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Thank You. I finally got the part and put them side by side. they look identical so far. time to sand and paint

I have a 78 monte carlo and the inner Radiator Support. I think that's the name of it. Its the metal bracket that runs fender to fender that the hood connects to and it holds the radiator. Well mine is damaged by the passenger fender where the car had obviously been in a previous accident and...

In order for you to understand the entire situation I have to start at the beginning. I have a dodge ram 2007 that was used as a ranch truck when I bought it. I drove it home and the overhead display said I was getting 17 miles a gallon on the highway on the way home from Dallas to Copperas...

I don't know why he doesn't just buy a rolling chassis that is either a 78 or 79 and swap everything over. It would be a little bit of work but if he liked the car that much it would be a price wise option

I believe that you are right. When I had my first G-Body about 9 years ago the junk yard had rows of G-body cars with parts. I went about a couple months ago and they only had 2 and Monte Carlo SS was in the premium section. They are becoming more rare which will help in price going up but we...

The speedometer says right about 72,000 miles and the registration says 98. I was thinking that it definitely went over that and rolled over but after the bolts and the condition of the frame and floor boards. It may only have that many miles. Just rain water would be the only thing that slowly...

My first car that I built was a 79 Monte Carlo rolling chassis. My car I couldn't afford so I sold it and this was all I could find. I bought a junk yard engine, a 700r4 transmission for $120 dollars (it was cheap because 3rd gear was blown out so it could only go to second), and a new...

Putting a BBC 454 in a el camino is going to be allot harder than just dropping in a 350. On you tube Car Warriors did a competition rebuilding 2 1986 El Caminos. One has a 350 the other a 454. There is allot of additional BS but they talk about some of the obstacles facing putting the 454 in...

I have a 78 monte carlo and got my bolts from Mikes Montes. The kit they sell for the grand National. They came in about 3 to 4 days. Installed them less than a month ago with the poly urethane body mounts from Jegs.

It will depend allot on how big the rims and tires you have now are. And how wide. By going to a 22 from experience in the past I learned it feels different when turning. The tires I had were 305 wide. It got really good traction but I couldn't burn out as easy or often as I wanted to. By...

The bolts seemed to not be rusted nearly at all. Maybe someone had replaced them years ago or the car might never have been in a salty environment.

There is no engine or transmission in her right now. Nor has there been in a long time. lol. She was sitting in the lot since 1998. (or that's when the expiration on the tags expired.) Hopefully ill be able to get her running by summer of next year. Would be sooner but I cant get money to grow...

Thank you cause the city said for me to take it on the military base recycling center on Fort Hood. Which I doubt they will give me a day pass to transport a tank of gas across post. Then she said if that doesn't work she doesn't have any other answers. lol. I called our local scrap yard...

I have the gas tank out of my 78 Monte and it is about 3/4 to 1/2 full of a oil gas mixture from sitting for 17 or so years. Its rotted on the inside and I decided to just get another one but not sure how to dispose of it? They frown on pouring oil and gas into the ground. and the tank being...

Here is an update on the Bushing replacement. When the kit came in from JEGS it was missing the mount for position 6 and two washers . I ordered them and they came two days later. To bad they sent the washers for position 5 not position 3. I need a inside diameter of 3/4 not 7/16. That was...

I was reading somewhere about the reintroduction of an "el Camino" Type of vehicle. It was around the time the outback came out. Chevrolet decided that since the outback didn't sell it would be pointless to modify the car to be sold in America because of our stricter standards. Instead it was...

I looked up the same thing and there is a whole discussion about it and the 3 different bracket styles people made to hold the seats. Here is the link: http://www.montecarloss.com/community/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=687438

I dropped the gas tank that has been on the car half full of gas and unused since 1998. It looked like oil and the inside of the tank was rusted and falling apart into the "used to be gas" Tried to dump all the gas out to see how bad the damage was and if it could be saved but I cant seem to get...

I am not sure if a Monte Carlo windshield would work. On my 78 and 79 the antenna is built into the windshield.

That stud remover looks like it will come in handy. If I break a bolt ill have to order that. I just noticed that in the title to the thread I put "confort" not "comfort". :blam: