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overdrive Senior Member Posts 1304 
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 04-13-08 08:54 PM - Post#1410827
Hi, guys. I took a road trip to Ottawa, KS Fri. and brought back a 70 Monte Carlo SS. It's an L.A. built car that has lots of options and needs restored, but it has very little rust.  It has a '71 454 that's been rebuilt and runs very strong. It's getting late, so I'll post more on it later.  
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Aaron70Monte Senior Member Posts 1105 
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04-13-08 09:40 PM - Post#1410847
Awesome! Looks pretty solid with most of the equipment there. Of course, now your son will want the SS.
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knightfan2691 Dedicated Member Posts 6215 
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04-13-08 11:54 PM - Post#1410887
Ohhh...how COOL, overdrive! CONGRATULATIONS! Looks good :). Cort:34swm."Mr Monte Carlo.Mr Road Trip".pig valve&pacemaker WRMNshowcase.legos.HO.models.MCs.RTs.CHD = http://www.chevyasylum.com/cort "Money talks" ... Neil Diamond ... 'Forever In Blue Jeans' |
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overdrive Senior Member Posts 1304
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04-14-08 07:34 PM - Post#1411574
Thanks, fellas. It has all the SS parts except the compressor is missing from the inner fender, but the mounting holes are there. The car has: 454 from a '71. Turbo 400 trans Working factory tach w/5500 rpm redline and gauges PS & PB Working Power windows Working Power locks Remote control sport mirror Original 12 bolt rear w/posi Trunk light Rear window defogger Map light on rear view mirror Low washer fluid indicator light Vanity mirror Tilt steering column Bucket seats and console Rear stabilizer bar Air shocks, [not the originals] Shock protector plates Fully boxed lower rear control arms Air control valve, and air line c-clipped to the brake line all the way to the front. Dual horns Factory AM/FM radio w/rear deck speaker 15x7" Rally Wheels   
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wagonman100 Site Ambassador Posts 15784 |
04-16-08 06:03 PM - Post#1412978
I hate you.  Nice score.
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overdrive Senior Member Posts 1304
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04-16-08 08:35 PM - Post#1413133
Thanks! I tried out the posi last night. It works fine. The pavement showed both tires got power for about 80', until the car caught up with the tires! This car is gonna be fun!I found the car on the FGMCC site. If you haven't been there, you should take a look.
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wagonman100 Site Ambassador Posts 15784 |
04-17-08 04:15 AM - Post#1413238
If you haven't been there, you should take a look. Oh, I could get into some serious trouble there. I already have the garage full and want more cars. I told my wife if I can ever afford to, I want to get more property and have a 40 X 60 garage. It still probably won't be big enough.
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427SS65 DECEASED MODERATOR RIP Tom Posts 14735 
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04-20-08 07:49 PM - Post#1416052
Very nice, overdrive!
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overdrive Senior Member Posts 1304
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04-24-08 08:03 PM - Post#1419590
Thank you. I'll have a hard time picking a color. I'm not sure I'll use the factory gold on the body, interior and top. I'm thinking about black interior and top with a dark blue body.
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wagonmaster Member #241 Posts 9038 |
04-29-08 09:06 AM - Post#1422789
Nice car! Just for grins, have you considered the '63-'64 Corvette Saddle Tan paint, with the existing good looking tan interior? With a tan vinyl top, it would be awesome! Just one man's opinion....
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overdrive Senior Member Posts 1304
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05-06-08 08:43 PM - Post#1427782
Thanks. That's not a bad idea. I'll need to study some paint options. The first thing is to see what colors are available for the top. I was able to find an original air ride compressor and original brackets. It'll be here tomorrow. I left out one option on my list: Rear window defogger.
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cuzr68 Forum Newbie Posts 60 |
05-23-08 04:59 PM - Post#1439783
looks like a very nice start. I always liked the first monte's.
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overdrive Senior Member Posts 1304
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05-24-08 04:32 AM - Post#1439995
Thanks and welcome to Chevytalk.
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Jared Richey Newbie Posts 48 
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06-10-08 09:04 AM - Post#1452735
Hadn't been over here in a while. I seey you are over here on this forum also. Very nice find there. Lots of FGMCC members over on chevytalk.
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gomontes1971 Lurker Posts 31 |
07-03-08 07:59 PM - Post#1470093
Nice!! I noticed that the engine doesn't have an air filter on it. Otherwise, nice nab!!
