Today Ray who owns a beautifully restored 28' Chev drove out from Melbourne as he wanted to have a Monty experience......
These words he posted on a Chev forum later that day:
Many thanks to Grant and his beloved Monty for a great experience.
It was 8.30am on a wet and cold Gippsland Sunday, and I had driven for 90 minutes to vist Monty, and of course his owner Grant as well.
What an experience. To look at Monty you would shudder and think what a lot of work to be done, but once you start him up, the bugger runs and drives like a road going car.
Now Monty has no comforts, in fact he has no seats, and no steering wheel as such, and by the way, not really any brakes to speak of as well.
But for a car that was found under a tree by Grants father back in 1969, and kept in a shed for 40 years, what a surprise.
Monty accelerates, pulls away in top gear, and apart from a very LOUD exhaust you would swear you were driving a restored 28 Chev.
The gear changes are perfect, and the dam oil has not been changed in over 45 years. The clutch works fine, and Monty rides the bumps as well as many other restored Chevs I have driven.
For a car to be in such good merchanical condition found dumped under a tree with no front end, it amazing.
If it was not for the fact that Grant plans to bring
Monty back to a road going car in memory of his late father, I would be green with envy, but how could anyone not feel emotional about the journey that Grant has embarked upon, with Dad over his right shoulder no doubt.
God speed to you Grant, and to Monty, and enjoy the years or memory making you have ahead for you and your family.
Cheers Mate
Ray
It was 8.30am on a wet and cold Gippsland Sunday, and I had driven for 90 minutes to vist Monty, and of course his owner Grant as well.
What an experience. To look at Monty you would shudder and think what a lot of work to be done, but once you start him up, the bugger runs and drives like a road going car.
Now Monty has no comforts, in fact he has no seats, and no steering wheel as such, and by the way, not really any brakes to speak of as well.
But for a car that was found under a tree by Grants father back in 1969, and kept in a shed for 40 years, what a surprise.
Monty accelerates, pulls away in top gear, and apart from a very LOUD exhaust you would swear you were driving a restored 28 Chev.
The gear changes are perfect, and the dam oil has not been changed in over 45 years. The clutch works fine, and Monty rides the bumps as well as many other restored Chevs I have driven.
For a car to be in such good merchanical condition found dumped under a tree with no front end, it amazing.
If it was not for the fact that Grant plans to bring
Monty back to a road going car in memory of his late father, I would be green with envy, but how could anyone not feel emotional about the journey that Grant has embarked upon, with Dad over his right shoulder no doubt.
God speed to you Grant, and to Monty, and enjoy the years or memory making you have ahead for you and your family.
Cheers Mate
Ray
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