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Just made my reservations. See you all there

Are there still rooms left?

While your at it, can you check to see if you have speaker brackets for the 2 speaker dash. Thanks

Hey Dennis, while your checking stuff, can you see if you have a pair of front speaker brackets, for the 2 speaker dash also? Thanks

More pictures

More paint pictures. A few more pieces were painted last week. They also spent some time refurbishing a spare hood for my 69 Buick GS400

Hi Dennis. Pictures to follow on what I have. I believe I'm missing a brace that secures the center of the dashboard, it would vibrate alot driving down the road. I also couldn't find the rear support brace for the AM/FM/8 Track stereo. That radio is really heavy, and the reason my radio shaft cups are broken.

I'd be interested in 1 if it was at Carlisle. Traveling from Fl to Pa is a normal occurance for me. I'm going to bring mine back to Fl next week and go through everything. I have to figure out whats broken and missing. Maybe I can repair it and not replace it. Or I can buy a used one and combine the 2 into a perfect dashboard.

What is the super glue and baking soda trick? Do you mix the 2 together and make a paste?

The dash is in Pa but I’m headed up there next week. I can get a pic then.

Dennis, want to sell one of those dashboards?

I’d be willing to make the trip to Carlisle if someone had a dash for sale. Sounds like it’s the typical Chinese syndrome, quality isn’t there. im pretty sure mine is missing brackets and reinforcements that are suppose to be there from the factory, I was hoping a new one would have everything included. I guess I’ll keep an eye out for a used one. Where can I get the cups to repair the area where the radio shafts go through?

Has anyone used the replacement dashboard from Restoparts? Wondering about quality and fit and finish. My original dash is cracked and beat up. Also, the area where the radio knobs go through is broken. I would like to keep the GM Am/Fm/8 track tape player, but it’s a heavy piece and I’m not sure if I can repair my dash. That’s why I was thinking about just replacing the whole thing. Thoughts?

Black, but mine will be body color when done. Which will be …..gloss black.

Surprise post on FB by the body shop doing my Monte. They have started to lay some color down. Making progress.

Welcome to the best forum for the first gen Monte Carlo, Zachary. Congratulations on your Monte. It looks great.

Thats it for now. I have some pics on Falsebook, but don't know how to bring them over here. Probably from old computers that don't work right anymore. Need to get my kids to pull the hard drives and save the pics to an external hard drive. I also had alot of pics on old phones that don't work anymore. I still saved the phones, hoping I can retrieve the pictures somehow. Again, something for the kids to do.

Thats somewhat in order, the middle of it might be off a little bit. Going through pictures now to post

I'll play along. Like many others, I'm sure I'll forget a few. I'll have to make a second post with some pics.I had a list writen down at one point, but after moving, I'm not sure where it is. It's around here somewhere. It will probably be a few years before everything is unpacked again. 1968 Buick Skylark 1979 Monte Carlo 1970 Buick GS350 1978 Pontiac Grand Prix 1977 Buick LeSabre w/ Pont 455 engine 1976 Monte Carlo 1990 Ford Explorer Sport 1988 Acura Integra 1992 Saturn SL1 1988 Chevy S10 Blazer 1988 Ford Taurus 1980 Datsun pick up (project) 1986 Mercury Cougar 1984 Mercury Cougar 1987 Mercury Cougar XR7 1987 Ford F250 diesel 1994 Mercury Sable 1989 Ford Taurus SHO 1990 Ford Crown Vic Station Wagon 1998 Ford Windstar 1998 Ford Expedition 1988 Bronco II !999 Ford Mustang 35th Anniversary GT 1977 Ford F250 351/4speed 1993 Ford F350 Crew Cab diesel/5 speed 1995 Ford Escort SW 2001 Lincoln LS 2003 Ford F150 Super Crew 1997 Lincoln Continental 1997 Ford Explorer 2006 Ford Five Hundred 1972 Ford LTD convertible 2014 Ford Taurus 2014 Ford Edge Sport 1956 Pontiac Starchief 2018 Jaguar F Pace 1971 Monte Carlo 2017 Jaguar XF R-Sport 2017 Ford F250 2022 Jaguar F Type R 2020 Jaguar F Pace SVR 2023 Jaguar F Pace SVR Edition 1988 2018 Range Rover Velar 2018 Jeep Wrangler JL 1969 Buick GS400 2024 Jeep Wrangler Willys Didn't list the project cars that never got finished or were junked. (67 Fairlane, 67 Olds 442, 70 Buick GS455, 69 Buick GS400 are the first that come to my mind) Pics to follow.

Congrats Aaron!! Looks fantastic. I got my copy a week or 2 ago.

Yes, that's my car before the bodywork was started. I think Jared S was saying that he'll leave his vinyl top on for as long as possible to avoid having to do bodywork. I get that, sometimes I wished I left my car alone and drove it. In the end, mother nature always prevails and you'll either have to do repairs, or sell it and move on to something else. Thanks for all the positive comments. I'm real excited to see color on this soon.