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Old 11-30-2018, 12:25 AM
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As of tonight the lift is moved back into my work shop and the Nova is now on it. Time to start tearing this one down and fix a few of the issues I found with it, then drop in the new drive line into it. It's gonna be a fun one for sure.

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Old 12-09-2018, 09:58 PM
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Finally took a day off and decided to start working on the Nova with my 14 year old son Devon. First up was to remove the hood before we started to tear down the front clip. He soon got a good lesson in bumper bolts as we removed the originals after 48 years in use. The first 2 snapped off while he was learning all about leverage and protecting the hands when twisting on 48 year old bolts. I eventually pulled out a persuader and some heat to get the last of couple out. He thought they'd be simple to remove until he saw what it can take. (bahaha) There was a couple *#%&^@'s involved in his first couple bumper bolts. One straggler will need to be cut to remove the bumper since it decided to spin out. (grrr)









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Old 12-10-2018, 12:57 AM
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At least they snapped off and didn't round out the holes.
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Great family project. Keep us posted!!!
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Safety glasses a must. Teaching that kid right. looks like a nice little project too. Have fun!
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At least they snapped off and didn't round out the holes.
Except the very last upper left side bolt Freddie. That one allowed the nut to come 80% back off the threads before it packed it in and rounded off the front stops on the carriage bolt head. I'll cut it off tomorrow.
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Graeme, You look like a man on a mission!!

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Nova is looking good...

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Found another day to work on the Nova and finally got that last bumper bolt chopped off. Stripped the front clip and got the motor ready to pull out. It's an 80 Corvette block (2 bolt) that ran like crap but found out why today. Distributor was loose, carb is a turd that someone slapped together, and the fuel was foul (piss yellow). Also found some rust in the front fender corners under the lower belt but the good news today was finding out the heads are unmolested 186's with A-31-9 and B-7-9 dates. I'll see what the bottom end is like once I get it pulled out this week. Maybe I can use this for my kids car.






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Did my usual parts run to Montana today and picked up a couple early presents. Heater box from Woj and a minty set of Cragar's from Sam (the fronts are dead mint). Have everything I need for the Nova now.

I'll put these parts to good use real soon.

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Sweet score Graeme! Woj and Sammy have good stashes to be sure. Keep us posted. We love updates with lots of pix!!!!
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