Re: Monte Smith - GTX
[Re: BigBlockGTS]
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08/29/19 10:57 AM
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I seem to recall he had it all apart to update it for a class that suffered a rules change making it uncompetitive before he got it finished. Then it got back burnered by life.
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Re: Monte Smith - GTX
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08/29/19 02:01 PM
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Yep, he was completely updating the chassis and had a fairly small cubic inch B1/TS combo he was putting together. Think it kind of got "ruled" out of being competitive so he just quit w/ it. Hope someone buys it and puts it back together. He cut the stock firewall out of it, so that'd have to be fixed for it to be KOS legal.
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Re: Monte Smith - GTX
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08/29/19 03:31 PM
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That car is an icon.
It seemed like, for around 10 years I couldn't pick up a magazine without that car being in it somewhere.
They aren't really asking much for it, considering the history and all.
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Re: Monte Smith - GTX
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08/29/19 04:23 PM
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With the tubes all rusty like that it looks like it has been stored in an out building. Too bad, hate to see a bunch of hard work rust away. I thought the same. Would require ALOT of rust removal even if it's just surface rust. Iconic car though; Love to see it completed and ran!
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Re: Monte Smith - GTX
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08/30/19 07:38 AM
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looks like a good deal, especially for a company like HOLLEY to showcase all their new products. THe car can take a BBC, BBM, LS, etc and it could be raced at a wide range of races across the country....As long as it was nitrous and not boosted..LOL
I remember seeing the GM station wagon that Holley owns in Hot Rod, this GTX would be way cool for them to finish and use for demos
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Re: Monte Smith - GTX
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08/30/19 12:31 PM
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ITS SHOULD BE PUT BACK WITH A BBM THE WAY IT WAS That would be my wish!
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Re: Monte Smith - GTX
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08/30/19 03:54 PM
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ANYONE THAT knew even just a little about Monte, Knew that this car was going back together and to be competitive at Drag Radial events it was going to get a 632, just because they are plentiful and cheap...LOL
90% of Moparts would have hated this car IF Monte completed it. It was going to have GM based motor , trans and a ford 9" . Monte was a mopar guy, but he knew what it took to run at the front and he was prepared to go there ! !
RIP Monte "
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Re: Monte Smith - GTX
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08/30/19 05:17 PM
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Re: Monte Smith - GTX
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08/30/19 09:58 PM
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NO!!!!!!!!!! It needs to be restored to its KOS (circa 90s) setup
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Re: Monte Smith - GTX
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08/31/19 12:47 AM
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I wonder where the TS headed engine he had built ended up? It had a custom Donovan block from memory, he did talk about putting a screw blower on it before his thinking of the BBC
That car had purple headlights back in the day? Or am I confusing it with someone else's car
Alan Jones
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Re: Monte Smith - GTX
[Re: jughed]
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08/31/19 09:40 AM
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NO!!!!!!!!!! It needs to be restored to its KOS (circa 90s) setup The person who buys it can do whatever they want with it. Too bad it won't be me.
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Re: Monte Smith - GTX
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08/31/19 10:33 AM
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That car had purple headlights back in the day? Or am I confusing it with someone else's car
You are correct. It's part of the reason my new car has purple headlights. A tribute to Monte, who answered numerous questions , when I started doing the chassis work.
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