1969 Nova Build Thread!

[craigs73]

cant wait to see the project to start

[carguy502]

Update time! I knew I had a little one on the way and so I tried to get a head start on the doors and some of the rust. The worst case of rust I knew had been in the rear lower window channel. I knew something was up because I kept on getting water in my trunk after a rain. After my second accident I decided to dig out the rear window channel and found a ton of rust, complete with gaping holes. Being 20, not knowing how to weld, but knowing how to use Bondo, I slicked a quart or more into the channel. It looked good, but never really kept the rain out. I took a trip up to my Ryan’s (novatrifecta on SNS) house in NorCal to wrench on the car do some panel replacement.

Some of my handiwork…



And the fix…



No beer yet, we still had some cutting to do…


We also took the time to yank my 69-72 doors and swap them for a set of doors I scored for free off a 1974 Olds Apollo. As you can tell, the Apollo was very orange. I will have the tan 73-74 door panels for sale soon, if anyone is interested.

Drivers Side


Passenger side


We also did some front fender well trimming to make room for the 275/35R18s I want to put in there in this iteration of my Nova.



I have spent the past month or so stripping the car and I should have some pics of that coming up very shortly. The car is way more solid than I had thought, but the quarters have been banged about a bit. More to come!

Don

[sinistir]

wow your really getting at it! I had the pleasure of meeting you last year at the bbq (after you won the bbq! I think) and really gave me inspiration to get the lead out on my nova. finally got the motor working good and now working out the interior. hoping to get all done for this years bbq as well. pretty doubtful at this point. lol anyways looking forward to seeing your progress and build. kool!