2nd Gen Montes (1973-77)

I personally don't collect these but here are some reference pictures for ya, if you like the 2nd generation Monte Carlo's.

original redline #7660 1974 Monte, one of the later redlines:

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Same car, packaged as "speedway special":

and Flying Colors:

an orange one:

  and a blue stocker with hood decals:

This car says Flyin' Low, but it was called "Lowdown" and was number 9185:

A "chrome" monte:

Here is a Revell Lowrider of a '77 Monte Carlo (issue #154) released in 2003:

Another Revell Lowrider, issue #147:

This one is a Hot Wheels "Hardnoze", from 2004:

If I run across more, I'll add them...

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Revell Lowriders and others

In 2000, Revell (the plastic model company) made a series of Montes with Lowrider Magazine. These have plastic bases, but they have movable axles like the Hot Wheels did.  And they have an opening trunk, to show the hydraulic pumps and batteries that a lowrider typically has in the trunk. And after the original series, they released even a few more. And in 2002 they made two Collectible Chevy cars, that look like the original Chevrolet cars.
First, in the lowriders, there is a blue model called the "Grim Reaper".  These were numbered as "Issues", I suppose to be like a magazine - for example, this one was Issue #24.  Interestingly, I have also seen this car as Issue #22.

Next..."Cotton Candy"...Issue# 25

And..."Jest Klownin' "...issue #17....note that most of these have a more interesting interior with striped seats.

Then they stopped trying to name them clever names, and this one looks like "Jest Klownin'". but its Purple, and it is Issue 64....

Here is a picture of the opening trunk!

Now its time for a break...because they also released this car another way and called it Issue # 36...and believe it or not, it is a Keychain, and the car is in pieces, and you get to put it together....they even give you a little screwdriver....

And there is one more from this timeframe...a white one with no name, #147...had similar graphics as the previous two, but different colors....

Then some time went by and in 2005, they issued two more Lowriders.  The cards for these included a magazine cover, these also had the movable axles and opening trunk. Here is "Issue 180"....

And a nicely painted white and black one...issue #209...

Well, thats all for the Lowriders, they are pretty nice cars.  Revell also released 2 other Montes in the year 2002, called their Collectible Chevy series.  The card itself was a reprint of an original advertisement. There were Black and Green versions, they are very original looking little Monte's. They do not have an opening trunk.

1:24 cars...Saico

Here are some medium size diecasts in the 1:24 scale, made by Saico.  These are similar in size to the 1/25 plastic model kits.  For some reason, I just haven't gotten interested in these.  They seem to be a little lower quality than the bigger Ertl models, but are defintely affordable.  Sometimes they come in a set of 4, (different colors) and defintely have some great colors.
They produced lines of cars that looked original with rally wheels, cars that had small gold wheels like a lowrider, cars that had large chrome wheels and sat low, and ones that looked pro street with a blower.  Also there are some that have large wire wheels.  Some of the Saico cars had the rear upper taillight extensions chromed.

For now, here's a few examples: