pab3589 Posted March 5, 2019 Share Posted March 5, 2019 Hey all, My name is Patrick, from upstate NY near Albany,new member (I think) I have been on here for years but finally just joined as I actually have a monte again. Had one about 12 years ago and had to get rid of it, finances not right at the time. I may have joined then, but don't remember. Now I shopped around and finally picked up a 71. Untouched for the most part motor untouched has been repainted and had some quarter repair. Not because of rust but look like it got hit and repaired. Pretty solid car for the most part , not as many surprises as I thought . Will try to post some pics as I progress. Its going to go black , black vinyl top and interior going to buckets as well. Probably not all at once but as finances allows. Inspired by all the work and knowledge you guys have on here. So I will post and will wait for you guys to tell me where I am going wrong LOL. Hope to meet some new people on here too and hopefully hit some of the meets and swap stories . Thanks for looking. Patrick the day I brought home about 2 hours after I brought home needed the rallys and tires on it. Untouched under hood Lost timing chain out it comes threw this together till we build the original with parts we had around Loosing some originality .. mixed emotions about this.. Winters here time to start stripping,hoping to get ready for paint by spring AKA Mayish, relatively clean woops here is a little by back window (typical) 3 rounds of blocking hopefully getting ready for sealer and paint, moving on to other areas 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1970mcss Posted March 5, 2019 Share Posted March 5, 2019 Looks like you're off to a good start, welcome to the club or back to the club..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigtankjones Posted March 6, 2019 Share Posted March 6, 2019 Very cool.. Welcome Back to the club....I think. 😁 Your project looks great. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MC1of80 Posted March 6, 2019 Share Posted March 6, 2019 Welcome! Off to a running start! Lol thank you for the pictures! We love em! Keep up the good work! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pab3589 Posted March 6, 2019 Author Share Posted March 6, 2019 Thank you guys , hoping to keep the momentum going . Will be doing a lot of reading and searching for ideas or different things you all have been doing to your montes. Really love these cars and this site. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Peters Posted March 6, 2019 Share Posted March 6, 2019 Wow, you are really getting into the nitty gritty of your restoration. I wish I had the time and work space to do something like that. Welcome back and keep the pictures coming, we really love em. rob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cny first gen 71 Posted March 6, 2019 Share Posted March 6, 2019 Welcome to the club, I was just in Latham a couple weeks ago my mom lives there. From Colonie orig. Looking good so far maybe we'll see you at the Syracuse nationals I'm there every year. Good luck with it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
714024SPEED Posted March 6, 2019 Share Posted March 6, 2019 Welcome. Good luck with your Monte Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
72-CLASSIC_RIDE Posted March 6, 2019 Share Posted March 6, 2019 Patrick! Love the Pic's. Quite an undertaking there with your restoration. Doug Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canuck Posted March 6, 2019 Share Posted March 6, 2019 Welcome! Keep up the good work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pab3589 Posted March 7, 2019 Author Share Posted March 7, 2019 Thanks again all .. and Steve just looked up the Syracuse Nationals , would love to make it there and hopefully have it done by then. So a couple more pics digging into it tonight and some questions .I found there was a old mouse nest and leaves etc..in the cowl and rotted the cowl out, cut it out will sandblast and patch it. My question is does anyone know if there should be a drain hole there at the bottom ? Neither the passenger side or this side looks like it drains and seems like it should . Thanks for the help. Look what I found. cut out the bad the rest is solid will sandblast and patch. Good news its behind the fender on the cowl so no major body work Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cny first gen 71 Posted March 7, 2019 Share Posted March 7, 2019 Its good you found that and got it out of there, cowl screens will help keep the junk out of there. But then again now its not a daily driver it won't see all the weather it used to. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
