Well, my brother is going to be laid up for a good 6 months to a year... so he left me to do the body work on this beast.
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As you see, Ive already started working on it...
WHen i saw that roof line i knew what it was. my cousin had one but she ran it into the ground and it was a straight 6. i like the older Novas better but it should look great when its done.
What happend to you Bro?
in his younger days...he got his leg ran over by an aspen.. and he still has weak legs.. and chunks of bone floating around.. so they are drilling a hole in his bone so it bleeds out and makes cartalige.
yeah.. its a 77 Nova.. with a dogg ass 350 thats near ready to bloooow...
Yeah good thing hes getting that checked out!:headbang: soldier
hell yeah.. I get to do the body work.. and just about anything else that needs done..
My uncle had a Nova that he bought new, don't know what year for sure. He sold it after he got married and started a family.
I would have loved one for a first car, but it would have to be a late 60's early 70's version.
Yeah, this car isnt the greatest... but meh.. its my brothers baby..
IM just the grunt at the moment.. Its getting a T/A wing.. new speakers.. and maybe some new black stang seats..
its gonna be black.. with blk/red interior.
I had a '77 Nova in highschool for 6 months or so. Got it for around $200 from the auto tech program. 250 I6 auto, used it instead of my camaro in the winter. We used to beat that thing so much, lol. The motor started running rough on the highway one day so I just held her to the floor 'til she blew. Left it sitting on the side of the road perpendicular to the curb with the front wheels in the grass, and called a friend to pick me up. I was trying to cut through a grassy area to miss a stop light and a bunch of traffic. The city sent me a letter a few weeks later wanting to know if I wanted to come down to the impound to claim my car or just mail them the title. haha
BTW those are some killer black Cragars
ah, so he like the nogos... i mean novas (nova=no go in spanish) my step dad has a cherry white 67 nova, the body is good, very little rust, facgtory everything, the motor is gone and the 350 has been sitting in the shed for 2 years now. he has everything to do the job with but he just piddles with little shiznit and never gets anything done. i suppose once i graduate from NTI im ganna get to build it up. i dont think he'd like what i'd do to it. he wants to build it like the one he had back in the laye 60's (think how ppl modded cars back then, barely, more cruiser than meat grinder) so i might just do the grunt work for gradatude for the help he's given me to go to school. he's talked about selling it and blah blah, but he's talked that talk for 2 years now. to me your bro's car body wise (from the pictures) looks pretty alright, i mean i seen cars newer than his, that make you wonder if its got a floorboard in the first place. make him proud, your bro deserves it.
My first car when i was 15 1/2 was a 66 Nova.. and I now have two 73 nova's
I've always liked the Novas too. I had a '78 Skylark hatchback for a parts car when I had my '78 T/A. I always liked the looks of that car (still have the owner's manual). It had 50k original miles, but had rusted out very badly because the old guy that owned it died and his widow let the car sit in a field for a few years. It was given to me in exchange for some mechanical work, and I used the front end parts and brakes to fix up my badly worn T/A, then sold the low mile 305 for $200.
this is a nice car.. It has plenty of potential.. but my brother cant keep a motor in it.. he has a temper problem...and he takes it out on the cars.. the 350 in this thing has a brittle cam.. caved in lifters, egg shaped cylenders..
it runs like shiznit.. but atleast it'll look nice :D Im going to put all my effort into this beast.. make it nice. because its my nephews car after my brother passes... and I dont want to screw with that.
It needs some TLC that its finally getting... and its well deserved.. its gonna be jet black... with a few chrome accents.. IE the little trim rings around the maker lights and tail lights..
Plus Ive got some tricks up my sleeve :D
well, I did get SOMTHING DONE.
Spoiler anybody?
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the sound system is getting rewired at the moment.. boy is that a slice of hell..
why can't anyone on here doing a big project live near me? id love to help someone out working on cars, since i can't get a job doing it yet good luck man
My dad bought a new 4-door Nova in 75. It had a 262 V8 and fake dual exhaust. The single tailpipe ran down the left side of the car, just before it got to the bumper it turned to the left and dumped out of the side. From the bend going to the side it had another pipe that ran all the way over to the right side and dumped in a similar fashion. On a cold day it looked like a regular dual exhaust, sounded like a dual exhaust.....until you got in the gas.
yeah, my brother is not the wiring or sound system genious... thats my next project , actually... its what Im working on.. be I came in because it was too freakin cold and I had no desire to weed out wires.. =/
My brother is thinking of running 2 amps..this is easy.. but wiring is limited.. as is a place to hang the amps...I have to re-route the wires.. I have to decode + from - and run them to the correct side..I have to mount the 6x9's (which were just sitting in the deck, wow what craftsmanship..) hook up two new pioneers in the rear those be amped... and yeah. all on an El kameilion head.
Ive got my work cut out for me right there..
Thanks for all the kind words.. Its really becomming a task.
When you're finished,get down here to Oklahoma and fix the dent in my rear fender of my project car.I'll buy you a pizza.
I'll fix it your ya Vinnie. Thats all I do all day at work. Im fixing a 99 Cougar right now, dipshiznit ran over a stop sign. PS its riced out, but some what tastefully, I'll get pics tomorow.
i have to find someone to do my stang, just needs a skim coat of bondo, major sanding, and primer, then paint. or i can paint it the way it is all depends on money.
got bored.. so all hell broke loose..
Bodywork began biznitches.
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Looks like this car was a creme color.... stupid Maaco bake job :(
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Ewww rust :hick:
shiznit happens. :hick:
Only 3 pepsi's for this project?
