1986/7 Monte Carlo SS

[Scalper]

Thanks Chris..

Might cut the spindle in the front and repostion. if I mess up I have an extra one from the gn.

Thanks.

[Christopher J]

The build is looking nice so far. Great job on getting that black to lay down so smooth.

If I may ask, what are your plans for the GN, even if you have to "borrow" it's front suspension? If it needs a good home, let me know, I'd be willing to "adopt" for a fair price.

[Christopher J]

BTW, I've got the Monte kit too and I planned on cutting the mounting points for the tires and locating new ones further up to correct the ride height/stance.

[Scalper]

Hey Cristopher well the GN the body is very warped. broke my heart when I opened it back in the late 90's ... So its pretty much scrap to me.

yeah the paint went on ok.. there is a few spots. painted outside. but hopefully my buddy wont really notice when I hand over the keys. lol

[ModlerChris1987]

You could get the front clip off on the gn and mold it into the Carlo but that's just an idea

[Christopher J]

Sad news on the warped body. At the least it gives you stuff for the parts box minus body.

[Scalper]

Engine now in her new home. Sitting in the original engine mounts. will put the electric fan to the front of the rad. and Will join the stock exhaust to the v6 exhaust. its almost perfect as is. just got to blend the two.

Thanks for looking.

[Scalper]

Well I just took the rear and apart. Going to need to jack her up. It was the back end that was sitting way to low. front end still a bit higher then what I would like, But it will be ok.

[Scalper]

Updated back end pics. gave the back end a boost ..

Thanks for looking

[Scalper]

Looking foward to getting home and do a mock up to check the new stance. I hope it will be good and not to high in the back.

[Scalper]

Hello .. Well I went to my buddy's house that I am building the model for and showed him these wheels. Looks like these will be the ones.

test look

Tell me what you think.

Thanks.

[jrherald420]

If those are the wheels that will be on the car, the front needs to be lowered to look right. The rears sit just right.

[Dragfreak]

Looks sweet but IMO I think the rears just aren't deep enough. if you have some chrome wheel backs put them in front of the rear wheels to make them deeper.

[Scalper]

Thanks guys, Yeah the wheels and tires are from the 68 revell dart.

in regards to the fron end I stared at it for hours trying to figure out how to lower it. and I am stuck. seems like there is really no way of lowering it.

any sudgestions?

thanks Andre

[Dragfreak]

I'm not familiar with that kit but does it have little stubs that hold the wheel on that stick out? its hard to explain so does it look like this? if so cut the little stub off and move it up and reglue it. you can see in the pic that I cut it off and moved it up.

Edited June 21, 2013 by Dragfreak

[Scalper]

Yes there is a wheel nub. but not much room to move it.. I have an extra one from the GN I may tray it on it see if it works. I even jacked the rear end about 5 to 6 scale inches to see if that would help. but still high in the front. kinda makes it look like its taking off with the rear setting down.

[Scalper]

Some Updates .

Happy to be back posting in the best web site.

Thanks for looking.

[slusher]

Coming along nicely, very nice work...

[Scalper]

Thanks Slusher. She is getting there

[Ira]

GREAT PROGRESS!

Love the Colors, Red & Black...

[Scalper]

Thanks Ira. My friend loves the color combo too. Just have to finnish the dash the headliner and put the sckull decals on the head rest

[Scalper]

Hello... been busy and heat wave was pretty bad last week but got some work done,

Finished the dash board,.

Thanks for looking.

[Scalper]

Interior Completed

Thanks for looking.

[Scalper]

Got some paint on the front end and back bumper.. Front end fell into dirt when it was drying. Saved it as much as I could.

Thanks for looking.

[slusher]

Nice interior Andre.