1985 Chevy Monte Carlo Lowrider W/ Cce & Hi Lo Hydraulics Suspension G-body on 2040-cars

Year:1985 Mileage:123456

Location:

Indianapolis, Indiana, United States

1985 Chevy Monte Carlo Lowrider w/ CCE & Hi Lo Hydraulics suspension G-body, image 1

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This sale is for a 1985 Lowrider, this Monte Carlo has been a part of my life for 15 years but I just don't have time to enjoy it. I can literally tell you everything about this car, I will do my best to describe it and point out its qualities and flaws.

This car has a brand new 4.3l V6, built by a local shop (Component machine) here in Indy. It was bored .20, balanced and blue printed. The engine has less than 150 miles on it, as we trailered this to every show and was never driven for leisure.

To make the statement of how clean and particular I was about this car, the transmission is powder coated WHITE! It was rebuilt and installed at the same time as the engine. Built by a local shop (Bradley's transmissions) here in Indy.

Do the the length of time this car sat (being started in a regular basis) we recently installed a brand gas tank, fuel filter and flushed the fuel system.

The interior has over 110 buttons, with biscuit tucked floor boards and headliner. The front seats are swivel buckets sewn in 4" squares with a button at each intersection. Thresholds and center hump are wrapped with swirl crush velvet in a wrinkle style. The interior is 100% with nothing left unfinished, although the edges of the headliner could use a "finish peice" at the doors.

The 13" wire wheels are knock offs, come complete with hammer & wrench. Tires are 98% tread (as it was always trailered). One front wheel has a slight bend to it from hoping and a ball joint broke.

The paint is a candy cobalt blue over Orion silver. It's about 7 years old (but this car hasn't seen daylight in 6 years and less than 12 times since it was painted. The paint does have some chips, scratches, etc. There is no major damage, the rear bumper does have scratches but the chips are from the body flexing while sitting on 3 wheel and the trunk deck rubbing the quarter panel.

The frame has been wrapped with 3/8" plate steel at the rear humps, front spring pockets, in front of above and below front spring pockets. The rear spring pockets have been cut out and a 9" C channel bridge installed with chains. The rear axle has been re-inforced and built to never bend and swivel balls have been installed. The front control arms are completely wrapped 3/8" upper & lowers, they have been chained together to minimize the breaking of ball joints. The rear control arms have been cut and extended 4" to allow for better height at the rear bumper.

Now, for the fun stuff. This car is set up for 4 pumps and 9 batteries, however the rack was built to support 4 pumps and 14 batteries. The hydraulics are a mix of prestolite motors, mounted to CCE flow blocks, turning marzocchi pump heads. The front pumps are known as 1/2" "far boys" the provide a 1/2" port at the flow block with a 1/2" hose running all the way to the 8" cylinders at the front wheels. The rear pumps are the same but utilize a 3/8" port and hoses running 16" cylinders at the rear wheels. The batteries powering this system are 9 deep cycle marine batteries that are about 9 months old and all hold a good charge and perform as expected. I only used prestolite solenoid's and have the setup to utilize blocks or individual.

This car has been in Lowrider magazine twice and has been known to "hit" back bumper with the rear locked all the way up on 14" cylinders. There are a 3/4 stack of 3 1/4 ton springs in the front and 1/2 stack of 2 1/2 ton in the rear to make it sit a level pancake.

The wheel wells, AC, heater core, wipers have all been removed.

Things that I would want to know if I were interested in buying:
Paint will need repair in few places to be 100% show quality.

Drive shaft is not original, it is a telescoping drive shaft to compensate for the body height constantly changing. Needs more engineering/ time spent on this. Sometimes with a quick raise/ drop it will pull out of the transmission or while riding on 3 wheel it will twist out of the caps at the hog head.

The upper control arms at the rear end have been extended 4" to allow for a higher lift in the rear end, thus does not allow for it to roll at full pancake as it puts the u-joint in a bind.

With the extended rear control arms and missing away bar up front it is not comfortable to drive above 40 mph and with the springs it's quite bouncy.

I have done my best to describe/ explain this the best I can. I have over 30k in receipts just for hydraulics, the fabrication and welding has been a work in progress over the course of 5 years. This is not a car for just anyone, this is a hobby for someone to enjoy. I wish I had the time but I don't.

Thank you for reading and please ask any questions BEFORE bidding. Please plan to pick up in Indianapolis.

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