CruizinKev's 1979 Monte Carlo

[CruizinKev]

just played around with photoshop what my wheels would look on a monte

 

[disco stu]

Hell yeah, do work son!

Looks cool. Alot of neat ideas and pieces. I love the way that 59-60 dash looks in that and how they sloped it down to the toe boards. Kinda makes me miss my 59 just looking at it.

Gonna have to score some of those handles.

Nice Photoshop. Those wheels look perfect on there. That's what Denzel should have been rolling on his Monte in Training Day.

 

[CruizinKev]

thx man!

today's pics..

frame's ready for the blaster!

 

[jwheelz1212]

car is going to look awesome when your done... your doing a great job keep up the good work

 

[CruizinKev]

Thx man!

Guys what do you think about seats like that in my 79 monte?

Please note I have a 59/60 Impala dash to go in - just kinda like that:

 

[CruizinKev]

I think I found my seats: Procar Rally Seats
They'll look awesome with the 59/60 Impala dash and steering wheel.

 

[mat231v6]

wow nice work. why dont you just put a draw thru turbo motor on that car?

 

[Dreamcar86]

Cool project, keep up the good work!

 

[CruizinKev]

back to work again. today I started scratching all that underbody protection stuff off they put on here in Germany. It helps against rust in winter with all that salt and stuff on streets..

I love it

took me the whole day to do that sh*t omg and still not finished with that sh*tty underbody protection cr*p. friggin hard chewy stuff! anyways hopefully I can bring the frame next week to the sandblaster where I'll blast that thing..

 

[youngdeezy510]

props on all the nice work Kev

 

[troGNman]

Very nice work indeed!

Did I catch a glimpse of a "Euro" taillamp setup on the Monte? I've never seen that before on an older GM car.....Modern Corvettes, yes, but not on a Monte.

 

[CruizinKev]

thx guys!

Did I catch a glimpse of a "Euro" taillamp setup on the Monte?

yeah right - it had euro tails but I'll swap to US spec 78 tails anyways for the "cleaner" look like this:

so yesterday I scraped off the rest of the undercoating stuff and found some ugly stuff:

One of the pre owners did some "repairs" and covered with bondo and undercoating. well I think I have to replace that section.

Already found a good site for replacements:

index

Fortunately the rest of the frame is good and only needs to be boxed and some rewelding of the factory welds.

Anyways I'll sandblast the frame this week, finally! Next weekend I'll test fit my rear wheels (18x9.5 with 295/35) and will see how much work need to do on notching rear frame section.

 

[V6UnderPressure]

thx guys!

yeah right - it had euro tails but I'll swap to US spec 78 tails anyways for the "cleaner" look like this:

I love the euro taillights. Its so much different from everything else. Nonetheless, it looks unbelievable with the new setup/wheels. I think alot of people don't consider how "aerodynamic" this car looks with the curves it has. It almost looks like a project like Boyd used to do like their "Chezoom" and other cars. Keep up the good work.

 

[CruizinKev]

thx for the kind words!

today we brought frame to the sandblaster's shop. I'll blast that thing tomorrow!

 

[CruizinKev]

here we go

buddy couldn't resist..

 

[CruizinKev]

we'll box the frame and also already got the TNTraceshop control arm & frame braces laying here.



I also got UMI Performance lower tubular a-arms & SC&C Stage 2 Kit uppers with Howe taller balljoints



UMI swaybar kit, UMI rear lowers & adjustable upper arms



UMI control arm / frame braces (but I have black colored), OPGI 2" lowering springs front & rear

 

[CruizinKev]

bilsteins, energy suspension body bushings and new body bolts



And I'll get SC&C's frame brace:

 

[V6UnderPressure]

Don't set those flags on fire!

 

[CruizinKev]

lol no fire in there! See I just received this pic from my buddy last night

he said already reweld almost all factory weld on underside of frame, welded control arm brackets in and boxed the sides
man he's fast - I just wanted to be there when he starts because I need to learn how to weld :biggrin:

 

[CruizinKev]

new pics of today, my buddy at work!

almost there!

Now at the moment I'm thinking about to galvanize/zincing the frame so it'll be 100% forever rustfree...