BigGreen70 Posted November 7, 2012 Share Posted November 7, 2012 As I stated when I joined and introduced myself in the new members forum. I am a El Camino guy, my El Camino being a 1970. and this Monte Carlo is a project for my sister. The Car: The Car: The Monte Carlo is a 1970, that I purchased from the original owner in January 2012. I since began a complete restoration on it. It is originally a 350/350 car and I plan on keeping it that and only changing to a 4 barrel carb. The car is Dark green with Dark green interior and a Dark green vinyl top and I plan on restoring it to that, since green is my sisters dream color for her Monte. Buildsheets: I have found 3 buildsheets in the car, one in pieces but luckily i have almost all the pieces, that was under the front seat on the passenger side. The second sheet was found on top of the gas tank is complete and almost completely readable. The third was found in the rear seat back but is not for my car it is for a 1970 Camaro that was built in front of my car, due to the sequence number on the sheet. Restoration plan: Pull the car apart, front clip off, engine and trans out, interior and glass out. and access the body damage, rust, and worn parts. Start with metal and body work. Engine and trans will be rebuilt to factory specs (with possible modern upgrades where needed). Interior will be factory with the exception of adding a hidden modern stereo. upgrades different the factory 4 barrel intake and carb Bumper guards front and rear Hidden modern stereo Gauges dash instead of light dash Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigGreen70 Posted November 7, 2012 Author Share Posted November 7, 2012 Almost forgot the pictures! some of these are repost from the new members forum but figured they should go here too! The roof skin is junk so I plan on using a chevelle panel and modifying it. The cowl and fenders have typical lower rust. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigGreen70 Posted November 7, 2012 Author Share Posted November 7, 2012 Passenger fender off. My friend helping remove the core support. The trunk needs some paint and a new mat and its done! Found a steering column with correct wheel and switched the wheel to the old column. My friend again in the pic helping remove the dash. Removing the fuse panel and wiring. Dash out, going to my friends house where he will restore it. Dash out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigGreen70 Posted November 7, 2012 Author Share Posted November 7, 2012 Windshield coming out. Some rust in cowl at base of windshield Rear glass out Drivers side fender back from blasters, sent it there cuz it had alot of filler. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slaman Posted November 7, 2012 Share Posted November 7, 2012 Lots of progress already. Another one saved. And if I missed it earlier. Welcome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Jim Posted November 7, 2012 Share Posted November 7, 2012 Jared Richey has a roof for sale. In SC that is.Shipping might be a lot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canuck Posted November 7, 2012 Share Posted November 7, 2012 Making great progress! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigtankjones Posted November 7, 2012 Share Posted November 7, 2012 I like the Chevy Tissue box mounted under the dash there. COOL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jared Richey Posted November 8, 2012 Share Posted November 8, 2012 Yeah I do, thanks for the lead Jim.... But yeah shipping would kill you one this huge thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vaughn Posted November 8, 2012 Share Posted November 8, 2012 Great progress!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LS5 Posted November 8, 2012 Share Posted November 8, 2012 Hey Matt, Do you know what those windshield pillars and back window chanel and roof panel are screaming to me.???? CONVERTIBLE ME PLEASE....!!! .. Just a thought and my 2 cents... Darren. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cny first gen 71 Posted November 8, 2012 Share Posted November 8, 2012 Hey them blue spots looked pretty good on the front end welcome to the blue green debate. Looks like your making good progress on it good luck you got your work cut out for ya. Keep the pictures coming. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigtankjones Posted November 8, 2012 Share Posted November 8, 2012 Hey them blue spots looked pretty good on the front end welcome to the blue green debate. Looks like your making good progress on it good luck you got your work cut out for ya. Keep the pictures coming. OH-OH. It's been a while since we have had a Blue / Green Battle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
7tonemonte Posted November 9, 2012 Share Posted November 9, 2012 I was staying quiet, no Green/Blue battles from my end, we all know after the scientific research over the years that green is better Nice looking project there, I always love seeing someone fix a car that everyone else wrote off for dead! Convertible would be nice, but it would be much less work to put a new roof on that one! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cudax Posted November 9, 2012 Share Posted November 9, 2012 I was staying quiet, no Green/Blue battles from my end, we all know after the scientific research over the years that green is better Nice looking project there, I always love seeing someone fix a car that everyone else wrote off for dead! Convertible would be nice, but it would be much less work to put a new roof on that one! Man, if that's being quiet I would hate to hear/read something from you that wasn't so quiet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MCfan Posted November 9, 2012 Share Posted November 9, 2012 we all know after the scientific research over the years that green is better That was probably the same research that proved every GREEN has a healthy dose of BLUE thrown in to disguise the YELLOW! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigGreen70 Posted November 9, 2012 Author Share Posted November 9, 2012 hahah well regardless of which color is the best...this monte is gonna be the factory GREEN with the GREEN Vinyl top AND the GREEN interior. lol that is how my sister wants the car. she currently drives a GREEN Jeep Cherokee, that I saved from the crusher, just needed a motor. Oh! and my mom has a GREEN Jeep Grand Cherokee. My short term goal for the Monte is to have the metal and body work done this winter. And as much fun as a convertible would be, I do live in the great state of Washington, soooo think I will keep the metal roof. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
7tonemonte Posted November 9, 2012 Share Posted November 9, 2012 Yep, Matthew will fit in just fine here! It's all in good fun, there's even pics of green and blue Montes parked next to each other and owners sitting together at meets with hardly any tension Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leghome Posted November 9, 2012 Share Posted November 9, 2012 Montes parked next to each other and owners sitting together at meets with hardly any tension Whew I am glad I reread that post. I thought you said that they sit next to each other and hold hands. LOL LOL LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
70mcarlo Posted November 10, 2012 Share Posted November 10, 2012 Yep, Matthew will fit in just fine here! It's all in good fun, there's even pics of green and blue Montes parked next to each other and owners sitting together at meets with hardly any tension "hardly any tension"? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
7tonemonte Posted November 10, 2012 Share Posted November 10, 2012 I thought you said that they sit next to each other and hold hands. The closest we have come to that has been someone handing another person a beer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigGreen70 Posted November 10, 2012 Author Share Posted November 10, 2012 I figured I should share some pics of parts I have began to collect for the rebuild of the Monte. These parts I purchase from Jared. A new fender extension to replace the rusty one and a set of marker lens. This is a pair of NOS rear bumper guards I picked up for a good price. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MGD72Monte Posted November 10, 2012 Share Posted November 10, 2012 Good teardown progress, good luck with the restoration. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cny first gen 71 Posted November 10, 2012 Share Posted November 10, 2012 The blue green debate is all done in fun. We have never sat around holding hands and sang kume by ahh but theres deffinatly have been some beers passed around. Great times for sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OhMonte Posted December 4, 2012 Share Posted December 4, 2012 Very nice progress! Green is good...very good. And so is chrome. Everything goes with chrome. Good luck and keep us updated with pix. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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