71-73 Monte Carlo Bar Installed

OpiemusRex · Jan 21, 2013

As some of you know I was insistent on installing a Monte Carlo Bar on my car, so I had by builder custom make one. As promised I am attaching pictures, I think it turned out nice and it clears everything!

He had it powder coated too.

mach71351c · Jan 21, 2013

looks good.

sm3570 · Jan 21, 2013

Sweet! That's another mod on my list.

hyena429 · Jan 21, 2013

{thumbs up} very nice man

droptop73 · Jan 21, 2013

That looks like a nice piece O.

luxstang · Jan 22, 2013

That looks sweet! Tight fit!

I need to get one custom made too, because mine won't clear the disrtibutor. (Not even the stock one, so no luck with the Duraspak either)

marks73 · Jan 22, 2013

Turned out great.

73StangCoupe · Jan 22, 2013

Your engine bay looks super clean... Great job. That is on my list.

Widowmaker00 · Jan 22, 2013

Looks great. It doesn't hit anything when the engine flexes?

DragonKnight · Jan 22, 2013

Wow, that looks damn good. Good job!

Rich

caspianwendell · Jan 22, 2013

He did a good job on it for sure

1971mach1 · Jan 23, 2013

Great job!

Now the big question: Did you notice any improvement in handling or body flex???

jayjaytx · Apr 13, 2014

It looks Great! What would your guy charge to make one just like yours? I have the same engine/AC set up you do.

Thanks for the Pics!

71stroker · Jun 11, 2014

Nice job. Would the builder be interested in making another?

BigBlue · Jun 16, 2014

Sweet bar! Looks really good! ::thumb::

I couldn't get my NPD bar to fit and was going to get a custom fabbed one too. I recently wrote to NPD stating that their monte carlo bars are incorrect for our year Mustangs, and they went ahead and tested it on one of their cars. One of their reps, Tim, confirmed that it was an issue and that they were going to return their entire inventory and get the bars retooled for our cars.

If any of you fellas are cheap and don't want a MC bar fabbed up, just wait a year or so for NPD's new sets to come out. Just a heads up for any of you guys that are having the same issue.

DK73 · May 22, 2016

Wow that is so awesome:whistling:::thumb:: Well That is the right stuff... Regards Lars

Jeff73Mach1 · May 23, 2016

I wonder, if now, two years later, they actually have one that fits?

Redleg138 · Mar 14, 2024

Well, it has been 10 years later now and the straight one I just got from them still does not fit. 351C with no AC. There is still interference with the distributor. I'm in the process of trying to make it work by cutting and using some 90* elbow pipe fittings.

BigBlue · Mar 15, 2024

Yup… still no affordable Monte Carlo bar that fits our cars. To my knowledge, NPD still hasn’t retooled theirs, either. Suppliers are missing out on a nice cash grab from the 71-73 crowd.

tony-muscle · Mar 15, 2024

This is mine that I welded and bent with pieces from Mike Maier's one for 70's Mustang. The most work was the piece by the firewall since in our cars it is not straight as for the 70s.

71-73 Monte Carlo Bar Installed

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