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Old 03-06-2013, 06:20 PM
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...and the Anvil hood just showed up a bit ago. I unpacked it with the driver here to inspect it for any damage and he about flipped when he saw the full CF hood. He immediately recognized the car was an old Nova too and his brother had a 914 back in the day so he knew the cars

While I don't have my pants low as mentioned, I did have to drop them completely for a few minutes after mounting it on the car. Don't worry, everything is all cleaned up for the pics
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Old 03-06-2013, 09:21 PM
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One of my all time personal favorite body styles....


This will be interesting because after reading from the beginning -- I ran thru by pea brain and couldn't come up with a single road race Nova (these years) in my memory. Makes you kind of wonder why. I haven't a clue.

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Old 03-06-2013, 10:48 PM
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Only Nova I have seen set up for road racing was II Much and I am not sure how much track time that car even saw in the end. Camaros are the more obvious choice given the Trans Am history there. The nose on the Nova will make it a flying brick. They are usually drag raced since they are a light V8 car to start with, I guess I just need to go against the grain

After closing the hood down on the car, I will have to cut the center of it and reshape it - it is completely flat along the back edge and the car has a bit of a roll to it at the cowl, so it doesn't fit right. If someone wanted a raw CF look I am not sure how they would get it with this hood unless they left the fit as is and just lived with it. It is down a full 5/8" so this is going to take some serious rework to fit - I will have to call Anvil tomorrow and see what we can do about it. Half off doesn't do much good if I have to spend $500 with a body guy to cut and bondo it all back together You can see the corners are at the right, flush height... rather bummed right now.
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Those tires look great tucked under there.

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One of my all time personal favorite body styles....


This will be interesting because after reading from the beginning -- I ran thru by pea brain and couldn't come up with a single road race Nova (these years) in my memory. Makes you kind of wonder why. I haven't a clue.

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Perfect shot to point out the issue I was having with the low ride height I originally was shooting for - notice how far in the front tires are on II Much, that is what I am trying like heck to avoid. I saw that car at PRI in Florida something like 7 years ago now and it was at SEMA as well so I looked at it a fair amount and he did some nice work, but I am not a fan of that sucked in front tire look. I would rather raise the body up a bit than to run that setup. Having the track width on the front narrower than the rear is a bad idea for cornering as well.

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When I said I was trying to come up with a road race Nova.... I was referring to HISTORICALLY -- as in back in the late 60's early 70's... Not just the one PT car build. You know - ala Penske Camaro etc...
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Say what you mean Greggers.. not mean what you say.
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When I said I was trying to come up with a road race Nova.... I was referring to HISTORICALLY -- as in back in the late 60's early 70's... Not just the one PT car build. You know - ala Penske Camaro etc...
I hear you - Trans Am is what I would refer to for that (as I did with the Camaros in an earlier post). TA started in 66 and I don't think Chevy campaigned anything until the 68 Camaro, so that might be why there was never a road race Nova. If they were going to run a small sedan it would have been the right choice to run against Mercury Comets/Ford Fairlanes and Dodge Darts.
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the only one I was able to find was Dan Spiegel the driver of a 66 Chevy II Nova.
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Are you going to rework the cowl vent to fit the hood. That is what I would do if they don't wanna work with you. That way you can still keep the carbon fiber and not have to do fiberglass work. Any other ideas on this?
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