What did you do to your Monte Carlo today?

[TWAMECH]

Reupholstered bucket, new and old

[cny first gen 71]

Put this in the live and learn column, it was time to change transmission fluid and filter so I figured I would change the pan with a nice chrome one. Well it leaked real bad for no apparent reason so I pulled it back off and saw nothing wrong with it but I cleaned up and painted the original one and put it back on, no leaks at all. So now I have a nice shiny item to hang on the garage wall. Took it out today it  ran great. 

[Rob Peters]

Steve,

Look at it this way, more people will see it hanging on your garage wall than they would mounted under your car on the tranny.  

rob

 

[Michael Boyte]

Steve,   Your car looks fantastic and has a great stance .  Absolutely beautiful !!

[cny first gen 71]

Your right Rob, thanks Mike looks great in pictures lol

[Michael Boyte]

And in person !!

[bob 71]

hey steve car looks good glad to see it out I used a deep alum pan no leaks hopefully our fearless leader lets us out for cruise nites/car shows soon R/F pic is good

[Rob Peters]

Of course Steve, In Carlisle, if one of us puts a mirror under the car so people can see the ratty original tranny pan rather than the chrome one hanging on the garage wall we will all know.

rob

[cny first gen 71]

1 hour ago, Rob Peters said:

Of course Steve, In Carlisle, if one of us puts a mirror under the car so people can see the ratty original tranny pan rather than the chrome one hanging on the garage wall we will all know.

rob

It's not ratty Rob I did clean it up and painted it silver. It came out pretty good.

[willie]

Steve, just have Rob place the mirror directly under the pan. People will not see anything but the pan, and it will look great just like the rest of your car!!!

[72RustBucket]

Found a really old can of stripper hiding in the shop today. We decided to see how effective it was for being so old. Tried it out on the hood...worked pretty great!

 

[cny first gen 71]

No Monte this weekend I'm camping for the first time this year. Not a lot of people here and a little cool but a great weekend still the same. 

[Paul Bell]

The right side of my front bumper was so high I couldn't install the two small screws at the bottom of the fender extension.

I fixed all that today.

[71MonteCarloMD]

Applied epoxy primer today, hope to apply high build primer tomorrow 

[cbolt]

Finished installing the rebuilt heater box and fancy radio. Everything with the air conditioning system finally works as advertised and all I need now are new tires and the car is ready for the trip north to the eastern meet. The goal now is to put as many miles on it as I can between now and then so I can justify a fresh oil and filter change before we head up to Carlisle.

[Michael Boyte]

Steve, 

That's a nice looking camping setup you've got there . I like the two entry doors.

And with that truck it never realizes it's even pulling anything !!

[cny first gen 71]

1 hour ago, Michael Boyte said:

Steve, 

That's a nice looking camping setup you've got there . I like the two entry doors.

And with that truck it never realizes it's even pulling anything !!

Yea we love it and really enjoy camping, as far as truck yea it pulls it just fine but it does use a lot more gas. Only got about 9 mpg but there was quite a few hills where we went but the other truck I had only got about 8 so it's an improvement. 

[cny first gen 71]

Went out for a socially distance visit with my grand kids today (I was going through withdrawal) my granddaughter said grandpa I love your car, my grandson said blue is his favorite color.  It was a very nice visit 

[72RustBucket]

Got the hood stripped, treated, and neutralized. Should be able to put primer down soon 

[CDN70Monte]

Took my 70 out of storage and swapped out the column shift for a B&M Quick Silver. Way more fun!

[DragCat]

That looks sharp Mario, and the Monte too 

[72RustBucket]

Got some primer on the hood, both sides. Also got extensions. 

[stangeba]

Looking great!

One comment you probably already know, but others may not, the inside of the taillights need a coat of white paint for better reflectivity of the bulbs.

I remember NOT doing mine and wow were they dim / dark.

Bruce

[72RustBucket]

1 hour ago, stangeba said:

Looking great!

One comment you probably already know, but others may not, the inside of the taillights need a coat of white paint for better reflectivity of the bulbs.

I remember NOT doing mine and wow were they dim / dark.

Bruce

Thanks! I brought this up with my grandpa (shop supervisor). I'll be putting white in later.

[Leghome]

I would recommend a high gloss white for better reflection