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overdrive Senior Member Posts 1304
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07-19-08 09:18 PM - Post#1481488
Thanks. It has an air cleaner, just not in the pic.
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Mrj52 Member Posts 61 |
 07-28-08 06:34 PM - Post#1487390
Nice find!! Enjoy that bad boy!!
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overdrive Senior Member Posts 1304
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07-31-08 07:11 PM - Post#1489609
Thanks. I'd, I mean we'd love to see your car. Can you post some pics?
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gotta56forme Valued Contributor Posts 3419 
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12-19-08 01:31 PM - Post#1588339
I may be misremembering some of this, but when I was a kid, our next door neighbor in San Mateo, CA had a new'70(?) SS, silver with a black vinyl top, black interior MC. I think his had the SS wheels, and it may have had black hood & trunk stripes as well. My memory is his even had a blacked out grill. The car had a lot of 'eyeball'. On your gold one, I don't see any outwards signs of it being an SS. My apologies for the characterization, but were there 'plain' SS MC's and those that got the same SS treatment (badging, stripes, wheels) as the 70-ish Malibu SS's?
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gotta56forme Valued Contributor Posts 3419
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12-19-08 02:08 PM - Post#1588366
I take back the SS wheels in my prior post. I looked at a few photos, and it was the ralleye wheels he had on his.
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wagonman100 Site Ambassador Posts 15784 |
12-19-08 03:36 PM - Post#1588439
The Monte SS was a very low key car. It only had SS454 on the moldings above the rocker trim. Very small, almost unoticeable. And it has SS on the rear body panel on the right hand side near the tail light. That was it for exterior badging. If your neighbor had the things you mention on the car, they were done after the factory built it. I have seen a lot of Montes with the SS emblems put on the fenders high behind the front wheels like the Chevelle had and even with SS on the grille and in the center of the rear body panel like a Chevelle. That is incorrect for the Monte. As are the SS stripes. Now with enough money, you could have the dealer do a lot of things to a car. You could even get the factory to do some odd stuff. There was a Nova built around 1970 that had Plymouth Plumb Crazy paint applied at GM per the customers order.
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gotta56forme Valued Contributor Posts 3419
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12-19-08 04:25 PM - Post#1588497
Hmmm... I'm not going to say I can remember the Chevelle style SS badging on it, but I do remember the hood & trunk stripes, so those must have been added like you suggested. To say that he babied that thing would be an understatement. He was fanatical about it's care. I let a tennis ball get too close to his car once and I knew never to get too close to it again after that. Wonder where that car ended up at...
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wagonman100 Site Ambassador Posts 15784 |
12-21-08 07:57 AM - Post#1589444
It may very well have been a real SS with the subtle badging and he added the SS stripes because he liked them. I just mentioned the wrong badging because when people make a fake SS Monte, they automatically assume the badging was like that of a Chevelle from that era. Nothing wrong with personalizing your car. I don't like the stripes on them myself, so I just won't put them on my Monte when it gets painted again.
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overdrive Senior Member Posts 1304
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12-23-08 02:35 PM - Post#1591345
This link shows how to differentiate a real 70 or 71 Monte SS from a non SS car. As far as emblems and diferences that could be seen without getting under the car or opening the hood, the 71 had the SS emblem above the rear bumper and black paint on the panel between the bumper and trunk lid along with extra trim at the top of this panel. It also had a horizontal rubber strip on the rear bumper, and the front lower fender trim emblems that read SS454. 70s only had the front lower fender trim emblems. 
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gotta56forme Valued Contributor Posts 3419
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12-30-08 08:23 PM - Post#1595800
Someone in my neighborhood has parked a '70 MC (not an SS) on the street near my house. I can't help but notice it everyday. It's in pretty good shape. The body doesn't appear to have any rippling, and there is one little crease in front of a rear wheel. It is silver with a black vinyl top, and black interior. Other than needing the front seat recovered, fresh carpet, and an inside arm rest/door pull or two, she is a mighty fine lookin' car. I keep day dreaming about it with a set of Magnum 500's on it (instead of the big flat factory caps) and sitting in my driveway. I wonder how much it would take to buy her...?
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wagonman100 Site Ambassador Posts 15784 |
12-31-08 10:02 AM - Post#1596090
The good news (for buying one) is the Montes aren't as popular as the Chevelles. So they can be had for a fraction of the cost of a Chevelle.
