72MC Posted May 28, 2012 Share Posted May 28, 2012 Looks like you've been real busy Nick. Looks very nice. Would love to see it someday live and in action. Enjoy. - Dave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
7tonemonte Posted May 28, 2012 Share Posted May 28, 2012 That car must be a blast to drive Nick! Every upgrade makes us drool more Its looking great, now with A/C to top it off Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BowtieThunder Posted May 28, 2012 Share Posted May 28, 2012 Damn looks VERY Nice Nick Love it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
70mcarlo Posted May 28, 2012 Share Posted May 28, 2012 Very impressive!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Posted May 29, 2012 Share Posted May 29, 2012 Wow that is looking great! I need to clean under the hood on mine now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monteman1971 Posted May 29, 2012 Share Posted May 29, 2012 That is cleeeeeaaaaannnnnnn.... Very impressive!!!! Â Steve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mo's70MCs Posted May 29, 2012 Share Posted May 29, 2012 Nick! She keeps getting prettier & prettier.. it must handle great. Nice upgrades! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clever Idiot Posted June 1, 2012 Share Posted June 1, 2012 Beautiful build! Your car has convinced me I want to put 18s on mine now, rather than the 17s I was thinking. Love the way they look on there! Â What backspacing do you have on each wheel? Any mods to the wheel well to make those fit? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Montemedic Posted June 1, 2012 Share Posted June 1, 2012 Super neat, clean and well thought out. Nice job !!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quarterbooty Posted June 4, 2012 Author Share Posted June 4, 2012 Thanks again for the positive feedback, everyone.  Beautiful build! Your car has convinced me I want to put 18s on mine now, rather than the 17s I was thinking. Love the way they look on there! What backspacing do you have on each wheel? Any mods to the wheel well to make those fit?  The fronts are 18x10 with a 4.75 backspace. The rears are 18x10 with 5.75 and 6.25 of backspace for the passenger and driver sides, respectively (more info here). I highly recommend going with 18s instead of 17s. The tire selection is much better.  Nick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clever Idiot Posted June 4, 2012 Share Posted June 4, 2012 (more info here) Â Â Guess I missed that! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dans '70 Z20 Posted July 9, 2012 Share Posted July 9, 2012 You just keep chugging along ... don't ya!  Everything you do is top notch! Nice Job.  Any track dates in the future  Dan. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dans '70 Z20 Posted September 16, 2012 Share Posted September 16, 2012 Thanks again for the positive feedback, everyone. Originally Posted By: MCBeast Beautiful build! Your car has convinced me I want to put 18s on mine now, rather than the 17s I was thinking. Love the way they look on there! What backspacing do you have on each wheel? Any mods to the wheel well to make those fit?  The fronts are 18x10 with a 4.75 backspace. The rears are 18x10 with 5.75  and 6.25 of backspace for the passenger and driver sides, respectively (more info here). I highly recommend going with 18s instead of 17s. The tire selection is much better.  Nick  Just wanted to let anyone know who was looking. His fronts are 18x8 NOT 18x10 as stated in above quote. It was a typo!!  Here is the quote from his first post in thread "It took me forever to decide on wheels and tires, but I eventually settled on Rushforth Super Spokes with Nitto 555s. 18x8s and 245s up front and 18x10s with 285s out back. " " Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quarterbooty Posted January 2, 2013 Author Share Posted January 2, 2013 I have some changes planned for the car this winter, so my wheels and tires (Rushforth Super Spokes and Nitto NT555s) are up for sale. You can find more information here in the classifieds. Â Nick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewTimer Posted July 15, 2013 Share Posted July 15, 2013 -Does anyone know the part number for this condenser? Tried looking it up on summit but when I looked up the packing list it had one hard line going to drivers side. Not both on passenger side like the one showed here.    My final project this spring was to get the air conditioning functioning again. Everything worked, but it had been evacuated long enough that I'm sure components were corroded and not worth salvaging. The Frontrunner came with a Sanden SD7, which mounts on the passenger side. I bought Vintage Air's parallel flow condenser kit and the hardlines that adapt to a passenger-side compressor. