Rob Peters

Like Bruce said, "Everyone is different". It all comes down to personal preference. Also like Bruce, my car is totally totally stock so I went with the plastic inner fenders. I have been extremely happy with them. I have had them on the car now for 15 years and they look today the same as they did the day I installed them. No cracks, no scratches and no problems at all. No they don't shine up like painted metal but that is fine because the look stock. rob

Since the original post they have called me several times to use my Monte again but every time they have called I was either scheduled to work or we already had plans. Today they called again and they want my car on Thursday the 25th., weather permitting. They want to use it in two different shoots that day in two different places about a 25 minute drive time apart. Both of these places are up near Scott Scooter Stephens home, maybe I will drop in for supper but I doubt it...... usually the movie people eat very well and we would eat with them. Hope the weather is good. rob

Since the last time they used my Monte for this film they have called me several times to use the Monte again but I had to turn them down due to my work schedule or our recent vacation. They called again today and wanted my Monte for tomorrow and then again next Thursday. I have plans for tomorrow but next Thursday they will use my Monte in two locations....weather permitting. rob

I talked to Larry recently and he said he has been sick lately. He said the guy who made them is in his 80's now and doesn't know if he can still make them. I invited him to stop by the site and check out the possible demand for these pieces. rob

Very nice Aaron. That one would have been hard to part with. I think that is my favorite 71 color. rob

I think that one may be too far gone. You may be able to find a better one from one of our members. rob

First off...... spray that mud-dobbers nest and get it out of there. It looks like you have your work cut out for you. There are nooks and crannies you aren't going to be able to get to without doung some part removals first, the grease and gunk is just too extensive. After getting rid of that nesy take as mant pictures (from different angles) of wire, vacuum and linkage connections and routing. Then start removing things. If you don't do what Dave suggested it will be hard to clean everything up.....not impossible but hard. For that much gunk to be present you have to have some leakage that needs to be fixed with new gaskets or cleaning it up and painting it will be a waste of time. Personally, i would make it a winter project. Good luck and keep us updated with pictures. rob

That is the reason so many of our members use the Metro products. I installed my trunk seal last year and did not need to do any adjustments... It was a perfect fit. Just a note, Metro is a sponsor/donor of many door prizes for our Eastern and Wester Meets and we love to support our sponsors. rob

Doug, mine had 36,000 original miles on her when I bought het in 2001 and now every time she rolls another 1K a little tear comes to my eye. rob9

Metro Moulded is excellent and what many here use. rob

Glad you are racking up the miles, it shows it is being driven. I turned 55,000 orig miles on my old girl returning home from the Eastern Meet.rob

Like Sam said. Sounds like the printed circuit board. If it is only showing on the dash that is the most likely. If the actual lights are lit outside the car It could be one of the flashers contributing but since the high beam light is also on dimly it sounds like the printed circuit board for the instrument panel. rob

My apologies to Steve and Rick... For some reason the links to the pictures of them and myself would not open. I have corrected the error and now all three of these cars now show up. Sorry about that guys. By the way: Someone sent me a PM asking if, since I was not posting the pictures of the club award winners if I could at least post who won the show awards. There were no awards from the Blue Suede Cruse show, only door prizes and one of our members won the grand prize of those door prizes but I did not get any pictures of that and I prefer to also wait for Scott's announcement of our club awards and to tell you who won that grand prize before posting pictures of the club awards. Scott, being on vacation last week has a lot of catching up at work to do and I am sure he will be on line soon to post those winners. After he does that I will post the winners receiving their awards at the award dinner. Boy is this week a let down. The anticipation and getting the car ready, packing, traveling there to meet up and renew old friendships and making new ones, spending time at the show and the wrap up with the club awards and of course the bench racing and now back to reality.... I think once there we should never leave so we don't have these week after let-down's. OH WELL, unfortunately that is not possible. Thanks for all of those who attended, all of those who helped each other with car repairs, all of those who assisted in removing the canopy tops and lowering the frames every afternoon and then assisting putting them back up in the morning. Thanks to those who helped rope off and set up blocking cars to hold our spots each night. Thanks who helped with the club coolers. Most of all, thanks to all who attended because no amount of work can make an event successful without people traveling many miles to attend so finally thanks to all who traveled those many miles to attend......... including Rich Eckenfels who traveled a total of 4 miles to be at the show......... sorry Rich, I could not resist that. rob

Doug, I took all of the car and owner pictures for the club. I was able to capture all but one of them so based upon my picture count I got a total car count of 29 cars. I also have pictures of all of the club members receiving their club awards but will wait for Scott to announce the club winners to post those pictures. Thanks to all who attended. rob

Attached are some pictures from the Eastern Meet that I took. Enjoy rob

My car is loaded with everything I will need except my CPAP machine and ME. I get off work at 2:30 tomorrow, will pick up my car at the storage garage, stop by the house and kiss Patsy good bye and hit the road. Since I am heading to work at 4:30 I may need to pull over and take a nap along the way. I will see ya there starting tomorrow evening in time for bench racing. rob

I cant remember if you had checked to see if one of the radiator hoses is collapsing on the inside causing the flow to be restricted? rob

Hi Abe, If you can hear the horn relay clicking it means the horn buttons is working. It does not necessarily mean the relay is good, it only means it the solenoid is pulling in but it may have dirty or bad contacts. Like Larry said, you can test the horn itself out easily by disconnecting the wire going to the horn and run a wire directly from the positive terminal of the battery to the contact blade where you removed the wire. Just a note, before you direct test the horn with an external wire be sure you make sure you check that is is well grounded. To do this, remove the bolt holding the horn on and clean up the threads and contact areas and then try it again. If the horn blows OK with the external wire then it would be the relay contacts being bad. rob

Tell him to come here and look at our posts and ask any questions. ERT and Aaron are correct. There is no telling what some people will do on their own or have a dealer do to satisfy their passions. rob

Too Funny Bruce, regarding not having the camera crack. Loved it. rob

I have seen the idle solenoid cause this. If it is not adjusted properly or is not dropping out when you shut off the engine it can cause this. It is easy to check the operation of this solenoid. With the key off, turn it on, then move the throttle off of the solenoid nut at the carburetor and when you do this it should allow the solenoid adjust nut to move to the extended position. Then release the throttle and allow it to rest against the adjustment bolt head with the key still in the on position. At this point have someone turn the key to the off position and the solenoid should release and bolt head should move inward causing the throttle to follow it to a position below the normal idle rpm and this starves the engine for gas. rob

Looks great..... almost ready for the Eastern Meet!!! Only 3 weeks to go. rob

Sorry, I missed the part where you mentioned the part attached to the trunk lid. Now that I reread your post it looks like you may have wanted both. Rob

Here are four pictures from my unrestored 56,500 orig miles 70 out of the Baltimore plant. You may be able yo see that it looks like they have some over spray on the trunk splatter paint or there are areas where the splatter paint is worn off. I hope this helps

I agree....Some places will void a warranty if you don't use the product they recommend. rob