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Originally Posted by Greg Reimer 7376
The cars weren't that durable, I don't think a V-8 version of one of these would hold up as a stocker since you couldn't add enough stiffness to the unit body with just a roll bar or cage to make it work.
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Greg, I beg to differ on that statement. Took several years to build while raising a family of 5 children and getting them all through college, I took on the venture of doing a 1975-76 Monza stocker during the 80s and 90s. Raced that car for over 30 years until it puked a rod in 2014. Initially ran brackets with it and finally was able to complete it as a legal stocker around ‘99. Installed Alston frame connectors and 6 pt. Roll bar. Tied them all together. That car would print time slips, very consistent. Ran both the 262 and 350 combos at one time or another. Made more money with that car going rounds than any other car I have raced. Some CCRA racers who post on here can attest to that. Also, don’t forget Briane Philbrick’s Monza out of Canada who I believe is the current National Record Holder in R/SA. His car was built by Don Quinn in the early 80s, painted white at the time and called “Plain Vanilla”. By no means is a Monza V8 stocker a dime rocket though. I was bracket racing my Monza back in ‘83 at Island Dragway in N.J. And this guy comes up to me and says “that car would make a nice stocker “ and I replied that was my eventual intention. That guy was bracket racing a ‘67 Camaro that day. That guy - Billy Nees.