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overdrive Senior Member Posts 1304
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09-20-09 11:14 AM - Post#1775162
Update: I've spent some time on the SS454. I've replaced all 4 springs and the lower control arm bushings. I took the vinyl off and cut a couple of small rusty spots out at the top of the rear glass and welded in new metal. I've decided to use the factory colors on everything and I repainted the rear window channel with Rust Bullet and the correct color paint for the metal that's inside, at the bottom of the rear glass. I installed a new rear glass, repaired and primered the fenders and hood, as well as the top and the trunk lid. Resealed the drip rails and replaced the bulbs that were burned out and bled the brake system. Put the 8" Rallys that were on the Nomad on it and installed new bumpers. I've repaired the level ride compressor and installed new Delco air shocks. I made an inlet filter for the level ride compressor and bought a NOS one. Sure hope I never need to buy another! I decided to license and drive it a little before I take it off the frame, hopefully this winter. I want to know exactly what I need to repair and replace while it's apart. The trans was weak. It slipped sometimes when shifting into 2nd. I drove it to town 3 or 4 times and the trans gave out. I bought a book on rebuilding TH400s and tore into it. It was only apart a week. The VIN on the trans matches the car. The forward clutch pack friction plates had no friction material left. I installed a shift improver kit, too. Works great! I've been having fun with it. It runs very strong and burnouts and making lots of noise comes easy, but I haven't done very much of that. Don't want to tear it up before I paint it. I just modified the exhaust to exit in front of the rear tires for now. It had no tailpipes and it had to pass a state inspection to get plates on it. The car's ugly at this stage, but it's already fun. There's more pics in my sig.    
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74MonteCarlo Member Posts 2329 |
09-20-09 03:29 PM - Post#1775275
Lookin good. |
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wagonman100 Site Ambassador Posts 15784 |
09-21-09 04:28 AM - Post#1775527
Starting to shape up nicely. You definitely aren't afraid to dive right into stuff. I admire that in a person. I have yet to dig into an auto trans. I have a TH350 sitting in the garage I am eventually going to rebuild. It doesn't really need it, but I want to learn the process. I'm probably not even going to use it, just sell it when I'm done. Good luck with the Monte and have some fun with it.
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overdrive Senior Member Posts 1304
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10-10-09 12:46 PM - Post#1786245
Thanks! I come from a do it yourself family. When you tackle the trans, just get a good book for less than $30 and ask a few questions on your favorite web forums. You'll do fine.
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wagonman100 Site Ambassador Posts 15784 |
10-11-09 06:36 AM - Post#1786486
I come from a do-it-yourself family too. Whenever my mother asked my father to do something he would say "do it yourself". Actually my dad was a teacher and didn't possess much skill for working with his hands. I am self taught on pretty much everythiing I know how to do. I took my first car apart down off the frame when I was 19 without knowing really anything about car, other than I love them. I didn't rebuild the engine or trans in that one. I had an engine built and installed it along with the trans that came out of the car. The trans didn't last long behind the more powerful engine and having a lot of miles on it with a fresh engine. But it too, I had rebuilt and installed mostly because I was working 60-70 hours a week and in college full time as well.
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overdrive Senior Member Posts 1304
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07-31-10 09:26 AM - Post#1953425
Update: I haven't taken the body off yet. Just thought someone would like some pics to check out. I've been working a lot of hours at work and haven't been able to spend much time on the cars, but I have done a little. I'm taking all of the original paint and primer off the SS and I'm pretty sure I'll paint it '70 Fathom Blue or '57 Chevy Harbor Blue. They are close to being the same color. I'll install a black vinyl top and black cloth interior. I recently sanded the area around the trunk opening, the taillight housings, and the panels below the trunk lid. I stripped off all of the old seam sealer and resealed the seams. I used a razor blade scraper to remove the old paint on flatter areas, including the qtrs. and doors. The paint comes off easily this way, but the blade won't get under the primer.   I used self etching primer before shooting the gray 2k primer.  This door is ready for primer now.  I've been taking it to cruise-ins and leaving the 57s at home. Dan
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wagonman100 Site Ambassador Posts 15784 |
07-31-10 11:17 AM - Post#1953460
Looking good Dan. Keep up the good work.
