Canuck Posted September 13, 2014 Author Posted September 13, 2014 It is difficult to find the right colours for a sandalwood interior (dash, carpet, etc). Not to mention the fact that the sandalwood has different undertones in 1970 than 1971. My 70 has sandalwood interior. Quote
monte70car Posted September 15, 2014 Posted September 15, 2014 Got a few things done today some on the 72 and some on the El Camino like putting the new door panels on with the power window switches https://fbcdn-sphotos-a-a.akamaihd.net/h...b03552907816207 And then the Monte got a coat of black paint on the firewall https://scontent-a-iad.xx.fbcdn.net/hpho...amp;oe=54CC9C9C Quote
footballubet Posted September 15, 2014 Posted September 15, 2014 Took it out to a car cruise last evening. Felt good cruising with the cooler temps. And ran it to the store today. A couple guys were checking it out and I told them it wasn't my grocery getter it was my beer runner! Quote
LostnFound Posted September 15, 2014 Posted September 15, 2014 Took it out to a car cruise last evening. Felt good cruising with the cooler temps. And ran it to the store today. A couple guys were checking it out and I told them it wasn't my grocery getter it was my beer runner! Makes total sense to me. Getting beer is a perfect justification of firing up the Monte. But groceries on the other hand? Absolutely not! Quote
footballubet Posted September 15, 2014 Posted September 15, 2014 Originally Posted By: footballubet Took it out to a car cruise last evening. Felt good cruising with the cooler temps. And ran it to the store today. A couple guys were checking it out and I told them it wasn't my grocery getter it was my beer runner! Makes total sense to me. Getting beer is a perfect justification of firing up the Monte. But groceries on the other hand? Absolutely not! And no shopping carts at the store! Quote
LostnFound Posted September 15, 2014 Posted September 15, 2014 Ummm....they do have carts at the beer stores up here. Quote
footballubet Posted September 15, 2014 Posted September 15, 2014 You have to remember...I live in the boondocks. We don't have them fancy deevices! Quote
LostnFound Posted September 15, 2014 Posted September 15, 2014 LOL...I live in the boondocks too but civilization isn't too far away. Quote
Jason72 Posted September 16, 2014 Posted September 16, 2014 Today I ordered a Glasstek flat hood and trunk lid. Quote
BigdaddyT Posted September 17, 2014 Posted September 17, 2014 Patrick you have one of the nicest looking montes on this sight, I love the color Quote
cbolt Posted September 17, 2014 Posted September 17, 2014 Got my bumper brackets and steering column collar back from the powder coating place today. Assembled the column. Just need the sponge seal to install it... WOOT! Also my aluminum water neck arrived from Summit today.. the goodies keep rolling it! I still have a long way to go but it is still on schedule. Quote
Jared Richey Posted September 17, 2014 Posted September 17, 2014 That reminds me, I will check on you a steering shaft. Hadn't had any luck so far, all of them have been busted. Quote
Patrick Sheean Posted September 17, 2014 Posted September 17, 2014 Patrick you have one of the nicest looking montes on this sight, I love the color Thanks Tim Quote
502ci Posted September 17, 2014 Posted September 17, 2014 Went to a car show yesterday and took it out on a cruise this past Sunday...electrical gremlins had the car sitting for a month prior to that... I finally found a mouse nest hidden on top of my Painless Wiring System way under my dash. Mouse pee caused all sorts of problems with my circuits...got real crazy when I was checking circuits and they all read 12 volts but it took a while for me to finally test the circuits with a load on them and find out the voltage drop down to 1.5 volts on some of them (initially this had me chasing what I thought was a problem with my ignition system)... The fuse connections were so badly corroded. Quote
72Ragtop Posted September 17, 2014 Posted September 17, 2014 drove it to work with the top down. Quote
footballubet Posted September 17, 2014 Posted September 17, 2014 Went to a car show yesterday and took it out on a cruise this past Sunday...electrical gremlins had the car sitting for a month prior to that... I finally found a mouse nest hidden on top of my Painless Wiring System way under my dash. Mouse pee caused all sorts of problems with my circuits...got real crazy when I was checking circuits and they all read 12 volts but it took a while for me to finally test the circuits with a load on them and find out the voltage drop down to 1.5 volts on some of them (initially this had me chasing what I thought was a problem with my ignition system)... The fuse connections were so badly corroded. Bill, That's why when I check circuits I use a new style headlight bulb to put a good draw on the system. I watched the service manager fight a high resistance in a circuit for over 6 hours because he wouldn't listen to me. He kept telling me he had 12v. I just watched and snickered when he finally found it. Quote
Patrick Sheean Posted September 20, 2014 Posted September 20, 2014 I had Monte professionally detailed, it took three days and Monte looks amazing. All I have is phone pics, but I will take some better ones soon. Cruised around with my son and received lots of smiles and stares. Lots of fun! Quote
7tonemonte Posted September 20, 2014 Posted September 20, 2014 Monte has been out all week, I dropped it at a friends shop Monday evening for him to install a 3.08 posi got from my good friend Terry (70iron) and some tubular upper and lower control,arms from another great member here Dave (72mc). The rear gears made a slightly noticeable difference off the line, posi made a huge difference in the traction of my car. It's no speed demon, but it does hook up and go pretty good! The control arms and everything done in the rear now makes me wish I'd have not gone stock on my suspension rebuild years ago, but it looks like I'll have a new project in the future with tubular front end stuff, maybe some tighter shocks and things to stiffen up the front end now. My friend that installed everything commented on how great the car runs, and rides down the road. It really is the best riding older car I've ever owned! So after I got the car back I've driven it every day this week, and it will be used all weekend too. Weather is great here, I have to say again what a great group of people I've met through this site, a bunch of which I'm proud to call my friends! Thanks fgmcc! 1 Quote
cbolt Posted September 20, 2014 Posted September 20, 2014 Installed the steering column. Still need to hook up and adjust the ignition switch but the hard part is done. Too bad when it is all together you wont be able to see it but the column itself has been powder coated gloss black... Ill be posting pics on my photobucket later this weekend. Quote
70 Iron Posted September 21, 2014 Posted September 21, 2014 Thats Great Tony Sounds like you have a head start on the winter projects. You need to erease that single tire burnout in your driveway and in front of the house and lay down some posi burn outs just to show the neighbors Is it true that Ali got to do the first posi power launch Terry Quote
LostnFound Posted September 21, 2014 Posted September 21, 2014 Had her in a car show today. About 700 cars there today. The morning was looking like rain but the day stayed dry. My Brother-in-law Derek is here for the weekend from Myrtle Beach. He really knows cars, old and new, and has always been a car guy but currently doesn't have a classic. He has a tricked out daily driver though and is more in to enjoying his Chaparral cabin cruiser these days. Today's car show was open to all years so he was able to enter his. Here's a photo of our cars side by side. Quote
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