Project 66 Nova

Paul Merolla · 01-26-2012, 04:29 PM

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:

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...

racer_bjs · 01-26-2012, 05:57 PM

Very nice - looking great!

Tom Meyer · 01-26-2012, 07:46 PM

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

TMonte · 01-26-2012, 08:13 PM

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

Ed Carpenter · 01-26-2012, 08:16 PM

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

Paul Merolla · 01-26-2012, 09:50 PM

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Originally Posted by deuces wild

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

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.

Ronnie Smith Jr · 01-26-2012, 10:01 PM

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

Joe Schaechter · 01-26-2012, 08:47 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tom Meyer

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

I agreee Tom, Dave does great work!

Paul Merolla · 01-26-2012, 10:04 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tom Meyer

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

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

01-26-2012, 04:29 PM	#1
Paul Merolla Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Papillion, NE Posts: 611 Likes: 244 Liked 293 Times in 65 Posts	Re: Project update 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: 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...

01-26-2012, 05:57 PM	#2
racer_bjs Junior Member Join Date: Jan 2012 Posts: 2 Likes: 0 Liked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: Project update Very nice - looking great! __________________ RacePartsNation.com www.racepartsnation.com

01-26-2012, 07:46 PM	#3
Tom Meyer Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Pierce NE Posts: 936 Likes: 78 Liked 354 Times in 120 Posts	Re: Project update 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 __________________ Tom Meyer 5240 SS Stock ???

01-26-2012, 08:13 PM	#4
TMonte Junior Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: South Jersey Posts: 32 Likes: 0 Liked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: Project update Cool thread, thanks for sharing and keep up the great work! __________________ Tom Monte 151M

01-26-2012, 08:16 PM	#5
Ed Carpenter Live Reporter Join Date: May 2006 Location: Dripping Springs, Tx Posts: 2,709 Likes: 186 Liked 520 Times in 132 Posts	Re: Project update 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 __________________ Ed Carpenter 2005 Chevy Cobalt A/SM Race Engine Development

01-26-2012, 10:01 PM	#7
Ronnie Smith Jr Member Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Maryland Posts: 220 Likes: 0 Liked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: Project update 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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