CruizinKev's 1979 Monte Carlo Full Resto LS1 T56 Project

[langleylad]

I sure hope that you and your friend stay friends

[JOES66FURY]

looking good man,

[CruizinKev]

ok now, finally an update

they working hard on buddy's garage. adding some insulation here.

















plastering..











also getting the roof done. it'll be a roof-deck/terrace.



very soon it's ready and finally my monte will move in there!

BTW:

I got 2 Facebook-Sites running:



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>> shares and likes appreciated!

[CruizinKev]

Here few pics of buddy's garage progess.. I'll move in there asap then we FINALLY start to cut & weld the body and get it prepared for paint.











man I can't wait to get it finished and move in there!!

and here pics of today's work.









And I'm already saving money for this. Quick Performance Ford 9" rearend

[CruizinKev]

LOL

here some more pics of it.

[JOES66FURY]

Kev, you are drooling on your new engine.

Dude, I dont think thats drool.....

[Scott Liggett]

Kev, you are drooling on your new engine.

[CruizinKev]

finally picked up my LS3 6.2 480HP this week yeehaaw!

Looking pretty darn nice so far Kev. Hopefully the new wife will be doubling your income so you can really get carried away...

[CruizinKev]

the project was on hold for a little while because I've been busy with wedding organisation and stuff. my fiance and me are getting married next week (May 25th) so that's why no updates on the monte for a while. just tried to make the Monte ready for the wedding but oh well.. lot of other stuff came in and plus a long dang cold winter.
but as we speak there are some more new parts on the way to continue work on the car. already got new rear wheels tubs laying and a cammed LS3 6.2 out of a 2011 camaro

[SuperBuickGuy]

nice

[CruizinKev]

I removed the rear springs yesterday and set the car's height to what I want the ride height later. I wanted to see if it'll fit with the trimmed fenders lips and the 30mm spacer. Looks like I just need to roll the lips now and I'll be set.

[GTR KILLER]

I like all G-BODY

hi...

Im new hear and you did a good job hear
I was thinking are try to search for steering rack conversion and dont come back to the same old story with lose tairod rubber or steering box gab and keep moving the steering wheel to keep your car in one side when are drive (monky driving)

Because i try to find one for g-body come with acrossmember but i didnt find

[mlcraven]

Big running boots are always a lot of effort. I admire you for accepting the challenge.

No matter how much you enjoy spending time getting the wheel/tire fitment right, those cheesy door bottoms aren't going to go away!

Keep up the good work.

[CruizinKev]

thanks! yea the spacers are hub centric. I used some spacers to simulate a brake rotor. a rotor is about 7mm thick.

today I cut my rear fender lips a little. stock lips are about 1" wide.



I half cut them and will roll them later to clear the tires.