"Swoosh" 79 Monte Carlo Project LS1 + T56

["Swoosh"]

back to work again. today I started scratching all that underbody protection stuff off they put on here in Germany. It helps against rust in winter with all that salt and stuff on streets..



I love it





took me the whole day to do that sh*t omg and still not finished with that sh*tty underbody protection cr*p. friggin hard chewy stuff! anyways hopefully I can bring the frame next week to the sandblaster where I'll blast that thing..

[mosconiac]

Keep working hard, buddy. Can't wait to see that rendering come to life!!

["Swoosh"]

thx

so yesterday I scraped off the rest of the undercoating stuff and found some ugly stuff:






One of the pre owners did some "repairs" and covered with bondo and undercoating. well I think I have to replace that section.

Already found a good site for replacements:

http://www3.sympatico.ca/conradlozier/

Fortunately the rest of the frame is good and only needs to be boxed and some rewelding of the factory welds.

Anyways I'll sandblast the frame this week, finally! Next weekend I'll test fit my rear wheels (18x9.5 with 295/35) and will see how much work need to do on notching rear frame section.

["Swoosh"]

today we brought frame to the sandblaster's shop. I'll blast that thing tomorrow!

[67ChevILL]

Looks good, love the year. is'nt that the same year in Training Day..?

["Swoosh"]

thx yeah same yeah like training day

so here we go









buddy couldn't resist..

["Swoosh"]

just received this pic from my buddy last night



he said already reweld almost all factory weld on underside of frame, welded control arm brackets in and boxed the sides
man he's fast - I just wanted to be there when he starts because I need to learn how to weld

["Swoosh"]

my buddy at work!









almost there!

Now at the moment I'm thinking about to galvanize/zincing the frame so it'll be 100% forever rustfree...

["Swoosh"]

thx

just bought a LS1 T56 trans




still needs to be shipped from Houston TX to Germany.

got some work done yesterday. had fit in the GSI Interiors t56 clutch pedal to the stock automatic pedals and cut the large stock brake pedal



test fit!

["Swoosh"]

few pics of today. only wanted to see how the tire/rim will look like. too bad my wheel guy wasn't at home to mount the tire onto the rim..









..and I'm still been busy removing all that old undercoating of the body. omg I hate it!