You know, some might look at that and say, "that's not too bad, there's some rust here and there" but wow! that's a daunting task to fix all those areas with either hand fabbed patches or pieces cut off other cars. Hats off to you!
BUILD THREAD HAFRODs 1987 Monte Carlo SS project
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I went through my magic attic and found a few big face Delco radios. I want a stock radio but wasn't sure exactly what it looked like. I looked at Google images and it seems to be a matte face. The buttons are black but have silver inserts. I have a radio with equalizer from a late 80s Cadillac. The face looks the same except it says symphony sound and has full chromed buttons. I just spent about 2 hours disassembling two radios to swap the small buttons. I polished each button and cleaned every area. It looks fantastic for its age but I don't have the volume and tune knobs. I believe they are specific to Monte Carlos with the silver insert having a beveled edge. I don't mind the Symphony Sound logo but wonder if it's got a better built in amp???
Montes had the black/aluminum cap top knob, chrome bottom knob with the big radios.
Went to a U Pull It yard today and got a Jeep Shaft. Less than $20 and it was the only one there. I did this on my Salon and liked how much cleaner it looked. There was an El Camino and an 86 Regal there but they were stripped already.
Been sick the last couple days. Feeling better this morning. Got my T top seals and channels from Dixie yesterday. I checked the front outside corner of the seal and it's flat. Now I can rebuild the rusted ends. Looks like 34 degrees for the high today. I still have a mess in the garage to clean up before I can get the Monte in there with room to work. I have been sick but still managed to clean and polish small parts in the house. Today I may stay inside again. Tomorrow is supposed to be 55 so I might get out there
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