GuySmiley's 1971 Nova

GuySmiley
8th-February-2008, 03:08 PM
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Lots of other pics in my sig.



Year:1971

Model:original 307 car

Body/Exterior:05 Nissan blue

Front End:350 4 bolt, some add-ons but nothing crazy- plans for LS1

Transmission:Saginaw 4 spd - plans for 6spd to match LS1

Rear End:stocker-needs a posi SOON

Exhaust:needs to be redone

Wheels/Tires:17" Coys, 235/45/17 on 7" with 4 1/2" BS and 255/45/17 on 8" with 4 1/2" BS (5" would have been better for the rear)

Interior:stock blue with bench, soon to be black with buckets

Electrical:stock

Accessories/Options:2 seats and 4 wheels

Sound system:350 4 bolt

Comments: I finally got it on the road last summer after 12 years of sitting around and 2 years of resto. Plans are to redo the interior in black with factory style buckets, rebuild/add posi to the rearend and do a LS1/2 style with 6spd engine/tranny swap.

2 little boys under the age of 3 and a stay-at-home wife have put things on hold for now but at least I can take the family out in it for rides.

Later

yllib1961
8th-February-2008, 04:10 PM
Hi Michael, The 71' looks fantastic. I like them clean like yours. Great stance as well. You had come a long way as I see in the photos. Congrats on a job well done!! Billy.

Mindgame
8th-February-2008, 05:40 PM
I LOVE your car. and it is my back round on my desktop <3

69SSAcadian
8th-February-2008, 06:23 PM
Looks great Michael!!

GuySmiley
8th-February-2008, 08:38 PM
Hi Michael, The 71' looks fantastic. I like them clean like yours. Great stance as well. You had come a long way as I see in the photos. Congrats on a job well done!! Billy.

Thanks Billy, my 71 and me have love-hate relationship! I checked out you pics, great progress!

I LOVE your car. and it is my back round on my desktop <3

Wow, never thought my ride would be on someone else's desktop! Cool:D:cool:

Looks great Michael!!

Hey Craig, long time no chat! I have not spent much time on Steve's over the last couple of months as I have alot of stuff going on. You will have to drop me a line and get me up to date on your progress as of late.

Later

klean63
8th-February-2008, 10:10 PM
Michael, your car look great:thumbsup::thumbsup:

One of these days I'm gonna have to get me a third gen:yes::yes:

71SS454
8th-February-2008, 10:13 PM
Love the color on this one.

1quik69
9th-February-2008, 12:20 AM
Michael(I always thought you name was Guy), very nice looking car. It shows a lot of pride(and dinero) and hard work. Keep it up.

novanutcase
9th-February-2008, 12:33 AM
Michael, your car look great:thumbsup::thumbsup:

One of these days I'm gonna have to get me a third gen:yes::yes:

I hear ya! It's cars like these that just make me want to do a 3rd Gen Pro-Tourer! Cool thing is I can use all the 2nd gen camaro upgrade parts to do it!

Great Job!

John

danthegeek
9th-February-2008, 01:39 AM
Looks awesome. I lovin the wheels. Whats the width and backspacing on them?

-dan

GuySmiley
9th-February-2008, 01:46 AM
Thanks for the complements!! It means alot coming from the guru's on here because I can honestly say my car would not look like that if it was not for this site. I have had lots of questions (mostly dumb ones) and gotten tones of answers!

Thanks again

Later

GuySmiley
9th-February-2008, 01:50 AM
Looks awesome. I lovin the wheels. Whats the width and backspacing on them?

-dan

Thanks Dan, I updated my original post with wheel sizes

GuySmiley
9th-February-2008, 01:54 AM
I hear ya! It's cars like these that just make me want to do a 3rd Gen Pro-Tourer! Cool thing is I can use all the 2nd gen camaro upgrade parts to do it!

Great Job!

John

Thanks alot John, I have always kept up on the progress of your 2nd gen, I can just amagine what your collection would look like with a 3rd genner in the garage as well.

Later

Mankind
9th-February-2008, 02:20 AM
sweeeeeeet 71 great job on the body work sir!! and the end product!:thumbsup::thumbsup:

my1stnova
15th-December-2008, 08:54 PM
is this on stock suspension? or you have anyhting lowwering it? (:

Jasons72
15th-December-2008, 09:51 PM
As i've said before, i really do love your car, its nothing to be modest about. Just wish you were closer so i could help you get the interior going a bit faster. Oh and let me know when you get to that engine swap, i'd love to take those valve covers off your hands:devil:

GuySmiley
16th-December-2008, 04:51 PM
is this on stock suspension? or you have anyhting lowwering it? (:

The way is sits in those pics are with stock front springs with a coil cut and stock shot mono's in the rear with air shocks raising it 3/4" The car is currently apart getting CCP 2" front lowering springs and hotchkis 1.5" rear lowering springs. It will probably a couple of months before I can compare the difference.

As i've said before, i really do love your car, its nothing to be modest about. Just wish you were closer so i could help you get the interior going a bit faster. Oh and let me know when you get to that engine swap, i'd love to take those valve covers off your hands:devil:

Hey thanks allot Jason. Come on up here any time, it's been a nice -28C (-35-40C with windchill) for the last couple of days. I have been doing allot of research lately on the gen 3 engines so a swap will be coming for sure.

Linemn
28th-April-2009, 12:24 PM
Ilike the blue. Very nice.

trvslhy
30th-April-2009, 09:52 AM
nice car man