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Gray Headed Mule Valued Contributor Posts 4736 
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10-07-10 07:38 PM - Post#1986212
Any updates?? I had a 70 Monte SS back in 80...Loved the car. Let me tell you one problem I had with it. The wife and I took off one weekend from Ft. Worth Tx...ended up in Arkansas in the middle of the night...around 3AM. In the mountains and the car just dies.....no lights, no crank...nota..nothing.. Popped the hood used a match for a light... and foumd that the main wire that supplies everything was shorted out between the radiator cross member and the radiator. I don't know if they are originally there but I would check. Who knows it may save you from breaking down in the middle of nowhere!! Very nice ride..... More pics....
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wagonman100 Site Ambassador Posts 15784 |
10-08-10 04:35 AM - Post#1986327
I had my main wire that goes to the starter solenoid slip down and short on the header and I lost power to everything. But that was at 7:30 in the morning halfway between work and home...a 3 mile trip. Went on to work and then came back and found the problem. Stripped and twisted the wires together and was on my way back home for a proper fix.
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dadstoy Frequent Contributor Posts 1429 |
10-10-10 07:28 AM - Post#1987221
My best friend in high school had a 70 SS Monte, triple black car with all the options. It was a very impressive car. Around 1980 he lost the car in a divorce, anyway the new exwife's boyfriend totals the car by rolling it several times. My buddy and I go to the salvage yard to look at it. If I had known then what a 70 SS monte was worth now, I would have bought more than the 2 front SS fender emblems. BTW I still have them.
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overdrive Senior Member Posts 1304
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11-06-10 08:59 PM - Post#2000678
With a new job, bowhunting, working on the house, and lots of other excuses, I haven't done much work work on the car recently. I shot some primer on the pass. door and put it back on and also primed the rear section of the car, except for the qtrs. I've been buying some parts and I cleaned up some real nice black original door panels that an FGMCC member gave me and installed them. I've called C.A.R.S. Inc. about the black cloth seat covers I'll need, and they'll be about $750, but I've been getting lucky finding some other new and used parts pretty cheap. Did I tell you guys how much fun it is to drive it? Larry, that's too bad about the black SS. Mule, thanks for the heads up. I'll check for a possible problem there. Dan
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overdrive Senior Member Posts 1304
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05-01-11 07:00 AM - Post#2084380
Awhile back, I bought a complete lower body trim set and I got a new front bumper and had the rear replated. I've had the headlight trim and the rear corner trim for the vinyl top replated, and the bumper guards, outer door handles, PW and PL switches and a couple other parts are being replated now. I've done a little with the car over the winter. Mostly buying parts and making a wish list of the rest of the parts needed to finish and looking for the best deals. I got a nice frame that I want to blast and powder coat or paint. Haven't decided which. I've now decided to not go with the original colors and I'm changing the interior to black. I've had a gold car before and it's just not my favorite color. The body color will probably be Fathom Blue or maybe Black Cherry and a black vinyl top.   Bought a clock, everything needed to make the seats and headrests look and feel like new, arm rest pads and bases, complete weatherstrip kit, some emblems, fuel sending unit, etc. I have one seat apart and blasted/painted. Waiting on the seat covers to show up.    I've put a new door on the console and restored the rest of it.  Shifter assembly is done. Used a new handle.  The spare tire and the jack are done.  Plans are to restore the dash, finish the body work a little at a time this summer and drive it some more. I'll do the engine repaint and upgrades when I move the body to the other frame. Dan
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wagonman100 Site Ambassador Posts 15784 |
05-01-11 09:07 AM - Post#2084432
Looking good Dan. You can't beat powder coating for the frame. All of my cars will eventually have their frames powder coated. My '83 wagon frame should be going to the coaters tomorrow.
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ZAACCHHAARRCCCRRYYYA Forum Newbie Posts 49 
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05-21-11 03:46 PM - Post#2093205
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overdrive Senior Member Posts 1304
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05-21-11 08:32 PM - Post#2093342
That's how I drive it! I got the seat covers and they forgot to put the listings under the bottom covers for the buckets. Sent those back to CARS Inc. I put the new cover on one back rest. I really like the cloth/vinyl covers.   Here's another color I like.  Dan
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overdrive Senior Member Posts 1304
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06-01-11 08:12 PM - Post#2098162
Well, I was taking the rear seat cushion cover off last night and I found the build sheet! It was between the foam pad and the jute pad and it's in great shape, other than being torn. I had given up on finding one, but I'm now grinning from ear to ear.   Dan
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wagonman100 Site Ambassador Posts 15784 |
06-02-11 04:22 AM - Post#2098232
That's a nice find. I was fortunate with mine. Someone else found it before I bought it and it was in the glove box along with the original owner's manual. Not that it matters too much since my car will be heavily modified when I get to work on it again.
