'66 Nova Update

[ironworks]

Originally Posted by TravisB

looks killer however I dont envy whoever has to paint and body work that thing....being all one piece....it will not be easy. What are your plans for the bottom of the car? paint? powdercoat? speedliner?

absolutly insane project

I'm not sure we could make this body removeable from the frame and still be able to fit all that we have and still do some of the tricks we are working on. These novas are small cars, if you were not already aware of that.

Thanks for the compliments guys.

Rodger

[novanutcase]

Originally Posted by TRACY WEAVER

I have been watching this car,I've seen alot of builds and this is a bad a$$ car.It would be great to get it to Columbus, Iron works work is every bit as good as any i've seen.Your a good customer to let a shop build to this level.Can't wait to see finished product

I agree! When you have guys this talented it's hard to not let them loose! It would be like telling Van Gogh to paint a house in solid color! He just couldn't do it and it would be a waste of talent!!

Originally Posted by TravisB

looks killer however I dont envy whoever has to paint and body work that thing....being all one piece....it will not be easy. What are your plans for the bottom of the car? paint? powdercoat? speedliner?

absolutly insane project

Right now I'm thinking powdercoat but, like everything else, that will change in the next 5 minutes!

John

[TravisB]

Originally Posted by ironworks

I'm not sure we could make this body removeable from the frame and still be able to fit all that we have and still do some of the tricks we are working on. These novas are small cars, if you were not already aware of that.

Thanks for the compliments guys.

Rodger

Oh ok i was looking atthe pics and thought the firewall was built into the tubing...must have been my eyes playing tricks on me. I like the idea of it all being one piece. with all the killer fab work I think I would powder coat the bottom of the car then go in and paint everything else. ITs going ot be awesome. I really dig the new transitions you made for the hinge pillar into the firewall...that is always such and ugly area on those older cars.

[novanutcase]

Originally Posted by TravisB

Oh ok i was looking atthe pics and thought the firewall was built into the tubing...must have been my eyes playing tricks on me. I like the idea of it all being one piece. with all the killer fab work I think I would powder coat the bottom of the car then go in and paint everything else. ITs going ot be awesome. I really dig the new transitions you made for the hinge pillar into the firewall...that is always such and ugly area on those older cars.

That's the plan so far..........

John

[novanutcase]

Got the Front UCA geometry all set up. Tubular UCA's are for mockup only. We wanted to make sure all the measurements were right on before we started CNCing the UCA's!



Drivers Side UCA Pick up point.



Brycen putting the headers back on! LOL!



We had to figure out how we were going to get the Transaxle and diff out if they needed to be fixed so we used some Step Joints(Thanks Pauza!)



The guys wanted to get car off the jig and on the floor so they've been finish welding a lot of the joints on the frame. Forking it off the Jig!

[novanutcase]

Rodger borrowed some wheels, since I'm a dumba$$ and I can't decide on what wheel I want, and put them on the car! Jake the wonder dog taking it out for it's maiden voyage!



Whatever Sean may lack in stature(Yeah! like I'm some basketball player!!) he certainly makes up for in his fab skills. He's 5' 7"! The man is magician and the TIG is his wand! Sean standing next to the car to give you a perspective of ride height!



What do you think?

John

[TravisB]

is that ride hieght? Looks nose up? BUT......dont get me wrong...its going ot sit real good. it has a killer stance in the rear.

[novanutcase]

Still need to do some adjustments since we just got it on the floor!

John

[syborg tt]

Whatever Sean may lack in stature(Yeah! like I'm some basketball player!!) he certainly makes up for in his fab skills. He's 5' 7"!

What's wrong with 5' 7" - not all of us picked the right parents for height or the ability to tan but that's another story.

The car looks awesome. I love the stance.

I would love to see some pics from the front end looking down the side. I am curious to see how much the front tires are tucked in.

can't wait to see it with some chrome spinner wheels on it.

[novanutcase]

Originally Posted by syborg tt

What's wrong with 5' 7".

LOL!!! Nothing wrong! Just thought I'd give you a point of reference!

John