That was a 1970. You can tell because the turn signals were round and in the bumper. The 71 had rectangular ones in the bumper and 72 had them next to the headlight.
Nice video and discussion. I have owned the #2 hero car for over 10 years (bought from original owner after Universal after seeing it advertised online). It had the 509 during filming, but was sold with a 454 in it with 3.70 gears in a spool (has Richmond T10 4 speed). I could tell from stopping the video that my car was used to hit the toilet (and I am sure also the pallets of construction materials). I am keeping it original so has no wipers, signals, or side glass. It is fun to take to shows and cruise-ins. Folks either recognize it right away or think I am working on it of course. It still had dirt race tires from filming on it when I got it, so I put street tires on (8" front, 10" rear).
Would love to see pics. I owned a 70 Monte and I swear the car used in the movie was a 70 because of the position and style of the turn signals in the bumper. Please feel free to contact me to discuss this.
They used 70-72 Montes to make the 7 or 8 up to all look pretty much like a 70 (hence the bumper/signals style) but I think they used like 72 grills. There is a tubular frame welded behind the grill in mine to protect the radiator@@CajunNightFury
My buddy had a firebird with a built pontiac 400 in it. He never changed the oil in it, sometimes the filter. With the compression, cam, and everything else in it he'd suck through a quart a month 😂
My ex wife had a 72 Monte Carlo when we dated and I loved that car. I loved they used that car in that movie. I had a 80 Monte and while it wasn't fast, the car was dependable. Great video!
The Monte Carlo in Tokyo Drift is my favorite in the series. As a old stock car racer i recognized all the mods done to it. Its about time some one gave this car its day in the sun.
My dad owned a 71 Monte Carlo. It was the first generation of emission filled muscle cars. It had the 454 but it only had 360hp from the factory. Compared to the Chevelle at the time with the same engine making over 450hp. I honestly would have preferred to see him in a ss nova. Way less known today and far more of a presence on screen. There used to be copy of the monte carlo at world of wheels in Calgary. They also had an original general lee set cars, and one of the few licensed remakes of Elenore.
I had a 70 Monte with a 454. At some point it had a 72 front clip installed and was painted a highlighter yellow. It was lots of fun, but had a billet steering wheel that would scorch your hands in summer time. Paid only 6k for it, and after blowing the engine racing, sold for 4k.
The one in the movie is a 1972 model. I bought a 71 Monte Carlo back in the mid 80's. I looooved that car! Paid $800 bucks for it. Easily my favorite car I've ever owned. I sold it when I got stationed in the Philippines in the Navy. Someday I will have another one. The hood was so long it seemed like the fan shroud was 3 feet long. LOL
that is my favorite car from the whole saga. They have really come up in price and I couldn't afford one so I got a 77 instead to build in the same style.
That was my favorite car in the movie. More of a every day type of car guy. Didnt get it from mommy and daddy (ir their$). Wrenched on and paid for on his own, this is the kind of car we all had when i was in school. Now im talking what the car was portrayed to be, not the hopped up movie version. Dont get me wrong, the viper was cool, and so was the mustang they built other than the tuner motor. Im old school and just prefer the nore traditional myscle car.
2:29 And yet he had a $25,000 Bill Mitchell crate engine, not including the thousands of dollars in Global West suspension parts, the thousands of dollars in the V gate shifted trans and associated parts, and everything else. You'd be on a pretty tight budget to build this car for $50,000 in 2006.
This car also came available with a small block 400, but it wouldn't have had near the power that the big block would have as long as it wasn't detuned because of emissions, which most of them were after 1971, which was a significant decrease in power!
I don't think any classic muscle car or classic vehicle of that caliber should ever be sacrificed like that for any scene for a movie. I understand when they did it a lot in the seventies and eighties but there was an abundance of them, now there's not so many. Like how many Chargers were destroyed in the Dukes of Hazzard and how many Firebirds on Knight Rider geez.
So it has the wrong front bumper if it if a 1971. The 1970 had the round turn signals in the bumper. The 1971 had rectangle trun signals in the bumper and the last year of this body for the Monte Carlo in 1972 they moved the turn signals to next to the grill so the 1972 had no holes in the bumper for the turn signals.
