johnyrotten

1983 Monte Carlo CL. It was 300 dollar pile, but it was mine bought and paid for. Lots of rust underneath with a decent exterior. It had a very mild 350/th350 combo(cam headers and shift kit) when I bought it. The carb was junk. I got it running right, but boy looking back this thing was hammered. I learned that g body doors weight twice as much as the titanic when not attached to the car, q-jet carbs like to leak down the manifold internally, and hood insulation is very flammable. It met its demise at the hands of my older brother. He took my keys one night while I was asleep,his car killed a four speed, and smacked a guard rail.

This looks down right mean. I love it. 👍👍

Great tip👍. How do you like that micro mark vise? I've seen that on their website and I'm thinking of picking one up.

All very valid points, I will say so myself. To me it's as if a culture of laziness general lack of "care"(omitting the three words) has become commonplace. And the constant "trimming the fat" to make as much coin as possible. Manufacturers now leave it up to the end consumer to do any final quality control, everything is halfway proven,throw it into production. Journalism and cinema both ,in my opinion, have failed and fallen far. You have to read or watch seven articles/programs of any particular real world topic and make your own conclusion it seems. Hollywood tries to remake every hit trying to bank on a nostalgic payday, every genre of movie follows it's same basic predictable plot. Nothing original. Wash,rinse,repeat.

This is the exact thing that is missing in these kinds of occupations. "The less I do, the more I make" and " in a hundred years, no one will care"seems to be the common attitude.

That's covered, I've got a huge athol and a smaller 6 inch I restored 10 or so years ago. The athol weights a ton, but is well used.

Could be too heavy with the coats, laquers/enamels dry by solvent evaporation, recoat too soon and you reactivate the previous coat. Sometimes different brands don't play well with one another, even if they are similar "kinds" of products. Some paints are chemically "hotter" than others (more aggressive solvents) and some primers don't like that. Hopefully this helps you. Good luck, looking forward to your progress on this.

That looks really good. Small change to that b pillar made a huge difference, great eye. Both sets of wheels "work", the 'caps and white walls have my vote.

Fantastic looking dart. That blue has got to look beautiful in the sunlight, you can just see it in the overhead shot. Very nice

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I'm not a pro with painting, I follow everything I've ever read, learned and seen to the letter. I always prime, and before I prime I use comet to lightly scuff the body, and rinse very well. I've learned that paint is only as good as what's underneath it, prep is everything. Light coats. Plenty of time in between if it's a solvent type paint.

Good save.👍👍

Those look great.

I have glass files that basically polish plastic, and standard "needle" files. They move a lot of material quickly. Just be aware of where your working, you can accidentally file off details or scar up the body if you get crazy

I want to thank everyone for their help, suggestions and recommendations. And your time. I've put in an order to burbank's house of hobbies, great spot. I'm still going to try a couple other ideas. Thanks again 👍👍

I'm going to call me vendor for work, check to see if they have a pound available. My shop is 3 minutes from noble gas, and could use the extra in the garage. Thanks

I haven't yet tried the mig wire, going off memory the grade I have on hand is pretty flimsy. I'm the type that looks out for problems before I create them, there's a degree of over- thinking sometimes. Scratch building at this scale is fairly new to me, and I have no experience using aluminum/brass ect on models. All new to me. I'm going try the wire tonight. Thanks

I've thought about that, in the tutorial they "crimped" the eye to the shock rod, I'm not 100% sure the brass will squeeze down. Inexperience speaking.

Ive been searching for options, i think the metal companies scaled back on certain products recently. The tutorial I've got calls for both rod and tube, the 1/32 (.08 mm) rod is the only one I haven't been able to source here in the states. I've seriously considered trying styrene, I have the sizes needed on hand. The tutorial I found doesn't require machining, just some file work. Those shocks you posted are beautiful, if I only owned a lathe. Thanks for the reply.

Indeed. Not just the fact of the trespass, the slick comments completely explain this person. Most likely, had you not seen seen your item, it would be gone. I hate thieves. There's a saying about fences and neighbors.

Very realistic weathering. Great work, even the plug wires look crispy.

Nice, simple trick with great results. 👍.

Cool looking buggy.

This style of your builds are always awesome. Great job, again.