Since photobucket sucks I have had to recreate this thread.
There will be continual updates to come and this is the main thread. I will cross link it to the old thread but will leave that one intact as its still working for now.
Bear with me on the spelling and HTML errors. This stuff has been copied from one to another a few times now and some things were lost in translation. I am working to clean it up..
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Ok as the story goes.. I had a 680whp 2003 Cobra that I owned for like 8 years and built it to do anything and everything I ever wanted to do with the car. It was one hell of a ride and I regret having to sell it, but family priorities (buying a house) come first. Once the decision to sell the Cobra was final, I told the wife i wanted a project car...
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So I started the search for a Nova. I found a few 2 doors at the time (for more money of course) and with the family and the fact that no one builds 4 doors I decided the extra door in a 2nd Gen wasn't too ugly so I started looking.
Quickly I found a couple options but they were snatched up quickly or the seller had some issue as they typically do. The one I ended up purchasing was no different as the seller "didn't know what a title looked like" that was not a good start... Anyways we haggled prices, i looked it over and the cancer didn't look TOO bad. The best part was it had a rebuilt v8 and was a driver so everything was either missing or worked lol..
The original plan was to get the car, keep it running and just drive it and one day drop a full suspension, aluminum block ls/t56, new interior, and all the other items to make it how I wanted.. Little did i know that the first burnout with the car would set me down a path not even I can see the end of yet...
The following are copy and paste from my IG account. I have filled in a few areas to make them make more sense in this setting...
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1: Feb 2nd 2016 - I'd like everyone to welcome the newest member of our family.. she tried to stress kill me on the way home cause the front suspension is so bad... But we prevailed, slowly... she's a '67 "Chevy II 400 Nova" or as most call it just a 67 Nova. She's a 4 door which most people would scoff at in the hot rod world but with a ever growing puppy and a 5 year old it's the perfect fit for us
she's currently powered by a sbc 350 backed by a th350. The car is in a pretty serious state of disrepair and she does have some cancer. It's not as bad as a few I've seen and I hope it's only the parts I've seen externally. Overall with some TLC she's gonna make an AWESOME little car. My hopeful plans are new front/rear suspensions, paint fixing and probably repaint, interior restoration, and a carb'd L33 with a t56 and hot rod power tour with my dad. Wish us luck!
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2: Never did I think when I bought the nova that I would buy my first Camaro too. Crazy... But in that same breath I never thought the car I would first part out would be a Camaro. Guess I figured it would be a ford of some type...
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3: Got in the idler arm bushings finally from Jegs and "threw" them on. What I assumed would be a 1-2hr job turned into a 5 hour job. However the front suspension is as least sorted at right now so we can drive it around. I took about 100lbs of wiring, amps, subs, fake car alarm, and radio out of the car that was totally not necessary also. Tomorrow is: install rear air shocks to compensate for those sagging mono leafs, rotate the tires as it's never been done on this set it looks like, reassemble the small stuff in the interior, if there is time vacuum and clean the windows and check the float level and jet sizes in the carb... There probably won't be time for that... Oh well another day then..
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4: This is the bad side of the car cause it's missing trim pieces... But last night was very successful! Steering is night and day now that the idler arm bushings are replaced and the power steering cylinder bushings are washers instead of missing rubber bushings.. lol the ride height is back to what I think it should be for now with the air shocks and I moved the vacuum advance to the drivers side port off the edelbrock and it seriously woke this car UP! Feels like it gained like 40hp!! Super impressed with how it runs now. Left is... Well most things lol but at least it's out of the garage. I think a race between the Camaro and the Nova is a decent idea..
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5:Ok you can pick your favorite but the trim isn't going back on..
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6: Had to get creative with the ole press to straighten out the bumper. Turned out really good! The new bumper support brackets went in like a glove and the hood support and hinge mechanism is readjusted and works much better now!Pics tomorrow. The grille however is gonna be straightened but for he most part is a goner :/ that's ok they aren't terribly expensive...or as my wife says I say.. If it's an expensive part I say "bucks" and if it's a cheap part I say "dollars" to diminish the impact of cost apparently...
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7: Wow... I didn't think it made that big a difference pushing out a few dents but!now i cant wait to find a new grille!
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8:Until tomorrow...
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9: 2 hours in. Much to go. This includes me labeling brackets and pieces I take off for resale though... Which takes time #ls4door
There will be continual updates to come and this is the main thread. I will cross link it to the old thread but will leave that one intact as its still working for now.
