The Sheriff

[67Monaco]

Just found the site as I've been hanging around Moparfins for a while. Just staking my ground here and hope to become a regular here too.

Congrats on the site looks asome.

As for the car;

This is my wife's grandfathers car. When she was five after having her tonsils removed she started to hemorage. This car hauled her to the hospital across Bismarck ND with the speedo burried. To have head her Grandma tell the story was a real hoot. There are stories from a third party (the driver of the charger) that this car drafted a 69 charger to about 150... If that true or not I don't know, I wasn't there way back when.

We have all the records back to when the car came into the family at a year old. So while we're bringing her back to life, it's not going to be a restore to stock as we both believe the old man wouldn't have wanted it that way, he was a rodder at heart and a mechanic by trade.

Anyway here's some shots of thecar dubbed "The Sheriff" by c-barge at moparfins. How did it get that name? The story goes the old man owned a gas station in ND he was friends or knew a local sheriff that bought this car new. The story says that this sheriff ordered the car to match what was being used in his county as his personal car. There are unexplained wires that run from the front to the rear inside the interior. Here dad says the sheriff had two way radio equipemnt in the car when her Grandad bought it. What is and what it was will never truely be know ans we lost her grandad near 15 years ago so the first hand knowledge is gone.

Pictures get posted up in my gallery as I work on the car.
http://czervika.smugmug.com/Cars/67-Monaco/


The day we picked it up from the storage lot.



Fender tag



Sitting in the garage in CO


Out in the sun

[67Monaco]

The last of the three broadcast sheets found in the car.



This thing is looking worse and worse for wear just sitting around waiting to be shipped to us in MD. We moved due to a job change and the car sat at her dads for two years. But it's finally here.




Interior is out...... Finally.

[D Dodge]

Interesting story. Definitely one to keep and you have all the history of it. It even looks good stock!

[rapidtransitrick]

what a legacy! i wouldn't let that one die. keep us posted on your progress

[AlleyOop2]

Cool stuff, cool looking car too!

[rapidtransitrick]

why not keep the thread alive with a write up and post your pictures here?

[67Monaco]

That's what I thought I would be doing here. Posting pics as I move along on with the work. It probably going to be a few years worth of work. Well and money too.. The broadcast sheet and the removal of the interior is currently where I'm at with the car.

[monaco69]

Car looks to be in great shape. Looking forward to seeing more Pics as you get furthur along.

[Fratzog]

As one Monaco owner to another I hope you keep us posted here.

[67Monaco]

So work continues as i have time, and that's been at a premium lately. I finally got the trim off the drivers side of the car and ran into a game changing problem.

Under the lower trim behind the rear tire was rusted through. It's going to get a bit more detailed now. I was hoping for an easy restore to driver quality but that's not going to happen now. So stripping the carpet and foam that her grandfather put in trunk is going to be my immediate pain in the arse. It appears he thought it a good idea to put the foam in the trunk with tar. I am not doing the big happy dance at this point.

I'll try to get some pics tonight and this weekend.