I bet some people will be telling him "I had one like that, but mine was a 65 Camaro" !! Very Different.

Maybe I'm odd, but I really like this and can't wait to see how it comes together.

Same here - should be awesome to watch it come to life.

THIS!

That would really get people scratching their heads.

I am digging this idea. Can't wait to see it in it's full glory. The discrepancy between the bumpers may be a little tricky as the Nova has such a large rear bumper, but I am sure the Ironworks crew will give it a little nip and tuck to balance it out.

I know that these 2 cars are sacred; more so for the Camaro, but I think this is going to be a cool build. Everything I've seen come out of Ironworks has been top notch. Hell, I have a picture of the '57 Chevy Truck hanging up in my cubicle right now. I say give it a chance and see where it goes. Good luck guys. I'm looking forward to it. Digging the rendering too.

In the world of modifying your car, nothing is sacred ;)

Looking forward to updates, so what is next?

Agreed!:thumbsup:

Nomaro
 

Guys sorry it has been so long since we added anything to this post. As some of you know Ironworks is working on my 69 Camaro project right now and other customers so the NOMARO has been put into the trailer and is on hold right now until we get the Camaro out of the shop and off to paint.
We will get back on the NOMARO after that. I did get a set of 73 doors with no wing window to use for the project. The LT1 is getting rebuild right now and we will be getting the FAST injection soon to go on it so we can use the stock Camaro cowl air cleaner to look stock.
New pictures coming after the new year...

I also ended up getting the cal license plate that reads "NOMARO"

http://i1072.photobucket.com/albums/...ps9b170dbe.jpg

Keep checking back.
:thumbsup:

The other camaro?? Not nearly as cool as the NOMARO........

I just saw a BMW X5 with NOMARO3 on their license plate.

Glad it's still being built even if slowly. Will you dyno the engine at some point? If so, will you share the results? Thanks, Ed.

Hey guys, just an update on the NOMARO.
I took it over to the painter a few weeks ago. He is going to put the doors and rear quarters on and get it painted. I figure I can get all the suspension items ready for it and the engine and tranny so i can just pull the sub frame and put all of it together and slide it back under with all the drive train installed.

Drew Brothers Custom in Chandler AZ will be doing the Doors, Quarters and the Rear bumper along with painting it the blue you see in the rendition. I am going to put the "NOMARO" script in the Yenko stripe.

I will have Rob Drew add pictures as he move along on this.
Thanks for following.
Goodguy Ed

Pictures!
 

Hey i'm loving this project, but i can't see the pictures in the first post, can you upload them again? Please!
Also can't wait to see the rest of the restoration process, it will be very interesting to see how they fit the door panels over the nova ones an everithing else..

Awesome to hear about progress. I've got two Novas and am not as big a fan of Camaros, but when I first saw this rendering I thought it was gutsy but cool. Lol, I wonder what a 4 door version would look like, I might just have to draw that myself... :lostmarbles:

You all probably know the Speed Tech Nova. I think this whole transformation can look ultra clean and cool. Speaking of suspension, what's the game plan there?

http://i1299.photobucket.com/albums/...psfb8c90dd.jpg

NOMARO Project.
Well the car is making progress and Rob says he will be sending over pictures soon.
Some of the early pictures on this post were gone so I added them back.
I will be up dating soon.
Enjoy.
Ed

The anticipation is like watching the guy at the carnival make your fresh cotton candy. :lol: Looking forward to pics!

Well the start of cutting this car up and adding the Camaro doors and Quarters has started. I figured we would need to change the Outer Inner rear wheel tub as the Nova is much lower than the Camaro and the Camaro is a lot wider in the rear.

Here is the difference in the Quarter length.
http://i1072.photobucket.com/albums/...ps6eafa7b9.jpg

Here is a good look at the outer wheel tub on the Nova in relation to the Camaro one.
http://i1072.photobucket.com/albums/...psa877c61c.jpg

Now the Camaro outer is installed to see how the side will look and to figure out how much needs to be cut.
http://i1072.photobucket.com/albums/...psa81d458a.jpg

As you can see the outer tub sticks out from the body but this is what we need to get the Camaro Quarter to sit right.
http://i1072.photobucket.com/albums/...ps0ca1aff8.jpg

So now there is no turning back as this project is moving forward and we will keep updating and get this done soon.
Enjoy the shots.
Ed

I am really looking forward to seeing how this turns out.

:G-Dub:

Awesome project!!

You got balls! :thumbsup:

Are you going to ditch the posts? Project is awesome

Hey Steve, I figure I have to try something different to keep up with all the cool stuff that is out there and make mine stand out.

