A Few Too Many Mods: 1983 Chevy Monte Carlo Convertible

General Motors never made a G-body convertible so I was pretty excited to find a homemade version searching the interwebs.  The initial excitement quickly changed to bewilderment when I noticed all the strangely chosen modifications made to the car- as if being a Monte convertible is not unique enough in and of itself.  The poor pictures in the listing make some of them difficult to make out, but there is a lot of head scratching and squinting in store once you dig in.  Find this 1983 Chevy Monte Carlo for sale in Clarksville, OH for $5,900 via craigslist.

Clean G: 1987 Chevy Monte Carlo LT1 Swap

In 2018 the number of two door coupes available from car manufacturers are few and far between, but back in the 1980s they were literally everywhere.  The General Motors G-body cars included the Chevy Monte Carlo, Buick Regal, Oldsmobile Cutlass, and Pontiac Grand Prix.  With the exception of the Grand National and T-Type, these were not particularly sporting or fast cars. However, they coupes are one of the last rwd body on frame designs which make them desirable to muscle car fans without a baller budget.  Starting about ten years after these cars were discontinued, V8 engines started making a ton more power stock than the roughly 140 hp wheezed out from the factory.  Today's Monte features a 300hp engine/trans swap from a 1996 Corvette. The G-body cars now also have a host of modern suspension components via the aftermarket that can turn these into a decent handling and much more modern feeling car.  Find this 1987 Chevy Monte Carlo for sale in West Babylon, NY for $6,000 via craigslist. 

G-body whatchamacallit : 1983 Oldsmobile Cutlass

The auction ended just as the article was started.  This car had to be seen by the DT faithful so here is a healthy dose of some crazy body work.  There might be a years worth of What Am I? columns found in this one car.  Find this 1983 Oldsmobile Cutlass custom for sale in Nashua, NH for $18,595 via eBay.

Stately G-Body: 1981 Buick Regal

Are you a product of the eighties?  Do you nostalgically look upon your old high school photos and long for your prized mullet?  Is old Brylcreem filling your bathroom vanity cabinet?  If so, your in luck!  Dust off those Dayton boots and start kickin' it old skool!  Find this 1981 Buick Regal for sale in Aldergrove, BC Canada for $3,500 CDN via craigslist.

4-on-the-Floor: 1980 Chevrolet El Camino

Manual GM G-body cars are as rare as the uncrushed dreams of aspiring lottery winners. Every once in a great, great while, an El Camino pops up with selectable gears for a fair price. Find this 1980 Chevrolet El Camino for sale in Bakersfield, CA for only $1,000 via craigslist.  Tip from Rock On.

10k: Invasion of the G-Body Snatchers: 2005 Buick Park Avenue Ultra SE

The Buick Park Avenue was the last of the G-platform cars to leave the GM production lines as the era of GM's big-V6 front-drive luxury sedan dominance came to an end.  The general's dominance of front-drive barges started as far back as the 1960s with the legendary Cadillac El Dorado, but in the early 2000s it plowed the competition with understeering fleets composed of the Buick Riviera, Lesabre Park Avenue, Oldsmobile Aurora, Pontiac Bonneville, and Cadillac Seville & DeVille.  Truth be told, 99% of the buyers did not care about drag slip times and simply wanted to spend 40-large on a vehicle to get them from the bingo hall to the 99 cent store on a weekly basis.  Find this 2005 Buick Park Avenue Ultra SE for sale in Birmingham, AL offered for $7,995 via craigslist.