1963 Nova Wagon
 

Some of you saw the road trip that Rob (FE Torino) and I made last year to Alabama to drive back this wagon to CA. Well that was mostly about the road trip and after a year we have made some nice mods to this car that I wanted to update and share the nice work done by Vince @ Meanstreets Performance Fab.

Since the "winter" passed here in CA I have been driving this thing tons (my wife too) and have taken my 3.5 year old to school every day so far this week. Loving it.

As we picked it up back in January 2017 in Birmingham.

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The main mods as delivered:

TCI IFS subframe w/ manual rack
98 Camaro LS1
Stainless Works long tube headers
4L60E trans
Speartech Harness
Rick's stainless tank
Classic Instruments gauges
Optima red top in rear cage mount

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Mods done in the past year include:

-Car seat brackets and hooks for the kiddos (now 3.5 and 1.5)
-Power steering (leftover Ford rack from my Camaro)
-Replace the blown rear gas shock and left springs with Ridetech 4 link and coilovers
-Hidden battery cut off switch for security and battery preservation
-Powdercoat steel wheels
-"Stielow-spec" Trucklite LED headlights

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Shout out to Vince @ Meanstreets Performance Fab in Gilroy. The guy is great to work with (as many of you know) and he really takes care of business in a fun and fair way, and he has great skills. No wonder he is so busy!! :D

Thanks V :cheers:

Really liking the wagon! You Chevy guys have all the cool body styles.

Wholly crap, you weren't kidding about the cage for the battery, that thing must weight 200 lbs.!! Does it double as a trailer hitch?

You are so ass backwards...LS in a foxbody and foxbody seats in a Nova, I love it! What’s your take on the headlights, are they worth the cabbage?


The armrests, wheel and center console are classic. :thumbsup:

Oh man it is beast. Has a cotter pin that drops one end of the whole thing and it comes down. I seriously think it affects the tail happiness of this car a bit. :headspin:

Yeah, Foxbody stuff everywhere. Geez....

The plan with the headlights was kinda temporary-ish.... was gonna eventually swap them to the Camaro.... they are absolutely bad ass lights but not sure the look is right.

Awesome family wagon; might be inspired now to make an offer on a mint Falcon wagon that’s parked on the street near me and make similar upgrades. Happy to see you’re hitting up some of the classic eats of Oakland.

Love your wagon.

Nice "project," Dave! What kind of mileage does it get?