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Discussion starter · #161 ·
Thanks for all the replies gentlemen. It's been one of the more enjoyable restorations I've done. No stress looking for date coded parts, and correct this and that. That certainly has it's place in my life, but there's plenty of room for all the hot rod stuff too.

All the electrical issues are fixed. Everything works, and the motor feels strong, with lots of torque. The throttle response is excellent.

I have to give a bunch of credit to Bill Waters, who helped plan this entire build from the 1st day I dragged home a greasy old junk yard big block. He put up with me thru it all, with my hundreds of emails. How do you thank someone for that, especially when they live in a different country....lol.... Thanks again Bill for all the advise and encouragement.
 
Discussion starter · #162 ·
Ok, this is it. Had it out for the front end alignment today. It actually moves under it own power. Hasn't done that for a while. This build has been a lot of fun. I will be putting another set of wheels together for it. I'll be going with white steelies and cheater slicks on the rear, and a somewhat skinny wheel/tire combo up front. Not sure which wheels yet, up front. Probably a 15" X 6" of some sort, with black wall bias ply's....

I appreciate all the great advise, comments, emails, pm's and phone calls, over the past 6 months. I'm new to Nova's so I had a lot to learn, but it was one of the more pleasurable builds I've done. Now I have a new garage/storage building to build. I'll be thrilled if that goes as well as the Nova project went.

Here's a couple final shots for those who aren't sick of looking at it yet.



 
Discussion starter · #168 ·
I picked up a new set of Cragars with cheater slicks, and the skinnies up front. Had the car out for the maiden voyage today, breaking in all the new parts, like the Moser rear, trans, clutch, and the engine of course. The Nova is real hoot to drive now. It has some serious power and torque. I was taking it easy on the new motor, getting the rings seated, etc....

The new power steering and brakes are great too. It's tight, handles great, but has a smooth ride. I have a couple bugs to get out of it but simple stuff. Here's a shot with the new wheels.

 
#177 ·
droptop396 said:
Can't wait to see the finished product. Saving the original 6-cylinder stuff is silly.
Anybody who would be interested in buying that car after it's transformation is complete is not going to be interested in stuffing a 6-cyl back in. (not that you have plans to sell it).
Being the purist that you are, it would be hard to get rid of the original stuff, however do yourself a favor find somebody who wants the original parts.
The parts are just going to take up space, collect dust and never get used again.
I would like to be so lucky as to find an original 6 cylinder granny car to do the same thing.
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What this guy said. No sense in tripping over the original 6 banger stuff. Sell it to somebody who wants it (H.A.M.B. people etc.). Never gonna make a whit of difference to a "hot rodder". I hung onto a 6 with a glide from a 55 Chevy for years. Moved it quite a few times. Finally gave it away just to get it out of my way. Do "your car", your way.

My heap (LS-2 with 6 speed)
 
#179 ·
Bill Rose said:
I picked up a new set of Cragars with cheater slicks, and the skinnies up front. Had the car out for the maiden voyage today, breaking in all the new parts, like the Moser rear, trans, clutch, and the engine of course. The Nova is real hoot to drive now. It has some serious power and torque. I was taking it easy on the new motor, getting the rings seated, etc....

The new power steering and brakes are great too. It's tight, handles great, but has a smooth ride. I have a couple bugs to get out of it but simple stuff. Here's a shot with the new wheels.

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Very nice :thumbsup::thumbsup:
 
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