File Fun 1970 Ertl Monte Carlo

Beautiful car! We had a new one in 1975; one of our favorite cars ever.

This is really a very nice Monte  model, but it's one don't have.  😌 😌 

It is a true beauty and a terrific diecast model from Ertl. The real one must have been a blast to drive ! I have this 1/18 in a maroon color and it displays great.

How good is that model? They sent me a pre-production sample to review and it was horrible. There was actually a large dent in the rt front fender. The headlamps were so dark as to be almost black. I could go on, but I did a pictorial review, pointing out the drawbacks and after that, they never sent me another review sample. Like, I was supposed to lie? I never saw a production model up close as it wasn't an image I particularly wants, so I never knew if they fixed the problems.

Posted by: @rich-sufficool

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"How good is that model?"

Overall, not bad - certainly better than the average Ertl.    Autoworld   brightened up (but still not great ) the headlights on their black release. 

On my Ertl model of the 1970 Chevrolet Monte Carlo, the headlights were still on the dark side, but the rest was really nicely done and I have been very happy overall with my maroon version of this powerful personal luxury automobile.