{"id":99868,"date":"2026-10-05T11:01:16","date_gmt":"2026-10-05T18:01:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/?p=99868"},"modified":"2026-10-05T17:33:31","modified_gmt":"2026-10-06T00:33:31","slug":"todays-cool-car-find-is-this-1986-chevrolet-monte-carlo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/todays-cool-car-find-is-this-1986-chevrolet-monte-carlo\/","title":{"rendered":"Today&#8217;s Cool Car Find is this 1986 Chevrolet Monte Carlo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"99870\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/todays-cool-car-find-is-this-1986-chevrolet-monte-carlo\/tmp_img_6639c723f1812_560454797b128305072741e55f365602d1c1764a\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/tmp_img_6639c723f1812_560454797b128305072741e55f365602d1c1764a-e1739294044444.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"640,426\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"tmp_img_6639c723f1812_560454797b128305072741e55f365602d1c1764a\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/tmp_img_6639c723f1812_560454797b128305072741e55f365602d1c1764a-e1739294044444-300x200.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/tmp_img_6639c723f1812_560454797b128305072741e55f365602d1c1764a-1024x768.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-99870 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/tmp_img_6639c723f1812_560454797b128305072741e55f365602d1c1764a-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Today&#8217;s CCF pick is this big block Monte Carlo! Looking for a race-ready G-body that\u2019s all go with the show to match? This freshly built street\/strip beast is a standout &#8220;Cool Car Find&#8221; that blends classic muscle car style with serious no-prep potential. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/door-cars\/184569464\/1986-monte-carlo-ss.html?category_id=1&amp;np_offset=11\">CLICK HERE FOR FULL AD!<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"441\" data-end=\"793\">Under the hood is a fresh 454 big block punched .030 over, built with a roller cam setup and topped with a set of AFR 335 heads and a 1050 alcohol carb. It&#8217;s paired with a Powerglide transmission featuring a pro brake, 180 straight cut gears, and an ultra bellhousing. Electronics are already in place, making this a turnkey bracket or no-prep warrior.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"795\" data-end=\"1206\">Out back sits a 12-bolt rear with 4.88 gears, hooked to TRZ double-adjustable upper and lower control arms, an anti-roll bar, and QA1 double-adjustable shocks. Single beadlock Billet Specialties wheels help keep the power planted, and a full cage with all the bars eliminates the dreaded G-body shuffle. The car is all steel with no rust and clean glass all around. It weighs in at 3,487 lbs without the driver.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"1208\" data-end=\"1303\">And performance? It\u2019s already clocked consistent 6.10s in the eighth mile with a 235 lb driver.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"1305\" data-end=\"1418\">If you&#8217;re looking for a big tire, big power G-body that\u2019s more than just a pretty face, this one\u2019s ready to race.<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"collapsible-text-area collapsed\">\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/door-cars\/184569464\/1986-monte-carlo-ss.html?category_id=1&amp;np_offset=11\">CLICK HERE FOR FULL AD!<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Looking for a race-ready G-body that\u2019s all go with the show to match?<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":99870,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3447,5044,3697,3470],"tags":[7548,3618,5739,39,5740,3862,4292,6833,41,1632],"class_list":["post-99868","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-classic","category-cool-cars","category-galleries","category-news","tag-afr","tag-bbc","tag-ccf","tag-chevrolet","tag-classified","tag-cool-car-find","tag-for-sale","tag-monte-carlo","tag-news","tag-racing"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/tmp_img_6639c723f1812_560454797b128305072741e55f365602d1c1764a-e1739294044444.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p42YSK-pYM","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99868","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/17"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=99868"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99868\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":100818,"href":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99868\/revisions\/100818"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/99870"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=99868"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=99868"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=99868"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}