My 'car(s)' story...
I was asked in another thread if I would be interested in starting a thread about my old Nova that I had before my Corvette.
Sorry in advance for the long post! Here goes! I found the car in Ohio. 1966 Chevy II SS. Had a BBC on spray (250 shot) in it when I got it. Ran it like that for about a year. Then decided I wanted to go a different direction with it. So: I tore it down. Really down. Engine/trans out, the whole front clip/subframe. Down to a shell. Re-did everything! Did all the work (except building the trans and engine machine work) myself. Smoothed the firewall, tubular front clip, disk brakes all the way around, and built a 408 cube F1 Procharged, blow thru carb'd monster! The car was a blast to build. I had so much fun in every spare minute I could find working on it. The Mrs was not very thrilled, because we only have a 2 car garage and I kicked her out as my 'project' took up the complete space...for 2 years! (she was thrilled when she finally heard it fire up and go around the block on its' own power...lol) Anywho, I cruised around and did a lot of local shows/meets/cruises with it for a few years. Had a lot of fun and met a lot of really good people. I started to get 'bored' and wanted to do something else, maybe modern muscle, but did not know. I put the car up for sale without any luck...as we all know the market a few years ago took a crap and car prices plummeted! One night while at a local cruise in, a gentlemen expressed interest in my Nova...he wanted it more than I did and a deal was struck. Enter my ZO6! I researched and joined a few Corvette forums while I still had my Nova, I guess I really know what I wanted to get into (!), and had my ducks in a row. I absolutely LOVE my ZO6. It does everything so damn well! It even has a/c and heated seats! (the mrs likes this). You can even hear the stereo while driving around! Now, don't get me wrong, I really loved the old Nova, and it was a really cool car. It got tons of looks! It was just a limited type of vehicle whereas the vette can do it all. I miss being able to really 'work' on a car. I do perform as much work on the vette as I can: maintenance, brakes, engine work, I just can't tune it---there's no carb! lol. And I can't weld on it...which is a passion of mine. Love it! Summing it all up: I miss and love classic hot rods/muscle cars and think they get much more (well deserved in my opinion) attention than a modern muscle car, but the modern cars do so much so very well, it's hard to beat them. And now, the guy I sold the Nova to sold it and it has made it's way to FINLAND!! Holy smokes, my car is in Europe! I actually talk via email with the current owner and he has expressed interest in my visiting him in Finland so I can see it...and I imagine help him work on it and show him all about it since I know all of it's nuances! My wife and I are actually considering taking a trip over one summer to visit! My story so far...now some pics of the old: 1bad'66! Build up video: http://i106.photobucket.com/albums/m...Video_0001.jpg Walk around video: http://i106.photobucket.com/albums/m...h_DSCN0944.jpg http://i106.photobucket.com/albums/m...s/D60Nova1.jpg http://i106.photobucket.com/albums/m.../D60Nova10.jpg http://i106.photobucket.com/albums/m.../D60Nova11.jpg http://i106.photobucket.com/albums/m.../D60Nova12.jpg http://i106.photobucket.com/albums/m.../D60Nova15.jpg http://i106.photobucket.com/albums/m.../D60Nova19.jpg http://i106.photobucket.com/albums/m.../D60Nova20.jpg http://i106.photobucket.com/albums/m.../D60Nova22.jpg http://i106.photobucket.com/albums/m.../D60Nova23.jpg http://i106.photobucket.com/albums/m...s/D60Nova7.jpg http://i106.photobucket.com/albums/m...s/D60Nova8.jpg http://i106.photobucket.com/albums/m...s/DSCN0850.jpg http://i106.photobucket.com/albums/m...s/DSCN0089.jpg http://i106.photobucket.com/albums/m...s/DSC_0020.jpg |
Love the old box style Novas and Chevy II's:thumbsup:
HAd one waaaay back in the day, but nothing like that. That's beautiful! Thanks, for sharing. |
great story, loved the SS Novas back in the day...My favorate era were ALL the 1969 cars...Awsome time to be alive...:yesnod:
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Thanks so much for posting. I just can't imagine parting company with something like that, even for a Vette.
You can tune your Vette with a laptop and HP Tuners. It's not difficult to learn the program for the easy stuff like timing, fuel, idle. If you really want to get into it work with a local tuner until you learn what you need or want to do. You definitely have the talent and you don't have to be a computer jock. If you need more info email me. My email address is in my signature. |
Beautiful Nova and great story.
Very cool that you are in touch with the current owner. Thanks for the post and photos. :thumbsup: |
Awesome post. Thanks for sharing. I loved the engine and blower set up. Way COOL. And now its in Finland giving someone else some joy. Think of the looks he's getting in Finland. :thumbsup:
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Thanks everyone! Glad you enjoyed my story! I will build something again one day...just don't know what! So many choices...
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:thumbsup: Great story !!!
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That is PURE sex!! I like the 66 better than the 67 due to the rear trunk insert. That is a piece NOT made in repro yet and a flawless one is worth a ton.
I need to dig my old one with a 6-71 blower coming out of the hood. Of all the cars I've had sure wish I would have kept that one. Love it & thanks for sharing! :thumbsup: |
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