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Chevyman680063 09-24-2008 12:08 AM

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I tinker with my '76 SS every chance I get. It's slow going right now because of $$ but hope to have body work and paint done and cruzin' the car show's next summer. Not many people like the 4 gen's but I love them!:metal: It will be Hugger Orange with the factory white big'n'little stripe along the bottom. And I just bought my new beach truck ('80 Scottsdale) with a 4-speed and 205 T-case. Don't plan on doing much with it but driving. (Yeah right:rolleyes:)

Those are all great projects. I have my grandfather's '68 short step to rebuild also. Where do you find parts for your '76 Nova Corts60? I have a friend who has a '78 and there are a few parts on it that need replacing but no one seems to reproduce parts for the mid/late 70's Nova. If I were to list all the other projects I'd like to have it would fill up an entire page with a '69 hardtop Camaro and a 37/38 Chevy 5 window coupe at the very top.

Ronin8451 09-24-2008 01:29 PM

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I just bought another '64 , plus I am almost finished replacing the quarters on my '70SS El Camino and I just put a TBI set-up on my '72 El Camino. I don't have current pics of my '51 Chevy truck or my '69 SS Chevelle that are waiting their turn.

Rick

Tim64 09-24-2008 02:08 PM

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Here's a project I've been working on for a long time. '31 Model A steel top truck.
Well, the damn pics are too big. I'll work on that

Tim64 09-24-2008 02:52 PM

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Okay, here we go with round 2

c10addict 09-24-2008 05:24 PM

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I just sold my Nova... Wanna build something more unassuming.. You know a sleeper.. Then here is the chassis for my 67 shortie I am building...

MXmaniac 09-24-2008 09:28 PM

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My current project, other than my truck, is a '71 Bultaco Alpina 250 I recently acquired. It runs very well, just needs a lot of cosmetic attention. All it needed to run was a spark plug cap and fresh gas. It still has the original Spanish-made Perelli tires on it, which still the little nipples from the mold. I'm going to strip it down to the frame, clean/paint/polish/inspect everything and put it back together. Then I might sell it, or I might keep it around for a pit bike at the races.

http://img502.imageshack.us/img502/9...4260mh4.th.jpghttp://img502.imageshack.us/images/thpix.gif

I also race cross-country motorcycles, so my dad and I have two KTM 200SXs. At the moment its more like one and a half. The crankshaft broke in my bike, and when I split the cases I found one gear tooth missing in the transmission, and a couple others were cracked. This is just a couple problems in the long string of random problems I've had with the bike. It ran like a raped ape but not anymore. Its been moved to the barn to sit for decades because I can't stand to look at it anymore. Now I am trying to find a job so I can save up for a Yamaha. lol. No more orange bikes for a while.

http://img502.imageshack.us/img502/7492/0500vv3.th.jpghttp://img502.imageshack.us/images/thpix.gif

This one isn't my project, but its at my place: I have a friend that has a serious lack of good judgment, that paid $1700 for a '66 Corvair that is really a peice of junk. It nearly killed him(long story). So now its sitting in my pasture because he doesn't have a place to keep it. He's been trying to sell it on craigslist for $700, but nobody has even called.

And I think the last of my projects is my '69 C-20 that is now becoming less of a project. Its now at the all-that's-left-is-dinky-little-things stage.

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originalJD 10-14-2008 08:34 PM

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Marv D 10-14-2008 09:23 PM

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well let's see,,,,

There's the 66 if course, http://www.mousemotor.com/8_98a.jpg


the little Nova race car

http://www.small-block-chevy.com/UPNUP2.JPG

The 58 I inherited from my Dad
http://www.small-block-chevy.com/58a.JPG

the 94 4x4 I bought new and just finished restoring and stepping up to a TBI 383 to haul the race trailer http://www.small-block-chevy.com/back1.JPG

and the current labor of love,, the 67 Camino project
http://www.small-block-chevy.com/julyelky1.JPG
The Camino project

LuckyHenriksen 10-14-2008 11:49 PM

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Dude I love the paint on that '58. What is it called?

Marv D 10-15-2008 08:30 AM

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Dude I love the paint on that '58. What is it called?

Don't know the exact name / paint code, but it's a mid 70's,, (around 74-76) Buick and Olds factory color. The light color was a custom mix of cream, tinted with the green.

vin63 10-15-2008 08:44 AM

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duuuuude love the duece

Thanks. Looks like you've had a couple of the same. :metal:

jchav62 10-15-2008 09:21 AM

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Awesome collection, Marv!

Corts60 10-15-2008 11:12 AM

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Originally Posted by Chevyman680063 (Post 2902515)
Those are all great projects. I have my grandfather's '68 short step to rebuild also. Where do you find parts for your '76 Nova Corts60? I have a friend who has a '78 and there are a few parts on it that need replacing but no one seems to reproduce parts for the mid/late 70's Nova. If I were to list all the other projects I'd like to have it would fill up an entire page with a '69 hardtop Camaro and a 37/38 Chevy 5 window coupe at the very top.

Sorry it took me so long...I get most of my parts through Classic Industries. They just started making a whole lot more stuff for the 4th gens recently. Some of it is kinda pricey though...

