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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It's time to get on it. I have a spot in the garage for it now.
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.
Keep it going! I wish I had your energy.
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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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