It's Official...Project: NoGo

[novanutcase]

I spoke with them and they said that they can alter it to fit a 70 nova, the wheelbase on a 70 nova is 111" as opposed to their chassis 109" wheelbase

But why would you want something "altered" to fit your car when you can have it custom made "to" your car?

John

[Young Gun]

But why would you want something "altered" to fit your car when you can have it custom made "to" your car?

John

Thats a very good point, I cant seem to find any time to call AME but I surely need to...We are really considering a full chassis at this point, the trunk needs a patch and is going to get cut up for the mini-tubs, the floor needs a new transmission tunnel and drivers side pan, what the heck...at this point whats a passenger side floor pan and a new firewall!!!!

on a slightly different note, does anybody have any idea how difficult it would be to get the front clip of a first gen camaro onto a 3rd gen nova? now my rational for this is probly completly off so please feel free to correct me if i am wrong, but since they both use the same front clip, I am assuming they are about the same length from firewall to the nose...I wonder how difficult it would be to make this work, I want something different from the original nova, I just dont like the front and I think the camaro front could look cool...now if somebody has already done this please let me know, I have amnesia so trust me, I have forgotten lol

[cad]

Camarova? Sorry if this isn't what you meant...

[cad]

If you just mean subframes....they're the same.

[Posi12Bolt]

is that a PS?

[Young Gun]

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[68firehawk]

The Venom chassy looks like it's more set up for drag rather then Pro touring. I Can't say enought about AM. They rock.
If your handy with a welder and like to do fabrication you would save some dough doing what I did...
Have AM build you a custom front sub-frame then knotch and weld it into the pan of your car. It will keep things light as well as stiffen everything up.

But I tend to be on the extreme side when it comes to cars.. HA!

[MarkM66]

Camarova? Sorry if this isn't what you meant...

[cad]

It was a photochop, with the bad color blending and all.
I like both the Nova and the Camaro, but not together in one.

[MarkM66]

It was a photochop, with the bad color blending and all.
I like both the Nova and the Camaro, but not together in one.

I agree.

[Young Gun]

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[Tony_SS]

Looks like a Javelin. .... not a good thing!

[ZVT]

The side view kinda looks OK but the front view

Check out this rendering by brian(Problem child customs)

69 Camaro/Nova hybrid

[Mr.VENGEANCE]

try a 69 frontend.. ahahaha

[ZVT]

try a 69 frontend.. ahahaha

Another great rendering by brian(PCC)

[Young Gun]

screw it... ZVT, you nailed it on the rendering...full steam ahead (well kinda...)

[trapin]

Camaro front clip + Nova body = VERY BAD IDEA!!!

[1Michel]

Photoshop looked wierd but the rendering nailed it stance look's much better.
Why not?
I like it.

[formula]

there is, I'm estimating, a 0% chance any real-life hybrid between a camaro and a nova would ever look as good as either of those renderings. Heck, most normal renderings look better than the car will, and that's when the final product won't be a crazy amalgam of body lines and contours. This isn't like putting an early 2nd gen front clip on a late 2nd gen...this is going to take monumental amounts of body work, effectively recreating the entire car, for it to look even remotely ok.

I say, for god's sake, don't do it. But if you do, good luck.

[vp23271]

Camaro front clip + Nova body = VERY BAD IDEA!!!

+1 (imo)