1985 Monte Carlo SS from the ground up.....

[fleming442]

Looking good!👍

 

[69bigblock]

NP.. The driver side floor needed to be replace also the seat mounts. This was the only rotted part on the car. When I took the interior out the was broken glass under the seat and splash shield behind the door panel was removed. Thinking that door glass was broken and water got in and messed everything up..

 

[69bigblock]

I'm not a body man and never did a floor before.. Never huts to try.. Floor pan fit pretty good. 1/2 the floor was factory spot welds which was good.. Bought the floor pan @ ground up restoration which mostly sells camaro/nova/chevelle parts but recently came out with gbody catalog.. There few minutes away...

 

[ItsnotaGN]

.Looks like you did it like I did mine, whack the crossmember in half, weld in floor, reattach crossmember.

 

[69bigblock]

So a guy locally was selling a rotisserie that he made, so I picked it up made some mounts to attach the 2 together. I always wanted to do this.. The undercarriage of the body was all factory undercoat which probably why there was little rust on the car.. I didn't remove all the undercoat, just the loose stuff that may be peeling..

 

[69bigblock]

So that was all cleaned up as best as it's going to be.. So sprayed so more undercoating to cover the bottom. I'm just glad that I have the room to do this.. Years ago before I owned a house w/garage, I always rented a garage for my other car. So mostly everything was done outside or under a carport..

 

[michmalibuman]

Looking Good.😎

 

[69bigblock]

Next was fixing the frame. There were 5 frame mounts that needed repair. Bought some of those washers and welded them into place. Problem is I didn't take any pictures. I removed everything from the frame so I can start cleaning it up..

 

[PBGBodyFan]

Nice work! Cool color combo too, not a ton of maroon/gray interior ones out there, hope you keep it that way.

 

[69bigblock]

Well I have no say, it's the wife's car. She's not fond of the color, but it does need paint. Looks better wet. Color is faded and the roof clear coat peeled in some spots. The car has grey interior which she is one of the man reason why I got it..