1985 Monte Carlo SS known as Barney

[SSLance]

So I finally uploaded all of the pics I pulled down from photobucket a couple of years ago...and ran across some doozies.

Here she was in all her glory not long after I bought it...



I had cleaned up and restored the bottom side before this picture was taken but hadn't touched much else.

305 vs 383



Newly tinted windows



GTO seat install



New Billet Wheels



Then I discovered racing...

These was taken at my very first test N tune...





It was all downhill after that... Thanks everyone for going along on this crazy ride with me.

New pistons have been cut and are on the way to me. Stay tuned...

[WSSix]

I'm glad you got rid of the 4x4 look, Lance. It's a great looking car.

[87SS]

Lance,

Did the GTO seats require a lot of work to fit? Can you share some info. on how you fit them in? Seat tracks etc.

Thanks

[87SS]

Seats look very nice by the way!

[SSLance]

Originally Posted by 87SS

Lance,

Did the GTO seats require a lot of work to fit? Can you share some info. on how you fit them in? Seat tracks etc.

Thanks

Yes, they took some very custom brackets to make them fit. Its a tight squeeze for sure. Main obstacle is the crossmember on the floor on the passenger side, you have to raise the rear mounts up pretty high to get the seat tracks over the crossmember.

I'll look for the pictures of the brackets and post them up. As far as I know, I was the first to do this swap bit several others followed after and we all loved them. Search on montecarloss.com board and you'll see them.

[SSLance]

Originally Posted by 87SS

Lance,

Did the GTO seats require a lot of work to fit? Can you share some info. on how you fit them in? Seat tracks etc.

Thanks

Here are some pics of the brackets we made to adapt the GTO seats in.

Passenger seat







The driver's seat didn't have to be raised as much as you can see here.





Full power function was kept, here is the driver seat all the way back.



And all the way forward



They just touched the arm rest on the door panel and the center console and folded forward just like the stock seats for rear seat access. And the stock seatbelts worked great with them. I LOVED them...way better than the OEM seats. They just wouldn't work with the harnesses I wanted to run so they went to a new home.

[Goosesdad]

Well done!

[87SS]

Thank you Lance for posting the seat info.

[SSLance]

Got a big brown truck delivery at 930 pm last night






Parts are at the builders, work starts this week prepping everything.

[SSLance]

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