hammerdown7 wrote:Looks like a great starting point, is that fresh paint on the gray one?
No, it's the usual looks-better-in-pictures-effect. The previous owner must have washed them after I went to check them out, they had gathered some dust over the years.
The grey one was registered in Austria back in 1975, so likely brand new, however I don't know how it got there in the first place. I must have been imported somehow, I'm pretty sure even back then rear turn signals had to be yellow - at least if the car was sold through a local dealership. But that's a whole different story, Germany and Austria have pretty extreme restrictions when it comes to being street legal and it's only getting worse.
Anyway, the guy I bought it from in Austria bought it from the original owner in 1999, took it for some cruises over several years and repainted it - just for the heck of it apparently, and after putting a Ducati fuel door in - but couldn't deal with carburetor issues, until one day he couldn't get the car running anymore. That day was in 2004 and it has been sitting in his garage ever since. Some other day he bought the '77, but I have no papers for it, also it has been worked on, has some flaws, the interior's nasty and it has more rust than the grey one.
But the engine seems to be the original 305 and I'm planning to rebuild and use it.
hammerdown7 wrote:Do you have any idea how many may be in Germany, we have seen others in the past.
Dick
Unfortunately, I have no clue. There might be facebook groups for it, but I don't have facebook and don't care to have it.
There are two up for sale, I'll link them here if that's allowed.
I knew nothing about H-Bodies until I bought two of them.
I really found them by accident, I was looking for a new project but prices are beyond reasonable these days, at least around here, and especially compared to the states. I already went through the hassle of importing a vehicle once but am not too eager to do that again. I went to see if everything the listing stated was true and fell in love a little bit.
So here are the ones currently for sale:
This white one here is a '79 with a 2.5, interior looks good but he states it has some rust on the doors and trunk lid and was bondo'd "in some spots" so nah. Also I got mine for less then that.
https://www.ebay-kleinanzeigen.de/s-anzeige/chevrolet-monza-fastback-us-oldtimer/1545534971-216-4846The black one seems to be in good condition.
https://www.ebay-kleinanzeigen.de/s-anzeige/chevrolet-monza-v8/1485893565-216-4974My apologies for writing so much, I just love talking about car projects, their histories and I'm very excited that I have a new project going on.
And pictures of the Ducati fuel door, just if you were gonna ask for it.
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