Project Novacane update 12/29/04

[Novacane]

I do most of all my own fabricating so it's mostly materials + my time. I would never pay someone for this work!!

I kind of fell into the Pro Touring scene. I knew somewhere down the line I wanted to do a mix of the old car with the new guts. My background in fuel injection is very strong which lead me into starting a late model performance shop. I love the GEN3 motor. The Nova was discovered at my father-in-laws body shop. Stuffed in the weeds for over 14 years. Once I saw it I knew that it was the car that was going to get "overhauled"......but had no idea to what extent. I have to blame this website for the habit!



The car was basically all there but the floors where shot, the tires where frozen solid and it stunk. I didn't care because I knew it was going to get shredded. Once I decided to go all out I did not want the car to have any flaws in the body. We opted to replace both rear quarters and one rocker.

The other car belongs to my father-in-laws brother. It is a 69' Charger that he got into an accident with when he was 17. The accident put him in a wheel chair from the neck down. He is now in his late 50's!

I ended up buying the car from the original owner for $500.00. We got the motor running and sold it with the tranny for $ 700.00.

That picture of the car in the weeds will be awesome once the project is completed.