1980 Monte-Project Save the Roof!

[H2Ogbodies]

Well, spent tonight switching the bucket seat/console brackets over to the new shell which was a bench seat car. Mocked up the seat bases for the late model Oldsmobile leather seats, dropped motor/tranny in place on frame-fought the new motor mounts for almost two hours, then finished stripping the frame of all lines, clamps and misc. stuff. Started grinding down the crappy factory welds/spatter and filling in some spots with weld before grinding that down....looks much nicer now. I have some rear floor braces to replace on the shell and it can sit down on the frame once I finish prepping/painting it. Hopefully by the weekend I can do that...oh yeah, I also sandblasted the pedals and metal column support and painted those pieces too. Hafta get those bolted back in place so I can install the quick ratio gearbox and put the column in so I can at least move the car easier. I also plan on boxing in the frame and relocating the brake/fuel lines to the inner part of the frame. Its been a good day!