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So my 71 had an engine fire and one thing led to another and now a complete custom monte is on it's way... First thing to happen was a custom built grill, welded in cowl induction scoop, 2012 camaro side mirrors and four bucket seats. Next a widened grand am dash with custom Speedhut gauges and frenched side marker lights after the removal of all side mouldings. I then pulled the body off the frame and welded in the helwig frame box in kit. After that all factory sway bars, brakes, diff and the rest of the suspension was removed to make way for some new goodies. Currie 9" with 3:70 and currie trac upper and lower rear control arms, Baer 6p 13" rotors front 12" 4p rears, helwig bars front and rear, varishocks on all 4 corners, spc upper and lower front control arms as well as springs new steering box. For wheels I went with 18x10 Rocket Booster rims on all 4 corners with BFG Sport comp 2 255/40/18 front and 275/40/18 rears. After all the upgrades the rust repair started with replacing the trunk floor, parcel shelf and a couple other patches in the back seat area. The biggest rust issue I had was the roof skin that was rotten under the original vinyl. I found a complete sail panel and roof skin in Montana and stripped it cleaned and painted befor welding in to the car. In the process the drip rails were shaved and smoothed. The car is now at the bodyshop hopefully coming home next week after I sandblasted the whole top of the shell. It will be I'm epoxy at that time. The rest of the mock up parts other mods will done in the coming months so hopefully I can have it track/road worthy for the summer to make sure all these miss will work befor i commit to paint. It's been a lot of work but so worth it to have something my own!
