Hope its done by power tour. We plan on making it through Ohio. Like to see it when she comes to University of Dayton. See ya there.

update!
 

I haven't updated in awhile, been busy with a bunch of small things. Here are a couple of pics of what I did this past week. Made a mount for my battery mount and modified the LS3 oil pan to clear the DSE subframe. Then I added a kickout to replace the volume I removed from the front and added a little extra capacity. I also added in a bung for an oil temp sender.

http://i326.photobucket.com/albums/k...attery1web.jpg

http://i326.photobucket.com/albums/k...attery2web.jpg

http://i326.photobucket.com/albums/k...oilpan1web.jpg

http://i326.photobucket.com/albums/k...oilpan2web.jpg

http://i326.photobucket.com/albums/k...oilpan3web.jpg

WOW!!
Good work Billy. Keep it up.:thumbsup:

looks awesome!

I hate you...

Thanks Guys, I'll try to keep this updated as much as poosible. I'm finally down to my last page of things I need to fab. It's going to be a busy next three weeks getting it prepped for body/paint.

Oh to be able to TIG aluminum...I'm envious. Nice job!:wow: :thumbsup:

nice! i love nova's even though i somewhat of a mopar guy. sure beats all the camero's! can't wait to see the finished product.

I got the rear brakes and parking brake cable brackets under control tonight.

http://i326.photobucket.com/albums/k...arbrakeweb.jpg

http://i326.photobucket.com/albums/k...akebrktweb.jpg

This car is simply amazing. I feel so inadequate as a welder and or fabricator every time I look at this thread:bow: Keep the updates coming, the fab work is absolutely killer.

Thanks very much for the compliment!

I recieved the e brake handle from Lokar today. Just finished making a mount for it in the tunnel. Heres a pic!

http://i326.photobucket.com/albums/k...ehandleweb.jpg

We got the engine and trans in tonight so I can check things out and start the plumbing.

http://i326.photobucket.com/albums/k...ishout1web.jpg

http://i326.photobucket.com/albums/k...ishout2web.jpg

http://i326.photobucket.com/albums/k...deshot1web.jpg

http://i326.photobucket.com/albums/k...engine1web.jpg

AWESOME!!!:cheers:

Fitted the steering shaft tonight. It ran right into one of the header tubes. After some cutting and fitting we had an alternate route:fluffy: .

http://i326.photobucket.com/albums/k...dheaderweb.jpg

http://i326.photobucket.com/albums/k...dheaderweb.jpg

That car is bad ass man
do you swap out for a V6? lol
Nice fab work

This car is going to be awesome!

Great work :thumbsup:

Thanks guys!

Heres a pic of the dash mocked up.

http://i326.photobucket.com/albums/k...er/dashweb.jpg
Thanks Jay!

Bill,
This is a great build! Keep up the good work. :thumbsup:

What ECU are you going to run?

It's the GM performance LS3/480 stand alone harness.

Nice Work
 

Billy,

Nice Fab work! - as usual. This car is really coming together nicely. Just for curiosity's sake - what headers are you using?

Take care!

Brandon

This one:
Controller Kit 19201327

Will this plug direct to the racepak unit?

AWESOME BUILD!!!:thumbsup:

Thanks Brandon, the headers are stainless works ls headers for a 69 camaro with a stock subframe. I figured they wouldn't fit, but for the price I didnt mind doing some alterations.

Yep, I havn't dug into it yet but from what I read in the instructions the sender wires in the harness are open ended for use with aftermarket gauges which should allow me to wire right into the the race pak harness.

My God, tears are forming in my eyes--I can't tell if its pure hatred over your talent, jealousy of all your brandname parts, or just a real appreciation of your obvious talent.

I just asked my wife, it's jealousy.

Keep us posted so that I can learn to deal with it.

Do you have a desire to adopt a 37 year old son? Low maintenence, except for the jealous crying part.

Doug

Thanks for compliments Doug. I'm not sure on the adoption thing though. Society might frown on me having a son thats 13 yrs older than I am, but hey it's 2009 right:cheers:

Here are some random pics of this weekends work, and a better dash shot

http://i326.photobucket.com/albums/k...supportweb.jpg

http://i326.photobucket.com/albums/k...radtopweb1.jpg

http://i326.photobucket.com/albums/k...radtopweb2.jpg

http://i326.photobucket.com/albums/k...ndenserweb.jpg

http://i326.photobucket.com/albums/k...r/dryerweb.jpg

http://i326.photobucket.com/albums/k...dash2web-1.jpg

OUTSTANDING WORK!!!!:thumbsup:

John

:thumbsup: :thumbsup: :cheers:

Looking good 72nova!!!:thumbsup: :lateral:

Thanks Guys,

Here are a couple newer random pics. The vintage air is mocked up as well as the controls in the dash, and a new gas pedal bracket is fabbed.

http://i326.photobucket.com/albums/k.../ACBRKTWEB.jpg

http://i326.photobucket.com/albums/k...r/genIIweb.jpg

http://i326.photobucket.com/albums/k...controlweb.jpg

http://i326.photobucket.com/albums/k...aspedalweb.jpg

That interior is looking sweet!

Everything looks great. :thumbsup:

Thanks Guys,

The fuel filler showed up today. Decided to put it in the tail panel.

http://i326.photobucket.com/albums/k.../gascapweb.jpg

I absolutely agree with John!


--Eric

Awesome work. Really like the fill tube setup. Are you using a Camaro tank? Or just modifying a Nova one?

Nice work...:thumbsup:

Thanks! yep it's a 69 camaro tank.

Heres some shots of the driverside fender inner lip reworked to match the passenger side.

http://i326.photobucket.com/albums/k...r/DSC02939.jpg

http://i326.photobucket.com/albums/k...r/DSC02940.jpg

The UPS guy showed up today with some wiring jewelry. mil-spec autosport bulkhead connectors.

http://i326.photobucket.com/albums/k...onnectors2.jpg

http://i326.photobucket.com/albums/k...onnectors1.jpg

Working on getting the inner fenders to work at ride height. While it was on the ground I thought I would snap a shot.

http://i326.photobucket.com/albums/k...8thweekweb.jpg

Your car looks great, nice work.

Nova
 

Man that thing is awesome. Going to be bad when u get thru.
Hell its bad now. I had a 70 Nova so i like them a little bit to.
:hail:

Killer stance! :thumbsup: