Project 66 Nova - Page 6

Paul Merolla · 01-02-2011, 09:32 PM

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.........

ron mattson · 01-02-2011, 09:57 PM

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

james schaechter · 01-03-2011, 10:18 PM

So, F stick at the Topeka Nats in 2011?

Paul Merolla · 01-03-2011, 10:57 PM

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Originally Posted by james schaechter

So, F stick at the Topeka Nats in 2011?

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.

Paul Merolla · 01-19-2011, 08:00 PM

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.

Ed Carpenter · 01-19-2011, 10:03 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Paul Merolla

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.

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

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!

01-02-2011, 09:32 PM	#51
Paul Merolla Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Papillion, NE Posts: 610 Likes: 242 Liked 293 Times in 65 Posts	Re: Project update 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......... Attached Thumbnails

01-02-2011, 09:57 PM	#52
ron mattson Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: cloquet mn Posts: 466 Likes: 17 Liked 67 Times in 30 Posts	Re: Project update Your project looks great, very well done. It will be cool to see the finished product. __________________ Ron Mattson 5015 STK

01-03-2011, 10:18 PM	#53
james schaechter VIP Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Cumming GA Posts: 1,992 Likes: 1,293 Liked 1,436 Times in 299 Posts	Re: Project update So, F stick at the Topeka Nats in 2011? __________________ James Schaechter 3163 STK

01-19-2011, 08:00 PM	#55
Paul Merolla Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Papillion, NE Posts: 610 Likes: 242 Liked 293 Times in 65 Posts	Re: Project update 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. Attached Thumbnails

01-26-2012, 04:29 PM	#57
Paul Merolla Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Papillion, NE Posts: 610 Likes: 242 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	#58
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	#59
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	#60
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