420ponies Posted March 8, 2019 Share Posted March 8, 2019 First off , From Upstate N.Y. Welcome to the Madness!! Best Club you could ever get into. I think there should be a rubber grommet plug on the underside if it . Looks like you got right into it. Looking good!! I had mine off the frame restore. I like the colors, Friend of mine doing one the same. lives in Florida, went to Mich. to get it !! Hope to see this in person. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pab3589 Posted March 8, 2019 Author Share Posted March 8, 2019 Yes James, I am wondering now if I should have just did frame off, but someone did a decent job before cleanest bottom side of the floors I have seen and are painted the body color of the car and frame real clean. As far as the grommets in the cowl checked both sides don't see any rubber grommet. I will check again and can take a pic of passenger side . Short of where the seam sealer should go there is no opening that I can see. I will want to put something in there though to let water drain out if I get caught in rain or wash it etc . but you are correct Steve it wont see any weather or tree droppings again. It actually does have new vent covers so someone did replace after all that crap got in there I guess. Anyway more pics below of the work tonight ,cut out some more sandblasted and more or less finished up my surprise find in the cowl. Sandblasted and found a little more . Just a little and cut that out too welding in the patches Pretty much finished will prime, seam sealer and dress it up better than factory even though you wont really see it I will be able to sleep knowing that more corrosion is gone . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pab3589 Posted March 9, 2019 Author Share Posted March 9, 2019 Took some pics today of passenger side cowl no plug on that side , but you can see from the front there is quite a gap that water could escape from, but I believe that should have seam sealer in there that I may have cleaned out other than determining if and where there should be a drain hole in the cowl , cowl is all stripped will scuff and prime tomorrow(Saturday) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveC Posted March 9, 2019 Share Posted March 9, 2019 there should be enough of an opening for the water to run into and out of the rocker. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pab3589 Posted March 10, 2019 Author Share Posted March 10, 2019 Almost have it all primed , most of the blocking done , then onto the front fenders and hood. A little setback when we primed the roof. I used zero rust on the roof probably applied it a month and a half ago and when I primed over it, it lifted. Wont be using that again. Scraped it all off with razor blade. Will be removing all the filler where the quarter meets the roof because I believe it is under there also. Also around the rear window and the top of windshield . Not taking any chances now, will stick with what I know was trying something different. Will probably end up priming sealing and painting and putting vinyl over that. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Peters Posted March 10, 2019 Share Posted March 10, 2019 Impressive, keep the pictures coming. rob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willie Posted March 10, 2019 Share Posted March 10, 2019 Pat, alot of work ,but she looks great!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krobb2000 Posted March 14, 2019 Share Posted March 14, 2019 Wow... That's quite the undertaking. Good luck in the resto! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pab3589 Posted March 15, 2019 Author Share Posted March 15, 2019 Thank you .. just got back on track after stripping the roof all back down again right down to the seams cleaning window channels again. Used zero rust under the filler and the primer and it lifted , didn't trust it any more so I took it all back out. A couple days of rework, but feel better about it now got the roof reprimed tonight and started a little seam sealer.Hopefully back on track now , a couple more pics. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Peters Posted March 15, 2019 Share Posted March 15, 2019 I'm loving the progress pictures, keep them coming. Sorry about the issues on the roof but it looks like you are back on track. rob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
black07ss Posted March 18, 2019 Share Posted March 18, 2019 Great progress Patrick! You are all set as a full member. Thank you for supporting the FGMCC Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pab3589 Posted March 19, 2019 Author Share Posted March 19, 2019 GREAT!! thank you so much for your efforts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pab3589 Posted March 24, 2019 Author Share Posted March 24, 2019 Haven't had an update in a bit just doing some sanding so not much to show. But have most if not all the seam sealing done in the first few pics . The others pics showing I have moved onto the front fenders. Drivers side sanded and mostly sand blasted. Cut out the rust on the fender and the brace is patched, hopefully patching fender tomorrow. seam sealed trunk lip and seam behind bumper cowl and driver jamb sealedcowl and passenger side , I will clean this jamb up, I liked how it came out better on the driver side, may look more factory this way but like it better neater. seal jamb under drip rail, also did the top but no pics of that yet must have forgot to take them cutting out the rust, driver fender, just wrote down some measurements for the trim holes that disappeared. cut out skin, sandblasted, cut out brace rust and patched the brace brace all done will patch the skin tomorrow hopefully. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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