69TAPoser
06-29-2007, 03:22 PM
While I am putting my Bird together (which will take another year) I have had quite an itch to get something to drive this summer. Then I went to a cruise night (as a passenger in my buddies '71 Trans Am) and I got the itch to get something NOW even worse.
Soooo, I just put a deposit on this '70 Nova with a 454 Big Block today and I go pay him in full next week. :bananna2:
It's from CA but has been in PA the past 6 years (garaged of course). I have over 25 pics of the (underside, inside, outside) of the usual rust places and it is VERY solid. 90K miles. All original panels, floors, and trunk with original undercoating. No pin holes or surface rust! I have pics of the inside of the qtrs too! Ther are 5 bubbles in the paint on one quarter in an area that is about 6" wide above the wheel well. This is the worst spot. The car is very clean underneath and still has all of it's orginal undercoating and no rust. It has about 3500 miles on the rebuilt big block.
It's a nice driver that won't take much to make it very nice.
The bad news is it has a 10 bolt, non-posi rear and a T350 auto tranny. :drive2: It needs fresh paint which I have already gotten a committment to get from my body shop for some short $$ (same color deal).
Here's a few pics:
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...I know, the steering wheel will be ripped out 1st! And someone cut the door panels for speakers. :sick: All gauges and lights work.
Here's where it gets even more interesting and I need help from the Nova gurus. It was sold to me as NOT an SS as I am told (and I have researched), the '70 SS cars can only be identified for certain by the motor stamp and this motor is not original. It DOES have the 5 digit sequence that came on SS's (but there are cars that have this sequence that are NOT SS's), it has the buckets, console, and front disks which I believe are all SS options. Of course it has SS badges, but we all know that means nothing. I am also told that some SS's did come with 10 bolt rearends. It does have AC.
I have 20+ more pics I will get on my site this week of the complete underside of the car, quarters, trunk, and frame rails, underside of doors, bottom of windows, engine bay, etc (all solid and original!!).
It runs great, has a 3" exhaust (that turns down at the rear axle and needs to be extended).
So what do you guys think?
Phil
Soooo, I just put a deposit on this '70 Nova with a 454 Big Block today and I go pay him in full next week. :bananna2:
It's from CA but has been in PA the past 6 years (garaged of course). I have over 25 pics of the (underside, inside, outside) of the usual rust places and it is VERY solid. 90K miles. All original panels, floors, and trunk with original undercoating. No pin holes or surface rust! I have pics of the inside of the qtrs too! Ther are 5 bubbles in the paint on one quarter in an area that is about 6" wide above the wheel well. This is the worst spot. The car is very clean underneath and still has all of it's orginal undercoating and no rust. It has about 3500 miles on the rebuilt big block.
It's a nice driver that won't take much to make it very nice.
The bad news is it has a 10 bolt, non-posi rear and a T350 auto tranny. :drive2: It needs fresh paint which I have already gotten a committment to get from my body shop for some short $$ (same color deal).
Here's a few pics:
https://static1.pt-content.com/images/noimg.gif
https://static1.pt-content.com/images/noimg.gif
https://static1.pt-content.com/images/noimg.gif
https://static1.pt-content.com/images/noimg.gif
https://static1.pt-content.com/images/noimg.gif
...I know, the steering wheel will be ripped out 1st! And someone cut the door panels for speakers. :sick: All gauges and lights work.
Here's where it gets even more interesting and I need help from the Nova gurus. It was sold to me as NOT an SS as I am told (and I have researched), the '70 SS cars can only be identified for certain by the motor stamp and this motor is not original. It DOES have the 5 digit sequence that came on SS's (but there are cars that have this sequence that are NOT SS's), it has the buckets, console, and front disks which I believe are all SS options. Of course it has SS badges, but we all know that means nothing. I am also told that some SS's did come with 10 bolt rearends. It does have AC.
I have 20+ more pics I will get on my site this week of the complete underside of the car, quarters, trunk, and frame rails, underside of doors, bottom of windows, engine bay, etc (all solid and original!!).
It runs great, has a 3" exhaust (that turns down at the rear axle and needs to be extended).
So what do you guys think?
Phil