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Photo's from the Eastern Mini Meet. Some at the Show Field, some at the Hotel. Another great time with beautiful cars and wonderful people. On Friday June 25, I met and talked to Jim Bernanski, who worked at the GM Baltimore Plant on the Monte Carlo Line at the time my 70 Monte Carlo was built, which was in the first week of July 1970.Grabbed the Baltimore Build Sheet and asked Jim for a photo with the car.
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Thanks for letting me join. I just purchased a 71 Monte Carlo SS clone. I bought it from a friend of mine that has had it since 2008. It has a freshly rebuilt 454, and the trans was rebuilt 5000 miles ago. The car is triple black, with bucket seats and console. Im pretty sure nothing is original so I dont have to worry about restoring her. Gives me the freedom to modify it without feeling guilty. John2 points
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Thats the plan!!!!1 point
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Welcome. Nice car. Fix it a little at a time and drive the he.. out of it.1 point
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Gotcha I do not do any facebook or tic tok, none of that stuff. Hard enough to do daily stuff and get on this site never mind any of that other stuff. lol1 point
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Brew, Not to be nit picky, but those end caps don't actually "slide" on to the mounting brackets. Instead, they are made to "snap" onto the mounting bracket once they are properly positioned. I don't have a photo of the back of an end cap, but the ones on my '70s had a small spring steel catch that clamped onto the outer edges and the inside end of the mounting bracket to keep them from sliding back off the end of the strap/bracket when in use. It sure looks like they should slide onto the side rails of those mounting brackets but they actually have to be positioned over the mounting bracket and snapped into place. I encountered one end cap that would slide a bit on the bracket and discovered that the end of the spring steel clamp and been broken off, likely by trying to slide it into position on the bracket. I found that it was easy to remove them by simply snapping them off the bracket with a flat blade screwdriver (as shown in the attached photo) so replacing them just reverses that process. Good luck.
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I would have to hold off for now.1 point
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