'71 Nova. Project "Urban Legend"

[Jay Hilliard]

Hey John,

It was good to meet you and your wife at Dans open house. The car looks awesome. The trans tunnel turned out very nice!

Keep us posted with updates. Hope you have an uneventful and safe trip back to AL.

[OVRKILL]

Man the fab skills around here are insane

[BBC71Nova]

Originally Posted by Jay Hilliard

Hey John,

It was good to meet you and your wife at Dans open house. The car looks awesome. The trans tunnel turned out very nice!

Keep us posted with updates. Hope you have an uneventful and safe trip back to AL.

Ditto Jay. We made it back yesterday afternoon safe and sound. Weather was great. Dan wiped down the bare metal with the Gibbs product he sells before we left so there wasn't any surface rust to speak of after the trip. That's what I was worried about.

Now I gotta figure out how to attack this thing next...

[BBC71Nova]

Time flies when you're having fun... Now if I could only slow it down so I could get some work done on the Nova .

Not much to report really. Picked up some parts I needed to get it mocked up to roller stage.

Got the new AMD HD cooling radiator support and inner fenders. Been so long since I had inner fenders I couldn't remember the fitment of all the overlapping pieces. I ordered up an assembly manual .

Spec'd out and ordered up a set of Strange 35 spline axles with the Timken Set20 tapered bearings. Got the seals and bearings pressed on no problem. The wedding rings... no dice with my "little" 20 ton H-frame press. Just doesn't have the nuts I guess. I'll find a shop to do it. In hindsight I should've just ordered up the axles with the housing and been done with it. I just wasn't sure then on which diff I was running.

Went with the small 11" 4 piston Wilwood rear brake kit with the integral parking brake. Matches the fronts I had but nothing "pro-touring" cool with just plain rotors. I'm running manual brakes so I went with their aluminum master cylinder with 7/8" bore. Picked this stuff up from Justin@Scott's Hot Rods who was great. Stuff shipped right out.

I got a few hours over the holidays to unbox all the G-link parts and get it mocked up. It went pretty smooth and easy since the bracketry was already installed. The kit ships with 12" 200lb springs which I don't think are gonna work. They would require 2-3" of preload and even then I'm afraid it will ride too high. I'm gonna go with a 10" Hyperco I think. It looks like with the shocks within the manufacturer stated 13-14" minimum length at ride height and utilizing all the G-Link adjustments to lower the car, a 15" wheel lip is even with the fender lip. That's a pretty good height I think. When I get the 18" wheels they'll tuck some and that's what I'm after.

So the bad news... I was hoping to defer the cost of the center section for a while for cost reasons. Well after getting the rear mocked up I'm a little afraid the center might come too close to the rear tunnel. I'd rather know this now than later so I guess that'll be my next purchase. When that happened I stopped on the rear mockup since I'll just have to take it all back apart once the center arrives.

The other maybe bad news... exhaust clearance. I've always wanted 3" out the back. Thinking that just ain't gonna happen with the G-Link crossmember without going up and over requiring trunk pan mods. We'll see.

In the meantime I've moved on to the front suspension mockup.

[coolwelder62]

Well this build is coming along outstanding.Dan H.can really make the sheet metal do what he want's it's too.

[syborg tt]

The other maybe bad news... exhaust clearance. I've always wanted 3" out the back. Thinking that just ain't gonna happen with the G-Link crossmember without going up and over requiring trunk pan mods. We'll see.

Sounds like "Up and Over it is" Funny thing I was worried about the same thing. Then I realized it's just metal and do and get it over with and I will be some much Happier.

So have the Metal Master cut the floor and trim the tank and you will be super happy. Plus when your at a car show people are going to look in your trunk and see a cool funky floor and ask you is that stock and you can reply, "Is Now"

ps - the rear set up looks awesome.

[Ketzer]

If you always wanted 3" out the back then stay the course! A heck of a build not to have every detail as you've dreamed it.

Jeff-

[syborg tt]

Originally Posted by Ketzer

If you always wanted 3" out the back then stay the course! A heck of a build not to have every detail as you've dreamed it.

Jeff-

I couldn't agree more. I am been struggling with 295's vs 335's and it's killing me. Don't skimp now as you will regret it in the end.

ps I am also struggling with the exhaust on my project. I love the looks of the Anvil Mustangs exhaust exiting in front of the rear tire. Since I am building a vintage TA Camaro it would make sense but I also don't want to be annoyed by the exhaust note.

so my Advise is to "Stay the Course"

[GoolsbyCustoms]

You could always go 3" all the way back then go oval over the rear end then out to tips/etc.

Btw looks killer so far

[brownz]

[QUOTE=syborg tt;388678]I couldn't agree more. I am been struggling with 295's vs 335's and it's killing me. Don't skimp now as you will regret it in the end.

Marty well said, I skimped and it cost me double once I decided to go woth the 335 tire