My 4 dr 1972 Chevy Nova, El León.
 

Hi everybody,

I am CCS from Chile, new over here and now present my love project.

Car
1972 Chevrolet Nova
Sedan, 4 door, Ascot Blue
sbc 307, TH350 tranny,
OEM front brakes
Mono leaf and 2.73 stock open rearend.

I bought at may, 2008 in worse state. Water and trans oil united.

Then, i delete water pass for oil, and install an air radiator, cut the stock muffler, fil gas, water and oils, traveling to the beach 2 weekend in a row, at 70 miles from my home.

that's how I started with this bug, baptized as El León by some young wanderers I took along the way.

Share some pics.

Thanks for this space.

Good luck on your project

Cool project !
We look forward to seeing more pictures of your Nova !

The first job on my car... Some years ago.

1. Engine bay when i bought
2. Stock 307 cleaning
3. Buy a 350 sbc for a few cents!!
4. To open 350
5. My ride clean!!


Soon, more.... to update.

Now, some pics with some improves on the car...

Can you see this image?

https://scontent.fscl11-1.fna.fbcdn....4f&oe=5DB9E967

Yes pics are showing

Some pics about my humble rebuild... But i do it with my friends and i with our hands.

Some patchs

Final job at some years ago... (March 2012)

Regrettably, my engine blown at June from 2012.

That's a pretty blue color. Good job getting her back together. I can't imagine having to build an american car outside of the country. Best of luck to you.

Yes. Is very expensive to us, try to recover one. Thanks a lot for your post. :flag2:

Subframe restore and Front end
 

I just wanted to update a little what I could do with my project far away.

I comment the following:
Subframe was removed, sanded and then powercoated
Same work for A arms, brake calipers, radiator support, brake pump and booster, and other parts in front.
Rebuild front suspension:
- KYB gas shock absorbers
- Moog spirals, same as stock.
- Elgin Pro terminals and bushings
- Take out stock front swaybar and install a new 1 1/4" from BMR.
- Change stock spindles for 2" drop spindles.
- New disc and brake pads as OEM.
- Changed proportioning valve and install new brake pipes, thinking about installing rear disc brakes later (hope soon).
- The stearing box was cleaned, adjusted and painted.
I share some images (sorry about sizes) of the job at home with some friends.

Greetings and hope you like it...

Some others...

Good job keeping this old girl on the road. I really like the blue color. My little sister had one like yours when she was in high school( 42 years ago). After a little fender bender when I had to fix the subframe I put in a 350 and 4.10 rear axle I had without telling her. Boy was she surprised how well it ran, kind of like Ben Meissner's Nova. Thanks for sharing all your work and plans!

I LOVE This.. !

Reminds me of why I got hooked by cars to begin with..

Cool build!