Frodo- 72 Nova daily driver project

[Brianstanford]

Awesome build!

[Number1]

Any updates?

[Moabdude]

Whow man, you went a long way!!
From this to what it is now.
Very good job!!!

[xsboost90]

always have a soft spot for the NOVA- i had a 71 when i was 19. Mild cam and heads otherwise stock. Wish i had it still i would build what your building!

[Moabdude]

Whats the status of your Nova Frodo?

[medbali76]

Frodo is on strong steroids now. Complete frame off+ c6 suspension on full frame instead of subframe,widening front and rear fenders for the widened track width. 1850mm front and 1870mm rear.

[medbali76]

And we will not stop here...
Planning to give a different tail light + bumper combo and also a unique front end with modified bumper and grille. We will see how it goes. There is no exact plan that we follow from this point. You guys hopefully will see the car here next year around may I guess. It will be pretty unique I promise that

[medbali76]

It is a little bit similar to that flare that JCG did before on a Nova but my rear fenders will be completely different from that car.

[tom091074]

Nice job on the fenders and quarters.

[Oregon]

I dig it.

What's your plan for the rear flares?

[medbali76]

I dig it.

What's your plan for the rear flares?

You can see straight comparing the 2 pics on which area we want to improve the look of the body line.
I tried to show on the 2.nd pic how my fender will be prepared. It needs to start streching from that nice curved body line that runs on the top of the fender and the lower fender part will turn back again the same way ( at least) as on the original. JCG's lower fender part comes straight down without any angle. I don't like that.

[medbali76]

That upper part modification is really important because that will give the car a pretty muscular look together with the fender stretching. You will see the difference between this car and my car.

[medbali76]

That upper part modification is really important because that will give the car a pretty muscular look together with the fender stretching. You will see the difference between this car and my car.

Btw, JCG's front fender flare is an awesome job on their Nova I looove it. The rear is not really my taste but that car is still badass. I am a big fan of JCG cars 🙂

[Ben@SpeedTech]

Cool Nova! looking forward to more pics!

[Oregon]

Totally agree with you about the execution of the rear quarter. Looking forward to more updates!

[medbali76]

Fit test new front wheel that just arrived. It is a 2pc Work Wheel Japan M1R
We will not go crazy wide on the front as this car will be mainly for street use. 18x 8.5 255/40 18

[medbali76]

Plan for the rear quarter

[TheBandit]

Years later, I'm still drawn to your fender and quarter modifications - so well done! Can you describe the process on the front fenders? It looks like you cut along the top of the fender and added a curved strip there to create the top view width/profile. Did you then take the original sides of the fenders and stretch/bulge them on an English wheel, before finally fabricating new fender openings/arches/flares?

[Badhand]

Thanks for the compliment. And yes, it's been years!!!

To be honest, I can't take credit for the fabrication, but my talented builder, Mark followed my sketches, used his nous and worked with the wheel/tyre size and drop we were planning. Once the fenders were cut to accommodate the wheel, we cut strips of cardboard, curved them til they looked just right, trimmed and shaved them and stuck them to the car with masking tape til they looked right. This gave him a template to cut from sheet steel. This was then bent by hand around an old oil drum that was in the corner of the workshop, and tack-welded into place for final fit and positioning.

No CAD, no English Wheel (even though we're English!) just flat steel and a nice radius. Same with the back.

[medbali76]

Years later, I'm still drawn to your fender and quarter modifications - so well done! Can you describe the process on the front fenders? It looks like you cut along the top of the fender and added a curved strip there to create the top view width/profile. Did you then take the original sides of the fenders and stretch/bulge them on an English wheel, before finally fabricating new fender openings/arches/flares?

These body mods were done by a professional bodyshop. They had a lot of work on the car. Funny but most of the mods are not even visible unless I park next to an original Nova. I wanted more stockish appearance but I could not find here in Hungary any company who could do the bumper rechroming so that is why they were painted black . I have pics of the building process.
If you PM me your email address I can send those pics