572 crate built maybe 454 heads valves bored pistons Holley nos kit fuel cell shifter built clutch flywheel maybe e en some dort track car stuff in it I like it no I ❤ it 1:50
Always been a fan of the rear wheel drive Monte Carlo's . Not so much the front wheel drive version even though I did have a couple of them one being the 2002 Dale Earnhardt intimidator model
the woman who owned the Monti Carlo allowed them to use her car to create was was similar to her's but she was very protective I remember reading her article she said that knowing what they do to cars in fast movies and do not payout when they damage you're cars that she would not let the get they're hands on hers car
Somebody's got their facts WRONG somewhere. I can tell you with absolute certainty, have driven several powerful cars north of 100 mph, that either of the two big engine cars would NOT top out at 140 mph. More like 150 to 170 mph UNLESS they were power limited on top end in some way. One of my old cars, a 1972 LTD with a bone stock 351 Cleveland engine at 165 factory horsepower would bury the needle past the 135mph on the factory speedometer and i went there a few times. By seat of pants feel i estimate 140-145 mph and that wasn't even maxed out, about 95-98 percent of throttle travel. Loved that car.
actually the viper was hmmm, yeah the car, its motor is a 360 V8 like they used in the little red express truck modified to have two extra cylinders for possible truck use, hence the prototype motor thing, and the guy who actually designed it, or atleast refined it was a Chevy Pontiac Man, so it kinda makes sense that both would have similar power outputs given where they come from the difference was is the viper was an attempt to make a european style muscle car on a budget that could handle, and they took the motor to lamborghini to cast it out of aluminum, given they had been doing that with literally all of their motors for a very long time problem was they oversized the tires so they didnt put enough pressure down to keep grip, and the engines just had too much torque for the tire technology of the day and also in some cases made the chassis too stiff to handle so it road like an old 440 muscle car buckboard the monte however is a cruiser, a Medium to Large V8 with a soft suspension, so you kinda got this weird dichotomy, too hard too fast, too slow and too smooth, till you hotrodded the crap out of it. hell even back then when the movie came out I remember seeing some of them around on the cheap, just kinda rigged up like that car, they were good machines that were often just run into the ground until getting replaced by some of the worst GM plastic fantastic available as sadly I think I saw the last era of kids in highschool having access to this kinda muscle on the cheap.
On par? In a real race that Monte Carlo would stomp the viper. And that, is why Sean was so confident in racing against the Viper, he knew he had it beat.
Was never a fan of the Monte Carlo, but with that being said, it was the coolest, realist car in the whole movie, I loathe rice cars and don't even get me started on that Mustang abomination with that "2JZ" engine! 🤔🤔🤔😡😡😡
sad part movie it was standard the real one wussamatic should be as THE MOVIE SHOWED.Could have stuck a muncie 4 speed in it it could handle up to 750 hp.could hqve come up with something.I dont want to see the automatic your mouth should be silent if its not the stiick one should be no subject to this one.
I am tired of seeing classic cars, being destroyed for some lame ass movie, no matter the condition of the body, because they could be used as parts cars in order to restore severe cars!
The sound that Monti made when he first kicked over in that movie was awesome.
Monte Carlo’s raced in nascar built just like this went near 200 mph, people forget how fast these old boats from the late 60s and 70s actually were
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@@HashMaster1776 daytona brother, the superbird was Plymouth.
Cars not boats
Was my favorite car and still is in the entire series
That was a 1970. You can tell because the turn signals were round and in the bumper. The 71 had rectangular ones in the bumper and 72 had them next to the headlight.
I came to say the same thing. The movie car was a 1970, but in the video they keep showing a '72.
Very good , had a 70 and 71
Thank you. I had a 1970 as well. And I was annoyed the moment the video started
thanks for the correction! hate it when they say its a 71 ...🙄
@@larryfine6013 Sure you did AI bot... sure you did.
