Well, during a 6 month long shop remodel, i have removed the center divider wall and drop ceiling in my shop, ripped out the wood flooring and carpet in this half, poured this half of my concrete slab (i did the other half 5 years ago) and replaced my other door with an insulated door, i finally used today's break in the weather to move the Craigmobile back into the shop to get going again! I finally decided this year that some shop improvements were much overdue. Late spring I purchased a shipping container to keep Craigs car and a handful of my equipment and toys in to free up this half of the shop. The container will double as car storage as well for now until i get more property with a bigger shop. Always easier to add more storage than it is to stop buying cool toys! Hahaha!

I still have a ton more organizing to do and shop wiring to take care of yet, but inbetween that I plan to drop the car back off the rotisserie onto its suspension points and finalize the fit of all the sheet metal! Im excited to now have a much better working space to do it in!

Cody Hurley
North Idaho (Post Falls)
66 Monza convertible 140/PG, loaded with factory options
66 Corsa turbo coupe, 3rd owner fully documented [corvaircenter.com]
66 Canadian monza coupe 110/pg project car (no picture yet)
65 Monza coupe daily driver 110/4
Also 2 Ford f350 IDI diesels, three Jeep FC 170s, 1966 Jeep CJ5A, 1954 International R-150 pickup, 5 Rokon Trailbreakers, and thousands of parts

I fonally got the car lowered down and stands under the suspension points, doors back on and adjustment finalized. Some final bending for better fit and now pending Craig's approval bafore door bodywork begins!

Cody Hurley
North Idaho (Post Falls)
66 Monza convertible 140/PG, loaded with factory options
66 Corsa turbo coupe, 3rd owner fully documented [corvaircenter.com]
66 Canadian monza coupe 110/pg project car (no picture yet)
65 Monza coupe daily driver 110/4
Also 2 Ford f350 IDI diesels, three Jeep FC 170s, 1966 Jeep CJ5A, 1954 International R-150 pickup, 5 Rokon Trailbreakers, and thousands of parts

A couple nights ago I went around and did some welding to correct uneven door gaps. Last night i finalized the metal work on this damaged area. Next step will be some bodywork to the fender and door!

Cody Hurley
North Idaho (Post Falls)
66 Monza convertible 140/PG, loaded with factory options
66 Corsa turbo coupe, 3rd owner fully documented [corvaircenter.com]
66 Canadian monza coupe 110/pg project car (no picture yet)
65 Monza coupe daily driver 110/4
Also 2 Ford f350 IDI diesels, three Jeep FC 170s, 1966 Jeep CJ5A, 1954 International R-150 pickup, 5 Rokon Trailbreakers, and thousands of parts

Cody is doing an amazing job. I'm really lucky to have him as a friend and to have him working on THIS car. I still can't believe it.

Craig N. Coeur d'Alene ID.
66 Black Monza 4dr, 4.2L V8 49k
61 Seamist Jade Rampside 140 PG
65 Canadian Monza 4dr 110/PG 40k
66 Sprint Corsa convt - First car! Re-purchased 43 years later
2+2 gnatsuM 5691

+17 Tons of parts

Door gaps take hours to get all for sides right!

MODERATOR
Sea Mountain, between Charleston Harbor and Coos Bay! SW Oregon Coast
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Looking good, all the fine details take time and show in the final job!

-Tom


63' Monza Spyder Convertable (in process) MY Build Thread
65' Monza MY Build Thread
73' NovaSS 454 Big block (Sold)
86' BMW 325es
98' VW Jetta TDI, for daughter
01' Audi Allroad Stage 3 twin turbo
67' UltraVan 211 "Violet"
NFCC, UMCC
Grand Island, NY

That looks great! It appears it will only need a little bit of filler. Ken

Ken Henry, Rochester, NY USA
1965 Corvair Corsa
140 hp, 4 speed

This makes me wish that I lived closer to Cody!

