Palmbchmonte

I am starting this thread and not really sure where it should go in this forum. I want to document and share our 70 Monte build. I guess some would call this build a Strip/Street car. We will call it our grocery getter. We live a few miles from the Palm Beach International Raceway...so it might be a little tough to resist taking it to the track 4-5 times a year. Especially since it was my wife's idea to build a go-fast car. I think she got a little bored with our last project ...restoring the 80 Z-28 to original....even she calls it a " Pig in a Prom Dress". We have decided to put the original 402 numbers matching engine on the shelf. A 489 stroker is being built by Rich Jones at Redline Automotive in Davie, Fl. So far we have only decided on the forged Eagle internally balanced rotating assembly, we are still working on the fuel and air delivery. (Rich is a big fan of No2) Most likely we will end up around 650 hp and maybe 530 Tq.....I still have to determine what the rear end gears are, I am guessing it is 3:31...but the car is stored in the container right now so crawling under it is not an option. I just got the rotisserie (Atlas Auto spin) setup at my home shop so I will finally drag that ole girl out and get started this weekend. The 400 transmission will be upgraded to handle the additional power. Dash gauges will be upgraded to add tach etc. We will be adding some suspension mods to help saddle the additional power..these days with the sticky tires bad things can happen when they hook up. The rest of the car we are going to TRY to keep mostly stock. There will be no resto mod body modifications. We are going to change out the bench seat for a set of buckets and console which means that we will also be changing the steering column shifter. We also will be changing the hood to a cowl hood. The toughest part of this project will most likely be the complete trunk pan and rear deck removal and replacement as the car was literally forked with a loader and drug out of a barn in South Dakota. The forks smashed the fuel tank and push it up trough the rusty trunk that was leaking through the rear deck. The rest of the car is pretty straight but it had been in a front end collision at some time in its life. The floor pans are great !! Quarters all look pretty solid...but we will see after it is stripped. There is no evidence of any type of body work being performed on this car. The car's last day on the road was in 1976, so we are looking forward to the day we bring her back to life ! Now we are looking for recommendations for the parts. We are familiar with the major wholesale houses, but we are looking for your experience with the manufacturer's such as AMD, Goodmark, etc and comments on the products you purchased. We will need: Front fenders, fender wells or let's just say entire front clip will be required, complete trunk pan, bucket seats, console, gauges, wiring harness, fiberglass cowl hood and pin system. Thanks for reading

Thanks for sharing the pics. Grille looks great. While I was there I looked your mc brake replacement. Very nice the way you write up the descriptions for the pics.

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Progress on the 402 tear down. I am sure you guys and girls can see why this motor failed. I ran out of time last night...but I feel much better about rebuilding this block now. The cylinders appear (from what I can see so far) very nice and there is hardly any ridge.

In my opinion Yes. All of my classic cars have multiple grounds to motor and frame. I also ground my radiator.

Update on the freshly pulled 402...just started evaluation of why this car was sitting for 40 years... and didn't take long :-(

Paul that is a 402 that has been sitting since 1976.

Just started tearing the new car apart.

Has anyone ever found the wrong build sheet in their car? I recently bought a 70 Monte and when I bought it the guy told me he found the build sheet under the back seat.. well that wasn't for that car, it was about 30 numbers off. so I didn't care I went ahead and bought the car anyway. I was tearing it apart today and I found another build sheet that was underneath the front driver seat. It also does not match the car. so I was thinking well somebody's replace the seats in it and that was a build sheet that came with the seat. however that's also incorrect because it's a bench seat and the build sheet is for bucket seats. my car is only 5 numbers off of the 2nd build sheet. Anyone else have any experiences like this?

MC1of80 thanks but I found one on Ebay before I seen your response.

M18c80 I I'm looking for 70 Grill