Project: Hot rodding a 69 Nova

[Postsedan]

Great color combo [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/biggthumpup.gif[/img]

Now back to the Bill Show [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/smile.gif[/img]

Dan

[Postsedan]

Bill,

Great seeing you at NOCC.....I bet your itching to jump back on the Nova.

Dan

[Bill Rose]

It was good to see you Dan, as well as the the other Chicago guys. It didn't take long to dive back into the Nova project. I had several boxes of small parts waiting for me when we got home. I also spent some time repainting the hood today. I ran into a snag, so I will hopefully finish up the repaint tomorrow. I also picked up the SMS vinyl roof at the Ohio show, so thats another project to do.

[Bill Rose]

I haven't posted progress pics in a few weeks. Been busy though. I also had a few car shows to get thru.

I put a ding in the hood, so I had a little fixit job to do. Dent fixed, color on the repair, cleared the whole hood, color sanded and buffed. No sign of the dent, and the moldings are back on the hood. Thanks Albert for the spray booth time.







I decided to replace the vinyl top. Picked up an SMS top, removed the old vinyl, cleaned all the glue off, installed the new roof. I also buffed all the moldings before putting them all back.







Done with the roof/moldings!! Took 3 days!!



I got all the wire harnesses from American Autowire, and installed them. Also got the rad support radiator, shroud, etc installed. (Thanks Mike for the help with the placement of the radiator) Mike drew out all the dimensions for drilling the mounting holes. It came out great!!



Picked up a new grill. I didn't like how it was painted, so I repainted it. Done/ready to install.



I also got the inner fenders done. Had them blasted, I repainted them, and put all new rubber on them.

[Postsedan]

Bill,

Looks Great! There is no way my wife let`s me place any car parts in the house.....When I was single, my entire living room floor was filled with restored Chevelle parts [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/headbang.gif[/img] It was the best furniture [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/biggthumpup.gif[/img]

Dan

[Bill Rose]

She should be happy I got the fenders out of there!! There's a plan in the works for a new building out back, just to store cars, and all the crap associated with them. That probably won't happen until the Nova is done/hopefully sometime before it gets too cold. I'll have to switch from car mode, to building mode somehow.

[wheelhop]

Well Bill, you've only got 3 months before winter and you still haven't got permits for your out-building!

[Postsedan]

Jim,

Bill works VERY Fast....plus he has Jersey connections [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/flag.gif[/img]

Dan

[firstgenaddict]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Postsedan</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Bill,

Looks Great! There is no way my wife let`s me place any car parts in the house.....When I was single, my entire living room floor was filled with restored Chevelle parts [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/headbang.gif[/img] It was the best furniture [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/biggthumpup.gif[/img]

Dan </div></div>

My living room is full of parts and the kitchen has a full set of GM parts books on the island counter, I don't even want to begin to discuss the walk in closet in the master... SW tach's sending units NOS parts. lol

[Bill Rose]

Realistically, I probably won't get to it until early spring. There's no huge hurry. Lots to do on the Nova, and I have to move the single car garage that's there now.