I'm Now a "Numbers" Guy.......

[70 Forest Green Zee]

Looks awesome Ken....I love that car!!!

[wagonman]

I remember that car out here in California. I was taken to the Mni Nats around ten years ago. maybe longer…..

The paint on the fender was off then……..

Sounds like it went to the right guy!

Take care of it!

[Steve Shauger]

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I'm probably gonna get some Flack,.......But......Again...being a Numbers guy ain't so Easy........I couldn't leave it alone......At sometime in it's past, someone used rattle can Trunk splatter paint on the lower part of the trunk ....."And" ......when the passenger side front fender was re-painted back in the 70's
........it was a shade or two off.......and there were some little dent's in the car......Took the car to Nostalgic and Kevin and Joe redid the Trunk Splatter as original......"And"........since the front fender was already repainted once.....Kevin mixed some paint and matched the "Original"color perfectly and reshot the fender
.........I can now look at the car and the fender color doesn't stick out like a sore thumb......."And" Jimmy Pearse came over and did his Magic "Painless Dent Removal"........I know, I know...they were a part of the cars History.......But.......
Here are some pic's from today when I picked it up....

Trunk Pic's........







and Outside.......The guy's at Nostalgic had to work hard to dial back the paint finish to get it to match the original finish.....



Ken

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She looks beautiful......very nicely done

[Tarrytown SS427s]

Sweet Nova, cool color too!

[jeff morocco]

from your "original" post............"Gonna be tough not to touch it,"

that didnt take long.........looks good Ken !!!! i still have room for one of your "beaters".......

[Mr.Nickey Nova]

Love that car Ken,but stop there and don't overdue it.Looks like they did a great job in the trunk area,must have perfected the original look.

[427TJ]

Ken, I think you should tub it, put on some polished Centerlines, paint it Pepto Bismol pink, even the bumpers, grille and all chrome trim. Pink and silver interior with a 20-point cage and a huge tach with a shift light. Put in a mild blown 350 with a Th-350, paint that pink too.

The '80s fairgrounds Pro Street thing will make a comeback, as every trend seems to, and then you'll have the jump on the rest of us!

[kwhizz]

I guess mistake #1 is to assume that whatever was done to a car in it's past is done correctly.......The Nova had a problem starting when it was cold....It would Start and immediately shut off......now...I haven't driven it enough to understand it yet........this starting and shutting off thing bothered me and I wanted to correct it....at first I thought it was a Fuel Issue.......I was going to send the Carb to Eric and as I was getting ready to take it off I found my 66 Service Manual and decided to follow the specifications for setting the Carb........Humm!!........Everything O.K.......Let's see.....For the Engine to run, we need Fuel (O.K.).....Air (O.K.)......and Spark....Let's check the Spark....Pulled off the Cap and seen that someone in the past had installed one of the Early versions of a Pertronix Point conversion Kit......I had one of these in the Convert and knew that there was a newer version available that was better and I just happened to have one on the Shelf....So...I pulled the distributor and swithched to the newer version....as I was putting it back in I noticed that the Resistor wire was hooked up for a normal point operation......Makes sense that the ignition was getting a full shot of voltage while cranking from the Starter and when the Key was released it went to the Resistor wire (Reduced Voltage) and there wasn't enough voltage for the Pertronix system to function until the wire developed some heat??......Anyhow....Bypassed the resistor wire temporarily and everything is fine........





Ken (Learning every day)

[kwhizz]

On second thought.......I didn't like the extra wire out of the Loom so I went out and got a set of points and put them in.........now it's the way Sammy would like it.... (Now I can Sleep tonight)



Ken

[Nova Jed]

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It's hard work being a Number's Guy....After looking at Sammy's "Z" at Vettefest and being amazed at how clean and detailed he keeps it.....I just had to start cleaning the bottom of the Nova........A couple cans of WD 40 and some stiff Artist size paint brushes and a lot of patience and elbow grease........It cleaned up better than I could have imagined.......Got Lucky again with a Rust free car....the Before pic's were posted earlier......here are some after pic's.........Don't want to change or Paint anything....Just clean.........Like I said earlier........Being a Numbers Guy is Harder than I thought.....After posting these Pic's I gotta take a Nap....

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Sammy does one hell of a good job on keeping those pieces of fine machinery in tip top shape! Immaculate! Looks like a real nice Nova Ken.