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I purchased this Nova from Jensen Camaro about 2
year ago. It was bought from someone in Pennsylvania and brought here as a
donor car for a fathom blue Yenko Nova.
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The trunk lid, the front clip, and interior
went to the Yenko. I got most of the parts that they switched out.
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The body of the car was to good to cut
apart and the only sheet metal the car body needed were Quarter skins, outer
wheel housings, and one kick panel. |
Right after I received the car , Resto
Rides in Solon, IA put them on. This was a grandma car, and had a 6
cylinder engine with a 2 speed power glide trans and 10 bolt open rear end |
This Nova is stripped. I did not really want too
take it this far but, here it is. |
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It is all ready for the media blaster. The
next step is to gather the cash saved to get it done. |
I sanded the floor down and painted with POR
15 gray to seal it up. |
It looks fairly clean. |
I felt that blasting the trunk and bottom would make it a lot easier to paint. |
Goodmark parts from Jensen Camaro. |
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I got
the front end blasted and epoxy painted by a company in Tipton, IA |
Using more POR 15 Black. |
Working on the steering. |
Using more POR 15 Black. |
Painted the steering box with Cast-iron
Gray and still need to paint part of bar. |
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I am working on painting the rear end myself. Using POR 15 gloss Black. |
Well here it is with new brake shoes.
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New springs! |
All together. |
Disk Brake kit from Right Stuff and
Jensen Camaro. |
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Super Font End Kit form P. S. T. with
polly graphite bushings. Assembled by Resto Rides in Solon, IA |
Used Metal Etching by 5 Star on the door and rest of the
body.
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Repainted bottom with POR 15 and Chassis Black. |
Repainted Fire Wall With POR 15 and Chassis Black. |
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Got it back on the wheels. |
Got it back on the wheels. |
Starting
working on the heater box. |
Heater control is
missing one knob |
Cleaned motor
mounts with Rustbeeters. See demo on Kernesresto.com |
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Before
blasting the support, I had it blasted at Kings Auto. in Coralville, IA |
Painted at Resto
Ride Solon, IA |
Wire brushed
window seams |
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Had some rust holes |
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Used POR
Patch fill holes. |
Ready to go. |
Panted with POR 15 Semi
Black. |
Panted with POR 15 Semi
Black. |
Painted trunk with
Spatter Paint. |
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Trunk
is coated |
It took all four cans. |
The gas tank had
rust in
the outside, but was clean on the inside. |
KBs's Rust Blast got rid
of a lot of the rust. |
POR 15 GRAY |
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Painted with Silver Top Coat from Kernel's and use an anti squeak kit from
Jenson Camaro |
Straps painted with POR
15 from Kernel's and fuel sender and wiring harness from Jensen Camaro
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This engine leaked
everywhere. |
Had a lot of miles
on it. |
Ready to
go to the builder |
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Found another
tyranny. |
Needs a
converter |
Tranny rebuilt by
Fountain Transmission in Iowa City, IA |
New Converter |
New u-joints and a freshly
painted drive shaft. Painted with POR !5 |
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Bolt set in stainless steel for
dress up |
The motor I started had
cracks in the block. So I had to find a new block. |
Lawrence Brothers had an
extra 4 bolt main block that worked with my rebuild kit |
New springs, retainers, and
valves also installed by Lawrence Brothers |
Lawrence Brothers also found
one head had cracks in it. |
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Chrome
dress up. Going to use the POR 15 Glisten PC to keep clean |
New intake manifold, same as a
Edlebrock Torker |
New balancer |
New oil pan
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