1980 Monza Spyder resto! The Rise and Demise! What will the future behold?
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- Опубликовано: 6 сен 2024
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The Rise and Demise of a 1980 Monza Spyder!
Found dead in a ghetto parking lot, and hauled home to be saved, follow the journey along with the of one of the many cars saved and battles fought, most of the time a roller coaster of frustration, with an unexpected twist but a satisfactory outcome.
EDITED versions from sode:14 and sneek peek from 15 (still coming soon)
0:12 The way it was found, dead in the hood....
2:45 The Spyder has arrived! What will the future behold?
3:28 The Monza's future and fate is decided....
5:30 Last minute shots....
6:06 Parts run...
6:28 Charity recipient
...look way down for final thoughts... (spoiler)
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Production of the Chevrolet Monza came to a close with the 1980 Monza line, bringing down the curtain on the Monza's 5 year run, and did it with a condensed lineup.
The Monza lost its Vega-based wagon variant, reverting to two-door hatchback and notchback coupe body styles. It also lost its V-8 option. That left just the standard 86-horsepower 2.5-liter (151-cubic-inch) "Iron Duke" four-cylinder engine and Buick's 110-horsepower 3.8-liter (231-cubic-inch) V-6 to haul around more than 2,800 pounds of Monza.
As often happened during the mid-1970s and into the 1980s, "paint-on performance" substituted for horsepower, and the Monza hatchback embraced this philosophy though the Spyder package.
Front and rear spoilers and gaudy hood and flank decals certainly made the Spyder look fast. But even with a four-speed manual transmission backing up the 3.8-liter V-6, a Spyder could barely break 16 seconds in the 0-60-mph dash. In fairness, that wasn't terribly slow by 1980 standards. But today, with 0-60 times of under nine seconds not uncommon for even economy cars, it might be branded downright dangerous.
Nevertheless, production of the Chevrolet Monza actually increased slightly in 1980, reaching nearly 170,000 units, up from 163,833. That was not a bad showing for a cramped car with lackluster performance and relatively poor fuel economy.
It was not good enough to save the Monza, however. Chevrolet decided to shelve the antiquated design and let the Chevrolet Camaro and new Chevrolet Citation X-11 absorb whatever was left of the sporty-coupe market.
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The car was bought by a friend with intentions of quickly restoring it for a family member, but after realizing the poor car was flagged, it was deemed wayyy too much work to fix, and unfortunately was sent to the scrap heap. Every usable piece was ripped off, and for once I benefited from the mess, free of charge. Another rare but not valuable car lost to the evils of time, stupidity and nature. Fortunately, it and 1 other Spyder, plus many other H-bodies, will live on in to kick major ass in the Sunbird!
Stay tuned for its completion and updates.
Identical to my first car in 1995! My dad bought it for $750. It was a V6 auto, so it pretty much sucked, but it was mine and I loved it.
Fastest car I ever rode in was 1980 Monza Spider V8 4 speed!!
Black on black with gold trim. What a RUSH!!!
I used to love hitting red lights so I could blow my head doors off any car next to me. These cars were fast
What a frigging waste!
It went to a good cause ,plus it will save one of them,it looks a little like the opal monza that we used to have in the uk from around the same time
I purchased a 1980 Spyder new and sold it 2 years later. The engine went bad after Mt. St Hellens blew up and I drove through the ash. It was a POS car. It spent more time in the shop then I drove it. I think I paid $7,500. At the time gas prices went from .35 to a dollar so I had to sell the gas hog.
This was the biggest piece of crap of a car I ever owned!! I ordered this exact same car (this could be it) brand new when stationed at Ramstein AB Germany. I picked it up in Dallas when I got stateside. When I walked around it, I found 13 discrepancies before even putting the key in the ignition. Drove it to Florida, then to Illinois, where I got stationed. The car was total crap! I always had issues with one thing after another and traded it in about a year later!! Unfortunately, most American cars made at that time were all crap.
It looked pretty straight in the front, like the work had been done by a competent body shop, what did you need to fix exactly? Could you not get a title for it either?
Used to be a silver one in my neighborhood when I was a kid.
0-60 in 16 seconds? Sorry but I highly doubt that figure. The V-8 Spyder did the quarter in about 17 seconds so I don't think the V-6 version was that much slower. I had a 75 Monza 2+2 with the anemic 262 V8 and although it was weaker than the 305 it was still fairly quick (for the time). My brother had a 79 Monza Spyder with the V6 and while it wasn't fast, there is no way it was that slow.
What happen to the lower control arms antisway bar and the front springs
And rotors need them for a 73 vega wagon
Only commenting do to the vid starting with "im gonna save it" that car was more than salvageable! Perfect drag/bracket car candidate. Just seems like a waiste!
Dude you shouldn't have killed the spyder. It could have been fixed. I have 2 monzas one is complete and runs all the way that is a 80 spyder than I have a wrecked one that is a 77 2+2 monza with the roof crushed on it and I'm fixing it because there's not many of these great cars left. I bet that spyder was a easier fix than fixing the roof and body on my 2+2. You should have put it up for sale it would have sold really fast. I have several guys who wants to buy my wrecked one because they know I won't sell my spyder but tell them no on the other because of videos like this who just take a few parts then crush the rest. That's why all mine are going to stay in the family and are going to stay fixed no matter what because everything can be fixed.
Sorry I meant to tell ya sooner, but this week flew by, it will be completely recycled instead of rotting away forever...I sold the hoods and bumpers too, so all is well :) THANKS so much!
My first car was a 80 monza spyder. I'm 50 now and just got a 77 2+2 a 5.3 with a cam and it will walk all over the small blocks me and my buddy's spent every cent we had to try and go fast back then....even with double bump heads lol
Dude....
hey. how's it goin, eh... in 1979 I ordered a new monza 2+2 Spyker from Chevrolet dealer in Canmore, AB. v8 with a standard shift. They called me later and said I could only get an automatic. ok. then a few days later they called and said I couldn't get a v8. I said cancel the order. end of an era, eh...
loox alot lika old 80's dodge or oldsmobile