Other than that it takes keeping a sharp eye around town and craigslist!!!

flynj1 10-15-2008 10:53 PM

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I have a 34 chevy, 48 chevy, 54f100 and my 66 chevy PU. The 37 ford is the last car I did the fab work on

fuzzinator 10-17-2008 05:09 AM

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http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f2.../6weeks004.jpg


alot of cool novas

here is mine

kenny_strong 10-17-2008 07:45 PM

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Yall just keep showin off those novas. Thats the only car i'd trade my 66 chevy for.

Revoh 10-17-2008 10:05 PM

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Not exactly an unfinished project or anything, but I like having these old B-Bodies around. Here's my '96 Impala.

http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h2...oPark00938.jpg

The story about this one (and my truck for that matter) is on my Car Domain page, if you're interested. :chevy:

http://www.cardomain.com/ride/542531

Chuck78 10-19-2008 11:43 AM

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From the outside of the Camaro, it's pretty unassuming till you look at the 275 up front and rear (soon to be a 315). It's not a drag strip car by any means. It's being built for open road racing.


http://73-ls1.com/SUPER73/7-28-06/sm...anger_rear.jpg

Nice job, Super73! Are you a nastyz28.com member also (fyi to the rest - it's a GREAT 70-81 camaro site)? An LS1/T56 and major chassis mods would be in the works for me if I didn't have so many projects (BIG old house, panel truck, and demanding job).
I've got a former 71 RS/SS396 project. It's my 4th 70-81. Put it on hold when I started doing house rehabs, and now doing the dream house (5000 sq ft 3 story 1890 victorian). Then I got the 62 GMC 1000 Panel that was a minor basket case!
Camaro had the posi, TH400, and "396" (actually they were a 402 in 71+) yanked and put in a nice looking 307/TH350 car that was already restored... I'm all about cornering over having a car that flies like a bullet in a straight like and can';t turn worth a crap. So I decided unless I came across a great deal on a #'s matching engine, I'd keep it light. Built a nice streetable 406 small block chevy, Edelbrock E-Tec al. heads (like the LS1 chambers/runners, sorta like an aluminum vortec aftermarket), full roller valvetrain and custom cam with big lift, modest duration, and a wide LSA to keep the street manners. 9.6:1 compression. Have an airgap RPM intake for it with a 750 AFB, but I think I will eventually swap to a GM TBI setup to keep it looking similar to a carb plus lots of wires all over... Unless I go with the psuedo-Weber 8 x 1 barrells with a stack type fuel injection setup... I want to stay away from the modern TPI manifold look if I can, but fuel injection has my vote for efficiency and good manners.
The rest of the car is a Tremec 5 speed, Ultra 16X8's (look like Enkie's or Firebird GTA wheels), Sumitomo HTR-Z 255/50/16's (awesome grip!), Global West tubular a-arms and solid del-a-lum bushings, BIG sway bars, 12" front discs, 11.1 rear discs, 3.23 posi, al. d-shaft, sub connectors, Stiffer springs all around (lowered), IAS shocks, and I'm gonna fab up some Herb Adams VSE style cowl/firewall to A-arm chassis stiffener braces to make the thing a real stiff deal. Probably doing a fiberglass hood and fenders at some point, as well as deck lid. This is all years down the road at this point. I have 90% of the parts, but -210% of the time... Here's some old shots:


tried to do a photo of the outside of the house, technical problems (need to reinstall photoshop to resize it)

Rogue 64 10-19-2008 02:03 PM

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Here is a few more!

1959 Edsel
http://inlinethumb52.webshots.com/43...600x600Q85.jpg
Porsche 914
http://inlinethumb52.webshots.com/42...600x600Q85.jpg
and 5 of these street legal go carts.
http://inlinethumb25.webshots.com/45...600x600Q85.jpg

502tripower 10-19-2008 04:26 PM

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Picked up this 61' Bel-Air this summer. I just happen to have a 348 stroked to 418 ci and a 4-speed for it...:metal:

Rogue 64 10-19-2008 09:23 PM

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W Block Porn! ;) 348/409 with 3 deuces :drool:

Nice bubble too!

daveodom 10-22-2008 07:23 PM

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Here are the couple projects that are done/in progress:

1964 c-10 short bed. Good shape, drove it with the straight 6 and 3 speed for awhile. Did a static drop and then the tranny went south. Dropped a 350 sb with a 2004R behide it. Moved the motor and trans back 10.5 inches in the frame. Z'd the front 4 inches and the rear 10 inches. Going to bag it and do some other little tricks to it.

1941 GMC 1 1/2ton. Z'd original rails 10 inches in the front and 14 inches in the rear. 292 straight 6 with a t-5 tranny. 1955 chevy front axle and 1980 something blazer rear axle. 1956 chevy truck bed. 1954 massey harris tractor grill. Radiator will be under the bed. 1937 chevy truck rims with 31" military tires. Still need to chop the top 6-7 inches.

1976 Honda CB-750. Cut off all the fat. 2006 r-6 exhaust can. dual disc front brakes. made the bars. aluminum rear fender. dirt bike peds...

Never know which one I want to work on, but the c-10 is in the garage now!

daveodom 10-22-2008 07:28 PM

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a couple more pics

jchav62 10-23-2008 09:36 AM

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You guys have some cool projects!! I'm digging 502's '61 Impala and dave's '64 and GMC. WICKED!

slepysal 10-23-2008 12:27 PM

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I am working on a 64 Galaxie "BOX TOP" shaving doors, and trim, nice
Low Rodder project


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