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overdrive Senior Member Posts 1304
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06-05-11 01:25 PM - Post#2099644
Got the cushion covers back and finished one seat yesterday.  Dan
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Daves 57 Bel Air Contributor Posts 161 
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06-05-11 07:13 PM - Post#2099774
Very cool. My uncle found the build sheet on the '71 Monte Carlo I gave my son for his birthday last year when he was recovering the driver's bucket seat.
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wagonman100 Site Ambassador Posts 15784 |
06-06-11 04:17 AM - Post#2099854
I forgot to mention, the original window sticker was in my glovebox as well. The seat looks great, by the way.
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overdrive Senior Member Posts 1304
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09-20-11 07:59 PM - Post#2139222
Thanks fellas. Update: I finished the seats awhile back and installed them so I could drive it a little this fall. It's been off the road almost a year. Also took the ID labels off the seat belts and redyed them before sewing the labels back on. They came out real nice. I recently finished the first round of bodywork on the qtrs and the drvr door. They didn't need much work, but I just hadn't spent the time on them and now the whole car is finally in primer. Lots of block sanding and primering to do now.     Mixed some hardener in with some gloss black to make satin black and shot a few small parts.  Used the build sheet to have a window sticker made. This car had a sticker price of $5269.80!  Dan
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wagonman100 Site Ambassador Posts 15784 |
09-22-11 04:37 AM - Post#2139610
I haven't looked at mine in a long time, but the price of mine was way up there too for 1972.
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overdrive Senior Member Posts 1304
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10-03-11 04:13 PM - Post#2143560
I cleaned and painted the motor last week. Finished it Sat night and put the car in the unfinished class for its first car show Sunday. 
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wagonman100 Site Ambassador Posts 15784 |
10-04-11 04:35 AM - Post#2143699
That's a dramatic difference. Looks great.
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old51sedan Contributor Posts 799 |
10-10-11 06:30 AM - Post#2145799
Your Monte Carlo is looking nice. I can still remember when my brother inlaw came home from the service in 70. He went down and bought a new MC SS with the big 454, it was triple green, auto on the floor and that baby would run. I remember him saying the dealer had 2 the same except his had power sttering. He drove the one without, then bought the one with PS. He dummied up and traded it in 72 for a grand prix.
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overdrive Senior Member Posts 1304
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01-05-12 06:01 PM - Post#2176146
Thanks. I was only 10 when these were new, but I sometimes wish I had been old enough to buy one new. Dan
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knightfan2691 Dedicated Member Posts 6215
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01-12-12 10:19 PM - Post#2178804
Thanks. I was only 10 when these were new, but I sometimes wish I had been old enough to buy one new. Dan ... I'm the same way ... wish I had been old enough to buy one of those new, but I wasn't even born when the 1st gens were new. I came along in '73, the first year of the 2nd gen, and the only year the MC was named MT COT. I tell people I was born in the wrong decade.... Cort | 38.m.IL | pigValve + paceMaker + cowValve | 5 MCs + 1 Caprice Classic CHD.MCs.CC + RoadTrips.hobbies.RadioShows.us66 = http://www.chevyasylum.com/cort "We believe in tomorrow, but we're stuck in today" __ Hall & Oates __ 'So Close (Yet So Far Away)' |
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overdrive Senior Member Posts 1304
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07-20-12 09:47 PM - Post#2250466
Well, I lost a cam lobe the day after I cleaned and painted the motor.  I just finished rebuilding it a few weeks ago. When I pulled it apart, I found 4 bolt mains, a forged crank, and domed hypereutectic pistons. I did a complete rebuild using a Comp hyd. roller cam kit.     It runs better than ever, now. I love the roller cam. Dan
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overdrive Senior Member Posts 1304
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05-31-14 04:24 PM - Post#2457390
It's been quite a while since I posted here. I've been buying parts and restoring others, as time and money has allowed. After I put the motor back in, I went to a few cruise nights and had some fun with the car. The motor was doing great until it only had about 500 miles on the rebuild. The rear surface of the thrust bearing went bad. It turns out that the torque converter was going bad and the metal particles from it caused a blockage in the trans. This caused the torque converter to put alot of forward pressure on the flex plate and crank shaft every time I'd accelerate. I rebuilt the motor again, but I haven't reinstalled it. I'm now commited to getting the body off the frame soon and finishing the body work. I've recently been scraping all of the undercoating off the bottom of the car and in the rear wheel houses. The metal I'm exposing looks great.   Dan
