67 Nova build-- Chop top

[E.rodz]

I like it so far .still one of my favorite body styles of all time.keep the picts coming.and keep up the great work.

[69c4x11]

Been on Maintenance shutdown at Mill where I work,, Hope to get back started after holiday,,Going to start on chassis layout,,Got to connect the dots, to a 9" ford and triangulated 4-link,

[69c4x11]

[wellis77]

Subscribing to this one! I like what you are doing. I'm going a similar direction with my 69 Dart, except I'm building the front and rear clips using Viper suspension pieces. Hard to tell in the pics, but how are you attaching the frame to the body? Did you remove the inner rockers? I am thinking about cutting out the inner rockers and moving the frame perimiter into the rockers and welding there. Nice work you are doing, I am looking forward to seeing more. Just curious, why 2"x3" tube instead of 2"x4"? Are you running a cage?

[69c4x11]

Since it is a perimeter frame, and the rocker panels would accept 3" and not 4" , is my reasoning,,I also wanted the floor space and leg& knee space,, the bottom of the 3x2 will be the floor pan,, the exhaust will be in the tunnel along with driveshaft,,, 2x4" will be used from the rear tie-in, to the rear of car,

[wellis77]

Thanks for the explanation, makes sense. How far into the rockers did you go with the perimeter?

[69c4x11]

The rockers on the nova have a double vertical panel in it,, I cut through the first which is close to3/4" from the other panel,, This left the original piece to help support car on the jig !! It would have crushed the rockers,, I built a 69 camaro 5" ride height 5yrs ago and used 3x3 in the rockers & 2x4 for the frame rails,, but floor pan was flat, and not much knee room !!!! It was perimeter but the main 2x4 was straight ,on 28" centers,,, the 2x3 added structural rigidity ,,

[69c4x11]

Made a little progress this weekend,, Sure wood be nice to have the right tools and the knowledge to use them !!!!! As I said,, it sure isn't John's Novanutcase !!

[wellis77]

It's definitely not the Novanutcase but you are making good progress and you should be proud of where you're at with it. Are you planning on fishplating your joints on the back-half? Out of curiousity also, did you do anything when welding your chassis together to avoid warpage. I'm planning how I'll be attacking that part of my chassis build now and I've read that some don't worry too much about it, others go over-the-top crazy to avoid it. Looking good! Will

[N2TRUX]

Very nice Nova build. Reminds me of one a buddy built a few years ago.