The FAB53 '72 Nova

[Chad-1stGen]

Congratz on 3rd. You are turning that Nova into such a beast! Awesome performance for the $$ too

Wish you would of come to Buttonwillow and seen how that thing does on a road course.

[Bryce]

Jon,

THe car looked awesome in person!

[Nessumsar]

hey Jon the car looked great cant wait to get ours going
John

Great job Jon. Car looked great out there...!

Congratz on 3rd. You are turning that Nova into such a beast! Awesome performance for the $$ too

Wish you would of come to Buttonwillow and seen how that thing does on a road course.

Jon,

THe car looked awesome in person!

Thanks guys! I couldn't be happier with the car, I didn't check tire presures or make any adjustments all weekend.

I'll have to tally all of my receipts, but I think I'm still under $8000 including the car.

[NOPANTS-68]

Your car looked great. Was that you next to me on the freeway Saturday afternoon after the show?

[Nessumsar]

Your car looked great. Was that you next to me on the freeway Saturday afternoon after the show?

I don't remember seeing you, were you in your Nova? We left the show around 5 on Satuday and headed north to our Hotel in Encinitas.

Also, found the full size picture of my car:

[Nessumsar]

Rob, of No Limits, brought out his corner-scales for anyone to use; care to guess what/how she weighs?

[NOPANTS-68]

Yeah I was in my blue '68 Nova in the fast lane. I had the two Cobras with me.

[NOPANTS-68]

Rob, of No Limits, brought out his corner-scales for anyone to use; care to guess what/how she weighs?

Mine weighs 3220 with the LS, so I'll guess somewhere real close.

[TheBandit]

Wow that shot really shows off the tire width. Is it squating under power in that picture? There seems to be a cone flying, but I'm sure you meant to do that.

[Nessumsar]

Wow that shot really shows off the tire width. Is it squating under power in that picture? There seems to be a cone flying, but I'm sure you meant to do that.

It looks like it is, although the car doesn't ever squat much as it only has a peg leg....

Oh, and that cone was talking trash when I walked the course earlier, so I taught it a thing or two!

[TheBandit]

Cone? What cone?

[Bryce]

Cone? What cone?

HAHAHA!! nice

[LT1Nova]

I did install a set of HID H4 bulbs, and what a difference! My AutoPal housing keep the light where it should be, so I won't be blinding other drivers.

I'd like to hear more about this. Which Autopal's did you have and how were they. Any the HID conversion, got any details on that?

[Nessumsar]

The AutoPal housing are just a cheap set of H4 conversion lights I got off of Ebay, much like these:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/7-H60...Q5fAccessories

And the HID kit is from:
http://www.hidxenonlights.com/h4-hid-bulbs-c-646

The bulbs are a plug-and-play deal, and go in really easy. You just have to install the bulbs, mount the ballasts (which have some hokey brackets), run the wires and you're done. They plug into your existing light harness.

They are the high/low HID/halogen lights. They have a pretty good pattern; and they don't blind everyone else, although they do light up street signs pretty well. I will get a picture of them this weekend.

[jschaecher]

Man I love Nova's good to see a different approach!

[IBJakeSS]

I'm interested in the HID Conversion, did you loose your High beams? Which HID Kit did you get?

[rfalker1]

man i love your nova, if i saw u in the streets i wouldn't know what to do ;)

[Nessumsar]

Man I love Nova's good to see a different approach!

man i love your nova, if i saw u in the streets i wouldn't know what to do ;)

Thanks guys!

I'm interested in the HID Conversion, did you loose your High beams? Which HID Kit did you get?

The kit I have is their High/Low HID/Halogen. Even though it has a "high" beam feature, it really isn't; when you turn the high-beams on, it powers down the HID and powers up the halogen (which is really weak). So the low-beam is braghter than the high-beam.

[project nova]

Hey!, This is my Nova... Flares are just round bar built around radius of tires, then sheet metal worked over round bar skeleton. I kept the original shape of the wheel opening at the body per the rendering. Glad to offer any advise if needed.

Here are some more recent shots of that other Nova after paint. Maybe his flares will give you some ideas. Hope to see yours get started soon.

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[wellis77]

Hey!, This is my Nova... Flares are just round bar built around radius of tires, then sheet metal worked over round bar skeleton. I kept the original shape of the wheel opening at the body per the rendering. Glad to offer any advise if needed.

Any pics of how you did this?