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Old 02-19-2011, 08:31 PM
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Default Bontempo Brothers 72' Nova Restoration

So we now begin another one... More pictures to follow as the restoration progresses.

Car was raced at Englishtown in the early eighties. Story goes...High 9' with a GM aluminum headed 454, a glide and a Dana 60 with 5.13's and a spool. The Dana is still in the car. Real "K" code SS 1972 Nova.










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Old 02-19-2011, 11:11 PM
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By the way, you do know that the Bontempo Brothers are still running the same speed shop in NJ they have run for decades?

They rebuilt the rear diff for my 72 T/A.

Walking through their shop is the closest thing you will come to a time machine. There is stuff hanging on the walls, in corners, on shelves that's just amazing.

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Old 02-19-2011, 11:25 PM
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I do...I've talked to both Joe and Mike a couple times to get details about the car and what it was raced with.

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That's really cool Zach. This will be fun to follow along with!
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Default Re: Bontempo Brothers 72' Nova Restoration

I love seeing what people do when they restore and old Nova. Any plans on keeping true to it's racing heritage?

Looks a lot like a Nova Dan P. had pover at his house too.
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Cool project. That Dana looks wicked peeking out from underneath the hiney of that Nova. Keep the photos and progress coming Zach.

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Yay! Another Nova resto! Sweet!
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The car will look EXACTLY like the old pictures at the start of the thread. Motor is already built for the car (454 + .30 over and aluminum heads). However we are going to run a M22 over the powerglide option.

I bought this car from Dan P. a while back, just been hiding it trying to decide what I'm going to do with it. Thanks for the compliments.
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Default Re: Bontempo Brothers 72' Nova Restoration

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: mockingbird812</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Cool project. That Dana looks wicked peeking out from underneath the hiney of that Nova. Keep the photos and progress coming Zach.

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Could not agree more Sam!
Cool build, keep us posted...
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Some of you will appreciate this. I got these in the mail to today from the man himself...Pete Van Iderstine.

Check out the pictures of the car from back in the day to understand why I'm so excited out these.


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