Dean F. Gemberling
Columbus, Georgia
Heart of Georgia Corvair Club Webmaster
Springfest Webmaster

1963 Rampside w/305 V8 - Built by Ken Arnold in 1998

thanks for all the kind words guys!

Progress has been slow, as I was tired of working on the shop remodel project and hadn't gotten my heater reinstalled. Then it got COLD and i quickly realized im not as tough as the old days. Ha!

I finally got the body work on the drivers fender finished. All thats left before prime is to fit the fuel door

Also the driver's lower front panel was welded on way out of whack from the factory. Tonight I ground out all the spot welds from the outside of the rail out, re-set the lower front panel in the correct place and re-welded. Just a small amount of prep and bodywork and this section will be finished as well!

Cody Hurley
North Idaho (Post Falls)
66 Monza convertible 140/PG, loaded with factory options
66 Corsa turbo coupe, 3rd owner fully documented [corvaircenter.com]
66 Canadian monza coupe 110/pg project car (no picture yet)
65 Monza coupe daily driver 110/4
Also 2 Ford f350 IDI diesels, three Jeep FC 170s, 1966 Jeep CJ5A, 1954 International R-150 pickup, 5 Rokon Trailbreakers, and thousands of parts

This is favorite thread, Craig's story
and Cody's work on this special car is
just awesome. I'm so jealous as I stated
in the past, I wish I could find my first
car from 1977, the 66 monza convertible was
very special to me. I guess you never forget
your first car. Congratulations to Craig
your a very fortunate man. Cody you are
the man, what a talent you have.
Thanks for the updates and pictures,
keep them coming.

Dan Dood
69 Monza Convertible
66 500 Coupe

Detroit, Michigan

Great work Cody!

-Tom


63' Monza Spyder Convertable (in process) MY Build Thread
65' Monza MY Build Thread
73' NovaSS 454 Big block (Sold)
86' BMW 325es
98' VW Jetta TDI, for daughter
01' Audi Allroad Stage 3 twin turbo
67' UltraVan 211 "Violet"
NFCC, UMCC
Grand Island, NY

Cody, with his extensive experience with metal work on the LMs, was very helpful to me. The rebuild of the area at the bottom of the windshield was a huge job and Cody helped me remove some of the mystery over a series of text messages.

Maybe he charged his time Craig's account.

As a result, it's headed to the paint booth TODAY!!

Thank you Cody!

Flat 6-im glad I could be of help! I LOVE marina blue on a late, I'm pretty jealous honestly!

Most of the excitement for me on this build is as long as I have known Craig, ive heard stories from back in the day about this car. I am glad to be able to help bring it back to better than it was back then!

Craig dropped off new fuel door bumpers on Friday. I ended up having to massage the top bumper mount inward and slide hammer the lower one outward. I had to grind off the two front corners and re weld them and I also had to build up the top and back edges with weld. Then over to the vise to flatten out the excess curve, sand blast, skim coat of filler and it is ready for primer!

Cody Hurley
North Idaho (Post Falls)
66 Monza convertible 140/PG, loaded with factory options
66 Corsa turbo coupe, 3rd owner fully documented [corvaircenter.com]
66 Canadian monza coupe 110/pg project car (no picture yet)
65 Monza coupe daily driver 110/4
Also 2 Ford f350 IDI diesels, three Jeep FC 170s, 1966 Jeep CJ5A, 1954 International R-150 pickup, 5 Rokon Trailbreakers, and thousands of parts





Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 01/10/2021 05:13PM by sweet66monza.

I forgot the before picture, but the bottom of the drivers front fender was also pretty crooked and not parallel with the rocker from the factory. with limited access to the back side, this time I chose to cut inside of the spot welds, adjust inward and re-weld my cut area.

Also twisted the drivers door slightly for best fit to the top of the quarter and the rocker panel. I am not too worried about fit of the door to this quarter as it was poorly installed and there is a brazed overlap seam between the jamb and quarter along the rear door gap. I will make this quarter or a new one match the contour of the door when I weld it on properly. I hammered the creases from the door and prepped the surface. Ready for filler and block sanding!

