So I spent a few hours on the wrecked 85. I removed all the front end sheetmetal. I stripped all the interior out including the column and dash with wiring harness/fuse block. I found one rear floor pan pretty eat up with rust. The parts car has a good pan. This car has been wrecked twice. It was cobbled together pretty bad. Incorrect hardware everywhere but the one that got me was the core support to chassis bolts. They used a huge stack of washers and a spindle castle nut to space it. Lol. Another funny one was the big purple wire on the column switch. It was cut and they spliced in a very small gauge wire in it. Surprised that small wire wasn't melted. The 86 parts car will yield most of the replacement parts. I had both left and right interior quarter window panels in the maroon in my attic. They are mint. The 85s engine wire harness is butchered and the heat/ac box wiring is melted. The 86s wiring is in great shape so going to use the engine and interior harness from it. I am very tempted to swap out the chassis' and rebuild the hinges with new pins and bushings and hang the doors on my next 4 day weekend. Using one door from the 86 and one I have in my shed from one of my past parts cars. These doors are very straight with two small dings between them both. Sure there are some other stuff but won't find them till their blocked out. I was itching to do SOMETHING to it. Every day when I take my dog out, The Monte is sitting there screaming at me for help. Lol
