Rad Rides By Troy Building a 70'S Nova ....

[4cefed]

Originally Posted by V8TV

The Rad Rides crew has an interesting philosophy on projects in-progress.. they'll never leave something "unfinished" looking, even during the build. It makes sense, as the owner, or a magazine photographer may stop in at any time, and they always want the stuff to look cool. So all through the builds they sand metal with a fine grit DA so that it looks that way. You won't see rusty parts, or stuff with rattlecan paint on them, 1/2 primed, etc.

Makes sense. I like that. I may steal it. Wait, yep. Stolen. Thanks troy!

[kennyd]

i love this build , out of the box thinking .but troy and thrash are the best .
the hood is wicked .
great job .

[wiedemab]

That looks BAD!

I'll second Kenny's comment on the hood - I love the way it carries through to the dash!

This will be another one that will be hard to find all of the little details when it's finished.

[NOVA]

Looking Awesome
You guys must be getting excited about Paint schemes now? 3 piece wheels? are the mock ups 18 & 19's?
Thanks for the update/pics.

[notorious1970]

Looking Awesome
You guys must be getting excited about Paint schemes now? 3 piece wheels? are the mock ups 18 & 19's?

Yes, it is awesome being part of something like this. You really get to appreciate the level of fabrication in these vehicles. Even though its been awesome so far...it will be great to move on to something new being the paint work.

Still waiting on wheel and paint ideas but 18s all around. Also something worth noting is that the rear tires are pretty rare from BFG and theres less then 7 in existance. Better not burn em up too fast!


heres a pict for everyone, sent to my phone from adam at the shop

[Tim Baillie]

I thought Troys deal was he would never modify a hood to fit engine components ?

[notorious1970]

I thought Troys deal was he would never modify a hood to fit engine components ?

Actually he didn't. The motor was lowered, intake chopped down, oil pan shortened. All of the usual items were done to make sure the stock hood closes without modification to the hood. If you took the slight rise in the hood away, it would still close. They wanted to do something thats never been done to a nova hood before.
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[fabber1]

The project sure looks good. Who's doing the work on the car? Does anyone know if Marty's truck has been painted? Lost touch since I left, been catching up thru RR's website.
Take care guys, D-- -------

[syborg tt]

Originally Posted by fabber1

The project sure looks good. Who's doing the work on the car? Does anyone know if Marty's truck has been painted? Lost touch since I left, been catching up thru RR's website.
Take care guys, D-- -------

The truck is still getting worked on as we speek. Due to schedule conflicts the truck is at Kenny Davis Hot Rods and they are finishing it up.

here is the link to the thread

https://lateral-g.net/forums/showthread.php4?t=1180

[elctron02]

What size tires/rims/backspacing front/back are you going to run?

Originally Posted by notorious1970

Yes, it is awesome being part of something like this. You really get to appreciate the level of fabrication in these vehicles. Even though its been awesome so far...it will be great to move on to something new being the paint work.

Still waiting on wheel and paint ideas but 18s all around. Also something worth noting is that the rear tires are pretty rare from BFG and theres less then 7 in existance. Better not burn em up too fast!


heres a pict for everyone, sent to my phone from adam at the shop