1963 Nova project "Rocket"

[colt6920]

I had originally became hooked on autocross a handful of years ago when I was in high school at the GoodGuys in Scottsdale looking for some parts for a 63 F100 I was building at the time, and at that point I had never seen autocross before. So I just saw some amazing cars and trucks going through at the time what looked like a sea of cones wondering how they knew where to go. Since that point I knew I wanted to be apart of it, and did everything I could to be, from attending racing schools such as Bondurant,going to several events through out the South-West, as well as talking with several drivers, and other companies in the protouring world.

So almost a year ago I picked up a 63 Nova shell, with the goal to have a car that can be competitive in events such as GoodGuys, optima USCA, LS Fest and NMCA events. The plan I set out for myself is to have the car done and running in events while I am still in college, so hopefully the optima event in March will be my first event. Yet to get to where I am on the car took the willingness and others wanting to help me succeed with my build. I have had a tremendous amount of help from Jason and Evan from Total Cost Involved on any part they can, and helping me put together an AMAZING suspension setup using their protouring front clip and torque arm rear suspension. Then Currie has been a big help in getting me setup with one of their new Turn 9 rear ends that look amazing. As well as my friends who have sacrificed much of their free time and late nights to help me out! So I wanted to start this thread to document as much as possible of the build as I could, and to thank all those who are helping along the way. Then to get all of your thoughts and opinions on different things on the car. So over the coming weeks I will be posting pictures and going through what I have done to this point on Project "Rocket", and then documenting the rest of the build as it happens.