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overdrive Senior Member Posts 1304
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09-04-14 09:30 PM - Post#2481894
The body mount bolts came loose easily. That was a big relief. I got the body off by taking the frame out the side, just using some jack stands and a floor jack.  I've cleaned the top side of the floor pans and the inner trunk, and primered the trunk. The primer and painting of the top of the floor pans is now done. I was able to finish the underbody and wheel house cleaning and primer last weekend. I shot 2 coats of chassis black on the underbody, the firewall, and the cowl. These pics show the body tilter I designed and built for this job. It was a life saver and doesn't take up nearly as much room as a rotisserie. I can unbolt the rocker rails and bolt on a set of casters to convert it to a body cart. The casters are large enough I can roll the body shell easily onto a trailer for transport to a friends shop. He has a paint booth I will use.    This is the last of just a few patches I had to make and weld in. Access was made easy with the tilter.  Dan
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overdrive Senior Member Posts 1304
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09-04-14 10:06 PM - Post#2481905
I enjoy making parts that aren't made anywhere else. I've been making some of the automatic level ride system parts that were part of the SS package in '70 and '71, and also an option on non-SS Monte Carlos and on Chevelles. This is an ultra-rare NOS level ride compressor inlet I bought years ago. It's been my pattern without opening the package.  I have a mold of an original base and reproduce the filters. Nobody else makes these. All foam rubber is white when it's new and yellows with age.  I make these Monte Carlo specific compressor mounting brackets to look as close to the originals, (that's the black pair), as I can.  These are the first pair I made. I've made 5 or 6 pair, so far.  I built 2 dies to reproduce the shock protector plates. These were also used on El Caminos.  Some more of my level ride system parts...    The control valves are still available from the original manufacturer. Dan
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overdrive Senior Member Posts 1304
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07-26-16 08:05 PM - Post#2641949
Hello again to all! I haven't posted here for a long while. Progress has been slow. Too many other things going on to be able to spend as much time on the car as I'd like, but I certainly haven't stopped on it. Alot of the smaller projects are now done. Also, I've gotten the frame blasted and powder coated, along with just about everything else under the car. Suspension parts, bumper brackets, etc. I've blocked out all panels at least once and I recently shot a couple more coats of primer/surfacer.  I've gotten a stainless gas tank, stainless fuel lines and brake lines, stainless parking brake cable set, and the trans cooler lines.  After putting the motor and transmission back on the frame, along with the stainless American Racing Headers, I made some cuts on the Magnaflow stainless exhaust, then TIG welded some of the joints and got the mufflers hung. If you haven't noticed, I really like stainless steel parts and powder coating. I want this car to last a long time.   I also put the front suspension back together. Since the frame is not the original, I put the body on it to be able to reinstall the doors, fenders, etc., to check for alignment issues.   Dan
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rcr3 Site Ambassador -"19th Year" Silver Supporting Member Posts 3819 
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07-27-16 03:16 AM - Post#2641968
WOW !! What an amazing job you have done on this car! Thanks for the update.
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overdrive Senior Member Posts 1304
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09-12-16 02:56 PM - Post#2650876
Thank you, sir. I've blocked out everything except the shell again. Shot a final coat of primer on the hood and one door yesterday. I was really hoping to shoot the paint this fall, so I could reassemble during the winter. Since I'm not retired, other work priorities keep me shackled and it's not looking like I'll get to spray it until next year, unless I can rent a heated paint booth after bow season. Dan
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overdrive Senior Member Posts 1304
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03-03-20 02:54 PM - Post#2787884
Update: I "finished" this car and have been showing and driving it some. Things have changed here. I'll see if I can load some photos soon. Dan
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wagonman100 Site Ambassador Posts 15784 |
03-03-20 06:29 PM - Post#2787900
Would love to see it.
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