C6-66 Z06 Nova build book.... kind of
 

Well John has been asked by enough people on Steves site to thin down his huge post about his C6 nova Project, so I thought I might give you guys a heads up on the pics. It is kinda cool, It just needs some background music to go along with it. We will be updating with some really recent pics here shortly. It is coming along nicely. Very Nicely.

http://www.stevesnovasite.com/forums...ad.php?t=78088

Rodger

Looking good!!!!!!

Wery clever fabricating,lots of beautifull and functional details. The alternator /strut bar combo was really nice!!!!

That car is completely f'n sick, man. Awesome work! Great shots... thanks for posting them all!

- KO

God Bless you - everyone :hail:

John for paying the bills

Rodger (and crew)for building this thing

Seriously - this car is and has been one of my favorite builds to watch. I can't wait to see it finished. What a shame to cover up some of the fab work in this thing!

Later,

Brandon

Done!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O5opS8RjAgc

John:lol:

NICE NICE NICE!!!!!!! :thumbsup: :hail:

Hell yeah!

:captain:

Alex

Man she has come a long way! Did I see YELLOW calipers??? "You know how I know your gay.....:rofl:

Awesome car!!!!!

I know it seems gay now but in a few years when that trend travels form California to Kansas or Nebraska whatever, you will be liking those calipers. Some of the best trends start in cali, take those zebra print muscle pants and La gear shoes you and your brother were wearing at SEMA, they were cool here like 10 years ago.
Pretty soon the yellow calipers and Johns WILD Nikes will be hitting in your town.......... Just kidding buddy

LOL! I guess since I'm in the fashion biz the crap I wear seems old hat since I see it everyday! I keep forgetting that it hasn't hit the public yet!
BTW Kenny D and Dustin at Wilwood? Nike is waiting for me to give them your shoe size!:rofl:

John

These hollywood types are all alike. "My wardrobe is SO last season!"

j/k

-jason

PS. Awesome video by the way!

LOL! You better be careful or I'll order you some shoes to! :lol:

Thanks on the video!

John

shoe size 11 ,

Are you allowed to wear those shoes in Arkansas? They might be a little west coast for the locals out there.

Hey man the muscle pants are rad! I had some Ked's taillight shoes that looked like John's nikes and they only cost like $12.

Kenny was all metrosexual/ghey in his evening wear...I'm pretty sure his boyfriend picks out his clothes. :willy:

John that Nova is over the top :wow: :thumbsup:

no wonder all the posts on Johns car are 10 miles long, they all go way off topic.

Back on topic, John posted some new pics today on the steves site at the end. you will not be disappointed

wow. 'bout all I can say... wow :wow: Ran across the posts last night and have been scoping the pix, really cool setup. I intend to transplant the C6 stuff to a "horse" of a different color due to superior design and ease, and the 66/67 Novas are really one of my favorite Chevy body styles, so cool indeed.

Is there a particular reason you made upper control arms v. using the stock Vette parts?

Better instant center points, better roll center, better shock body clearance in the rear. We dont have to lay the shocks so far over they barely work. That is just a few of the rearsons. Oh and we mad them longer then stock to improve the ratio to the bottom. We also improved the ball joint angle in the rear to be able to get the suspension to droop al little farther to get the wheel off. This nova is pretty low and that tire is stuffed in there pretty far. Plus there will be 335/30/18 BFG's in the rear.

Rodger

Rodger that fan shroud is bad a$$!!! Even better than when you described it. The strut tower brace how is that going to fasten? Will it be permanently welded or removable?

It did turned out nice, the strut brace will bolt in to be able to remove the engine and it will be a machine part that we can also run wires through. Eric Turner (hwynova) and myself have already designed the crossbrace in Solidworks and a bunch of other parts. they will be killer. The rusty one you see now is just sheetemetal we ran through my eckold kraftformer to shink it and get the curve.

If you look below the radiator you can see the brake and power steering cooler duct work taking shape. It is awesome.

thanks for all the comments, It has turned into an amazing work of art, too bad John has lost interest and only talks about mustangs and tennis shoes anymore. This project is like a stepchild, compared to the pony car......haha

If you don´t love this car you´r...........nuts! :bow: :thumbsup:

One of the top Pro-Touring cars IMO. Can't wait to see it done. :thumbsup:

WOW.... Thanks guys. We still have a lot of work to do. But we will be in Columbus next year.

Yes, yes , yes !!!

:thumbsup:

Jim?

You gonna be part of the gang next year? Any chance the bathtub will make it there?

John

Hi John !

Car is looking awesome still. Really looking forward to the solidworks parts install and seeing the sheetmetal finishing up. Ironworks crew certainly doing a great job !

I plan to spend the entire week in Columbus in 08 and catch up with everyone. Doubt the 356G will get there with me - unless something miraculous happens. I haven't spent much time on it at all this summer - although I have worked on it the past 2 weekends starting the frame fab.

You pick a paint color yet ??

Jim

Just had ta ask, didntcha?!?:mad: ;) :P :lol:

John

I will answer for ya John, YES

Hey Kenny!

Here's your chance!:rofl:

http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g1...ACKFRIDAY2.jpg

John

Rodger dont let John pick the colors...it may end up brown with orange wheels and green pinstripe like his shoes..lol

LOL!!http://climbatizeut.users.btopenworl.../slap-wank.gif

http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g1...case/Shoes.jpg

John

those shoes need some green

i'm a 5 minute drive from my apartment to Costa Mesa. too bad i'll be in nor-cal for thanksgiving.

I would wear them

Gotta hand it to him! The guys got taste!!!!:cheers:

John

I didnt even notice them at sema, Kenny didnt do a very good job describing them LOL. He said they were brown and green.....they arent to bad really.

Waddaya mean "they aren't to bad!" They're cool as hell! LOL!:lol:

John