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WOW! Looks awsome!

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Looks great!

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Man that looks great! What a nice color.

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I painted the dash and package tray this weekend. The body is next!
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I also color sanded the trunk lid. Wow this color really pops!
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Looking awsome! The color is beautiful!

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Very nice...good job!!

Tom

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Jason...great job! It's gonna be a beauty!!

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Looking good and very cool.

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Looking great Jason!

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Wow, an un cut package try area that isn't butchered for speakers. That's rare. Nice job. She's lookin good.

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Tomorrow is the big day. I took the day off to paint the body of the car. I can't wait to get this done but I don't want to rush it either. Those who have restored and painted there own cars know exactly what I am talking about. Pictures to follow.

Jason

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Can't wait to see it Jason!

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Few! It’s painted…. LOL! The base coat came out real nice almost perfect.
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3 coats of clear…. I ended up with 2 small runs and a small sag in the clear. Nothing a little color sanding won’t resolve.
It’s like a big weight off my chest now that the body is painted.
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Its amazing how much the fathom blue changed the look of this third gen nova.

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Glad the site is back up.

Jason

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Well I started with the bad side first. This was the side I got a run/sag down the sail panel. So everyone I talked with said to use a razor blade and scrape the sag flat. Boy I just couldn’t bring myself to do that. So I went to U tube and spent a couple of hours looking at videos on how to remove a run or sag in the clear coat. What I ended up doing was taking some glazing putty and put a thin coat on each side of the run. This gave me enough area to sand the top of the sag or run flat. I started with 600 until all the glazing putty was gone. Then I went to 1000 then to 1500 and finished with 2000. I can’t even tell I had a run in the sail panel. It worked real well. My auto body supply store never even heard of this before. I actually showed them it on u tube and they were shocked someone was putting glazing putty on fresh clear. The internet is such an important tool we have!
This is the video that I watched and thought I would share with everyone. I blocked my sag out, I didn’t use a DA.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-WnI6lLIq9I

I still have to color sand the driver’s side rocker and lower part of the quarter. But over all I am very very happy with the end results.
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Jason,
What a great job you are doing!! That video sure is helpful! Keep the picks on your progress ongoing for us to learn.

Dave
67 Nova Boy

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Beautiful....just beautiful!

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Oh, that Nova will be awsome when it's finished! Looking so good Jason. I am getting jealous!

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Whats the latest Jason?


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Looks very nice. Next time try wrapping the sand paper around about half of a good flat pnt stir stick, and water sand the top of the run until it's flat. Works well.

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Schoney I used that trick also on a single run I had. It worked very well.

Tommy,
I am working on detailing my leaf springs. Then I am going to get the rearend in the car so I can paint the fire wall. Then hopefully get the subframe installed. But the last few weeks I have been busy with softball/baseball games with my kids. We also finally got a nice stretch of weather in the northeast so my outside chores, kids and work have consummed most of my time.

I would love to have the car finished for this summer but my goal is to have it running by this fall and finish the car over the winter. You just can't rush these projects.

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I got the rear end installed today and painted the firewall. The sub-frame will be installed tomorrow.
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Looks really nice Jason!

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Looking GREAT! I like how you have White lines instead of Red.

Jason, was your rear painted black originally? Some of the rears that I have cleaned up had no remnants of black paint at all. I have no idea if its because they were that used or they were never painted? Any insight on what you have found would help me out.

Jed

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A great color!

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We are rolling! I can't wait to get it outside tomorrow in the outside light!
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Jed this car was an original white wall car. I have the original spare that was in the car. As for the rear end mine had some black paint on it but not much. Most likely the axle tubes where painted black and the center section was left unpainted. Actually the whole bottom side of this car I feel had no black paint. But it did have a lot of blue over spray. I just painted it all black to make it easier and not have any surface rust issues down the road.

