Salvino monte carlo help

[18degrees]

Evening y'all

I am about to start on a Salvinos monte carlo. I'm doing the square headlight option and i test fitted the area above the grille, i suppose the nose of the car, and the area above the rear bumper (tail i guess?) and there are some fitment issues.

Is there a basic fix for this that someone can give me, as in is this a common problem that is with the kit that everyone has to try and fix.

Thanks in advance

And Merry Christmas

[jh63fan]

Don't know if there is a way to access the old content on Randy Ayers old site, but someone did a build up showing the modifications they made. Ayers new deal is on Facebook, maybe it's there. I know you need to really rework those horrible tail lights.

[Razorback 46]

Just for clarity, are you referring to the 70s or the 80s MC?

[18degrees]

Just for clarity, are you referring to the 70s or the 80s MC?

I am making a 1980 square headlight version.

Given your question, did Salvino's make a Monte Carlo kit that wasn't from the "Bertha" era/style? Unfamiliar with it if they did.

I glued the front and rear sections in place and have a selection of strip and rod to fill gaps. Suppose i will do a WiP of my attempts at fixing it.

[jh63fan]

They reproduced the early Monogram Monte Carlo SS and Aerocoupes.

[18degrees]

They reproduced the early Monogram Monte Carlo SS and Aerocoupes.

Duh... i was thinking you were implying older than what i am working on, not newer.

[Volzfan59]

Dave, I think Salvino's does make a mid 70's era Monte Carlo, round and square headlights. They share the same generic, 2 piece chassis as the Dodge kits have. Personally I'm passing.

[jh63fan]

When you said you were building a 1980 Monte Carlo, the teams were still using the 1977 body then. Only one or two independents ever ran a true 1980 body. In '81 they downsized and used the body styles of the Monogram kits until the Lumina came out.

[Razorback 46]

They did do some kits for the MCs they ran from 1977-1980 and at Riverside in '81. Mike actually has them available on his site.

[18degrees]

Not to sound like an @sshole here but this thread has really digressed. Started with me asking about mods to fix a Salvinos MC and it turns to verifying the existence of a kit i have on my work table...

[18degrees]

When you said you were building a 1980 Monte Carlo, the teams were still using the 1977 body then. Only one or two independents ever ran a true 1980 body. In '81 they downsized and used the body styles of the Monogram kits until the Lumina came out.

The car i am building was run in 1980 so that's where i got that from.