Day II Deuce

[Salvatore]

Looking real good NorCam.

[Mr. Chevy]

Graeme, there was never a roll cage in the car the times I saw it.

Rich

[NorCam]

Here's an update after spending a couple solid days working on the Nova. First off, the PO of the car decided to spray the entire underside in flat black prior to listing it for sale. They coated everything under the car in flat black, and I mean everything. I had most of it apart so I decided to cover the car and pulled the diff to repaint it while the trac bars were off. Once painted I added all new hard lines for the brakes. Also cleaned up the frame rails and ran new fuel and brake lines from the rear to the front of the car which cleaned it up nicely. I'll tweak and straighten up the hard lines once I get ahead of the main work.

[NorCam]

Next up I sand blasted the slapper bars to get all the paint off, primed the bare metal and restored them back to yellow. These bars have been on the car since the early 70's and were in real nice shape. I soaked the hardware for a day to remove the old paint and then wire wheeled all the hardware before thread chasing everything. They are now freshly restored with new decals added, and the bars are being reinstalled later today.

[NorCam]

Once I finish installing the rear end and trial fitting some Cragar's, I'll probably do the front sub frame and restore the brake lines and power booster setup. Next to that I'll have to figure out what to do with the tunnel. P/O added this aluminum tin to close up the holes from the previous Ramrod shifter and popped this aluminum cover on with a bunch of pop rivets. Not exactly my style so last night...off it came.

If I run a factory shifter I'll section in some sheet metal and and weld in in nicely. I'm not really sure what shifter I'm going to run quite yet, and may go back to the Ramrod if I can get it rebuilt first. In either case this area will require some cleanup as a minimum. That could include welding up a bunch of drilled holes from many different shift boots having been installed. It's moving along nicely now.

[Locker537]

Thanks for the update! I love watching your progress with this car.

Are all those holes really just from different shifters?

[NorCam]

I can only assume the holes are from different boots, relocation's, and likely a few cover plates added over the years where things were reconfigured.

One thing is certain, I'll be the guy to cleans it up and sets it right once I decide what shifter I'll be running. I have an M22 supercase to run in the car but still unsure if the Ramrod will be used with it. I actually want a Jerico trans but that will wait until another project.

[Damien]

Great progress Graeme. I vote for the Ramrod!

[NorCam]

Roger that Damien. I'll mock this M-22 up on the bench and connect the Ramrod soon. I can then check it's operations before making the final choice. In the meantime I was banging away at the car again today and finished up the back end. Just need to flush and reinstall the tank here tonight and then I'm onto the front of the car.


T-bolts for the front eye holes with J-Bolts in rear holes.


Original drums were thin so I added some new ones. Old ones are now stored.


For those who wanted to see them, Cragar's are now on the car.


J-bolts mounted through the inner rear holes (factory position)


Here's the 12 bolt after cleaning it all up and reinstalling it.


Added some new Munroe shocks and will try them out.


And there's the money shot. Car sits nice right now and lips are rolled.


And here are the Lakewood's before adjusting the the front bumpers.

[mockingbird812]

Great progress Graeme - looking just great!