1979 Chevrolet Monte Carlo Landau
I have had this car since 1984 and have driven over 250,000 miles in that time. The front and rear seats are out of a '85 Grand Prix and were swapped out nearly 10 years ago to replace the old boring 60/40 power bench seat. The seats bolted right in place and the driver’s power seat used the same connections as the original power bench. I also installed the floor shifter and console from a donor Monte at that time along with the new steering column minus the column shifter. The interior was recently re-upholstered (see page 3 for pictures), a white face gauge kit and a Pioneer in dash tuner/CD player was installed and yes the windows are tinted blue with all work done myself. The engine is currently a modified version of the original 305 LG4 that has been dressed up with Chevrolet Chrome valve covers and breather along with a steel braided hose kit. The exhaust exits through a custom exhaust system featuring 2.5 inch pipes, a dual in, dual out catalytic converter, Dynomax Turbo mufflers and dual chrome tips just behind the rear wheels in the same location as from the factory. The transmission is a 350 Turbo Automatic with a Trans-dapt shift kit while in the rear is a set of 3.42 gears. The car rides on 14 inch American Racing Slotted Aluminum wheels with BF Goodrich TA Radials planting everything to the ground. The car is very streetable and was driven coast to coast twice a couple years back. The paint is electric blue metallic with a black vinyl top and sunroof. Click here to see more of Blue Steel
These two shots are of the engine compartment, a little dirty but cleaner than most. Note: the CHEVROLET valve covers and breather housing with the K&N filter. The hose covers are true stainless steel braids, pretty cool! The engine was re-freshed at 200,000 miles; the camshaft is a HO 350 factory cam from a Z-28 which gives the engine a little better performance with no drivability issues. The heads have been shaved .020 and the block decked .010 raising compression just shy of 10-1. The cylinders were bored .030 over with new oversized flat top pistons and a new GM performance aluminum intake was installed.
This was a display that we set up at our church for Fathers Day 2006. It was cool being a one car show. I have been showing my car at local shows since 1997.
These are some past awards I have won at other shows. 
Page 1, YOU'RE HERE, My Monte; Page 2, The interior restoration
