Hey guys,

I'm new here and I want to share my project - a 1979 Monte Carlo 305 that I bought in december 2002.

I'll rebuild the whole car (body, frame, interior etc) and swap in a LS1 engine & T56 manual 6-speed transmission. It'll be a "Pro-Tourer"/"Street-Rod" and this is what it should look like in the end:



first pics when I brought her home:







first steps..

 

09/17/2007:

started to unbolt body from frame..



09/18/2007:






09/19/2007:

 

yummy!!




and this is what it should look like in the end:




looked around for ideas what to do with the interior. especially with the dash/gauge-cluster and found this:

http://www.hzemall.com/our_gallery/installs_hzemall/regal/install.htm






it's a 1960 Impala dashboard.. and here's what I bought:



already started collecting parts for the manual transmission swap:

 

ordered GSI clutch pedal.

found some pretty cool door handles:




by pressing the button the handle will come out. came off a small european car, a Fiat Barchetta:



and just found the matching sheet metal from scrapyard:




295/35-18 yokohamas for the rear:




04-09-2010






04-10-2010

me @ work

 

04-17-2010

finally finished work on the rolling body dolly.






04-24-2010

 

frame ready for the blaster

I started to scratch all that underbody protection stuff off they put on here in Germany. It helped against rust in winter with all that salt and stuff on streets here in Germany.

 

I love it





took me the whole day to do that sh*t omg and still not finished with that sh*tty underbody protection cr*p. friggin hard chewy stuff! anyways hopefully I can bring the frame soon to the sandblaster where I'll blast that thing. then box & weld and finish it with POR15.

found some ugly stuff:






One of the pre owners did some "repairs" and covered with bondo and undercoating. So I have to replace that section.

Here a good site for replacements:

"conrad lozier's frame rails"

fortunately the rest of the frame is good and only needs to be boxed and some rewelding of the factory welds.

up she goes to blast the frame:

 

and here we go









my buddy couldn't wait..



and just received this pic from him the next night

 

he rewelded almost all factory welds on underside of frame, welded control arm brackets in and boxed the sides
man he's fast - I just wanted to be there when he starts because I need some more welding exercises

him at work!









almost there!

 

I bought a camaro LS1 T56 trans:





fitting in the aftermarket t56 clutch pedal to the stock automatic pedals and cut the large stock brake pedal





wanted to see how the tire would look like. too bad I still don't have rims..







I rebuilt the body dolly for better underbody work clearance



underbody

 

better rust than plastic LOL 59 bel air dash vs. 79 monte carlo dash



and finally my t56 came in:

 

finally we finished welding the frame:








sweet snow! yikes!!

 

got the camaro hydraulic clutch cylinder in. looks like came from stock





got the 59 bel air dash narrowed




I looked around for some nice retro gauges and came to these:



If I'll get this I'll get a KPH instead MPH speedo custom made by classicinstruments.


I received the frame back in my working place and started painting with POR15.



frame's underside painted with POR15 rust preventive

 

pics of bolting parts on










it's so nice bolting new nice parts on a nice repainted frame

 

I sprayed the insides of the frame with some rust protector. its a kind of grease / spray lubricate that keeps away rust and water. I put the rear back together just to see if all parts fit. I'll replace the stock rear end with a 8.5" grand national or better with a ford 9".




SPC front arms and Howe tall lower balljoints





can't wait to get this in the frame



my barn



motor mounts waiting for work