My parents had a green/green Monza series 2 with AC just for using it for the annual south Italy road trip from Germany. They owned it from 97 (I was 2 years old at the time) till 99 when my dad sold it, he's still regretting it today lol Even though I'm a Benz guy, owning a CLK 430 green exterior and interior and a CL500 with dark green interior, I'd love to own a Monza at some point. Preferably in green of course, I'm into green coupes as you might noticed.
You have done a fantastic job, bringing the car back to how it should be. I had 7 of them ending up with the gse model. If I had a garage I would have another one in a heartbeat. Keep up the great work that you do ..
Absolutely love this car and you guys did an amazing job. That engine sound is beautiful. I had a 1983 Monza 3.0E in Gold in the 90s. I’d really like another!
I remember seeing them in the car magazines priced but it was a very rare sight to see on the road. They were rather expensive and therefore competed against 5-series BMW and E-class (well it wasn't E class then) Mercedes-Benz. You could see Senators occasionally but Monza was very rare. Fine car but I think its only problem was the Opel badge which didn't carry the same prestige for the yuppie buyers as Jaguar or Mercedes. Same fate as Peugeot 605 and later 607 really. It's a fascinating car and the performance numbers were quite respectable back then as the standards were completely different. Real car guys' thing to restore this... I love it.
And it was funny how many of those "standard" manufacturers built luxury models back then. Ford had Granada 2.8i Ghia (and later Scorpio), Renault 25, Opel Senator/Monza, Fiat Croma, Citroen CX/XM/C6, Peugeot 605/607, Saab 9000... only Volvo is in that league anymore with V90 / XC90. Others have given up as Audi, BMW and Mercedes completely dominate that segment (save Lexus which is pretty much a re-badging of old Toyota Crown). Cheers.
Lovely car, I have the same but the Royale. Where did you get the turret tops from, were they prefabricated off the shelf or built from scratch. Ps I'm going to have to subscribe now and catch up on the resto 😂
Well done you guys, a perfect restoration. I have always loved the Monza since my parents bought a green series 2 1983 model with Getrag 5 speed. Bought it secondhand with 8 k miles only for £9000 in 1984. They toured Europe in it probably nearer 28 mpg. average . I then found a four wheel drive Monza in Northampton which was tested by Motor in 1981 against the new Audi Quattro, where the testers praised the handling and ride over the Audi, though slightly heavier it was not quite a quick, mainly because they were testing an automatic Monza versus a manual Audi Later I found this silver FF MONZA MK 3 which is manual and just as quick as the Audi ruclips.net/video/R3VY5a9jVP8/видео.htmlsi=_diYrqPtP766Hm2t In January this year Classic and Sportscar did a reunion of the Motor test and came up here with an Audi. Here is the Blue FF car I think after being shown at the Excel centre
My parents had a green/green Monza series 2 with AC just for using it for the annual south Italy road trip from Germany. They owned it from 97 (I was 2 years old at the time) till 99 when my dad sold it, he's still regretting it today lol
Even though I'm a Benz guy, owning a CLK 430 green exterior and interior and a CL500 with dark green interior, I'd love to own a Monza at some point. Preferably in green of course, I'm into green coupes as you might noticed.
You have done a fantastic job, bringing the car back to how it should be. I had 7 of them ending up with the gse model. If I had a garage I would have another one in a heartbeat. Keep up the great work that you do ..
Absolutely love this car and you guys did an amazing job. That engine sound is beautiful. I had a 1983 Monza 3.0E in Gold in the 90s. I’d really like another!
Such a lovely car. Looks amazing on the road now and glad we managed to bring it back to life and help it on its way
I remember seeing them in the car magazines priced but it was a very rare sight to see on the road. They were rather expensive and therefore competed against 5-series BMW and E-class (well it wasn't E class then) Mercedes-Benz. You could see Senators occasionally but Monza was very rare. Fine car but I think its only problem was the Opel badge which didn't carry the same prestige for the yuppie buyers as Jaguar or Mercedes. Same fate as Peugeot 605 and later 607 really. It's a fascinating car and the performance numbers were quite respectable back then as the standards were completely different. Real car guys' thing to restore this... I love it.
@@detonator2112 was a great car to work on
Dad had a lovely burgundy metallic Mark 1, and my Uncle had the matching Senator, great cars🚗
@@fusionfan6883 they are such great cars
What an absolute beauty.
Such a lovely car and it handles so well and lovely to drive
Rear wheel drive, big engine, sweet coupe looks, perfection, @@theoddjobs3749
And it was funny how many of those "standard" manufacturers built luxury models back then. Ford had Granada 2.8i Ghia (and later Scorpio), Renault 25, Opel Senator/Monza, Fiat Croma, Citroen CX/XM/C6, Peugeot 605/607, Saab 9000... only Volvo is in that league anymore with V90 / XC90. Others have given up as Audi, BMW and Mercedes completely dominate that segment (save Lexus which is pretty much a re-badging of old Toyota Crown). Cheers.
Lovely car, I have the same but the Royale. Where did you get the turret tops from, were they prefabricated off the shelf or built from scratch. Ps I'm going to have to subscribe now and catch up on the resto 😂
I’ll ask Sam to ask where the turret tops were done :)
Hiya mate, they were repaired at a local body shop so they're the repaired originals. Love the Royales too!
@samwaller3873 you don't happen to know the name of the bodyshop do you. Looks a great job they've done.
Do you do restorations, how does your channel work lads?
It is Getrag with "G" as in "Going". It is an abbreviation of Getriebe AG - sort of "Tansmission Inc." turned into Transinc.
Manual transmission rare at that
Lovely car
Such a lovely car to drive
Well done you guys, a perfect restoration. I have always loved the Monza since my parents bought a green series 2 1983 model with Getrag 5 speed. Bought it secondhand with 8 k miles only for £9000 in 1984. They toured Europe in it probably nearer 28 mpg. average . I then found a four wheel drive Monza in Northampton which was tested by Motor in 1981 against the new Audi Quattro, where the testers praised the handling and ride over the Audi, though slightly heavier it was not quite a quick, mainly because they were testing an automatic Monza versus a manual Audi
Later I found this silver FF MONZA MK 3 which is manual and just as quick as the Audi
ruclips.net/video/R3VY5a9jVP8/видео.htmlsi=_diYrqPtP766Hm2t
In January this year Classic and Sportscar did a reunion of the Motor test and came up here with an Audi.
Here is the Blue FF car I think after being shown at the Excel centre