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Noeland
Feb 28, 2006
G bodies are a pretty solid cars in all flavors. If you're worried about restoration to a factory condition, look for rust anywhere and everywhere from knee high down, the t-tops tended to leak when neglected, so look for signs of mold and mildew. The leaky t-tops generally led to rotted floor pans and seat mounts so check under the seats. Beyond that, its gonna be general red flag items for 30 year old cars. Bad bondo, shoddy body work, "upgrades, etc. Engine wiring is straightforward and easy clear of gremlins, and if there has been an aftermarket electronic anything, make sure the wiring at the fuse panel is intact. Its more than likely you're going to be looking at replacing all your suspension bushings and ball joints if they haven't been done already, so hope the PO has made use of the factory zerk fittings. One of the cool things about getting a Monte, or any G body, is that everything on the front suspension is a direct match for 2wd S10 hardware, meaning all those inexpensive aftermarket mini truck suspension parts are available to use.

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Noeland
Feb 28, 2006

Elephanthead posted:


Best G body though is the El Camino sport utility coupe.


FTFY

Noeland
Feb 28, 2006

fakeaccount posted:

How hard is it to convert an auto monte carlo to a manual transmission?

Not too terribly difficult. I had an 83 Malibu wagon that was converted to manual by the PO. He said the hardest part was mounting the clutch pedal to the firewall.

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