Bought a Monza today

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Bought a Monza today

Postby dannykarnage » Thu Oct 06, 2016 12:09 am

Actually, I bought it last week, but it finally came home today. I had posted about this car several months ago, but the deal finally is done.

We (my friend and I) had to put the carb back on, change one of the tires, fill the other tires up, fabricate a new cable with a shutoff switch for the electric fuel pump, and install a new battery. But after a bit of cranking it started up.

Hasn't been driven in almost 7 years until today, but it drove the 18 miles back to my house just fine. Brakes were a bit squishy and the throttle cable had to be convinced to work properly, but otherwise it was very smooth.

Not sure if I'm going to keep it, but it was headed for the scrap heap in a couple weeks if it didn't get taken out of the yard it was sitting in. Needs a lot of work, but definitely worth saving.
Either way, I'm excited about it, happy to have kept another classic from doom.

+1975 2+2, originally a 4.3L car, but the current engine is a 76-79 305.
+stock (as far as I know) TH350.
+Edelbrock performer 500 on top of a Performer intake.
+MSD Blaster SS coil and distibutor (I think? I don't know anything about MSD ignition)
+Came with the extra goodies pictured. Not sure why there's a Pinto emblem, but whatever.
+Also came with a spare hood and two spare rims (one has the new tire on the right front)

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Re: Bought a Monza today

Postby beakerztoyz » Thu Oct 06, 2016 12:22 am

cool! thanks for sharing the pic's it looks like it's well worth saving!
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Re: Bought a Monza today

Postby hammerdown7 » Thu Oct 06, 2016 6:45 am

Good save! In case you decide not to keep it, where are you located?

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Re: Bought a Monza today

Postby dannykarnage » Thu Oct 06, 2016 11:03 am

Near Madison, Wisconsin. I put in for a different position within my company and it looks about 50/50 that I will get it. If I do get it I'll be keeping the car...the job pays about 35k more per year than I make now. If I don't I will probably sell it. I'll let you know if I decide I don't want it.
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Re: Bought a Monza today

Postby mahoy78spyder » Fri Oct 07, 2016 10:08 am

Nice save! If it weren't a '75 I'd be interested but the floorboards are different. Someone will want it if you don't end up building it. Anxious to see what its future holds. :-)
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Re: Bought a Monza today

Postby rm617 » Fri Oct 07, 2016 12:02 pm

You got Danika's old car. She was on here back in 2007 or so and went by Monzanika. Here is a link to some pics from back then.

http://www.cardomain.com/ride/771891
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Re: Bought a Monza today

Postby mahoy78spyder » Fri Oct 07, 2016 12:15 pm

Oh wow... it's certainly deteriorated in the last few years, but I'm glad to see it was saved regardless. Good catch, Ron!
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Re: Bought a Monza today

Postby 75Monzta » Fri Oct 07, 2016 3:21 pm

My 2nd one was a maroon '75 2+2 but had maroon interior. It would be great to have another '75 but $$ is tight at this time of year. Good save.
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Re: Bought a Monza today

Postby res0o7eb » Sun Oct 09, 2016 10:46 pm

Congrats Danny on a fine purchase. :th:
Nice black interior - no worries about interior plastic turning to dust.

What is that red piping in the engine compartment?
Some sort of fancy, high-tech, over-engineered engine bay stabilizer bar?
I wonder if Justin? from Overkill produces something like that? :D
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Re: Bought a Monza today

Postby dannykarnage » Wed Oct 19, 2016 8:54 pm

rm617 wrote:You got Danika's old car. She was on here back in 2007 or so and went by Monzanika. Here is a link to some pics from back then.

http://www.cardomain.com/ride/771891


Yeah. Danika and I used to be roomates years ago when we were in college. We took my van on the the voyage 10 hours each way to go get this car when she bought it.

And yes...the years have not been kind...
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Re: Bought a Monza today

Postby dannykarnage » Wed Oct 19, 2016 9:06 pm

As far as the future of this car....still to be determined. I haven't found out just yet if I will be able to keep the car, but I took a major step toward keeping it today. Basically I've been waiting to see about a job that I applied for within the utility company I work at before deciding...if I get the job I'm keeping the car because it would mean a huge salary increase. If not, I'll probably be selling it.

But today I made a big step toward keeping it. I have to pass a set of tests to be qualified to get the position and I was told ahead of time that the tests are very hard. I took them today, and the difficulty was no joke; I walked out of the test thinking that I probably had failed and drove back to my office. But a few hours later I got an email from our HR department saying I'd passed.

Now I just need to see where I fall with the other candidates. I'm 3rd in line as far as seniority for the position, but I know for sure that one of the two guys ahead of me did not pass the test and the other is still undecided if he even wants the position (for him it would be a pay cut). So, fingers crossed for now. I should find out in the next couple days.

On a related note, a friend of mine and I have started a YouTube based show about cars, particularly about car shows and cruise nights. First episodes should be going up online in a week or two. There will be a few videos about this car and the process of picking it up and whatnot. I'll keep you guys posted for when it goes live.
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Re: Bought a Monza today

Postby dannykarnage » Mon Nov 14, 2016 11:05 pm

YAY! I get to keep it! Found out a few days ago that I am going to be getting the promotion I've been waiting on.

And with that, I've started my project log over in the Project Journals section --> http://forums.h-body.org/viewtopic.php?f=20&t=44943
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Re: Bought a Monza today

Postby cjbiagi » Tue Nov 15, 2016 2:36 pm

I remember meeting Nika at a car show in Chicago a number of years ago, nice gal. Too be bad she got out of H bodies.
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Re: Bought a Monza today

Postby Green Weenie » Thu Dec 08, 2016 5:22 am

Good for you Danny. Hope the best for you.
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