1985 Monte SS with a ZF6
 

Hey guys,

I'm Bernie, and I'm pretty excited to join this forum after browsing around for a little bit.

My baby is a 1985 Monte Carlo SS that was my first car and I have been working on for the last 5 years. It started as a bone stock car in alright shape, and my daily driver. Since then, I have bought 3 other cars for daily driving (sold two of them) but the SS is sticking with me till the end.

It's got a 260 hp 350 GMPP crate motor with a Crane cam, all the bolt ons, and in dire need of a set of decent heads. I bought the motor at 17 when the rings on the original 305 started creating a blue smoke screen. The motor actually isn't as slow as I was thinking it would be though, trapping 98 mph in a 3750lb car (including me), so it should be around the 320-330 mark with the parts that I have on it.

I also ditched the slush box in favor of a 1993 black tag ZF 6 speed, which I later pulled and replaced with a blue tag so that I can have Bill bulletproof the black tag one day.

The car has been lowered 4" in the front with spindles and springs, and 3" in the rear with A body springs. I relocated the front inner fenders, had a custom mandrel bent 2.5" exhaust made up, and a bunch of other little things to make it driveable at this ride height.

Rolling stock consists of 17X8 and 17X9.5" American Racing Tracstars with 235/45/17 and 275/40/17 tires.

I fab'd a console for the 6 speed shifter out of fiberglass and covered it in padding and vinyl. That's probably one piece on the car that I want to re-do now that I have had some experience. It doesn't look bad, but I think that I can do better.

Paint is a 3 stage. Black base, violet toner, and clear. In the shade it looks black, in the sun it looks deep purple, and there are hints of blue in there too. Photographing it is very tough and it looks different nearly every time.

I've taken it autocrossing a few times (I definately want to go more, but it's hard to find time). I ran right on par with the modded WRX's

This is the only shot with the new paint. The rest were a 2 stage "bright violet" by DuPont. Then some 86 year old lady decided she didn't like my car so she re-designed the driver's side while the car was parked.
http://www.sickspeedmonte.com/ProShot.bmp

http://www.sickspeedmonte.com/Rolling2.JPG

http://www.sickspeedmonte.com/LoadingDock3.JPG

http://www.sickspeedmonte.com/CCPainted2.JPG

http://www.sickspeedmonte.com/AutoX%20009.jpg

I've painted the overflow and washer fluid resevoirs since this shot. And got rid of the fan shroud, it's an old shot :captain:
http://www.sickspeedmonte.com/My350Finished.JPG

http://www.sickspeedmonte.com/PICT0095.JPG

http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b2.../IMAGE_298.jpg

I need to get some updated shots of the engine and interior, but you guys get the idea :)

Here's the lady that got me my 3rd paint job in 3 years :unibrow:

http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b2...P9280686_2.jpg

Welcome aboard, Bernie. :cheers: I've always liked that body style.

That last picture is something else! WTH happened? Did she lose control in reverse?

She had dimensia... or was high on 'scrips.
She came flying into the parking lot, nearly took out a crew cab F250, jumped a curb, threw it in reverse with the wheel turned to the right, and that's when she clipped my nose, jumped the curb, and slid down the side of my car.

Then she puts it back in drive and gets her front tire stuck inside of MY fender, and pulls the fender out. A neighbor saw the whole thing and he ran out to her and she asked him to help her get her car unstuck so she could go home. :willy:

So the cops came, along with a tow truck, and they winched her car off of mine so that I could pull it out of the spot. Her insurance said it was totaled, sight unseen. I told them to send out an adjuster and presented him with $11,000 of receipts, which is about half of it... and he says, "Alright... so it's not totaled anymore." :D

Wow, that's crazy. :willy:

Nice Monte, always had a soft spot for the SS, I like the new color better anyway! :)

I had an old lady redesign the drivers door of my '66 Imp in high school, she decided that it wasn't time to hit the brakes and put it in drive until she backed all the way up and used my car as a reminder....we sent the cops down the street to the First Lutheran to have a little talk with her...no, she didn't 'recall' hitting anything but we had a dozen witnesses.:willy:

Nice Monte! That picture with the old lady is awesome!!!!:willy:

Welcome aboard...Nice Monte man.

Thanks guys!

Very nice car, I've got some questions about how you dropped it.

Which A body springs did you use? It's hard to calculate pigtails correctly but yours looks perfect.

Also how did you relocate the inner fenders - did you move them in or cut them? Also the outer fenders are they just stock or did you roll a lip in them?

so many questions... Do your 235's rub at full lock or have any problems?