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Just found your forum and thought I would say hi. I have a 1970 Monte Carlo with a 300 hp 350 and 350 th tranny. The car has 75,000 miles on it and I have had it since 96. Other info is on my web site below. Thanx.
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Willwood Engineering
Wilwood Engineering designs and manufactures high-performance disc brake systems.
Wilwood Engineering, Inc. - 4700 Calle Bolero - Camarillo, CA 93012 - (805) 388-1188
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Shade Tree Mechanic
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Aaron, Welcome aboard! Nice to see another Monte owner around. The VCCA National Meets are worth attending..........not a lot of Montes though. John 
87 Monte Carlo SS 42,000
74 Monte Carlo S 24,031
70 Monte Carlo 12,255
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Grease Monkey
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Your on this forum too HarveyJ. I'm Canuck from the NMCOA forum. Good to see some familiar faces here. How do I get a pic on the left of my posts? I put a url in my profile for a pic but it does not show up here. Thanx.
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Shade Tree Mechanic
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Aaron,
Welcome to this forum. I have been a member
of VCCA for about 5 years and have become
moderately active recently. I met John Harvey
at a VCCA meet last year & have just joined
NMCOA with a little encouragement from John.
The VCCA meets are a lot of fun and I have already scheduled them in my 2003 calendar.
PS Misty Turquoise is a great Monte color,
beautiful car.
Greg Roser
72 Monte Carlo
1972 Monte Carlo
VCCA Senior
AACA Grand National
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Shade Tree Mechanic
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Aaron, I might be mistaken, but I think the picture is one of the "perks" for the Moderators on this forum. I don't think it is an option for other registered members. But, I'm not always right! John
87 Monte Carlo SS 42,000
74 Monte Carlo S 24,031
70 Monte Carlo 12,255
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Hello, I am glad to see some drivers of some "Modern Iron" showing up here, It was looking like the only ones interested in the site was us "oldies" from the 20s and 30s. Jump right in and make some noise!
Life's a long winding trail, love Jesus and ride a good horse!
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Shade Tree Mechanic
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MrMack, Thanks for the welcome. I for one, am never really sure whether the "modern" iron is truely accepted by the membership in clubs that also have the "older" iron. John
87 Monte Carlo SS 42,000
74 Monte Carlo S 24,031
70 Monte Carlo 12,255
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I would welcome any thing with a  on it.They all great to see and will all be oldies some day.Just like most of us  ..I recall when the '55-'57s were considered "too new".
Gene Schneider
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Shade Tree Mechanic
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Chev Nut, I agree, if it is a then all is good! I never owned the "old" iron..........heck, the oldest family car I can ever remember driving (before I was 16) was my dad's 64 impala. Geez, I wish we had that car now! Anyway, old iron or modern iron, I enjoy them all. John
87 Monte Carlo SS 42,000
74 Monte Carlo S 24,031
70 Monte Carlo 12,255
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Yes,its all relaitive to your age.I learned to drive my fathers "34 Chevrolet so that is a car that was significant to me.My first "old" car was a simular '34 Chev.which was 36 years old when I found it and still own it 33 years later.Also own much newer cars-57 & 63-and enjoy them all.
Gene Schneider
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AAron
I would also like to welcome you. I own a '72 Nova and also a '23 Chevy. I have been participating in the VCCA events since I was 3 years old (I'm now 30). Through the years my family has owned many different years of cars. I own both ends of the spectrum and love both of them. You will find that the majority of the membership know the older cars, but the great thing about this club is diversity. We have Chevys of all years and models. For me this diversity is a great thing!
Chris Cufr
National Awards Coordinator
Chris
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Hi! I'm new as well. I have an '84 Cavalier Convertible that was my father in law's. He gave it to me when he had to go into assisted living. I'm hoping to be able to bring it to the Flint shindig.
My car has almost 200k on the odometer, but has had the engine rebuilt and a paint job that was done by my FIL. I've replaced the carpeting and seats, and have done some slight modifications to it.
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Greetings to Papa Walt,
Sounds like you've a good old warrior of an 84 Cavalier convertible. 200k is a big number; at least in my book.
As Sal noted in the "spark gap" column, welcome aboard. Hope you make it to Flint.
Bill.
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Backyard Mechanic
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Welcome Papa Walt, We hope you will bring your Cav. My son, who is a member of the VCCA is planning to bring his 1986 Cavalier RS Convertible to Flint. Good to see some of the newer vehicles showing up to our meets!
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Unfortunately, I decided not to attend. Since I've had to make some modifications to the vehicle, I've been told that I can't be in the Thursday show...That was the main reason I was going to drive up from Detroit...so have fun. I'll find some local car shows that I can attend and be accepted and not be made to feel like my car is a "red headed stepchild".
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