67 Nova Project "Resurrection"

[Gmachine1911]

Happy Halloween! Haven’t updated here in a minute so figured I’d post up some pics. I last left off getting the car ready to haul into the body shop for fitting the front sheet metal/trim, etc. I was thrashing to get as much of the front end components together as possible so had the inner fenders and hood hinge supports powder coated as well as some misc items. Got my HVAC lines planned out and roughed in even though they’d have to come back off. Also got the transmission installed with CBR’s trans crossmember, which bolted right up (thank you, Jesus). I took the car to the body shop back in mid Feb and they’ve had it ever since. I’ve made a few changes along the way and then the usual delays from pausing to work on other cars. It should be ready to come home next week finally! Here’s some random pics and thanks for looking!

p.s. my oldest was rubbing it in that he was technically the first to “drive” the Nova. I find myself arguing a lot of technicalities with my teenagers these days!

[Gmachine1911]

While the car’s been in the shop, I’ve been stockpiling parts. I’ve got basically everything needed to complete the brakes, HVAC, fuel system, chassis and engine wiring, wheels/tires, cooling system, transmission cooling lines and shifter, accessory drive, etc. I had them fit the front windshield/trim, headlight bezels grill and bumpers. Ended up buying a couple different core supports to get one that fit decent and had to modify the new hood where the hinge bolts up on one side because it was made like crap. At one point we even stuck the GM hood back on I bought that turned out to be garbage. Also had to cut the headlight bucket mounting brackets off both new fenders and reattach them in the proper location so things fit right. Up to this point, I’d had pretty good fortune with the repop metal but it all caught up to me on the front end! It’s mo better now, though…

[Gmachine1911]

While all the hustle and bustle of fitting the sheet metal was happening, I was looking at all that wiring that needed to be crammed under the dash for the engine wiring (as well as the size of the GenV LT ECM) and borrowed an idea I’d seen on another Nova build and decided to go ahead and have them modify the firewall for some electrical bulkhead connectors. I don’t care for the way the GM harness is arranged as it’s intended to be mounted in the engine bay. My plan is to unwrap it, separate the connectors according to which side of the firewall I need them and section the harness using the bulkhead connectors and re-wrap it with a nicer woven fabric wrap that’s less bulky. Not exactly my idea of a low stress situation but it’ll yield the best result and I knew it was now or never. A guy can really geek out on all the heat shrink boots, connectors, tools, etc. with that stuff. Learned more then I even knew existed about auto sport wiring harnesses in doing my research. It’s truly an art form in itself. Anyway, here’s some pics of the firewall mods…

[DWC]

Looks great. Can't wait to see color on this one. Those Forgelines are going to look sharp!

Daniel

[camcojb]

Great job!!

[WSSix]

Nice work! I like the frenched in Deutsch connectors on the firewall.

[Ketzer]

Where did you source your connectors from?



Jeff-