Rob Peters

Perfect time of year to start those snowballs rolling rob

Yes, there is an extension from the inner fender to fill that void. Rob

The wheels are a good tip off as to whose it is Rob

The answer is on Facebook rvp

Some of you have noticed our friend Dave (AKA: CRAZY DAVEY) hasn't been on the boards much lately. With Dave's permission I am including a portion of an email I recieved yesterday. Please keep Dave in your thoughts and prayers during his fight to beat this. HANG IN THERE DAVE!!!! Rob Below is what Dave has said I can post: "Yep I'm headed into surgery next Thursday and if all goes well should be in the hospital 3 or 4 days. WE well just have to see what the pathology says afterward about my chances. It's a a very high risk cancer so I hope they get it all outta there. It'll be a few weeks before I'm back on my feet, they have to really open me up. Anyway with good friends like you I'm counting on the power of prayer like always so I very much appreciate yours. " Dave

If you use Moth Balls what I would do is either leave them in the box and punch holes in the box or put them into some kind of container so they don't come in direct contact with the interior. I used drier sheets in my Model A (Mohair interior) and still got mice. If you are going to use traps I would make sure you check them regularly.... maybe if you used the tacky strips that you don't have to reset. I store my Monte in an away from home storage garage and did not use anything and had no issues. Rob

No, me signing my posts is nothing new, I have always signed my posts either Rob, rob, RVP or rvp. some here even used to refer to me as RVP rob

If I remember correctly they were both used. rvp

Just a note here. The full halo is not an indication of a 70 being an early, mid or late year build. The lack of a full halo trim is more an indication of a plant that ran out of the 1970 trim and just started using the 71 trim they had for the new production year. Mine is a very late year build (June 1970) with a full halo two-tone. (Mine is a Baltimore built car) rob

BEAUTIFUL!!! rob

Great information, thanks for sharing it. Rob

Great Score Larry. I take it this one is also NOS, if not it is in amazing condition. rob

I bet you are so excited you could almost wet yourself rob

On most of them you will need to enlarge the holes a little. Just dont try to force the holes to match because it can buckle the fender. Yes, it can be done without removing the fenders. Dont forget to get the dust flaps for the a-arm openings. rob

Very Nice Work!!!! Rob

No, that's NOT RVP.... Rob is much better looking than that guy. Just sayin.

Like Sam said, Pull that kick panel off along with the drivers side kick panel. I would also pull off the top dash pad and then run the water on both sides.... one at a time to see if you can tell where it is coming from. Good luck. rob

My Baltimore Built Monte had several. One in the front seat bottom just above the hump, one in the rear seat springs, one in the drivers seat back (but this one was for another Monte a few cars behind mine on the assembly line). I found another one just under the carpet on the drivers side which is a very complete build sheet but it is stained due to the sound deadening material. I have not removed any of the original carpet so there may even be more under the carpet. I have never dropped the gas tank so there may be one up there also. Since your interior has been replace I doubt you will find one in the seats but if the carpet has not been replace that may be a good bet. Rob

If you give us the letter in the middle of the VIN number we can tell you what plant it was produced. The reason I say this is because there is no reason to tear apart the car looking for a build sheet if the car was made in the Flint plant because nobody has found a build sheet in a Flint built car. rob

First off, i see this is your first post. Welcome aboard the boards. We hope you like what you see and decide to become a dues paying member of the club. When you pulled up the carpet and padding was there any rust? If so, it may have been leaking for awhile and if not it could have been what he said. If it was coming from the heater core it would be anti-freeze. If the AC hasnt been run then the drain from the AC box drain couldn't be the issue.. rob

Slacker, you look fine to me. Did you go to the doctor? rob

Like Bob said, the larger one (1156) is the backup lamp. The smaller one (67) is for the license plate lamp socket. rob

It could be the Idle Stop Solenoid is not properly adjusted or not working properly. It is mounted on the drivers side of the carb. When you turn the key on this solenoid energizes ane you adjust your idle speed there. When you shut the key off this should disengage the solenoid causing the throttle linkage to drop the throttle out and starve the engine of gas and prevent the "diesel" effect you speak of. I has been awhile since I adjusted one but I think, with the engine off, you turn the solenoid idle bolt all the way in and adhust the solenoid so, the throttle linkage won't touch the idle bolt head sticking out of the solenoid. Then start the engine, let it warm up to a normal idle and then adjust the bolt head to a desired idle speed. Like I said, it has been awhile since I adjusted one so my adjustment description may not be correct. Hopefully the below link will take you to a pi"ture of an idle solenoid, not necessarily the correct one. Rob http://www.google.com/#hl=en&q=idle+solenoid+picture

I don't think the ones on my 70 Monte blink either. I didn't think they were supposed to. Rob

Looks great Andreas, great to see the results of you wrenching with Leo. Rob