Please accept my apology. I know I've blogged way too many times about General Motors star-crossed, intermediates over the years but there's just a bit too much going on with this 1984 Chevrolet Monte Carlo for me not to at least write something about it.
Yes, it's a Facebook Marketplace find and last I checked it was still for sale up near Flint with an asking price of $6,500. Seems a ton of money for one of these that's not an SS but that's just my two pennies. I think this may have more issues than it being just a base model as for why it's not selling. Poster of the ad claims it's got the optional Chevrolet 305 V-8 so it does have that going for it although that V-8 really didn't provide all that more "go" than the Chevrolet or Buick 3.8-liter V-6 that was standard. If this has the optional F41 suspension this would be quite the fun little road carver. Swap the intake, carb and the rear end and let's go!
We can glom some good news from the ad for this car as it appears the used car\old car (this is no classic) market is either cooling off or is correcting itself as during The Pandemic I blogged about this 1982 Monte Carlo that wasn't in nearly the good shape this one appears to be in. The ask on that patina rich one was $6,000. Holy smokes.
What I find eye-brow arching is how anyone could post an ad for a car with the ash tray jammed full of cigarette butts and a towel in between the door and the dashboard. Now, I ain't no expert on anything but having sold six cars over the last four-years on Marketplace, I can tell you that it doesn't take much effort to clean out your car to take photos of it before posting. Details, people. Details.
What's with the windshield wipers in the "up" position too and if you look closely, the speedometer appears stuck at 45-miles per hour. Is the person who took this photo really going that fast with their hands off the wheel meanwhile taking this photo?
I'd disclose either in the copy for the ad or to folks inquiring about it that it has been smoked in and there might be a water proofing\weather stripping issue, but that doesn't need to be in the pictures for it. Then again, for whatever reason, folks who have a proclivity to appreciate these cars do tend to be smokers and might not mind the gentle perma-waft of burned-out Marlboro's.
They also, apparently, tend to be lottery players.
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