Well, Saturday Nov. 30th was still warm enough to work on the car, so after a morning of junkyard hunting, I finished bolting all the trim onto my Cutlass. I had cleaned and repainted the black parts of the grilles and headlight bezels during the week, so they only needed to be screwed back in place. I still needed to clean the wheelwell moldings up, so they were hit with Blue Magic Metal Polish, and then attached to the car with new stainless-steel sheetmetal screws I bought at the hardware store. These have a 1/4" socket fitting on top, so they'll be much easier to remove if they ever need to come off again.
The C-pillar scripts and door emblems are now gone, along with the pinstripes. The only emblems left are the Calais hood ornament (pirated from a FWD Ciera) and the Oldsmobile badge around the trunk lock.
Here's a great profile shot. I love this color!
Update: This car was sold in August of 2003, almost exactly one year after I purchased it. I felt that I had taken this car far enough, and that it was time to let it go to someone who would continue with the restoration. Of course I wanted to stay with a G-body for a daily driver, so I bought another Monte Carlo SS. The new one is an '87 with just 111K on the clock. Click here to check it out.
Click here to check out the mods I made to the Cutlass.
Click here to check out my other G-body - a ProTouring '85 Monte Carlo SS.