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Old 29th-January-2006, 04:50 PM   #1
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Rear Inner Wheelhouses

I have looked high and low for new rear inner wheel houses and can't find them. The closest I have I come are inners for Chevelles from Goodmark. Can someone tell me if these will fit or not, I mean the Chevelle is pretty darn close to the Nova. I would hate to buy these for $149.95 each and they not fit.
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Old 29th-January-2006, 05:42 PM   #2
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Greetings,

The Paddock (www.paddockparts.com) in Indiana has them and they fit rather well. That's what was used on mine. I'm sure the other Nova parts companies have them as well.

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Old 29th-January-2006, 05:57 PM   #3
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Greetings,

The Paddock (www.paddockparts.com) in Indiana has them and they fit rather well. That's what was used on mine. I'm sure the other Nova parts companies have them as well.

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Are you sure? I have only seen them supply the outers not the inners.

The inners are the ones that are in the trunk the outers are near the quarter pannel.
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Old 29th-January-2006, 06:00 PM   #4
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i got rust free inners and the rear frame rails that i cut out of my nova when i went pro street. PM if you are interested. i would like to sell them together but might seperate them. (yes, i cut up a rust free nova)

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Old 29th-January-2006, 06:36 PM   #5
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You could always go ahead and make em wider while your cutting....

http://www.detroitspeed.com/Body10.html

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Old 30th-January-2006, 05:41 PM   #6
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Ok, I have asked Goodmark, YearOne, and Chevy2Only, and all 3 say that the Chevelle inner wheel wells WILL NOT fit the Novas because they are 2 totally different cars although some aspects of them appear to be the same. So there you have it.
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Old 31st-January-2006, 12:01 AM   #7
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You could always go ahead and make em wider while your cutting....

http://www.detroitspeed.com/Body10.html

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I've seen vendors sell these as 'Camaro / Nova'. but has anyone actually tried fitting them ?

also, on ame track, if looking at a similar car for inner wheelhouses (stock ones), I would certainly look at the 1st generation Camaro before a Chevelle, since the unibody is likely closer than an A-body.

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Old 31st-January-2006, 12:46 AM   #8
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They are suposed to be dead on correct (just wider). I remember A member here installing them in his 3rd gen Nova and he posted pics from the time they arrived at his garage to the finished product but I don't know what the thread was titled. It was quite A while ago.

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Old 31st-January-2006, 09:58 AM   #9
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Might know where there are some NOS. If you are interested, PM me and I'll give you a number to call.
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Old 31st-January-2006, 07:43 PM   #10
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Ya know, I had actually posted a thread about using 1st gen Camaro inners a few months back but no one knew if they would fit so I never tried it.
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Old 1st-February-2006, 04:21 AM   #11
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Detroit Speed deep tubs mounted up to NOS gm outers.

Detroit Speeds deep tubs are not your typical paper thin repros, these things are just as thick and possibly thicker than Genuine GM metal !

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a better view of the backside of the deep tubs.

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Old 1st-February-2006, 10:15 PM   #12
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Maybe you want to talk to this member. I'm not sure if 74's will work but think they might.
http://www.stevesnovasite.com/forums...ad.php?t=32159
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Old 2nd-February-2006, 10:30 PM   #13
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Does Detriot Speed have a website and what is the web address?
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Old 26th-March-2006, 03:53 PM   #15
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I see Sherman and Cross Canada list both stock outer and inner wheelhouses. Items 24 for inner and 29 for outer .

http://store.shermanparts.com/cgi-bi...mg_num=780_781

http://www.crosscanadaparts.com/cgi-...mg_num=780_781
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