So i brought my Nova home Sunday and started ripping her apart.

Interior is 100% Gutted
The front end is held on by 6 bolts will all come out tomorow then the straight 6 and powerglide come out.
Should be V8 Swap and running by the end of the month.
I have been collecting parts for this car for 3 years so time to get crackin!!

here are some pics








swapped out the POS fake cragars and put in 14x6 ralleys on the front and 15x7 on the rear i have brand new 15x4 cragars and 15x7 or a full set of 15x7 ralleys




completed pics will be almost identical to this

Here is a update the entire front end is off. Now i just have to unhood the rad and cables and the engine is out.








Tommorow's agenda (should be cleaning the Z24) but i think i am dropping the coolant pulling the rad. Pulling the rad support and unpluging the rest of the engine and drive shaft.

Poly Urethane engine and tranny mounts were just ordered and will be in Monday so the 355 Small block can go in next weekend

ohhh ohhh!!! how i remember these times... looks like a very nice project, man.

my dad and i did a 70 over the past ten years or so... originally was a 6 car as well. now its a 396.

been painted etc, just been siting for years un-finished. dont ask me why it just pathetic. neither of us are too bizy to do it either. one of the main things that escapes us is putting the front windows back in the doors. when you take yours out i dont spose i could trouble you for some pictures before you do so? possibly a small what-to-do list for putting em back in? thanks.



I'm tired of wasting my time... now I'm breakin' free.

go join www.pro-touring.com alot of cool nova builds on there

Alot of work ahead of you but finished product should look sweet,imo the Cragars looked better on there for now



15.2@89mph 2.171 60ft. 9.830 1/8 R.I.P. "LULU"

z yaaaa wrote:ohhh ohhh!!! how i remember these times... looks like a very nice project, man.

my dad and i did a 70 over the past ten years or so... originally was a 6 car as well. now its a 396.

been painted etc, just been siting for years un-finished. dont ask me why it just pathetic. neither of us are too bizy to do it either. one of the main things that escapes us is putting the front windows back in the doors. when you take yours out i dont spose i could trouble you for some pictures before you do so? possibly a small what-to-do list for putting em back in? thanks.

Hey Brad I will go talk to my dad and get him to do a little write up on how to get them back in. Hes a Nova Fanatic. we actually have 6 at our shop LOL well i guess 5 now since one is at my house.

i will PM ya the info.


as stated i have brand new 15x4 and 15x7 cragars for the car when completed no use having good rims on it while the @!#$ty work gets done the ones i took off were keystone 14x6

man that would be awesome.

thanks a bunch.



I'm tired of wasting my time... now I'm breakin' free.

nice project i have a 72 ventura at home that im rebuilding keep us updated and also more pics of the other novas

cool project !


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for you nova guys


http://www.pro-touring.com/forum/showthread.php?t=30638&highlight=nova

http://www.pro-touring.com/forum/showthread.php?t=56434&highlight=nova

http://www.pro-touring.com/forum/showthread.php?t=41845&highlight=nova

http://www.pro-touring.com/forum/showthread.php?t=36757&highlight=nova

Watch for updates this weekend

Tommorow the stright 6 and power glide get pulled. Subframe gets sandblasted and painted. possibly the new motor and tranny set in

the Parts pile in my basement is getting bigger too
new vinyl roof
Front end Sheet metal bolt kit
new rubber bumpers
door, hood, trunk rubber weathers strips
new subframe body mounts,
Subframe body mount bolt kit
New head liner
front and rear window clips
Poly urathane engine mounts and a poly tranny mount (needed mounts anyways for the V8 Swap)

Last major part to order is C Clip eliminators becausei do not want the axles to fly out when i race haha

Sweet project.

What are you going with for a tranny? Sticking with the PG, or going with a TH350, TH400?

Haha sweet project... reminds me of my old '72 El Camino =)

i have a fully built TH350 with a neil chance 3500 stall converter. should work nicely with the new rear end i have that is a 4:11 Posi. The engine is a pretty mild 355


i actually just traded the stock power glide for a Stock 70 Nova SS disc brake setup and the V8 Mounting brackets for the power steering.

I lol'd when I saw the inline 6

and I hate you..... I want to get a 72 nova myself and hop it up.... (they dont go for much and you can do anything to them you can do to a regular muscle car.... and they weigh less)

Nice find...... I really need to start reading my local auto trader.... good luck with the build man..

Just out of curiosity, if your engine is a mild build, why are you going with the 4.11 gears? That's usually better for something with more top end. If you haven't already done the gears, I might consider 3.73, as is would be a little more streetable on a TH350.

Nice score on the swap for the PG.

as for the 4.11 i bought the complete rear end complete and it had a 4.11 posi it will be fine i am putting 255/70/15 tires on the rear. the car should still run low 13 high 12s but thats just a mild 355 my old drag car had a little more sever 355 went 11.3 with 4.33 and 28" tires

Here is how she sits as of right now. straight 6 pulled subframe all cleaned up read for blasting, got out my rear end to blast it aswell.







got a little side tracked and got dads dragster running OMFG amazing




couple pics of dads project first is a 1973 Camaro Z28 with AC just ready for paint 2nd is his 69 nova 327 4 geat he just brought up from texas

heres a couple pics to show how much of NOVA fanatics my father and i are

I would aim for something like Jay Leno's, without the stripe:

I like the 70-72 with Cragars or Corvette Rallys 15 inch front and rear.

The 66-72 Nova was a great car. Light, simple, efficient. The chassis is the same as the 67-69 Camaros.
That car represents the end of the era when GM ruled the world. Great choice for a project.

Leno's Yenko Duece Nova

Weebel wrote:I lol'd when I saw the inline 6

and I hate you..... I want to get a 72 nova myself and hop it up.... (they dont go for much and you can do anything to them you can do to a regular muscle car.... and they weigh less)

Nice find...... I really need to start reading my local auto trader.... good luck with the build man..

yeah they have the same front subframe rear end and rear suspension as a 67-69 camaro very good starting point

VIPERREDZED wrote:

I'm in love with that.

I've always wanted to build a muscle car with a Webber down draft setup and 8 velocity stacks sticking out of the hood. That engine is very close.

C Clip Eliminators and Wheel Studs ordered today

picked up 2 brand new rear Hydralic shocks on the weekend
and 2 15x7 Cragars for Slicks

updates so here is where she sits waiting to get the front subframe sand blasted and repainted. My Motor is in the orange Camaro so i have to pull that this weekend. Then the cragars are my race rims they shined up amazingly well. then on to the parts piles

I want that Camaro.

I remember seeing it in the background in pics of your J you posted a few months back.

Quiklilcav wrote:I want that Camaro.

I remember seeing it in the background in pics of your J you posted a few months back.

TIMES 1 BILLLION!!!


GOSH great work cant wait to see her all buttoned up!!!! great work!



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