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quarterbooty Posted July 31, 2013 Author Share Posted July 31, 2013 I looked through the folder where I typically keep all of my Monte-related paperwork, and I could not locate the hardline part number. If you call Vintage Air's tech support line, they can look it up for you; that's how I knew which one to order. Sorry I wasn't more helpful. Â Nick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quarterbooty Posted July 31, 2013 Author Share Posted July 31, 2013 It's taken longer than it should have, but I finally got the car back on the road. I made a lot of changes this winter/spring/summer, but I'll just hit the highlights. First, the Rushforths are gone in favor of a set of Formula 43 RAD S5 wheels. It's a 3-piece wheel with Laguna Gray centers, polished outer rim halves with a step lip, and black powder coated inner rim halves.    The fronts are 18x9 with 5.5" of backspace. The tire is a Bridgestone Potenza S04 (UTQG 280) 255/40/18. This is an inch wider wheel than I was running before.   The rears are 19x10 with 5.5" of backspace. Tire size is 285/35/19, which is an inch larger in diameter than my previous setup. I increased the diameter for tire selection and aesthetic reasons.   I was reluctant to go with the darker centers initially (I was leaning towards clear anodized), but all of my car buddies convinced me that gray was the way to go. I'm extremely pleased with the way it turned out.  Nick  Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quarterbooty Posted July 31, 2013 Author Share Posted July 31, 2013 Since I was having wheels custom made (again), I decided to rebuild the rear end (again). I had Larry Larson narrow it slightly (for more wheel lip) and install big bearing Ford ends from Mark Williams.    I upgraded the axles to a set of 33 spline Masterlines from Mark Williams and installed a Detroit TrueTrac to match. Larry also machined down new billet Williams carrier caps and welded the axle tubes. You can see the new axle next to the stock original.    Bearings are Timken SET20 tapered rollers.   Finally, I changed to a 1350 style billet yoke.   Nick  Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leghome Posted July 31, 2013 Share Posted July 31, 2013 What color of red is your car?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
70mcarlo Posted July 31, 2013 Share Posted July 31, 2013 What a beautiful Monte!!! Very nice work... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
footballubet Posted July 31, 2013 Share Posted July 31, 2013 Nice upgrades! Those wheels are real sharp. You made a good choice going with the grey center. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbreese Posted August 1, 2013 Share Posted August 1, 2013 Since I was having wheels custom made (again), I decided to rebuild the rear end (again). I had Larry Larson narrow it slightly (for more wheel lip) and install big bearing Ford ends from Mark Williams.   I upgraded the axles to a set of 33 spline Masterlines from Mark Williams and installed a Detroit TrueTrac to match. Larry also machined down new billet Williams carrier caps and welded the axle tubes. You can see the new axle next to the stock original.    Bearings are Timken SET20 tapered rollers.   Finally, I changed to a 1350 style billet yoke.   Nick  Larry Larson is a chassis man extrodinaire and a super nice and humble guy also. Oh yeah he has the baddest street car on the planet.  Lucky to have him near ya!  Your car is just awesome!!   David Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quarterbooty Posted August 1, 2013 Author Share Posted August 1, 2013 What color of red is your car?? Larry, It's a DuPont brilliant red, paint code 850J. It only contains red tint and binders. It was the purest red they could make. Â Nick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quarterbooty Posted August 1, 2013 Author Share Posted August 1, 2013  Larry Larson is a chassis man extrodinaire and a super nice and humble guy also. Oh yeah he has the baddest street car on the planet.  Lucky to have him near ya!  Your car is just awesome!!   David  Thanks for the compliments. Larry was great to work with. The craftsmanship was great and he had the housing ready when he said he would. It was cool seeing his Nova in person, too. He has a customer that just purchased a brand new ZL-1 and had it delivered to his shop for a drag conversion. It still had the protective plastic overlays on all the panels. I would have loved to have the LSA, but someone else had already claimed it.  Nick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leghome Posted August 1, 2013 Share Posted August 1, 2013 Yep 850J straight is the truest bright red available. At least from Dupont(Axalta new name for the owners of Dupont automotive) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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