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Post by magic marouke Sun Jul 28, 2013 1:36 pm

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So relieved to see there was no rust at all along the bottom of the car after removing trim
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Post by ant7377 Sun Jul 28, 2013 3:24 pm

Man! Really solid down there too! Great!
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Post by magic marouke Sun Jul 28, 2013 7:18 pm

ant7377 wrote:Man! Really solid down there too! Great!

Yea I was very pleased . The whole car is completely rust free apart from the surface rust you can see in first pics but that's nothing . The lower rear quarters and behind the rear glass are all perfect
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Post by magic marouke Tue Jul 30, 2013 12:17 pm

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Getting to work on sanding the rust off and the small dents
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Post by driveit Wed Jul 31, 2013 1:27 pm

Looking good so far.
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Post by magic marouke Wed Jul 31, 2013 2:05 pm

driveit wrote:Looking good so far.

Thanks . Found a few more smaller dents while sanding but nothing major to worry about .
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Post by magic marouke Wed Jul 31, 2013 2:11 pm

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Getting off all the rubber and glue from the trunk


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Post by driveit Wed Jul 31, 2013 3:06 pm

Wow, you are really making progress. Wish I had more time and cash!
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Post by magic marouke Wed Jul 31, 2013 3:26 pm

driveit wrote:Wow, you are really making progress.  Wish I had more time and cash!

oh believe me i am short on both . im working on it after work from 5 to 9 and weekends . a buddy is helping me so im saving money doing it myself . plus the body was in extremly good shape to start with . no welding patches all over the place just a few dents and plenty of sanding .
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Post by driveit Wed Jul 31, 2013 5:43 pm

The stuff dreams are made of. The appraiser came out yesterday ans is supposed to get the appraisal to me tomorrow.
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Post by Fishgrinder Fri Aug 02, 2013 2:38 am

Great find and progress!

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Post by magic marouke Fri Aug 02, 2013 5:56 pm

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Car in Z chrome primer .

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With guide coat on

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Post by 77mali Fri Aug 02, 2013 6:21 pm

This is definitely the quickest body restoration I've seen on this site. Man you lucked out on the rust that these cars tend to suffer from. Good for you.

How far are you from Massachusetts? Laughing 
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Post by magic marouke Sat Aug 03, 2013 1:38 pm

77mali wrote:This is definitely the quickest body restoration I've seen on this site.  Man you lucked out on the rust that these cars tend to suffer from.  Good for you.

How far are you from Massachusetts? Laughing 

Yea it's mostly because of the amazing condition of the body that we've got this far with it .if it had the usual cancer in the wheel arches , behind the rear window , rear quarters etc etc then it would have been a different story
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Post by magic marouke Sat Aug 03, 2013 1:45 pm

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Remember the seats ?


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This is the after pic . What do ya think ?

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Post by magic marouke Sat Aug 03, 2013 1:53 pm

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Rear seat


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Also had the upper door panels covered in black . The whole interior is going to be black
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Post by driveit Sat Aug 03, 2013 2:30 pm

That is awesome. I can't wait to have mine recovered.
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Post by 77mali Sat Aug 03, 2013 2:40 pm

Did you buy pre-made covers or are those from a shop? They look pretty great.
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Post by ant7377 Sat Aug 03, 2013 8:29 pm

Great! Are you doing the body the same light blue?
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Post by magic marouke Sat Aug 03, 2013 11:15 pm

77mali wrote:Did you buy pre-made covers or are those from a shop?  They look pretty great.

An upholstery shop did everything . I dropped off the old tatty seats and upper door panels . She did the material and vinyl as factory looking as possible . I think she did a pretty good job for $620
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Post by magic marouke Sat Aug 03, 2013 11:25 pm

ant7377 wrote:Great! Are you doing the body the same light blue?

Thanks . I'm going with buck skin tan which was a factory color . My girlfriends dad had a 77 monte carlo back in the late 70's and she remembers it fondly . Thought it would be nice to do it the same color as he had . Here she is with her sisters in front of her dads car

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Before and after . Most of the trim cleaned up pretty good . I'm sure the car hadnt been cleaned in years
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Post by 77mali Sun Aug 04, 2013 8:06 am

magic marouke wrote:
77mali wrote:Did you buy pre-made covers or are those from a shop?  They look pretty great.

An upholstery shop did everything . I dropped off the old tatty seats and upper door panels . She did the material and vinyl as factory looking as possible . I think she did a pretty good job for $620

Very nice job. That's a heck of a deal too for both seats.
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Post by magic marouke Sun Aug 04, 2013 9:55 am

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Instrument cluster needed to be black . Was pretty grubby so had to clean up good and scuff it up before painting . It was tricky to mask off but came out ok I think
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Trunk area and doors have been jammed . Always better I think than opening a door and seeing a completely different color to the rest of the car .

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