The baseball in the back window makes me love this car even more than I did when I was a kid
What a movie this was from start to finish! Such a great variety of cars and brilliant storyline
Nice video and discussion. I have owned the #2 hero car for over 10 years (bought from original owner after Universal after seeing it advertised online). It had the 509 during filming, but was sold with a 454 in it with 3.70 gears in a spool (has Richmond T10 4 speed). I could tell from stopping the video that my car was used to hit the toilet (and I am sure also the pallets of construction materials). I am keeping it original so has no wipers, signals, or side glass. It is fun to take to shows and cruise-ins. Folks either recognize it right away or think I am working on it of course. It still had dirt race tires from filming on it when I got it, so I put street tires on (8" front, 10" rear).
That's great man! I'd love too see it
I would love to buy that car from you some day. I own the replica in this video. Now without the dumb flares.
Would love to see pics. I owned a 70 Monte and I swear the car used in the movie was a 70 because of the position and style of the turn signals in the bumper. Please feel free to contact me to discuss this.
They used 70-72 Montes to make the 7 or 8 up to all look pretty much like a 70 (hence the bumper/signals style) but I think they used like 72 grills. There is a tubular frame welded behind the grill in mine to protect the radiator@@CajunNightFury
@CajunNightFury it is, I've owned a 71 SS Monte since 89. The 71 the lights are rectangle not round.
Love that car. I owned a 70 with a 400. It was a great car. Mine used more oil than gas. Still loved it.
My buddy had a firebird with a built pontiac 400 in it. He never changed the oil in it, sometimes the filter. With the compression, cam, and everything else in it he'd suck through a quart a month 😂
I like these Monte Carlos better than any. I like the 80s model SS too.
this car was one of the most epic and pure cars of the F&F franchise, yet so underrated.
That's my favorite car, of the whole series!
My ex wife had a 72 Monte Carlo when we dated and I loved that car. I loved they used that car in that movie. I had a 80 Monte and while it wasn't fast, the car was dependable. Great video!
The Monte Carlo in Tokyo Drift is my favorite in the series.
As a old stock car racer i recognized all the mods done to it.
Its about time some one gave this car its day in the sun.
My dad owned a 71 Monte Carlo.
It was the first generation of emission filled muscle cars. It had the 454 but it only had 360hp from the factory. Compared to the Chevelle at the time with the same engine making over 450hp.
I honestly would have preferred to see him in a ss nova. Way less known today and far more of a presence on screen.
There used to be copy of the monte carlo at world of wheels in Calgary. They also had an original general lee set cars, and one of the few licensed remakes of Elenore.
To me this car is absolutely gorgeous with its sloppy interior and messed up paintjob :)
My kind of sleeper car. Make it looks horrible while the engine slaps
I had a 70 Monte with a 454. At some point it had a 72 front clip installed and was painted a highlighter yellow. It was lots of fun, but had a billet steering wheel that would scorch your hands in summer time. Paid only 6k for it, and after blowing the engine racing, sold for 4k.
The one in the movie is a 1972 model. I bought a 71 Monte Carlo back in the mid 80's. I looooved that car! Paid $800 bucks for it. Easily my favorite car I've ever owned. I sold it when I got stationed in the Philippines in the Navy. Someday I will have another one. The hood was so long it seemed like the fan shroud was 3 feet long. LOL
This was my favorite car in the whole series.
that is my favorite car from the whole saga. They have really come up in price and I couldn't afford one so I got a 77 instead to build in the same style.
Awesome beast Monte Carlo I love it ❤❤
That was my favorite car in the movie. More of a every day type of car guy. Didnt get it from mommy and daddy (ir their$). Wrenched on and paid for on his own, this is the kind of car we all had when i was in school. Now im talking what the car was portrayed to be, not the hopped up movie version. Dont get me wrong, the viper was cool, and so was the mustang they built other than the tuner motor. Im old school and just prefer the nore traditional myscle car.
favorite FF car
2:29 And yet he had a $25,000 Bill Mitchell crate engine, not including the thousands of dollars in Global West suspension parts, the thousands of dollars in the V gate shifted trans and associated parts, and everything else. You'd be on a pretty tight budget to build this car for $50,000 in 2006.