Cody Hurley
North Idaho (Post Falls)
66 Monza convertible 140/PG, loaded with factory options
66 Corsa turbo coupe, 3rd owner fully documented [corvaircenter.com]
66 Canadian monza coupe 110/pg project car (no picture yet)
65 Monza coupe daily driver 110/4
Also 2 Ford f350 IDI diesels, three Jeep FC 170s, 1966 Jeep CJ5A, 1954 International R-150 pickup, 5 Rokon Trailbreakers, and thousands of parts





Edited 3 time(s). Last edit at 01/24/2021 11:13PM by sweet66monza.

Interesting findings on the body.

I also noted a lot of quality issues like these on my 66 vert that had to be corrected. Another one was the right rear fender had an arch in the middle and was higher than the deck lid.

It seems that the Fisher factory had started to slide a bit in 66. This was before Honda and Toyota came in to the scene and woke up the sleeping giants in Detroit.

That red Fitch Sprint convertible is going to be awesome! Don't let anyone say it is over restored - you are just getting the body back to what the designers intended.

flat_six Wrote:
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> I also noted a lot of quality issues like these on my 66 vert that had to be corrected. Another one was the right rear fender had an arch in the middle and was higher than the deck lid.
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Yes my convertible had the same rear fender "arch too high in the middle" with relation to the engine lid (no it wasn't the engine lid). I figured out why. The convertible body had an extra rear brace spot welded under the rear fender weatherstrip/drain channel. If the brace is positioned poorly before welding it "bulges" the middle of the fender arc up.

I had to drill out the spot welds, reposition the brace, then weld it back in place.

flat_six Wrote:
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> That red Fitch Sprint convertible is going to be awesome! Don't let anyone say it is over restored - you are just getting the body back to what the designers intended.


Thanks! I totally agree! All this straightening and aligning is making me want to re-gap my own cars as well!

Cody Hurley
North Idaho (Post Falls)
66 Monza convertible 140/PG, loaded with factory options
66 Corsa turbo coupe, 3rd owner fully documented [corvaircenter.com]
66 Canadian monza coupe 110/pg project car (no picture yet)
65 Monza coupe daily driver 110/4
Also 2 Ford f350 IDI diesels, three Jeep FC 170s, 1966 Jeep CJ5A, 1954 International R-150 pickup, 5 Rokon Trailbreakers, and thousands of parts





Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 01/25/2021 10:35PM by sweet66monza.

There were a few slide hammer holes about 1/3 back on the drivers door from a bad dent. Re-working that section into shape created an oil can on the bottom section when I worked it out. A little shrinkong, sand blast, bodywork and now epoxy primer on fender, door and fuel door!!

Cody Hurley
North Idaho (Post Falls)
66 Monza convertible 140/PG, loaded with factory options
66 Corsa turbo coupe, 3rd owner fully documented [corvaircenter.com]
66 Canadian monza coupe 110/pg project car (no picture yet)
65 Monza coupe daily driver 110/4
Also 2 Ford f350 IDI diesels, three Jeep FC 170s, 1966 Jeep CJ5A, 1954 International R-150 pickup, 5 Rokon Trailbreakers, and thousands of parts

So close to Regal Red! (backflip backflip )

Craig N. Coeur d'Alene ID.
66 Black Monza 4dr, 4.2L V8 49k
61 Seamist Jade Rampside 140 PG
65 Canadian Monza 4dr 110/PG 40k
66 Sprint Corsa convt - First car! Re-purchased 43 years later
2+2 gnatsuM 5691

+17 Tons of parts

Beautiful work Cody! Craig I’m sure you are chomping at the bit to see it in top coat. Will this be the first car to christen the new shop? Can’t wait to be able to start body work on my car.

David North Idaho
1965 Corsa Turbo converted to 140
1971 Super Beetle with 2.5L Subaru engine