Here is the Door to Front Fender and how that is shaping up.
http://i1072.photobucket.com/albums/...ps41863184.jpg

Now we are tryin to figure how far we want the fender to stick out as this will help with bigger tires under the car....We all want bigger tires. If we just put the outer inner fender on stock it was way out and looked like we put fender flare on the rear so we cut an inch and a half out of the tub and got the quarter skin to fit more flush and not look so flared out.

http://i1072.photobucket.com/albums/...psae77e870.jpg


As far as the post on the door and quarter glass we are going to leave this in so it is not like a Camaro. I dod not want this to look like we took a Camaro and put a Nova roof on it when we are done so it will have the post and the rear of the car will be Nova. Bumper, Tail Lights and rear trunk. Just a reminder of how this is going to look.
http://i1072.photobucket.com/albums/...ps52ca9f2e.jpg

As we get more pictures I will be adding them to the post.
Stay tune.
:popcorn2:
Ed

I hear you all the way, I love it! :thumbsup:

Well now it is getting a little tricky getting all these panels to matchup. As you can see the Camaro quarter is a little smaller in length than the Nova so there is going to be some work on the tail end of the quarter to make this all flow nicely.
http://i1072.photobucket.com/albums/...ps621f43d5.jpg

The door fit pretty well to the Nova door frame and looks to be maybe the simpliest part to get figured out. Here you can see the back of the Quarter and how it will need work to make things flow.
http://i1072.photobucket.com/albums/...ps688eb99e.jpg

About ready to cut the Nova skin off and then we can weld the quarter panel into place. You can really see the flare that the Camaro quarter has over the Nova. Without a mini tub we could put a 335 tire under this.

http://i1072.photobucket.com/albums/...psdc98f9a0.jpg

As you can tell we are only working on one side so the other should be much easier once we figure it all out on this side.. I hope....

Thanks for checking it out.
Ed

Instead of trying to use the 69 Quarter why not just use the gills and recreate the body line from scratch. I think it would be much easier then trying to use an existing Camaro panel.

In reality your just trying to add a body line detail which could easily be done in steal ( not by me of course ).

edit.

It looks like your trying to go to high up on the existing Quarter Panel with the Camaro Panel

Me likey Ed,

You are my kind of innovator always looking to push past the norm.

Nice. This is a similar concept to my project. Only without the entire Camaro nose. Be nice to see it when its done.

Marty, I think the way we are going about this will make it easier once we get the parts all trimmed down as there will be very little left of the Camaro quarter besides the lines and the wheel opening.

The Nova quarter has now been cut and started pulling it out to make the transition between the two so the body line goes into the Nova quarter to the tail light.
http://i1072.photobucket.com/albums/...pse191bfca.jpg

Brett and Derren, Thanks for checking it out and your comments on the build. It has a long ways to go but little by little it will get closer to what I want.

Need to work on the Door Frame to get that all lined up next as the doors have a little different ark to them.

Stay tuned as I will update as progress is made..:thankyou:
Ed

Really One picture. Your as bad as that Kenny guy we both know. :thumbsup:

That thing is gonna be bad ass! That's the best of both worlds. Nice job on the build.

Lookin' good, Ed! Are you going to roll it out at Pleasanton?

Kevin

Kevin, it will be at a Pleasanton event at some point. It is in Phoenix at the painters right now. It will be a while before it is all ready from there and then I still have to do the suspension and drive train.
Ed

wat a waste. build a 69 camaro if thats wat you want. dont hack up a perfectly good car. if your going to ruin a car atleast make it a rusted out nova that already needs quarters and stuff. all in all it should be cool but why chew up a perfectly good car?

Ed said the Nova begged him to be a 69 Camaro so one day his dream came true. :)

There's still plenty of them out there!! But I did hear that Ed was going to make a kit from this so others could do the same!:whistling: :mock: :poke: :hello:

Sorry J/K but I do like the dare to be different!!


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Just so you know 69-nova, I could not find a good Nova to do this project so I used a 72 Pontiac Ventura II since it is the same body in the areas that I needed it to be. So I did not waste a Nova, look at some of the first pictures and you can see it is a Venture from the tail section with the Pontiac between the tail lights.
I have a few Camaro's and just like how this looked when it was drawn. Now a days you have to go outside the box to do something different. This is my outside the box!
Hope you watch and see how cool it is turning out. Popular Hot Rodding already picked it up so some poeple like it or just want to see it done to draw judgement.
Ed. :superhack:

Jay, yeah it begged as you don't see many Pontiac Ventura II being built.
How is your Camaro coming? Cool project for sure.

:superhack: :superhack:

Ed

Vent-aro? :lol:

:thumbsup: Ed

i guess ill have to watch the build. yea i saw that it was a ventura. thats a plus. guess well see how it turns out :headscratch: