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Re: H-I-J '76 Nova re-fit.
Good luck, can't wait to see the progress.
I'm in the same boat, kid is in his last year of jr and will be going to a full size next year. probably a bracket car for him unless I can finish the mustang.(how many years have I said that??) Anyway, post lots of pictures for those of us living vicariously lol! |
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Re: H-I-J '76 Nova re-fit.
So the first order of business was the roll bar, this car was built long ago and the door bars were so high into the door glass it was at the side of her face, so for safetys sake the door bars were replaced and I had them add an "X" down to the floor to strengthen near the front spring mounts. The original rear bars are far to the outside and support the rear spring mount.
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Re: H-I-J '76 Nova re-fit.
Todd: Good luck my son has a Nova stocker and if we can be of any help feel free to reach out - Bob
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Re: H-I-J '76 Nova re-fit.
Thank you Bob, I just may do that. And a 68-72 Nova may be our stepping stone in the future. Oh and that's a beautiful car he has there!
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Re: H-I-J '76 Nova re-fit.
We did take the car out for 1 pass before it was taken apart, here's what I found. Had some oil in the bellhousing so trans. had to come out, clutch was Really soft (see video) so trans. had to come out, and had a driveline vibration, so trans. had to come out. I guess we needed to take the trans out.
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Re: H-I-J '76 Nova re-fit.
Oil leak seemed to be the far left galley plug so we re-sealed all three and put a new oil pan gasket on just to be sure (I also wanted to peek in the pan to see what was in there).
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Re: H-I-J '76 Nova re-fit.
My dad's old car. Glad to see it's still out there.
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Car is officially at paint, it's right down the street so I'll check in every few day and report back.
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Pulling trans apart and getting the engine ready for paint.
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