The finial spit 'n polish before delivery. Well actually - the spitting was kept to - "stay away from this car" and the polish used is Carlack....

Greg would drop by with his Monaro while we were doing Scotty's in '07. It was a pretty clean street-er but no real emphasis on originality.

This is pretty much how Greg had bought the car and he added some Dragway wheels to make it more his own.

The number plate says it all It is a Genuine GTS 350, 81837 Monaro.

At his stage Greg was slowly starting to put the engine bay back to original with the sourcing of many genuine items.

The interior had already been sorted by Greg- Although this car dint have hounds tooth originally - Greg opted for it to help break up the interior a little. Special protective covers Greg has had custom made protect that hounds tooth.

The original Bathurst tank is hiding in there- Greg was dropping by to take sample templates of the proper tank covers as fitted to Scotty's car.

Its hard to imagine now that Scotty's car would come from this far behind Greg's later in '07 and be complete again and actually overtake Greg's Resto.

From bones of Scotty's arse- we can gap through to Greg's fleshed out rear.
( Sorry Guys- couldn't help myself!)

Some items such as the air cleaner, carb have already been fitted to Greg's - a few months later it came back to us with no driveline so the engine bay could go satin black.

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About the only picture I have of Greg's painting process is this mocked up safety shot we did for Streetmachine magazine safety article. Painting of Greg's Monaro was solely Grahams job not mine so I left him to it.
This shots just for the camera- we don't normally rub a car back with a 9" grinder!

Even though I personally didn't play a huge part in Greg's resto - that was mostly done by Graham and Greg - I did provide quite a bit of hardware like correct zinc plated items. Now Greg's car resembles something more typical of what is turned out of the doors here at Streetneat

Out in the sun and waiting for final delivery - Greg will put the rest of the car together.

The steering wheel is just a loaner, the engine fan however is the final one that will be used- the plastic flex lite fans are just the ticket for keeping the engine cool- sometimes commonsense will overrule originality. So purists can moan all they like - especially when a steel blade lets go!

Well - that's yer blimmin lot.... until Greg comes past with the completed car for more pics. It's back on the road now and being driven and enjoyed - not away in mothballs because its too precious.

Build 'em 'n drive 'em!

Well as promised Greg stopped by with his finished car. (Well are they ever truly finished?)

The Daytona bronze really suits this car - its one of the prettier colour choices to be had and is original for this car. Greg wasn't convinced at first when looking at colour samples- now its on the - he needs no more convincing.

Isn't that one of the best rear ends you've seen toady? The HT Monaro has a tough stance from most angles- this is the view most motorists of the day would have seen. The 350 Chev and four speed combo would have been a tad hard to resist using!