Heater box worked out great for me Sam. Thank you for shipping that out. :beers:

Looks really good. Nice progress.

After finding an issue with the hold off valve, I changed it out and got all the brakes bled today. Next, I played around with shifters and although the Ram Rod is pretty cool and in great condition (almost NOS appearing), I'd likely tire from it after a weeks use on the street and swap it out for an H pattern. Therefore, I won't be using this shifter and will patch up the hole for use a short throw Super Shifter. Also ran the 383 motor today to get it lubricated before getting it ready to go into the car tomorrow. Gotta keep banging away at it now. :)

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I....love....it! :)

Have you seen the price on this?https://www.ebay.com/itm/NOS-1960s-R...R/401441666151

I know...some people think those rubber boots are made of gold.

Finished sealing up the transmission tunnel and waiting for some epoxy to set. Now back to the shop to get this Lakewood bar fitted into the car.

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Now I'm starting to feel it...

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NMW driveshaft loop is coming right up in matching safety red. :cool2:

The car is looking good Graeme. I’m looking forward to seeing it at the world of wheels.

Who did the paint work?

Graeme, Looks great! you are making a ton of progress. The 3 point bar is just killer in the car. Did you paint or powder coat it? The color looks spot on to mine.

Scott

It's painted Scott. We filled and sanded the pitting using USC Icing filler and primed it one more time before shooting it with a good old spray bomb. It's Tremclad Safety Red out of a can but looks really good.

Ah Graeme, you got it going on!! :laugh: All those colors together provide some really nice touches. Spring is gonna be a blast for you!!! :biggthumpup:

:3gears::3gears::3gears:

Lubrication...
 

I like the liquor bottles on the work bench, they are for lubrication needs I assume :smirk:

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Graeme,

What did you use for a grommet for the breather on the driver side valve cover? My PVC is in that hole...what is in the passenger side? Is the breather for small block of big? I want to take off the hose for the air cleaner and put a breather there instead. Have the same covers on mine.

Dave
67 Nova Boy

Yes, those are strictly lubricants. The rum seems to lubricate better than the whiskey, so we use the Crown Royal for parts cleaner. Which parts I cannot say. :beers:

Looking great Graeme!!

Rich

Awesome my friend! Love watching your builds!

[QUOTE=big gear head;1434371]Have you seen the price on this?https://www.ebay.com/itm/NOS-1960s-R...R/401441666151[/QUOTE


About 25 years ago, when someone would ask a ridiculous price for a part, we would say thats a Greenhoe price. The seller is J. Greenhoe.

[QUOTE=Astock;1434539]That's hilarious. Had no idea of that.

Someone should make up a smiley with a sign that says that for use here. :bs:

Rounding the corner here with 10 days left to finish it up before the World of Wheels in Calgary. Finished installing the clutch today, added some solid motor mounts, dropped the stroker motor into the Nova and got the headers set. Once everything else is in to surround the motor, it should have a real nice clean look to it. And a nice lumpy solid cam to announce itself with. More later in the week.

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Another Hays Gold Clutch which they no longer make. :frown:

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The custom Day II M/T headers fit like a glove.

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Even the drivers side has lots of room. Maybe Hooker could fix their design!!!

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Nice equal length on the collectors as well.

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I think I'm gonna run the 302 breather w/ factory base.

Looks awesome! Love the detail

Debating here this morning whether I have enough time to install the Crossram and get the carbs setup and tuned before I run out of time. One can spend a couple days messing around with the pedal, cable, fuel lines, the odd leak and carb tuning, but I'm tempted to install it while the front clip is off the car.

I'm back and forth on this one at the moment. :dunno:


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IMHO ... setup can be a pain in the south end -- but worth it ... get er' done!! Craig

The cross ram setup is an easy tune I can PM you my tuning specs I haven't changed anything after it was setup. Idles all day and blip throttle and its clean and crisp. FYI you'll need to cut down valve cover rails to fit but no biggee. We have similar builds with engine size and cam.