Bear with me on the spelling and HTML errors. This stuff has been copied from one to another a few times now and some things were lost in translation. I am working to clean it up..
Alternatively you can always follow me on IG or YouTube
IG: WompFilter on Instagram
YT: WompFilter on Youtube
FB: WompFilter on Facebook
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Ok as the story goes.. I had a 680whp 2003 Cobra that I owned for like 8 years and built it to do anything and everything I ever wanted to do with the car. It was one hell of a ride and I regret having to sell it, but family priorities (buying a house) come first. Once the decision to sell the Cobra was final, I told the wife i wanted a project car...
So I started the search for a Nova. I found a few 2 doors at the time (for more money of course) and with the family and the fact that no one builds 4 doors I decided the extra door in a 2nd Gen wasn't too ugly so I started looking.
Quickly I found a couple options but they were snatched up quickly or the seller had some issue as they typically do. The one I ended up purchasing was no different as the seller "didn't know what a title looked like" that was not a good start... Anyways we haggled prices, i looked it over and the cancer didn't look TOO bad. The best part was it had a rebuilt v8 and was a driver so everything was either missing or worked lol..
The original plan was to get the car, keep it running and just drive it and one day drop a full suspension, aluminum block ls/t56, new interior, and all the other items to make it how I wanted.. Little did i know that the first burnout with the car would set me down a path not even I can see the end of yet...
The following are copy and paste from my IG account. I have filled in a few areas to make them make more sense in this setting...
1: Feb 2nd 2016 - I'd like everyone to welcome the newest member of our family.. she tried to stress kill me on the way home cause the front suspension is so bad... But we prevailed, slowly... she's a '67 "Chevy II 400 Nova" or as most call it just a 67 Nova. She's a 4 door which most people would scoff at in the hot rod world but with a ever growing puppy and a 5 year old it's the perfect fit for us
she's currently powered by a sbc 350 backed by a th350. The car is in a pretty serious state of disrepair and she does have some cancer. It's not as bad as a few I've seen and I hope it's only the parts I've seen externally. Overall with some TLC she's gonna make an AWESOME little car. My hopeful plans are new front/rear suspensions, paint fixing and probably repaint, interior restoration, and a carb'd L33 with a t56 and hot rod power tour with my dad. Wish us luck!2: Never did I think when I bought the nova that I would buy my first Camaro too. Crazy... But in that same breath I never thought the car I would first part out would be a Camaro. Guess I figured it would be a ford of some type...
3: Got in the idler arm bushings finally from Jegs and "threw" them on. What I assumed would be a 1-2hr job turned into a 5 hour job. However the front suspension is as least sorted at right now so we can drive it around. I took about 100lbs of wiring, amps, subs, fake car alarm, and radio out of the car that was totally not necessary also. Tomorrow is: install rear air shocks to compensate for those sagging mono leafs, rotate the tires as it's never been done on this set it looks like, reassemble the small stuff in the interior, if there is time vacuum and clean the windows and check the float level and jet sizes in the carb... There probably won't be time for that... Oh well another day then..
4: This is the bad side of the car cause it's missing trim pieces... But last night was very successful! Steering is night and day now that the idler arm bushings are replaced and the power steering cylinder bushings are washers instead of missing rubber bushings.. lol the ride height is back to what I think it should be for now with the air shocks and I moved the vacuum advance to the drivers side port off the edelbrock and it seriously woke this car UP! Feels like it gained like 40hp!! Super impressed with how it runs now. Left is... Well most things lol but at least it's out of the garage. I think a race between the Camaro and the Nova is a decent idea..
5:Ok you can pick your favorite but the trim isn't going back on..
6: Had to get creative with the ole press to straighten out the bumper. Turned out really good! The new bumper support brackets went in like a glove and the hood support and hinge mechanism is readjusted and works much better now!Pics tomorrow. The grille however is gonna be straightened but for he most part is a goner :/ that's ok they aren't terribly expensive...or as my wife says I say.. If it's an expensive part I say "bucks" and if it's a cheap part I say "dollars" to diminish the impact of cost apparently...
7: Wow... I didn't think it made that big a difference pushing out a few dents but!now i cant wait to find a new grille!
8:Until tomorrow...
9: 2 hours in. Much to go. This includes me labeling brackets and pieces I take off for resale though... Which takes time #ls4door