I loved this car when it first appeared
This car also came available with a small block 400, but it wouldn't have had near the power that the big block would have as long as it wasn't detuned because of emissions, which most of them were after 1971, which was a significant decrease in power!
I don't think any classic muscle car or classic vehicle of that caliber should ever be sacrificed like that for any scene for a movie. I understand when they did it a lot in the seventies and eighties but there was an abundance of them, now there's not so many.
Like how many Chargers were destroyed in the Dukes of Hazzard and how many Firebirds on Knight Rider geez.
Keep in mind that this movie was filmed in the early 2000s
You might not believe this but back in 2006 nobody cared about Monte Carlos. If anything they became much more popular because of this movie.
Dukes of Hazard trashed over 200 69 chargers.
The roll over cab w the pole through it is in acton ca
So it has the wrong front bumper if it if a 1971. The 1970 had the round turn signals in the bumper. The 1971 had rectangle trun signals in the bumper and the last year of this body for the Monte Carlo in 1972 they moved the turn signals to next to the grill so the 1972 had no holes in the bumper for the turn signals.
It amazes me how little power American engine's make in comparison to most of the rest of the world.
You know I always thought this car was really badass and way under appreciated in the series... reading these comments maybe I was wrong.
That car in a dark metallic grey with a black top
Whats the retail of one of the monte carlo?
....more than you can afford pal....
Cchhheeevvrroleeet...😂
@@kenik2023 HAHAHAA U R MY MAN
Awsome car and video🔥😎😍🇳🇴
I want one so bad
572 crate built maybe 454 heads valves bored pistons Holley nos kit fuel cell shifter built clutch flywheel maybe e en some dort track car stuff in it I like it no I ❤ it 1:50
it was my favorite car in that movie
i owned 3 and love them!
I have a 70s and 72 ...they go hard
I want one of these.
They should make that car a movie come. Rebuilt. great movie content.
Always been a fan of the rear wheel drive Monte Carlo's . Not so much the front wheel drive version even though I did have a couple of them one being the 2002 Dale Earnhardt intimidator model
The monte carlo kept up with a VIPER😂
MAD FLEX YO🤣😅😂
the woman who owned the Monti Carlo allowed them to use her car to create was was similar to her's but she was very protective I remember reading her article she said that knowing what they do to cars in fast movies and do not payout when they damage you're cars that she would not let the get they're hands on hers car
The Monte didn't need the bright paint and ricer neon,it spoke in a unassuming voice,it looked Bad Ass and would bust your Ass in a race 👍
Somebody's got their facts WRONG somewhere. I can tell you with absolute certainty, have driven several powerful cars north of 100 mph, that either of the two big engine cars would NOT top out at 140 mph. More like 150 to 170 mph UNLESS they were power limited on top end in some way. One of my old cars, a 1972 LTD with a bone stock 351 Cleveland engine at 165 factory horsepower would bury the needle past the 135mph on the factory speedometer and i went there a few times. By seat of pants feel i estimate 140-145 mph and that wasn't even maxed out, about 95-98 percent of throttle travel. Loved that car.
Actual dream *spits blood*
actually the viper was hmmm, yeah the car, its motor is a 360 V8 like they used in the little red express truck modified to have two extra cylinders for possible truck use, hence the prototype motor thing, and the guy who actually designed it, or atleast refined it was a Chevy Pontiac Man, so it kinda makes sense that both would have similar power outputs given where they come from
the difference was is the viper was an attempt to make a european style muscle car on a budget that could handle, and they took the motor to lamborghini to cast it out of aluminum, given they had been doing that with literally all of their motors for a very long time
problem was they oversized the tires so they didnt put enough pressure down to keep grip, and the engines just had too much torque for the tire technology of the day
and also in some cases made the chassis too stiff to handle so it road like an old 440 muscle car buckboard
the monte however is a cruiser, a Medium to Large V8 with a soft suspension, so you kinda got this weird dichotomy, too hard too fast, too slow and too smooth, till you hotrodded the crap out of it.
hell even back then when the movie came out I remember seeing some of them around on the cheap, just kinda rigged up like that car, they were good machines that were often just run into the ground until getting replaced by some of the worst GM plastic fantastic available
as sadly I think I saw the last era of kids in highschool having access to this kinda muscle on the cheap.
