A friend on one of my heart-surgery-related message boards sent me information about a 1978 Monte Carlo in the lobby of the Chicago History Museum, and I posted it on the 3rd gen MC (1978, 1979, 1980) Forum...

http://thirdgenmontes.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=ads&action=display&thread=114'>http://thirdgenmontes.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=ads&action=display&thread=114

It's kinda neat to see a Monte Carlo in a museum...!

Regarding the 3rd gen MC (1978, 1979, 1980) Forum...

http://thirdgenmontes.proboards.com/index.cgi

...I re-launched it QUIETLY, November 2010.

With Sean's death after the 2008 Monte Carlo Nationals, third generation Monte Carlos "lost" their unique "voice" on the web and, to my knowledge, became the only MC generation without its own active/running message board or group.

In August 2010, I finally took the time to investigate what it would take to switch ownership of the board from Sean to myself ... and completed that process around late September 2010. Then, around late October 2010, I tweaked the board and started sharing personal notices that it was open once again.

Since I haven't publicly announced the re-launch until now, the forum hasn't seen much traffic ... and maybe it won't ever see much traffic. I am somewhat apprehensive about this venture for MANY reasons, but, for now, each MC generation has its own message board/group once again.

Cort | 37.m.IL.pigValve.pacemaker | 5 Monte Carlos + 1 Caprice Classic | * ChitownCruiseNites_2011

MCs.CC + CHD.models.HO.legos.RadioShows + RoadTrips.us66 = http://www.chevyasylum.com/cort

"Never knowing where these roads are going" __ Zero Ground __ 'Twenty and Something'

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I added some info to the post on the 3rd gen MC (1978, 1979, 1980) Forum:

Chicago History Museum...

http://www.chicagohs.org/

The 1978 MC lowrider is under the "Treasures" exhibit, listed at the bottom of this page...

http://chicagohistory.org/planavisit/exhibitions

Treasures ... This series of building-wide installations promises to surprise you from the moment you step in the door. Highlights include a 1978 Monte Carlo lowrider, souvenirs from Chicago's world's fairs, and Abraham Lincoln's deathbed.

CHM 1978 MC lowrider video...

PIC on the CHM website...

AND, I altered the 3rd gen MC (1978, 1979, 1980) Forum...

http://thirdgenmontes.proboards.com/index.cgi

...including...

the default skin...,

the NewsLine...,

links to various MC boards/websites...:

http://thirdgenmontes.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=mcc&action=display&thread=119

...and added a 1979 MC commercial:

http://thirdgenmontes.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=comm&action=display&thread=120

Cort | 37.m.IL.pigValve.pacemaker | 5 Monte Carlos + 1 Caprice Classic | * meet_04.16.11_Dwight.IL *

MCs.CC + CHD.models.HO.legos.RadioShows + RoadTrips.us66 = http://www.chevyasylum.com/cort

"Where do you begin?" __ Dolly Parton __ 'Starting Over Again'