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Ironworks 67 Nova with Tube chassis and GM LSA Engine, Project Slow Motion

Every time I post up pics of this car in the What's up at Ironworks thread everyone asks for a Build thread. So here it goes.

Darrell The owner of the car came in several years back and wanted us to help him with his 1967 Nova project. He was building the car at home with the usual parts and somewhere saw Johns 66 Nova. He lived about 3 hours from my shop and his work brought him to Bakersfield quite often. So he decided to make an appointment and stop in an see what we were doing here at the shop. He saw Johns Nova and loved it it but knew it was too much for him. While on one of his initial trips I believe he met Eric Turner who had been designing a tube chassis for his Nova. Talks were made to build 2 of the frames Eric had been thinking about for years.

SO fast forward 3 years and we have been chipping away at the car little by little. Darrell has worked with us on every detail. We have put a lot of thought and discussion into every angle of the car and what we intend to do. Darrell is looking to build a really nice Jaguar or high end luxury car inspired nova that will be a blast to drive with plenty of Horsepower and we even made room to haul a few bags of Golf clubs.

SO here we go, Here is what it looked like when we Darrell dropped the car off at the shop.
http://i616.photobucket.com/albums/t...-1-2008014.jpg

In these pics you can see how bad the metal was under the body that was on car when Darrell bought it. There was quite a bit of Bondo on the quaters and doors. So we reskinned the doors and quarters.
http://i616.photobucket.com/albums/t...May2010003.jpg

You can also see the body work that was done over RUST. OH My.
http://i616.photobucket.com/albums/t...ust2010005.jpg

Some more pics of the complete chassis with the LSA engine. There was a point in time we were going to machine 2 sets of control arms for this chassis and the Eric's. It was later agreed that building them from Tube fit the chassis design and styling of the project. We are currently building those now.

http://i616.photobucket.com/albums/t...r2010007-1.jpg
http://i616.photobucket.com/albums/t...r2010006-1.jpg
http://i616.photobucket.com/albums/t...r2010004-1.jpg

When the LSA engine became available. Darrel just had to have it and the required a change in the rack position since the firewall had already been built around the frame. We had no room to go back so we are redesigning the front suspension to allow for a lower rack position and clear the blower pulley on the front of the car.

http://i616.photobucket.com/albums/t...23-2008004.jpg
http://i616.photobucket.com/albums/t...29-2008029.jpg

Wow, love the work going on at Ironworks.

LOOKIN' GOOD DARRELL!!!!!!!!

I really like the convertible Nova in the background!

--Eric

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Originally Posted by HWY Nova (Post 383671)

LOOKIN' GOOD DARRELL!!!!!!!!

I really like the convertible Nova in the background!

--Eric

I think Darrell is tired of being the 67 in the back ground.

What width wheels you going with out back?

Chassis looks nice.

I have seen this car in person and absolutely stellar! Typical Ironworks fashion!

If this car is called "Project Slow Motion" I hate to know what mine should be called.....:rofl:

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Originally Posted by Swain (Post 383692)

What width wheels you going with out back?

Chassis looks nice.

Looks like 18x9-10 in front and maybe 19x11 or maybe 12 in the rear.

Very Cool I like the look of that LSA in that chassis!:thumbsup:

Paul