Yea...my 95 Honda hatch will gap these cars all day long. I don't even have to use my NOS.👀😬
This makes me think which one could win in a drag race, this or doms charger
That's really sad they went through that many MC's. They aren't near as common as Camaro or even Chevelle
I have a friend that had a 632 in a Camero that ran down in the threes, which would have been prostock speeds.
#JDMSWAP ID LIKE TO HAVE ONE OF THESE I COULD MODIFIE 3:12
This was the best 2F2F movie
Never figured out why they put slicks on the front in the movie 🤷🏼♂️
On par? In a real race that Monte Carlo would stomp the viper. And that, is why Sean was so confident in racing against the Viper, he knew he had it beat.
The interior in my opinion is a 10/10 love it. Simple more money in the engine but got rid of the ratty looking fabric Interior
why are there 4 slicks on the car?
I'm guessing traction of the front wheels when cornering, like how Nascar and F1 cars are set up similarly
That is a 1970 front bumper not 1971.
Adjustable front fender flares, I guess.
Bryan's minivan is the most underrated car.
heartbeat of america
2:53 Wrong, he is the son of the owner. Get it right man.
It's not how you stand by ur car it's how you race ur car 🤣
That's a lie in the extras of the movie they said the director saw it at a car saw and bought it for the movie they didn't build it for the movie
Best car ever in a f&f movie followed by the r34 gtr
I'm building one similar
good video!
Thanks man!
If you would thanks for the video keep it a stage up 🔰 3:12 👇
damn I wud love to have one..chevy all day everyday, F the rest
it could’ve waxed just about anything else in that saga
Sounds good to me
To bad they do know shift about monte carlos because that one is 1970 I know had one
On a strip, the monte carlo should've mopped the floor with the Viper
Edit: wow they faked a blueprint 632. ThatMotor was a blueprint Hardcore 632 pushin 800hp. Not a good look, wow FF saga never told the truth.
That's a 1970 doe
Was never a fan of the Monte Carlo, but with that being said, it was the coolest, realist car in the whole movie, I loathe rice cars and don't even get me started on that Mustang abomination with that "2JZ" engine! 🤔🤔🤔😡😡😡
sounds like this video is being read by ai.
at least I could afford it 😅
Lol😂 in front of KIDS ARE US😮
sad part movie it was standard the real one wussamatic should be as THE MOVIE SHOWED.Could have stuck a muncie 4 speed in it it could handle up to 750 hp.could hqve come up with something.I dont want to see the automatic your mouth should be silent if its not the stiick one should be no subject to this one.
That is a 70 Monte carlo. The 71 had rectangle lights in the bumper, not round. 72, they were moved between the headlights and grill. Do reaserch.
You flip from a 72 (blinker lites in grill) to 71 (round blinker lights in bumper) ...keep your story and research straight dude
Actually 70 had the round signals in the bumper to 71 having rectangular in the bumper to 72 with the rectangular on the side of the headlight.
The one in the movie was a '70, not a '71 anyway.
That monti was a bad mofo
We always called the Monte Carlo the Monte Bondo
First Sean wrecks this one then
Smashes Hans Jdm
Now it’s all guns space submarines
Who cares anymore
The replica with the flares is god awful ugly lol
Agreed. I got rid of the flares. It now has the correct fenders
your rambling is so unfortunate
Great car and movie. Shitty u tube video
I am tired of seeing classic cars, being destroyed for some lame ass movie, no matter the condition of the body, because they could be used as parts cars in order to restore severe cars!
1 ugly car. Chevy / autozone friday night parts day
Actually it’s a 70, has the circle park lamps, 71 has rectangular park lamps and 72 are in the grill
The most gayest movies to come from Hollywood!
I love project cars!!! -CHEVYALLDAY-