Found a new project at Pomona

[WILWAXU]

I've been lurking here for a while and "shopping" for my first Pro-Touring project car for about a year now. Sunday I found a car at the Pomona Swap Meet that I couldn't pass up.

It's a rust free 1970 Nova with ~86,000 miles on the chassis.


Looks like the car has the original paint, exception being the areas that have been sanded off. The guy I bought it from had taken the paint off "to show that it was rust free car".

38 years old and no rust. Gotta love west coast cars!



The car was originally 6 cylinder 3 speed column shift car. Still has the dead pedal which should come in handy with my future plans.


Somewhere down the road a previous owner installed a fuel injected 4.3ltr V6 w/4L60. Not my choice for a swap, but certainly different.


I was told that the car had been sitting "for a while" but it ran good. So, to get it home I decided to "test" out how good it was. We loaded and drove the Nova 105+ miles to a friends house in San Diego. Even though the 4.3 wasn't singing to full song the car made the trip without issue.

Haven't laid out the exact plan yet, but the main idea centers around motivation from a LS motor w/T56 and a host of Pro Touring gear (brakes, suspension, etc).

For the short term. My buddy is going to throw some primer over the bald spots. Once that's done I will get the car home and start tinkering with it. Plan is to drive it while I collect parts. Should be fun!

Donations and sponsors welcome

[1968CamaroSS_Sam]

That is a really clean car to start with. Congrats.

[1badchevelle]

How much did you pay for it? This is nice. I have a 71 chevelle and looking for a project car for my nephew. He is 14 and I have been his only father figure since the day he was born. I am looking for something we can build together and he has his eyes set on a nova or 67 fairlane. I just would like to see what they are running as I have not been to pomona in a while. Thank you.

[WILWAXU]

If you can do a little body work, you can find them pretty cheap. It's not too often you find one this clean for cheap.

[72NovaSS]

saw the car at pomona..i always look for at the novas

[WILWAXU]

Found a surprise under the Nova.


Someone has installed a power rack. Don't recognize the kit.. might be something someone cooked up.


The "new" look


Black etch coat primer was sprayed to cover all the bald spots from previous owner. Not pretty, but MUCH better than bare metal.


3 point retractable seat belts install.


Got the car back from San Diego last weekend. Had the windshield replaced and got all the DMV stuff done this past week. This weekend I installed the 3 point seat belts, cleaned it up, did a tune up, and tinkered around with some of the small wiring gremlins.

The waiting parts list is growing. Picked up a subframe with DSE coil over conversion already done, along with the arms and Koni's.

Have the rest of the small engine parts on there way, just need to finalize my plans for the front accessories.