I get so sick of seeing s.b.c.s in everything. I quit going to car shows because of that. It would be totally awesome if you could talk your brother into a Ford drive train. That would make a lot of chevy guys mad!
Spoiler Looks huge with the trunk up. what is that off of. looks kind like a Camaro spoiler. yeah if you wait long enought that Maaco job will just fall of like its doing on mine.
Hes got a 305 stroker lined up for her...
and yeah.. these maaco jobs suck!
I believe the spoiler is off a T/A or a vette not sure.
needs a 396 then i might like it
400 or 402 would be nice too =]
hell yea prob snap that thing apart though
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Just go to the junk yard when your done grab some ford badges and stickem on .Srape them bowties off!,FORD NOVA,chevelle OR WHATEVER THEY ALL LOOK GOOD WITH THE FORD EMBLEM,Gets the folks talkin.
yuck 502 ramjet is junk, if you wanna go nutso, 632 merlin world class that would RIP that thing apart, and ford badges won't make a chevy look good it makes it look gay, they made my shed look good though.
well, the 305 is out the door.. its been sold :( so... back to the choppin block
Olds 307 maybeh?
big ol' duramax turbo diesel
This NOVA look good, and don't seem very rusted for it's age, maybe good project to go on the road after finished...
Is a 350 inside, but is an auto trans or man trans???...
Keep up Your good work...
Best regards,
Dom.
I hated the 307, there was a bad block for Me, all of the 307 I see was a shiznit!, too gas consumption for the power...
But I liked the 305, economical, not much power in it, but a good engine, just an issue for the FIRST series of 305, it was the cam, so the GM recalled their first 305 for the cam, or paid for the replacement cam when I worked in a garage...
The 267 (little version of the 305) was a really ...
IMHO,
Regards,
Dom.
thanks sleeper.
and Dom.. it was a 4spd.. till he grenaded 1st and 3rd. now its an auto :(
That would be cool. An Olds in a Chevy. Kind of a payback for all those Cutless's with Chevy 350s.
hahahahahaaa its in a buick le sabre right now! lmao.
yeah it would be.. those motors are tourqey as hell.
Anyone remember the Yenko Nova? I think they were the first "production car" to do 0-60 in under 5 seconds. Your brother's car looks to be mid to late 70's. Since the Yenko Nova was a 69-70 model, I wonder if that style would carry over to to later year Nova.
Your a good man for doing that for your brother.
I remember seeing yenko... but it didnt carry over to these.. bright idea tho... need somthing to break up the monotony of an all black paint job.
Yeah, I feel good about everything Im doing to it.. seeing ill get to drive it every now and then.
now a little update.. I started in my area of expertice... the sound system.
He has a pioneer EL kamelion head unit (good)
2 6" front speakers (un hooked)
2 6x9's out of a lincoln continental
some pioneer honeycomb speakers (in a box... waiting for me to install em)
a Scoshe 300w amp.
4 gauge wire
distribution block
I took out all the extra wire he had in there.
I hung the 6x9's in the rear deck.
I put the honeycombs in the back window
I mounted the scoshe and wired to honeycombs
Stuff I had him buy for it.
Dual RCA kit
Lanzar 1000w amp
(2) 12" Maxxsonic woofers [dual voice coils]
1" dome tweeters
wire, wire, and more freakin wire.
all that is hooked into 1 switch. to turn the amps on.
sounds nice... but im biased toward the t-birds system... it sounds alot better granted proportions and deadening schtuff
:D
Hey guys, update time.
just body work.
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looks good
Looks like a snake pit under the hod.That beeyotch needs to be simplified under there.
I love the way older cars are put together. Unbolt fenders, unbolt hood, unbolt radiator support... BAM there's the frame!
Hell yeah brian! This was the easiest thing ive ever taken apart. The trim around the windows tho... thats a betch.
But its gonna look great when shot with black.
Thanks for all the great comments guys.
Update.. she not so rusty lookin now.
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good work man, i hate body work!
You wana do my bodywork next...... Please?
pay me.
lol your a bit far away, and i got my dads old friend, been doing painting for a long time, im getting all ppg at wholesale prices, and its only gonna cost me a few hundred cause im a friend. hehehe
Just a small update
I got the cars nose half way put back together.. im waiting for the hood and spring break to dick with the rest of it.. sooo much sanding... so little time :( but its starting to look decent now.
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Whatcha think?
its coming along nicely, first time ive ever seen a nova of that body style
this car as with my tbird, a unicorn to behold around town.
we have the only ones he has the nova and I have the bird.. no one else has a nova or a bird half as nice as mine around here.
Driveways' startin to look like a carlot.. 7 cars 2 that are in proper working order tagged and insured.
a lil updater.
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After this.. I have one thing to say...
I hate Fiberglass.
PPG only costs a few hundred bucks. Not to be mean but it isnt exactly expensive stuff. I use Dupont, works like a charm.
I'll join you on the Fiberglass bandwagon. I'll get pics up of what Im doing at work. A 72 Chevy C10. Floorpans, Rocker Panels, Cab Corners and Doors. You wanna see some places that suck with Fiberglass you just wait.
Looks like you had to use quite a bit of spot putty on that Dr. side rear quarter. Good man edging out fenders haha.
A rattle can primer job.That really says "Chevy Nova".LOL.
yea but i can get the ppg paint from a friend who will paint my cars for me, hes a family friend, does ok work. The lincoln needs a body job, but the motor inside and underside comes WAY before paint.
My buddy has a 307 laying around from his old toronado. It was apparently a rebuilt motor as well. Not sure if the FWD motor can be adapted to RWD though. Dont see why not though as it was mounted longitudinal.