heater box

[55chevy]

Guys. take a look at this Nova. It's obviously been cobbled together. The rear wheel wells are too high and what not but that's not my question. What the heck is that heater box out of?? It's not a Nova piece. And it's not the correct big block camaro/nova box either. So what is it? [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/dunno.gif[/img]

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[newguy]

Looks like a nova heater box, just that the holes were drilled in the wrong spot for the heater core. Should be on the other side of the indentation in the box. He probaly was trying to make it like the bb boxes, but screwed it up. Looks like the front sits kind of high with the sb, so I am willing to bet that someone at one time either had a bb in it, or was getting ready to put one in.

bill(never screws up, yeah right! [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/tongue.gif[/img])

[bbdon]

You can tell by the little quarter inch holes on the top of the radiator support that this car had air conditioning when it was new. So this is just a patch up job to cover the AC hole. [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/tongue.gif[/img]

[Allen]

Yep...... former A/C equipped car. My guess is that the inside heater box didn't get changed since they left the heater core outlets way over there and modified a non-A/C box cover.

In addition to patching the firewall, Don called out the core support holes. Also, that core support has the wider opening used with the optional heavy-duty cooling system that some A/C equipped Novas got in 73/74. You can also see the A/C vent on the right side of the glove box.

[55chevy]

Good eyes [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/eek.gif[/img].. I knew there was something screwy about that thing. [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/headbang.gif[/img]