1979 CHEVROLET MONZA COUPE

VIN 1M27V97144438

At one point, I actually thought I’d just do the minimum amount of work to make this particular Monza drivable.  It was in such sorry shape that I felt any expense would be money down the drain.  But after we did a careful assessment of the car, the original plan to just lay a few coats of paint over the badly oxidized finish was scrapped.  We stripped the car to bare metal and found no evidence that the car had ever been hit and there was very little body filler anywhere on the body!  Heartened by our find, we set out to bring the car as close to new condition as possible.  The metallic green color is just a shade lighter than original.  It took just over a month to complete the repainting and whatever minor bodywork was required.  I hope you agree that the final results were well worth the effort.