by sportriderok » Fri Sep 28, 2012 11:52 pm
Warning! This is going to be a very boring build compared to most of the ones I've been following on here! No custom fabrication, no frame connectors or suspension re-engineering, heck, not even a V8. I just wanted a build that I could accomplish on my own and learn skills that I've always wanted to. I've had other H-body projects in the past, but I either had most of the work done for me or they wound up going to the junkyard when I got beyond my ablilities. The goal for this car is to be a dependable daily driver that gets good gas mileage, but is still fun to drive. But my main motivation is to clear my shop of levtover H-body parts from yet another aborted build. I had found a Monza coupe near my house in 2008 that was the start of this project. My goal was to build a stock looking but quick V8 car, which is what I've always wanted in an H-body. The car was clean but had been beaten with a hammer by a bored grandchild at some point, and then parked when the owner died. I drug it home and had it running in a matter of days when I encountered my first dilema. The 2.5 ran like a top. Unfortunatly the car had been parked with a full tank and the fuel system was shot. Along came Monza 2, the cream Cab top coupe. It was advertised as the ugliest car in Tulsa, but had a new fuel tank and pump, and the people were driving it every day. Of course when I changed the oil, that daily driver became a mess of blowby. Discouraged, I retreated to Ebay to scrounge parts when I came along the 77 Coupe in my signature. Its a factory V8 car, clean as a pin, and was going for next to nothing, way under what the engine I had in my head for the Blue coupe was going to cost. I bid on it, but did not meet the reserve. After the auction ended, the seller contacted me and we negotiated a deal on the car. So now I had my v8 Monza, and two really nice parts cars. And they sat.
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