BUILD THREAD 1987 Monte Carlo from Iceland

[pagrunt]

I sent my girlfriend on a vacation to Montenegro, so now I have two weeks to get some progress! hehe

So that means you have the two weeks vacation. 😀 I wish I could send the wife away for a vacation but where I send her they would rush to return her.

 

[Sævar Örn Eiríksson]

haha you're exactly right, nahhh well I have to work 8 to 5 anyways, but the weekends can be productive and some of the evenings 🙂

 

[Sævar Örn Eiríksson]

The rear left body mount braces are almost ready to be welded in, I need to do some further repairs on the quarterpanel seam in the wheel well and the under rear window floor to wheel well seam, these are a little rusty at the seam but not much else,

clearly some flexibilty is causing this issue, the frame of the car needs more rigidity in the back as I have seen written in various magazines and forum topics,

I'll be sure to do some of that to mine before final assembly to prevent this from happening again in the future, but the worst news were that I am currently out of inert gas for my welder, hehe. this only happens when you are most motivated and need it most, no gas hehe

 

[Rustic302]

Hello Saevar, did you get any gas for your welder, how much work did you get done?
(I haven't done anything during the world cup haha, but now we're out it's back on!)

 

[Sævar Örn Eiríksson]

Hi Thanks for the inquiry, no I haven't been productive this week, I've had apprentices in training at work so I haven't been able to get to the gas company for a new bottle, I'm sending dad to pick up a new one for me tomorrow, so the weekend might be productive I hope !

The world cup doesn't bother me at all, Iceland did pretty good though, for their first time in the cup defeating Argentina etc.
However I bet that Croatia would win England, 2-1 and I got a crate full of beer from my CEO. hehe, don't judge me for betting England out, it was a shot in the dark by me, I don't watch soccer AT all!

 

[Firetruck1]

I admire your dedication. A car like this stateside (and I mean anywhere) would have been scrapped no questions asked. Ive taken cars 10 times better to the shredder many times over. You are one brave soul doing this!

 

[Sævar Örn Eiríksson]

I admire your dedication. A car like this stateside (and I mean anywhere) would have been scrapped no questions asked. Ive taken cars 10 times better to the shredder many times over. You are one brave soul doing this!

Thanks man, it's nothing that hasn't been done before on my island, hehe. Cars rust here, it's a fact, older cars have a difficulty, however, many of them are just slapped together and painted so they look good. I wouldn't sleep good at night knowing what lays below, remember the photo I showed earlier showing the driver side seatbelt mount brace? jeez


Anyway, some progress today, fixed the rear left body mount braces in place permanently, I will later draw a paint brush with seam sealer over all the seams and welds sealing them shut to the elements, and filling all cavities with spray filler, paint and clear, and at rest with my special rust prevention formula so it should last another 30 years at least

I also fixed the area under the rear seat cross section, which had already broken, and the body cushion mount was deteriorated so I fabbed a new one and put in its place, looks decent enough and now it's solid again!

The rust percentage is dropping !

The rear left body mount brace finally in, temporarily, after fixing the trunk floor that holds it in, this piece needed some hammer action to fit right, but it's a great repair piece!

The piece in, and the hole cut for the repair of the body cushion mount

That's it for today...!

 

[Sævar Örn Eiríksson]

Today starts easy, I don't want to start cutting the rocker panels away since I haven't received the inner rocker panel yet, it's sitting on my pallet in florida waiting to be flown over to me, this will happen later this week.

Currently I'm just cleaning up the shop, yes its a chore at 1500 sq ft and having a rust bucket and dust flying everywhere hehe

Mostly I'm just throwing away old stuff, things I'm sure I won't be reusing on the car, like the carpet... and damn, I figured out where that stench was coming from, jeez!

It will be much more motivational coming to the shop to work on the car, when it's not smelling like ammonia! hehe



Any recommendations for buying a new carpet? I'd like to keep the tan color if possible, I see a few options available affordably on Rockauto, are they decent? I'd like a carpet with factory like(or better) sound deadening.

 

[Texas82GP]

Today starts easy, I don't want to start cutting the rocker panels away since I haven't received the inner rocker panel yet, it's sitting on my pallet in florida waiting to be flown over to me, this will happen later this week.

Currently I'm just cleaning up the shop, yes its a chore at 1500 sq ft and having a rust bucket and dust flying everywhere hehe

Mostly I'm just throwing away old stuff, things I'm sure I won't be reusing on the car, like the carpet... and damn, I figured out where that stench was coming from, jeez!

It will be much more motivational coming to the shop to work on the car, when it's not smelling like ammonia! hehe



Any recommendations for buying a new carpet? I'd like to keep the tan color if possible, I see a few options available affordably on Rockauto, are they decent? I'd like a carpet with factory like(or better) sound deadening.

I recommend the ACC cutpile carpet with mass-backing. The quality and fit are exceptional. You could go with the Essex carpet with mass-backing as well. The Essex is just a more plush weave. The cutpile is a good match for the carpet that came from the factory in these cars. RockAuto has both...

We used the mass-backed carpet in my brother's car and I bought it for mine. This link describes the mass-backing...
https://www.accmats.com/articles/everything-about-mass-backing/

Hope this helps!

 

[Sævar Örn Eiríksson]

Hi, I'm not dead yet... some progress finally, hehe

Inner and outer rocker panels removed

Mocking up the door sill and inner rocker

Outer rocker mocked up too, everything fits decent

Tacked on

Welded completely

Looking good, and much stronger than from the factory now 🙂