‘63 Chevy II Pro-Touring Build

[bkswede]

Originally Posted by WSSix

The car is coming along well, Brian. I like the direction you and Kurt are going with the car.

Thanks! Appreciate the kind words. I’m really excited for how it is coming together!


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[Grnova]

Originally Posted by bkswede

Thanks for sharing - that actually looks really good in that position. The Ring Brothers Mustang has it mounted lower on the deck lid as well, I just wasn’t sure how it would look on the Nova. Yours is flipped 180 degrees from the way Ring Brothers mounted theirs - allows the blade of the spoiler to be higher and more prominent. I could see mounting it as you have shown, or, potentially, higher on the deck lid (before it starts sloping down) and flipped 180 degrees from yours... wish I could actually experiment with it. Due to COVID restrictions, I haven’t been able to see my car for weeks, let alone the new spoiler!


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Played around it last night and came up with this. I think this is it but I had to take everything apart heat up the screws on the bottom because they have locative on them and ended up drilling and mounting it. Sorry don’t mean to hijack your thread just bouncing things off you since we are working with the same stuff.

[bkswede]

Originally Posted by Grnova

Played around it last night and came up with this. I think this is it but I had to take everything apart heat up the screws on the bottom because they have locative on them and ended up drilling and mounting it. Sorry don’t mean to hijack your thread just bouncing things off you since we are working with the same stuff.

That looks really clean... looks like you removed the two mounting bases and then flipped the hinges to the opposite side of the spoiler, mounting the hinges directly to the trunk lid. Creative and nice look!


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[bkswede]

Finally was able to make a trip to WI today to see, first hand, progress on the Nova... been a long time - almost six weeks!

Last week, Kurt sent me some pictures of the Nova... he was able to get the interior primed and painted (just floors and other areas of the interior that won’t be visible when the car is finished).







He also was able to get the underside of the car finished in Upol...




Drove over to WI today and was surprised to see that he had the car painted and was well into wet sanding... looked great! Color is stealthy for sure... as always with paint, pics don’t really do it justice. Appears a little darker in pictures than it actually is. Hope to be done with wet sanding and buffing early next week, then can start assembly... been a long time coming















After wet sanding and buffing, inner fenders, firewall, core support, etc will be sprayed a satin black. Then exterior trim, bumpers, etc all painted carbon black metallic. Interior will be sprayed later, likely a darker charcoal gray metallic. I’m really excited to see the progress and can’t wait for the final assembly to start!


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[camcojb]

[Goosesdad]

Looks fantastic!!

[bkswede]

Quick update on progress made on the Nova over the last few weeks. Kurt was able to finish wet sanding the exterior and has buffed the body. Doors, front fenders, hood and trunk are wet sanded, but still finishing the buffing process. Due to scheduling issues in the shop, Kurt wanted to focus on getting the interior painted, sound deadener sprayed, and firewall painted before finishing the final buffing on other panels. Attached are some pictures of the body that I took when I visited last week. He does three levels of buffing/polishing (each with a successively finer polishing compound and pad). These pictures were taken after the first level of polishing.






After completing the polishing on the shell, Kurt masked the body off to paint the interior. We ended up using Nightfall Gray Metallic, a color that’s a middle ground between the Shark Gray Metallic body color and the Carbon Black Metallc that the trim, bumpers, etc will be painted in. I’m a big fan of the Nightfall Gray Metallc... almost ordered my 2017 ZL-1 in that color. We wanted a little contrast to the body color and the darker color goes better with the color of the leather for my seats. Kurt also painted the steering wheel column, steering wheel, steering column mount, glove box, etc. Some photos below.





As a reminder, here are my Recaros I had custom done...

After we got the interior painted, Kurt masked off the freshly painted interior areas and we sprayed sound deadener on the floors, roof, inside the doors, inside firewall, inside rear quarters, trunk, etc. We used a product from Second Skin audio called Spectrum. Really helps to eliminate resonance and noise from vibrations inside the car. Sprays on a bit like a bed liner. Kurt has never used it before, but was excited to try it and thought it went on really well. We did three coats, approximately 1 mil thickness each.







Finally, after finishing the interior, he was able to get the shell off the rotisserie and on a cart where he was able to spray the firewall in a satin black. Inner fender panels, underside of the hood, core support, etc. will be painted in the same color.



Next week, the guys will be installing suspension back under the car, as well as the engine. It’s really exciting to see the progress and can’t wait for assembly to start! Hope all is well,

Brian


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[waynieZ]

The paint looks great, and that sound insulation help a lot.

[bkswede]

Stopped by AutoKraft today to take a quick look at the Nova... Kurt’s team was able to get all of the tape and paper off the car, get it off the cart, get front subframe mounted as well as rear Quadra link and 9 inch... I have to say, it’s a great feeling to see the car painted, with suspension back under it and the Forgelines on! Starting to look like a car again... been a long time during paint and body phase. I think the plan for next week is to finish buffing hood, doors, trunk and front fenders, get engine and transmission back in it, and then hang doors and front fenders. Exciting to see the progress!










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[214Chevy]

Everything looks so good...