1967 Nova SS Build Thread

[Carl @ Chassisworks]

The motor mounts themselves are pretty sweet, but they only come in bare aluminum. I had them anodized black and I am thinking they look awesome. Any bets on if Chassisworks will start making them in black after seeing these? I think royalties might be in order...

Hey Jeff, we offer the LS and standard V8 mounts in bare, clear satin anodize, or polished. I think maybe when you ordered them we only had the bare on the shelf and ready. I don't remember for sure. Anyway, I have been trying to convince the boss to offer them in black for a long time. I think they look awesome!

[Blown73]

okay okay, correction, "they didn't offer it in the color I wanted"

[808_67nova]

What hood is that? and hows the fitment? I'm not sure if its just the angle that you took the picture, but it seems a little higher than the other 2in cowl hoods I've seen.

[Blown73]

Its a 2" steel hood. I haven't had a chance to get final fitment on it, but it seems like it is going to fit decent.

[Blown73]

Small progress is always good progress. I have been doing some work on the firewall. I need to have this in before I can fit the motor up, and I still am saving for the transmission.

Work has been busy this summer. I guess it is always busy but it just seems like I have less time. Trying to make progress is also tough when the month of July was 100* plus every day.

Anyways - Here is a picture. Not welded up yet.

[Blown73]

Well, slow but sure seems to be the name of the game with me. I think I have too much stuff going on! Anyways, I have the firewall complete and I am actually happy with how it looks.







thoughts?

[Blown73]

duplicate

[Blown73]

Lookie at what arrived yesterday!



Many thanks to Dale @ Schwartz for getting this over to me so quickly!

[66 tintop]

Love your project ! These are not for the faint of heart ! Takes big nerve to take all of the metal work on, but worth it all in the end , I have ventured into a 66 chevelle body just as bad , when I first saw the pics of the body , I thought it came from southern ontario in Canada , all of our **** looks like that at one time or another ! LOL ! The saving grace now is that dynacorn repops a complete skeleton for 66-67 Novas and Acadians ! Keep up the great work ! From the rust belt of Canada !

[Blown73]

Test fitting starts now! Not gonna lie, even though it is just sitting in there, not aligned or even in the right spot, it is still really f-ing exciting!

[Blown73]

Good news! Motor mounts are welded in!

Now, I moved to the cross member. After lots of thinking about how to make everything work, this is what we came up with.








I will make the final welds to the cross member tonight and try to weld it into the car this weekend.

[Motown 454]

Damn you do some fine work! I love your project its an amazing build. Oh I love the wheels too!

[Blown73]

Thanks Wayne!

Here is the "final" part. Welded all up. I might put some pins in it to make it easier to locate since the screws are in a blind spot.

I think I will get it tacked in this weekend and see how she works!

[Blown73]

Now that the transmission is in, I started to work on floor boards. It took me a while to learn this lesson, but a template is always needed when you are doing any type of fab work. I started with some construction paper from walmart. Looking back, I should have gotten something a little less flimsy, but it still worked fine.



Had a local shop shear and bend the metal for me since I dont have a brake (yet) to do it with. Then I used my template and cut in. This is the easy part, the transmission tunnel is next.



That's it for now!

[Blown73]

more progress on the floorboards! Little bits at a time, this car will come together....

[Motown 454]

Floor looks great Jeff. Nice work.

[tranz am]

Nice work!

[1968CamaroSS_Sam]

The car is looking great. You have done a lot of work on this.

[Blown73]

Thanks guys, your motivation keeps me going!

More progress on the floor this week. The last connection for the back of the transmission to the tunnel was a real PITA. It took me 3 trys to get it.

You can see one of my failed attempts on the drivers side floor pan. I was slightly heartbroken as that piece looked really nice (before I cut it up) oh well, not the end of the world!





Since that's done for now until I can extend the wheel wells, I needed something to support it from the underside. I got a stick of 1/4" x 2" flat bar to back up the floor pan. I know it probably isn't ideal, but with the floor pan and frame the way it is, I needed something small so I didn't lose any room under the car.





My welding is a bit rusty as of late, so the grinder was my friend

Anyways, I will get that wrapped up this week and hopefully have some more updates shortly!

[Blown73]

More progress!

The tunnel is now welded in. What do you guys think?