Lets Play A Game: Last Of The Convertibles

[ayilar]

@polaratherapy — thank you for DL27G0D127970

A previous owner @widowmakker had posted it here but your photo is clearer. Also, now it is searchable.

 

[polaratherapy]

Just want to add that my Polara is also a Monalara but I prefer it being a Polarco.
Monaco trunk lid, Monaco interior, Monaco chrome moldings and Monaco hood which will replace the scooped one.

 

[ayilar]

Just want to add that my Polara is also a Monalara but I prefer it being a Polarco.
Monaco trunk lid, Monaco interior, Monaco chrome moldings and Monaco hood which will replace the scooped one.

Pictures please!

 

[polaratherapy]

Pictures please!

What pictures are you looking for?

 

[ayilar]

What pictures are you looking for?

Thank you! Great to see the interior brought back from the brink

 

[polaratherapy]

Thank you! Great to see the interior brought back from the brink

FYI Ayilar, you being a multiple convertible owner, the rear seat in Ellie May has the skin from a 71 Monaco sedan
( aquied from MOPARPAPA ) which is cut slightly larger than the vert seat.
This allowed me to slip the 71 seat skin right over the old cloth seat skin and attached it with new hog rings.
As for the front, Chevy Monte Carlo seats were removed and replaced with Monaco buckets from the same 71 sedan.

 

[polaratherapy]

FYI Ayilar, you being a multiple convertible owner, the rear seat in Ellie May has the skin from a 71 Monaco sedan
( aquied from MOPARPAPA ) which is cut slightly larger than the vert seat.
This allowed me to slip the 71 seat skin right over the old cloth seat skin and attached it with new hog rings.
As for the front, Chevy Monte Carlo seats were removed and replaced with Monaco buckets from the same 71 sedan.

A little scrotal but good enough for me!

 

[ayilar]

@polaratherapy — 1970 or 1971 Monaco sedan donor?

 

[polaratherapy]

@polaratherapy — 1970 or 1971 Monaco sedan donor?

pretty sure it was a 71, correct me if I'm wrong, I'm not one to fuss over stuff like that.
Let's put it this way, I won't lose sleep over it if I'm not correct!!

 

[ayilar]

@LocuMob -- why the red button? The donor is likely a Canadian Monaco.

pretty sure it was a 71, correct me if I'm wrong, I'm not one to fuss over stuff like that.

No need to correct -- I am just trying to figure out what I see in the photos.

 

[LocuMob]

@LocuMob -- why the red button? The donor is likely a Canadian Monaco.

Fat fingered it on my phone.

 

[polaratherapy]

@LocuMob -- why the red button? The donor is likely a Canadian Monaco.

Fat fingered it on my phone.

Red button is the horn
No need to correct -- I am just trying to figure out what I see in the photos.

 

[polaratherapy]

Red button is the horn, as mentioned way back in the day, Joe did so many things that I cannot go back on ....The fake gas inlet on the fender, the exhaust through the rear valence, sure I could keep keep returning things to a more stock look but at what cost. Looks fine to me!

I thought this thread was to decipher tags? would sure like to know what mine says!

 

[ayilar]

I thought this thread was to decipher tags? would sure like to know what mine says!

This thread was started by @c-barge as a way of finding the last-built 1970 C-body 'verts. Over time, in addition to that quest, it has morphed into an informal registry of the Last Convertibles. More recently, folks have been asking to post photos of what the cars currently look like, which is why I am grateful that you posted pics. This said, I'll stop discussing the car: you have saved Ellie May, and that's all that matters

As for what your tag says, see the post to which I linked above. The only mistake I see is V3X (not VX3), which means the original soft top (V3) color was black (X).

The scheduled build date of Ellie May was Sept. 19, 1969.

 

[polaratherapy]

This thread was started by @c-barge as a way of finding the last-built 1970 C-body 'verts. Over time, in addition to that quest, it has morphed into an informal registry of the Last Convertibles. More recently, folks have been asking to post photos of what the cars currently look like, which is why I am grateful that you posted pics. This said, I'll stop discussing the car: you have saved Ellie May, and that's all that matters

As for what your tag says, see the post to which I linked above. The only mistake I see is V3X (not VX3), which means the original soft top (V3) color was black (X).

The scheduled build date of Ellie May was Sept. 19, 1969.

VX5 says black side stripe, not molding but I just aquired the side molding from a 70 Monaco that I am reconditioning right now. I plan on installing it on the Polarco with double sided adhesive tape as to not drill through the side panels.
At the same time I picked up a fully intact 70 front grill from the same Monaco and the front fender extension chrome moldings which will be for sale on FCBO soon.
Thanks again. PT

 

[polaratherapy]

Sorry meant V5X, would you know more about belt moldings M31 ?
Ayilar, you asked me to let you know on how my experience went with "Tops Online" went.
Pads and cables worked out well but the plastic tack strips, my upholstery guy refused to use them due to staples coming undone, he used the original ones. Top stayed V3X.
Slipping the Monaco skin over the Polara skin, below.

 

[Snotty]

What pictures are you looking for?

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Do you like that steering wheel? I put one on my Newport, but at 13.5" in diameter, it was too small. I couldn't rest my arm on the top of the door and hold the wheel at the same time. I replaced it with a 15" wheel.

 

[polaratherapy]

It's OK for now, it blocks my view of the spedo.
Compared to the steering wheel on my 67 Newport, it's much more comfortable.
I feel like I'm driving a bus , sitting close, huge steering wheel with no tilt in the Newport, just an odd feeling.

 

[LocuMob]

It's OK for now, it blocks my view of the spedo.

If you're worried about seeing the speedo, you're going too slow.

 

[Carona]

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