[QUOTE=NorCam;1434741]Rounding the corner here with 10 days left to finish it up before the World of Wheels in Calgary. Finished installing the clutch today, added some solid motor mounts, dropped the stroker motor into the Nova and got the headers set. Once everything else is in to surround the motor, it should have a real nice clean look to it. And a nice lumpy solid cam to announce itself with. More later in the week.


You are a machine!

This thing is going to be tons of fun on the street. Nice build Graeme!

If you can PM the carb or tuning info you have, that would be helpful. I'm on my way out to the shop now to convert the pedal/cable, and start on the Crossram intake and carbs. Thanks for this.

:youguysrock:

The Crossram is in fact going onto the new motor. It took a while to find all of the parts, but ended up finding everything tonight. Throttle cable and pedal has now been changed, and I'll now mount the intake in the morning.

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That's going to be awesome. This is going to be such a great car when you are done.

Intake gaskets are set and I'm ready to mount the Crossram, but first comes the new gauges and a 90 degree fitting for the oil pressure gauge. Forgetting to install this BEFORE you install a Crossram intake will cause you some hardship. Ask me how I know this...lol. Anyway, added the 90 fitting to get the line connected and now I'll mount the lower base. Here's a few pics to update the thread.

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Installing the oil fitting ahead of the lower base which overhangs the rear of the block.

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You need a 90 fitting back here or the oil line won't fit under the rear lip of the intake as it overhangs the block.

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New SW Green Classic Gauges mounted up under the dash.

Im digging everything about this thing. I had my eye on that car for a little while before you got. Really neat Car, Great job Dude

Thanks Jeff. Appreciate that buddy.

Here's a few more pics as today continues on toward the finish line. :scholar:

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Lower base installed and torqued down.

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Those would be some nice original M bolts I got from Sam Scardino

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And those would be a super clean pair of original 4295 Crossram carbs.

Looking really good. Don't forget to flip your valve covers!

Thanks Darrell.

Covers just got swapped around while put on as dust covers in those pictures. They'll be swapped around when installed.

First I have to mill down the side rails to they can come on an off properly.

Added

Just noticed they were also backwards on the run stand as well. I didn't even notice they went on like that at the machine shop and have been sitting there like that for months.

Was out in the shop last night trying to decide on what breathers to run. I can't fit velocity stacks under the stock hood and thought I'd see how the low profile crossram breather would look if I got the narrow base, but BLAH. I don't like all that elongated chrome atop this particular engine.

Quest is now on to find a pair of clean looking 9" filters. The K&N 60-1070 would fit the drivers side while the 60-1110 offers an inlet so I could add a vent hose from the passenger side valve cover? Gotta find something in the next few days or it's another rush air shipment from Summit. I'm trying to find something decent looking but options for 9" breathers are pretty limited. K&N has the best shaped tops but that embossed logo isn't period correct either. The hunt continues.

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Could you color match the elongated chrome cover to the engine block / headers? That might give it quite the look...

Call me crazy, but you could always run the velocity stacks and no hood! Certainly fits with Day II to me!

Yes...no hood is definitely an option. Not a bad idea and your suggestion might just be the ticket for this one. Thanks Steve :naughty:

I ran these cheapies from speedway with my stock SS hood they will fit. The rear carb I bent the lower flange down some and it didn't rub the hood at all. I'll look for a picture with the stock hood. I believe the stock breather with the thin element will work also I'm running the tall one now with the stinger hood.

Those look good on there. I checked to see what I could find local and nothing for small 9" round breather.

I did find a couple Mr Gasket velocity stacks local to me so that's what I'll use for this show as it's next week.

Glad you and outlawperformance is helping to put the 68-72 nova back into the limelight. Both cars are killer and you guys do great work! Throw M Spotts and his boys in this thread and we are golden.

I love the Spotts Boys Nova as well. It's finished up real nice!!!

And the breathers are settled on for now. It'll hit the show w/o the hood and the velocity stacks actually look like they belong there. I think it gives the Crossram more of a Day II look than most other breather options, and on this particular car I think it rounds it out really well.

A little extra Greaser mode injected under the hood! :3gears:


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Headed out to install the M22 and cut the hole for the shifter now. More on that tonight.