SuperFlyTNT
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I dug up some pictures of the 66 Monaco 500 I bought from a fellow named Bert Allen out of Kansas City in 2003. A year earlier I bought a 74 Dodge Monaco 4dr sedan from him with an inoperative Reverse gear and drove that to Florida => parking turned into a challenge.
Anyway, the 66 Monaco was Bert's project car and he collected a huge amount of spare parts for it over the years. Stuff like grilles, headlight frames, interior pieces, NOS parts, moldings, glass. It was an original 383-2bbl auto from Texas with a reupholstered bucket seat interior. The wicker on the seatbacks was still in great shape. I had the car delivered to my friend's house in Florida, where I had my 'homebase' for any Mopar related business...
The engine in the car was the original engine, sans top end. Apparently the car was driven like it was stolen, as the crankshaft bearings were toast and the left rear quarter had big dents (covered in 0.5" thick bondo) in it from something dancing around in the trunk (from the marks I suspected the factory jack). I pulled the block and put the 400/727 from the 74 Monaco in it for shipping (that Monaco ended up in Wisconsin). I shipped the original block separately in the same 20ft container, along with a bare 426wedge block I still have.
I did everything for the shipping myself, including arranging a semi with the 20ft container, loading it in the container on a rollback, securing/lashing the car and sealing the container. I was fortunate enough to have the choice where I wanted to have the container stored on the vessel; either above deck or underdeck stowage. Needless to say I chose underdeck stowage. Two weeks later the car was delivered at the unloading station in Rotterdam, Holland.
I was almost always present during unloading and unfortunately during the 15 minutes I was not there, some damage was done to the car by the handlers at the unloading station... of course nobody admitted to it, but judging from the dented gastank, dented rear shocks and the exhaust pipe that broke off at the manifold (including flange) a forklift was used to lift the rear of the car to get it down a steep 30 degree ramp...
The blue T&C I bought for 600 dollars in Florida...
(Bodies removed for clarity ;) )
Yes, that is the same towing rig as when we picked up the 71 Suburban in February.
SuperFly TNT
Anyway, the 66 Monaco was Bert's project car and he collected a huge amount of spare parts for it over the years. Stuff like grilles, headlight frames, interior pieces, NOS parts, moldings, glass. It was an original 383-2bbl auto from Texas with a reupholstered bucket seat interior. The wicker on the seatbacks was still in great shape. I had the car delivered to my friend's house in Florida, where I had my 'homebase' for any Mopar related business...
The engine in the car was the original engine, sans top end. Apparently the car was driven like it was stolen, as the crankshaft bearings were toast and the left rear quarter had big dents (covered in 0.5" thick bondo) in it from something dancing around in the trunk (from the marks I suspected the factory jack). I pulled the block and put the 400/727 from the 74 Monaco in it for shipping (that Monaco ended up in Wisconsin). I shipped the original block separately in the same 20ft container, along with a bare 426wedge block I still have.
I did everything for the shipping myself, including arranging a semi with the 20ft container, loading it in the container on a rollback, securing/lashing the car and sealing the container. I was fortunate enough to have the choice where I wanted to have the container stored on the vessel; either above deck or underdeck stowage. Needless to say I chose underdeck stowage. Two weeks later the car was delivered at the unloading station in Rotterdam, Holland.
I was almost always present during unloading and unfortunately during the 15 minutes I was not there, some damage was done to the car by the handlers at the unloading station... of course nobody admitted to it, but judging from the dented gastank, dented rear shocks and the exhaust pipe that broke off at the manifold (including flange) a forklift was used to lift the rear of the car to get it down a steep 30 degree ramp...
The blue T&C I bought for 600 dollars in Florida...
(Bodies removed for clarity ;) )
Yes, that is the same towing rig as when we picked up the 71 Suburban in February.
SuperFly TNT
