Looks like the big brother of a 73 Pontiac Lemans coupe..good-looking automobile nice lines and curves. Not many car makes or models drive as nice and comfortable as a full size Pontiac or Buicks but there is one class of cars that ride slightly better and that's the full size c-body fusies..yes sir that's one of the many reasons I own one..hail Ma Mopar...cheers.
440..350 hp E85 or E86?
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Lets get a better look at this beauty 
How about this one 69 Monaco fully loaded minus air(good). She looks like the bigger brother any one of those cool late 60's B-bodies.
That is Brent's old Monaco - a very nice car (even though I liked it better when he still owned it and had whitewalls on it). I haven't heard from him in quite some time, but this morning I received an email from him - what timing! He is a great guy.
While we are thinking about the Special Editions, I was gonna start a new thread where we could collect just the "one-off, limited edition C's (and the other cars we track on FCBO) ... many of them are sprinked around FCBO and it'd be neat to have them in ONE place.
Anyway, just wanted to call your attention to the Curbside Classics series, "The Most Obscure Special Editions and Limited Run Models" for ALL the Big Three manufacturers. Pics, production data and other info. Many of these vehicles I never knew existed. A Google/Bing search of will turn them up easily.
They have FOUR pictorial series devoted to Mopars only, more than just the C-bodies of course, and goes from the 1960's into the 2000's. But, they didn't get the Newport 440
Sorry to muddy this thread a bit, but it was fascinating and I thought if you other "car nuts" like me havent heard of this Curbside Classics series, you'd dig it.
A sample here for Slabbie Newports: The "Success Sale" models, where the "Sportsgrain" Newp debuted.
source: The Most Obscure Special Editions and Forgotten Limited-Run Models: Mopar Edition, Part II
Anyway, just wanted to call your attention to the Curbside Classics series, "The Most Obscure Special Editions and Limited Run Models" for ALL the Big Three manufacturers. Pics, production data and other info. Many of these vehicles I never knew existed. A Google/Bing search of will turn them up easily.
They have FOUR pictorial series devoted to Mopars only, more than just the C-bodies of course, and goes from the 1960's into the 2000's. But, they didn't get the Newport 440
Sorry to muddy this thread a bit, but it was fascinating and I thought if you other "car nuts" like me havent heard of this Curbside Classics series, you'd dig it.
A sample here for Slabbie Newports: The "Success Sale" models, where the "Sportsgrain" Newp debuted.
source: The Most Obscure Special Editions and Forgotten Limited-Run Models: Mopar Edition, Part II
polara71
Old Man with a Hat
This car was not fully loaded when it started life. Brent added almost every option you see on it with NOS parts
He did an excellent job. The interior was beautiful with a silver/platinum vinyl seats and door panels. I believed he also changed the steering wheel to a wood grain b-body model. Also the guy I bought the car from in Calgary had replaced every steering/suspension component under the floor with the "Firmfeel" system including torsion bars and also a heavy duty rear swaybar and a new modern steering box also from "firmfeel" products. All new brake and fuel lines also he spent a lot of money to upgrade everything it drove better than factory..its now across the pond showing Europeans what real cars are suppose to look like.
polara71
Old Man with a Hat
He did do an excellent job. As I remember it the car was all original with mid 60000 miles or so on it. Then it was damaged on the left side, I dont recall hit and run? Vandalism ? I cant recall. Discs, superlite, power seat, power windows, cruise,
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Who in their right mind would sell that?
Brent told me that in his case at least, it was a choice between important family needs vs. the Monaco. It was hard for him, but he made the right decision I believe.
polara71
Old Man with a Hat
That's what he always said. He was waist deep into C body stuff . So deep he even had a C body parts business for a short time.
He walked away from it all to raise a family, very commendable. He knew his **** too.
He walked away from it all to raise a family, very commendable. He knew his **** too.
It was originally Winnipeg Manitoba car he removed that steering wheel..i will post some interior pics when I get a chance...all the best.
polara71
Old Man with a Hat
We still exchange Christmas cards
The new owner has not even an idea what he has Rob, the car is just sitting
in his garage.
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