. I had the rear frame rails replaced on my 84 Cutlass about 11 years ago.
Before writing the transmission off it might be worth having a very good look at the shift linkage. One imagines that, with it having had a larger replacement engine, the transmission is going to have been out and someone could have messed up the adjustment so that you're only getting the gears from neutral down, so neutral, drive etc...
Save the old girl or even sell it. She deserves a 2nd chance in life the car still looks good despite the patina, lil rust and paint.
Wow you my friend are one lucky guy...that's the best one I've seen on your channel besides the fox body mustang
I remember driving in one of these as a child and my cousin pulled up a piece of carpet while in the back seat driving and you could see the ground moving under your feet through a giant hole in the floor
I say it’s worth it even though it’s not an SS. My dad had one back in the day. It was a white SS with red SS decals and T-tops. It had everything you would expect to find on an SS model. It wasn’t an Aero Coupe. It came stock with a V8. It sounded best when it needed exhaust work. I’m glad the guy V8 swapped yours. You have to have a V8 in a big car like that.
Save it! Bought an 84 brand new, nice riding full frame car. Your car has the CL package can tell by the seats and door panels.
It goes forward in reverse? Well, technically u got reverse, cause it still moves, its just not working as intended lol.
nice. and its always a sellers market for something like this. hell yeah