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Ok I need a little help. My original master cylinder that was in the car could not be rebuilt. Well that is what the shop told me that I sent it to. They gave me a replacement but it was the 69 master cylinder, so I sold that one. I found the correct 68 master cylinder and had that one rebuilt. Well when I went to install the master cylinder on my original booster it wouldn’t go on all the way? Almost like it was bottoming out inside the master cylinder. I remember when I bought an aftermarket booster it came with a long and short rod. So I checked another 68 power brake booster I have and it also had the long booster rod. So I got out the ruler and measured when the piston is pushed in and I measure 1 5/8” stroke on the master cylinder piston. Then I measure the rod sticking out of the booster and sure enough it is bottoming out the piston.
So this is my question, with the smaller rod put into the booster only about ¼ “sticks out. Is it safe to say I need the short rod? When they rebuild the master cylinder can they change what size rod the master cylinder uses? Not sure why I would need to change my rod?
Here is a picture of the 2 rods the gold one is my original restored and the silver one is the shorter one. My original measures 4” and the shorter one measure 2.5”.

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: jasonL78</div><div class="ubbcode-body">We are rolling! As for the rear end mine had some black paint on it but not much. Most likely the axle tubes where painted black and the center section was left unpainted. </div></div>

John Z from our site [CRG] has stated that axles were completely painted after assembly at the Chevy Gear &amp; Axle plant. The brake lines were not installed at that time but the pb cables were. The pinion yoke was masked with a sleeve. Drums were also painted. There are many undercarriage photos in vintage magazines for those needing proof.

With no surface prep or primer the paint didn't adhere well. Don't expect to find much of it 43 years later.

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: jasonL78</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Ok I need a little help. My original master cylinder that was in the car could not be rebuilt. Well that is what the shop told me that I sent it to. They gave me a replacement but it was the 69 master cylinder, so I sold that one. I found the correct 68 master cylinder and had that one rebuilt. Well when I went to install the master cylinder on my original booster it wouldn’t go on all the way? Almost like it was bottoming out inside the master cylinder. I remember when I bought an aftermarket booster it came with a long and short rod. So I checked another 68 power brake booster I have and it also had the long booster rod. So I got out the ruler and measured when the piston is pushed in and I measure 1 5/8” stroke on the master cylinder piston. Then I measure the rod sticking out of the booster and sure enough it is bottoming out the piston.
So this is my question, with the smaller rod put into the booster only about ¼ “sticks out. Is it safe to say I need the short rod? When they rebuild the master cylinder can they change what size rod the master cylinder uses? Not sure why I would need to change my rod?
Here is a picture of the 2 rods the gold one is my original restored and the silver one is the shorter one. My original measures 4” and the shorter one measure 2.5”.

http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d1...ylinderrod.png

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I figured my problem out with the master cylinder. When I had my master cylinder rebuilt they must have changed the piston to except the short rod that goes into the power brake booster. I had an old reproduction master cylinder that uses the long rod. You can see the differnece in the pistons in the picture.

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When we moved the car over to the other work bay I didn’t have the camera with me. But this shows the car a little better.


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Nice work Jason!!

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Anyone have any luck with high temp paint on headers. Well I am going to give it a try. I painted the passenger side header tonight. I used the VHT high temp white paint over high temp VHT primer. I think they will really look good in the engine bay with yellow accell plug wires. What do you guys think?

Jason
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lookin real nice!
I might get to this point by Sept.

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I just got my headers back from being ceramic coated white. ( Second attemp by the coater I might add) But they look great. Jason, they will look awsome in the engine bay. I picked up some Mallory 7mm Super Stock blue wires for mine. Can't wait to see it all done. You're Nova will be awsome!

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Jed I didnt know they had ceramic coating in white?? Where did you have yours done. If you don't mind me asking what did it set you back.

Jason

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A place called Dyno Port, but another member had pointed me to a place called Swain Tech Coatings in NY. I got the email a little too late and jad sent them to Dyno Port instead. Both are in NY.

Email sent.

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Got the headers installed last night.
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----I see a smog pump but I dont see any bungs on the headers......Bill S

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Yes that is correct Bill.
I wanted to have it as close to original but with a little day 2 look. So I decided go with headers,accel wires, electronic distributor and a flow master exhaust. Leaving the smog pump on the car as if someone just unhooked the tubes but never removed the air pump. I have the correct exhaust manifolds &amp; tubes incase I ever want to go for the stock look.