Ian Posted June 16, 2011 Share Posted June 16, 2011 I like it. I want to get mine done one of these days. Not sure what color tint will look good with the classic copper... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canuck Posted June 16, 2011 Share Posted June 16, 2011 Very nice Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xxyyzz Posted June 16, 2011 Author Share Posted June 16, 2011 Thanks guys! Â How did u do that mo? Â Ian, I don't like the mirror finish on any car, it looks too rice. Black on the other hand looks good on any color. IMHO Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xxyyzz Posted July 11, 2011 Author Share Posted July 11, 2011 Today I put in new front shocks and springs. No more scraping the tranny pan :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canuck Posted July 12, 2011 Share Posted July 12, 2011 I just drove 7 hours part of the way home from the Western Meet. Another 5 hours tomorrow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrunkMatt Posted July 12, 2011 Share Posted July 12, 2011 I just cleaned off the leftover remnants of the bird I hit on the way home from the western meet. Â It was pretty gross... but I took a picture if anyone wants to see Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abe72 Posted July 18, 2011 Share Posted July 18, 2011 Well i was going to remove the dash pad and install speakers, but I some how got side tracked and decided to remove the grill instead. I cleaned and painted the slots silver. Here are some pics to show that it indeed happen. Abe  Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xxyyzz Posted July 18, 2011 Author Share Posted July 18, 2011 OMG!!! hes taking pictures from the future! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrunkMatt Posted July 18, 2011 Share Posted July 18, 2011 Yesterday I stupidly broke the end of the TV Kickdown cable... it was old, and I was forceful. Â Today I wait on FedEx. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slaman Posted July 18, 2011 Share Posted July 18, 2011 OMG!!! hes taking pictures from the future! Must be a time warp... lol... Looks good Abe! Â I got to spend a few hours on filler work on the drivers quarter panel. I think it is straight enough finally to put on a coat of epoxy then some high build. Plus I media blasted my welds on the passenger door and did some sanding on it getting it ready for epoxy. Â Steve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abe72 Posted July 18, 2011 Share Posted July 18, 2011 OMG!!! hes taking pictures from the future! Â Hahaha...Yeah, didn't catch that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enigmatic Posted July 18, 2011 Share Posted July 18, 2011 Installed my new Pypes stainless 2 1/2 inch exhaust on Sunday. Took a few extra hours doing so due to the heat (It was 103 yesterday) but its all in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mom's Car Posted July 18, 2011 Share Posted July 18, 2011 Hopefully I will be throwing a couple of gears later as I am due for a spin in "Mom's Car"........ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monteman1971 Posted July 19, 2011 Share Posted July 19, 2011 I've been busy and off the boards because of it....First I installed my aluminum heads and a new intake and then this past weekend I repainted the top of my left front fender. It had some dings from the guy before me that were bugging me..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike 57 Posted July 19, 2011 Share Posted July 19, 2011 Got mine a new set of skins. Going to try a stiff sidewall slick, instead of the regular sidewall. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xxyyzz Posted July 20, 2011 Author Share Posted July 20, 2011 installed summit starter shield. Â Re: http://www.firstgenmc.com/ubbthreads/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=327256#Post327256 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
footballubet Posted July 21, 2011 Share Posted July 21, 2011 Took mine to a cruise last night with about 200 cars there. The cooling fans where working overtime as it was about 93 and 140% humidity! But she never got hot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xxyyzz Posted July 22, 2011 Author Share Posted July 22, 2011 dropped it off to get patch panel welded in and new carpet installed... order new door panels from tamraz  -Mark Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KWick_70MC Posted July 23, 2011 Share Posted July 23, 2011 Took her out and drove to the Clover Leaf and had lunch with Chris. He was in town working a Chips Casino gig. I still think he is connected and he comes up to get "payed his vig" Â Good lunch, and he and I drove around for about 20 minutes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Burns Posted July 23, 2011 Share Posted July 23, 2011 hmmm... what does NSFW mean? Â I walked by the Monte and Camaro in my bazillion degree garage on my way into the a/c. (It is hot, but I'll take it over the cold....) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monte70car Posted July 23, 2011 Share Posted July 23, 2011 throw the new covers on the motor and button it up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
footballubet Posted July 24, 2011 Share Posted July 24, 2011 I was at a car cruise I sponsor for the High School Music Boosters yesterday. It was real hot and didn't have as good of a turn out as we would have liked. But it was still fun! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ZrOuT Posted July 25, 2011 Share Posted July 25, 2011 i drove it.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abe72 Posted July 25, 2011 Share Posted July 25, 2011 Dusted off the Monte and took the family out for breakfast and a nice cruise along the coast. The weather here was perfect after the the morning haze burned off, about 75 degrees and sunny. This weeks project: change the fuel filters and start cleaning the engine compartment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MCfan Posted July 25, 2011 Share Posted July 25, 2011 Made a bit more progress on my "new girl" the past couple weeks. Â Installed my first ever "vanity plate". My first choice,"70SS454", was aleady taken so I went with my second choice which was "MC454SS" and got it. Â Â When I got my "new girl", the trunk was a disaster: broken trunk lock, rotten trunk mat, light surface rust on the floor, rusty jack, grimy rally spare wheel, unmounted 70 series tire (wrong size) and no tire cover. The spare tire cover I ordered from The Parts Place finaly arrived last week so I finished the trunk refurbishing project I have been working on over the past two weeks. Â I had previously replaced the trunk lock (got a new one on eBay), so I yanked out the old trunk mat, and then stripped, primed (Rustoleum gray primer) and repainted the trunk floor with Dupli-Color DM109 Black and Aqua Spatter Paint (matches the origninal perfectly). I disassembled and refurbished the jack with a wire wheel, buffing wheel and Dupli-Color black semi-gloss and lubed the action and bare metal parts with Break Free CLP. Â Â I repainted the spare rally wheel and bought a nearly new 245/60-15 tire from a local tire shop which they mounted and balanced for me. Â Â After installing a new trunk mat and jack instruction label from The Parts Place I called it good for now. Â Â Of course the front end needed some attention also, so I disassembled, cleaned and repainted the parking light housings with Dupli-Color Bumper Chrome and installed new amber bulbs. Then last Wednesday, I pulled the grill, radiator cover and hood latch off, cleaned and repainted each with Dupli-Color black semi-gloss and/or Bumper Chrome, as appropriate. I masked off the bumper, fenders and engine behind the radiator and repainted the exposed surfaces of the radiator support structure black semi-gloss. Â Â Got her all put back together and have been enjoying driving her around town the past few days. Thank goodness the AC works! It was 108 yesterday and 107 today. We had a brief thunderstorm mid afternoon today and the streets steamed like water boiling on the stove! Â Â Today, I took my wife to lunch in the Monte. When I came to get the car (parked way out in the lot, of course), a man was waiting in his car for me to show up. He jumped out and explained why he had put his business card under the wiper blade. He's a car collector (anything in near factory condition from 1928 to 1983 his card says), not a dealer, and wants me to call him first if I ever want to sell the car. I thanked him and told him I would keep his card but he was # 5 on the list. Guess the little things add up after awhile. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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