The Chevy Monza was one of the few good looking domestic smaller cars of the mid-late seventies, and the optional V8 was particularly intriguing but that chassis was just not up to it, being a Vega at heart as it actually was. We’re talking the original, sleek hatch and not the really Vega looking notchback, here.
A high school friend of mine had one, dark maroon with the oyster off white interior, pretty and very fast for the era. But, the engine bay was literally crammed full, it overheated and the tires wore prematurely due to constant alignment problems as well as scrubbing against the wheelwell. It rattled like a bucket of bolts, too, from new.
I wrote service for a time at a Chevy store in the mid-70s. Now and again, someone would ask about a tune-up for their Monza V-8. When I quoted them five hours (the front motor mounts had to be unbolted and the engine raised up to get at the two front spark plugs)I never saw them again.