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No progress to speak of on the stocker this time, but I had to post this pic to show you guys my new (used) lift! It's going to make assembly of the Nova REALLY nice.

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WOW! I'd say there is some progress! The Nova almost looks like a Camaro now! Jim

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You're right, Jim...uncanny, huh?
I just have to keep silencing the voice in my head that keeps telling me, "It wouldn't take a lot to make the Camaro a stocker!"

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If you want the real backyard experts go to www.stevesnovasite.com
They can help you do it right the first time because every has already done it once or twice.

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Nice work, and very nice car.

Novas are a clean looking and done right, as you are doing make sweet racers.

We gotta get one of those lifts too. After working on our car in a friends shop with a lift, we really feel handicapped now that we are back in our shop.

Good job, keep the progress reports coming

David
The New Hemi Guy

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Paul,
Hook a brother up....where did you come up with that?

Clark

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Clark - My buddy bought it used a few years ago from Danielson Equipment...now he's moving and doesn't have room at the new place, so I took it off his hands for him...cuz that's just the type of guy I am.

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Sure is a nice build have followed since first post :)

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Nice of you to help him out that way...I guees that is what friends are for. lol

David
The New Hemi Guy

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When you get to this point in your project all the work starts to make sense. 2 1/2 years in the process and still love these little shoe-boxes.

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I finally made a little progress on the Nova so figured it was time for another installment here....
Over Thanksgiving I retrieved the car from my buddy's shop with no more done on it than in the last pics I posted. I've talked with Dave Cech and reserved my spot in line with him to do the body and paint...should be taking it to him in the next couple weeks. I got a great deal on a clutch and flywheel here on Classracer, and bought a Quicktime bellhousing from Tim at the Car Shop. I thought now would be as good a time as any to drop the motor in for a test fit and make sure everything was going to line up right, so that's what I did today.........

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Your project looks great, very well done. It will be cool to see the finished product.

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So, F stick at the Topeka Nats in 2011? :)

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I doubt that! But maybe a Heartland race late in the year.....I hope.
I lost my innocence tonight - I've been messing with cars for over 20 years now, but up until a couple hours ago had never installed a manual transmission! Good thing that Jerico is light! I should've asked Santa for a tranny jack...I'm sore in places I didn't know existed.

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One more detail I thought I'd post about - the crossmember. The Jerico is around 3/4" thicker than a PG from the pad where the mount attaches, to the center of the output shaft. After wasting a bunch of time trying to design a thinner mount, I decided to just modify the crossmember. I cut out the piece in the center that the mount bolts to, lowered it down into the crossmember, and welded it back in. Stock rubber mount, bickety-bam! Next up....giant hole in the floor for the shifter.

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Paul great car. My Jerico has never looked that good. LOL

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Wow, time flies! Another year later, and I'm ready for another update. I went out to Dave Cech's shop yesterday to snap some pics:

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It should be getting some red paint in the next week or so. We had a setback, as I finally decided to throw in the towel and have Dave put new quarters on it. The ones I did myself would've taken more work to straighten out than just replacing them did. Now it will be right...if we had left the other ones on there, I would've always been afraid of chunks of filler coming off during a hard launch!
Hopefully I'll have more to come very soon...

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Very nice - looking great!

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That shop is so full of chevy IIs, 5 of them at last count in all stages . Mine should be done shortly. Dave and his crew have done an great job on my car.. Tom

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Cool thread, thanks for sharing and keep up the great work!

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Paul if you had to replace your front fenders who did you get them from? I've heard some fit right and some don't. Ed

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I agreee Tom, Dave does great work!

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Ed - The fenders are good ol' GM originals. They needed some love, but they fit right. The rear quarters are what were replaced...driver's side is a Goodmark, and the passenger side is from a new manufacturer that's an ex-Goodmark guy. Very nice piece, and Dave said it fit waaay better than the Goodmark stuff.

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Looks great Paul. Keep the pics coming.

Ed, talk to Nightshade on Steve's site. He can line you up on fenders. I found GM originals for mine. I think he recommends AMD for aftermarket panels if you are not looking for NOS or GM used.

I have bought a few things from him and the quality and price have been better than others.

FWIW

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I agree, Tom...that paint job is very cool. When's the public debut?

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nice!!!

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Paul after I get it back from daves it gets a new headliner, carpet, wiring, plumbing for fuel, rear end has to be set up and painted so maybe mid summer. Tom

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Almost done at Daves, he has gone the extra miles on my car. Tom

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Dave's got me seeing red! I guess I should say Daniel...he shot it.



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Picked mine up tonite, great job by dave and crew. paul your shell is red. Tom

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Got a call from Dave on Friday to say, "We ran out of stuff to do to your car." So yesterday, I had a big day - Picked it up from his shop and delivered it to another Dave for the vinyl roof install.

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Gona' be a nice car, Paul!

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Curt Rees

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Looks great!!!

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Nice! :)

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Car look's great ,but where does it say you can use that rear end cover.as it not stock and also not in NHRA Accepted Products list. clearly state that it has a performance advantage.
High tensile aluminum alloy
Eliminates case distortion
Controls unwanted gear deflection
Provides additional clearance for low gear ratios
Allows aftermarket main caps and main cap stud kit installation
Increases fluid capacity
Reduces operating temperatures
Correct mounting fasteners included
Step-by-step instructions for a simple bolt-on installation

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I hope you're joking....if not, you haven't seen underneath very many stockers these days! As for the rulebook, it doesn't say anything about differential covers the last I looked.

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The brace and cover really is a good way to keep a stick car from bending axle tubes.
They aren`t anything controversial in the stocker ranks for sure. We bent the left tube on our Nova when we first ran it. We put the brace kit on after straightening it and it is still good 10 years later!

Paul the car looks great!

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Great job, the joy of 2nd gen Novas! What size tire did you end up on the back?

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looks great keep working your almost there, the hard stuff is done and your so
close im sure you cant wait to run it!!!

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I love the 66-67 chevy II! THAT ONE LOOKS REAL NICE!!
Good luck with your new car!
btw
Whats up with that 69 impala in the "Barn photo?" ...for sale??