Canuck Posted June 5, 2016 Author Posted June 5, 2016 Put on a couple new tires and rims today. I had some help 2 Quote
bigtankjones Posted June 5, 2016 Posted June 5, 2016 Anyone have any better ideas on clips to hold down the vinyl top trim. The ones that I bought are junk. The trim is popping off. The clips seem to be a one time use thing. One of the members here told me what he bought, so I bought the same and am so frustrated right now. Quote
monte70car Posted June 5, 2016 Posted June 5, 2016 Not a lot got done, layout some artwork on the sail panel of the 72. We pulled the El Camino out and redid the garage it sits in. Quote
Rock Posted June 5, 2016 Posted June 5, 2016 Anyone have any better ideas on clips to hold down the vinyl top trim. The ones that I bought are junk. The trim is popping off. The clips seem to be a one time use thing. One of the members here told me what he bought, so I bought the same and am so frustrated right now. Those plastic clips don't work very well do they. I think your choices are limited. Good luck on a solution. Quote
bigtankjones Posted June 6, 2016 Posted June 6, 2016 I found some clips at the Parts Place for .40 each. The image looks similar to the old black ones that where on the car. And the the Parts Place says there for the 1970-72 Monte. I think I'll waste some more money and buy a couple doz. Quote
Leghome Posted June 7, 2016 Posted June 7, 2016 Drove the 72 into town this morning to run some errands. Having the turn signals turn off after cornering is really nice and the Dakota Digital Cruise Control performs flawlessly. 1 Quote
bigtankjones Posted June 7, 2016 Posted June 7, 2016 Took the 70 down to the gas station to put a couple bucks worth of gas in the tank. Got a few compliments. 4 Quote
Boots Posted June 8, 2016 Posted June 8, 2016 how long did it take you to time that juuust right to get the sunbeam to hit the hood like that ?????...and what ONLY a few. compliments....??..gonna have that car in movies too now ! Quote
Rob Peters Posted June 8, 2016 Posted June 8, 2016 Reminds me of that old toothpaste commercial when the person smiles and gets a statburst reflection off of their tooth.....I bet you got more than a few compliments and thumbs ups rob 1 Quote
stangeba Posted June 8, 2016 Posted June 8, 2016 Changed the oil and oil filter today then took a ride. Sunny but cool. Bruce 2 Quote
Paul Bell Posted June 8, 2016 Posted June 8, 2016 My skirts showed up! I understand that these things usually show up with some dings in them. This one has one perfect dent, I'm sure it'll pop out nicely. Now, how to attach the mud flaps? Quote
bigtankjones Posted June 9, 2016 Posted June 9, 2016 Dropped the Monte off for her front end alignment this afternoon. Hope all's they have to do is Toe In, Toe Out. Quote
monte70car Posted June 11, 2016 Posted June 11, 2016 Testing two colors black cherry pearl met over dark cherry met and then black cherry under the dark cherry. Put in a new windshield in the El Camino glass came from auto city glass. Quote
Leghome Posted June 12, 2016 Posted June 12, 2016 Drove the 72 to two events in conjunction to my 50 year high school graduation reunion the last two days. A lot of my former classmates drooling over the car and even had one gal ask me for the keys so she could take it for a spin. Of course the answer to that was no Mam I don't thinks so. Her husband gave me a thumbs up on that response.. 1 Quote
71MonteCarloMD Posted June 13, 2016 Posted June 13, 2016 My son and I worked together on rusty bolts and got right fender off yesterday :-) Quote
72-CLASSIC_RIDE Posted June 13, 2016 Posted June 13, 2016 It was a nice day Sunday & took the Monte to a local car show. Didn't enter her in the Show, but did drive through the venue so everyone got a good look. Then parked outside. walked through and would have been the only Monte entered. I purposely took my camera, but you think I would remember to take it out of the car! NOPE! Just got my car vacuum cleaner and it did an awesome job. Had I had time to polish, I may have entered in the Show. Doug Quote
bigtankjones Posted June 13, 2016 Posted June 13, 2016 Yesterday. My son Graduated from High School. I asked him if he wanted to drive to graduation in the White Monte or Ride in the 70 Monte. He chose. 2 Quote
502ci Posted June 17, 2016 Posted June 17, 2016 Finally got around to messing with my Monte...got it fired up and running . Just need to rework my switch so I can shut the car back off now, lol. Quote
Leghome Posted June 17, 2016 Posted June 17, 2016 I put a solenoid on the carb to make it idle faster when the A/C is running. The AC pulled the idle down so that is would die at a stop light once in a while. Now when you turn the AC on the idle rpms or the in gear rpms stay the same with brake on. Quote
Rock Posted June 18, 2016 Posted June 18, 2016 Got the driver side control arm and the coil over hardware on. Progress! 1 Quote
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