After getting a lot of response in my introduction, i decided to show some more pics of my Nova here.
As stated i got my car from a very honest guy in Ok. He had a craigslist ad i stumbled over and a few telephone calls later his Nova became mine. We are still in contact and he is very happy that his car is in good hands and gets the attention it deserves.
Here is my Nova still in the States
First inspection after shipping
A few parts were ordered when i bought the car and were shipped in the trunk. Saves on shipping cost.... :devil:
Brakes were in that package as well as Hotchkis 3" Springs front and rear so i started mockup soon.
Do it. May i become a trend-setter.... :turn:
If you like little things, do you like the relocated filler cap too?
I grabbed a yamaha filler cap of off ebay, made a bracket to weld it in. The gas tank was modified too at the filler tube. All i have to do now is to weld an aluminum 45° bend to the yamaha cap and connect the tubes with rubber hose.
After widening the front the rears were on my list too. The quarters were replaced sometime in the life of my Nova, but welding wasn't the best. I had to redo the welds. The panels weren't aligned properly too so i needed an idea to fix that. Finally i decided to cut the old weld out and replace with a strip of metal. I cut the old weld out, moved the panel out 1 1/4 and fixed that in the wheelhouse. The cut was bend in and the gap was closed with 2" wide sheetmetal.
Cut out old weld.
Bend out and fixed with an angle bar.
The welded in strip.
Before and after pics.
The outer wheelhouse was cut out and the inner extended flat to the quarter. Now there is room for a 315 tire if the springs are relocated. I didn't go that far. A 275 tire will be enough for me.
After widening the front the rears were on my list too. The quarters were replaced sometime in the life of my Nova, but welding wasn't the best. I had to redo the welds. The panels weren't aligned properly too so i needed an idea to fix that. Finally i decided to cut the old weld out and replace with a strip of metal. I cut the old weld out, moved the panel out 1 1/4 and fixed that in the wheelhouse. The cut was bend in and the gap was closed with 2" wide sheetmetal.
Cut out old weld.
Bend out and fixed with an angle bar.
The welded in strip.
Before and after pics.
The outer wheelhouse was cut out and the inner extended flat to the quarter. Now there is room for a 315 tire if the springs are relocated. I didn't go that far. A 275 tire will be enough for me.
With the Novas front looking massive the sloped trunk lid looks a little off. I welded a 10mm rod on to get a picture how it could look.
I changed the angle and the heigh some times and ended up with this.
Exactly!!!:devil: its sitting here so sexy begging to go in. It has 13" brembo brakes on it so i will be using 18-19" wheels off of a Vette to back space it in there.
I think beyond moving out the quarters i might flare the lip out a little like you did on your fronts.
I love the all of that. I was wanting to do something similar, but i want to also bring my exhaust out the back in the middle to. Like where your plate is
I might have to make the drive up there to see you and the car in person, great fab work. I wish I would of thought about these ideas before I painted my car...lol
I might have to make the drive up there to see you and the car in person, great fab work. I wish I would of thought about these ideas before I painted my car...lol
Looks like powdercoating is somewhat uninteresting.... :turn:
You may have noticed that i removed the kink in the rear quarters behind the wheel. This was continued along the rockers. These were extended 2" to cover the frame rails and give the car a nice fat belly with an even more lowered stance without lowering the car in reality.
I started with three ribs to get the desired shape.
Followed by covering with prebend sheets.
Bad thing is that the kink is also in the door. I welded the sheet over the door to get it sit right. Later i cut the door open and welded the gaps on the lower door panels and the rockers shut.
Did the same on the front fenders. On the pic you can see how much the rockers were extended.
Fenderwork in progress. The no longer needed parts of the old fender were cut out later and new mounting tabs were welded in.
Here's like it will sit when she's is back on her wheels.
nice powder coating. sweet work on the fenders and doors and such.
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