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1963 Hardtop mini-Restore
Well, it has been quite a while since I posted anything, so why not some pictures of what I have been working on. The car is a 1963 Nova, purchased from the Portland, OR area back in December of 2008. The car ran and drove great--but did not stop too well and was a greasy mess. So I set out to clean up the front end and replace leaking engine gaskets; along with an update to the suspension and brakes. As we all know, things quickly grew out of hand and the entire front end was disassembled! I now have the skirts back on after cleaning and painting them and the firewall. The engine was tore down to a "short block" config and all major gaskets replaced (along with a good cleaning and painting). I dove in head first with the CPP mini subframe and I am waiting delivery of the idler arm bearing kit and new tie rod ends. The next purchase will be a disc brake kit and the corrosponding accessories (master cylinder, brake lines, etc.), and I might go ahead and clean up the gas tank and replace the fuel lines, etc.
But I digress, enough typing, on to the pictures!
This is standing in my way of putting the motor back in the car, a super greasy Powerglide. I want to get it cleaned up and bolted to the engine and drop them both in at once.
Well, it has been quite a while since I posted anything, so why not some pictures of what I have been working on. The car is a 1963 Nova, purchased from the Portland, OR area back in December of 2008. The car ran and drove great--but did not stop too well and was a greasy mess. So I set out to clean up the front end and replace leaking engine gaskets; along with an update to the suspension and brakes. As we all know, things quickly grew out of hand and the entire front end was disassembled! I now have the skirts back on after cleaning and painting them and the firewall. The engine was tore down to a "short block" config and all major gaskets replaced (along with a good cleaning and painting). I dove in head first with the CPP mini subframe and I am waiting delivery of the idler arm bearing kit and new tie rod ends. The next purchase will be a disc brake kit and the corrosponding accessories (master cylinder, brake lines, etc.), and I might go ahead and clean up the gas tank and replace the fuel lines, etc.
But I digress, enough typing, on to the pictures!





This is standing in my way of putting the motor back in the car, a super greasy Powerglide. I want to get it cleaned up and bolted to the engine and drop them both in at once.
