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    My 83 Monte Carlo SS carb LS build

    well the car runs and drives pretty well to be honest and is pretty fast.... floor is painted , 1 seat in, it needs carpet, seats in, clean rest of interior crap, finish dash, clean up wires etc; still kind of want to sell it
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    My 83 Monte Carlo SS carb LS build

    yeah i got a few of mine from them cant beat the prices the guy called coastal window tint on fisher blvd did them came out great
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    My 83 Monte Carlo SS carb LS build

    yep got it this morning left the lot with 2 miles on it , drove from atlantic city straight to my boys house in toms river (50 miles about) got it tinted, just drove home, 100 miles on the dot on it
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    My 83 Monte Carlo SS carb LS build

    work got little slow last night so i welded in the pass side bucket seat brackets. shop is open on monday but i anticipate it being slow.. if thats the case need to fill a couple of little holes and then vacuum the floor out and paint it with chassis saver (just like por-15). then i guess a...
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    My 83 Monte Carlo SS carb LS build

    i had a 14' white on red, z51 black wheels, 7mt this is a 17' torch red on black, non z51, black wheels, 7mt
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    My 83 Monte Carlo SS carb LS build

    i am supposed to pick it up saturday morning. still going to finish the monte because i started it so i want to finish it. whether i drive it or sell it doesnt matter point is i completed what i started without giving up. to be honest my boy has a notchback mustang 1991 or so and I would...
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    My 83 Monte Carlo SS carb LS build

    f- it bough the new stingray anyway YOLO happy 30th bday to me. still finishing the monte.. i have all the parts for months already just getting time to finish it. might sell it might keep it. depends on my mood that day lol
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    My 83 Monte Carlo SS carb LS build

    welded the driver side seat brackets in before at work... i suck at welding lol
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    My 83 Monte Carlo SS carb LS build

    I had one when it first came out (early 14 build) and it wasn't that bad to work on lol easier than my f-body is plus if u leave it stock (I doubt that will happen) it's really easy to work on lol
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    My 83 Monte Carlo SS carb LS build

    did the trans tonight, new hughes GM30HD converter and hughes th350 reverse manual valve body and ratchet shifter... just spent 7 hours after work fighting with it... really starting to hate it... still need to finish the interior
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    My 83 Monte Carlo SS carb LS build

    well no more water leaking in the car so thats a big plus... prob gonna stay at work late weds or thurs night to see if i can finish it... still debating selling it when the new trans and interior is in cause I wanna get another c7 vette
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    My 83 Monte Carlo SS carb LS build

    it looked like it was coming from there tho. like i said it was the a/c delete heater box so who knows what happened but its not really leaking now so i have to assume the gasket maker sealed where it was coming in from the top...
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    My 83 Monte Carlo SS carb LS build

    I re-sealed the top of the heater box with mega black gasket maker, the past few days its rained and there is much less/almost no water in the car, going to seal it a little better and also working on something to fill the big hole in the heater box where the heater core hose pipings come out
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    My 83 Monte Carlo SS carb LS build

    am i missing something here? Specifically the seal for the hood when it closes
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    My 83 Monte Carlo SS carb LS build

    I vacuumed the water out YET again ... put gasket sealer around the top of the heater box... the hole where the heater core piping comes thru is still large so I am going to make a plate out of metal, drill 2 holes in it (for the piping) and then seal all around it. once the water stops i can...
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    My 83 Monte Carlo SS carb LS build

    well this is a first... UPS driver called my shop to see what time we would be open until to make the delivery... or they coulda just sent a tracking # haha. trans got delivered. not sure when i will have the time to put it in cause same shot i need to weld in seat brackets and install the...
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    My 83 Monte Carlo SS carb LS build

    trans says it was shipped, no tracking info
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    My 83 Monte Carlo SS carb LS build

    literally have 0 updates... car is sitting with no carpet, no seats, water coming in, waiting for the trans to get shipped...
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    My 83 Monte Carlo SS carb LS build

    water is still coming in by the heater box... it has to be 1 of 2 things... i cut the hole too big for the heater core pipes to come out... or i dont have the rest of the mesh piece under the window liner on yet, u know that the rubber then seals and the hood closes on it...

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