help me find my era... in pics

[TheNovaMan]

Some 80s tendencies, yes, but it looks to me like most of the pics are earlier. The first five pics I would ballpark as very late 60s or early 70s. The Chevelle with the nice front wheels (probably Centerline Auto Drags) is a little later because of the front wheels and some of the decals in the quarter windows. The Nova with the tires sticking out is probably late 70s or early 80s. However, I was born in 1981, so don't take the above as gospel.

I'm going to suggest to you what I plan to do myself: build your car like it's the early 70s (tunnel ram, cool can, white headers, monstrous coil on the firewall, flex fan if you like, traction bars or ladder bars, etc.), and have two hoods and two sets of wheels and tires. The earlier stuff will be Cragar, slot, Keystone, or similar skinnies up front and steel wheels on the back, and your hood will have either just a hole cut in it for the tunnel ram or a Grump Lump hood scoop. Your later stuff, maybe mid 70s, will be Cragar super Tricks or Centerline Auto Drags on all four corners and your hood can have a later style of scoop, such as a snorkel.