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The Chevrolet Monza is a subcompact automobile produced by Chevrolet for the 1975 through 1980 model years. The Monza is based on the Chevrolet Vega, sharing its wheelbase, width, and standard inline-four engine. The car was designed to accommodate the GM- Wankel rotary engine, but due to mediocre fuel economy and emissions-compliance issues ...
May 11, 2015 · With a vision, determination, and some fabrication skills, Crawford’s 1977 Monza Spyder has become a modern hot rod that’s unlike any other. “In 1974, my friend Bob Gardner and I built a ...
- Rod Short
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May 11, 2015 · That was the case for West Virginia's Bill Crawford and his affinity for Chevrolet's short-lived Monza. With a vision, determination, and some fabrication skills, Crawford's 1977 Monza Spyder has ...
- Rod Short
- 3 min
- Chevrolet
May 10, 2022 · If you paid for the premium Monza trim and opted for a Powerglide automatic transmission, you defaulted to an 84-hp Turbo-Air (the four-horse gain was thanks to a bump in compression from 8.0:1 to 9.0:1). Before the turbocharged 150-hp Monza Spyder came out, the sporty Corvair engine was the Super Turbo-Air, which made 102 hp in 1962 (and ’63).
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Apr 10, 2019 · The Chevrolet Monza, in hatchback coupe form, measured 179.3 inches long and 65.4 inches wide. The Opel was bigger but, being European, was hardly gargantuan for a flagship coupe – it was 184.7 inches long and 68.3 inches wide. That meant it was actually considerably smaller than Chevrolet’s “compact” Nova although its rear seat was no ...
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Feb 24, 2014 · Instead, the extra space meant that instead of the Vega’s 2.3-liter, 78-horsepower four-cylinder engine, Chevrolet’s 4.3-liter small-block V8, rated at 110-hp or 125-horsepower (remember, this is the mid-1970s), could fit beneath the Monza’s hood — and nearly 25,000 of the cars were V8-equipped in the Monza’s first year of production.
Jul 17, 2021 · A ’75 Vega hatchback had a base price of $2478 (about $12,515 today), while the Monza 2+2 and Town Coupe went for $2753 and $2675, respectively. Base engine was a 2.3-liter four. Craigslist. But one key difference between the Monzas and Vegas was an available V-8.
