1976 Monte Carlo’s lime green ‘grows on you’

In 1976, Bill Hocker’s sister-in-law purchased a brand-new Chevrolet Monte Carlo painted Metallic Lime with a white vinyl roof. She regularly maintained the Chevy and kept it garaged.

He always admired the way the car was maintained, although that color “didn’t do a thing for me,” Hocker said. “I always thought how nice the car with that 6-foot-long hood would look painted a Dark Emerald Green.”

Eventually, his sister-in-law decided to replace her Monte Carlo with a new car. Upon hearing that news, Hocker asked his wife to call her sister and declare the car was sold — to him.