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djewett
PostPosted: Wed Nov 03, 2004 11:32 am 
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All 4 tires on the ground! Hey it rolls even! :D

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nice!
more pix more pix!!!! :D

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More pics it is lol

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How bout some motor pics?

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8O I want :D

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BAD ASS........... 8O 8O I LUV IT :lol:

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more pix are good!!! :D
looks clean and good.
doesn't look long til you will get to drive it around.
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luv4me wrote:
more pix are good!!! :D
looks clean and good.
doesn't look long til you will get to drive it around.
8)


Yeah I can barely wait to jump in it and drive it around the block! I have only run the motor for about 20 mins for a basic run in and leak check, it sounds so nice (who needs mufflers!) I rapped the throttle once and the whole car nearly jumped off the jackstands, I think its ready to play with the mustangs and camaros at the local track! Just have to finish putting everything in, takes so much time and $$$ but it's like a drug now, I cant stop! lol! I am hoping to have it dialed in and running good by this April for the local Kool april nights drags for it's debut appearance so to speak. Seems likes a long time, but anyone building a car/LUV knows that is like next week! lol

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super sweet and best of luck,i know those long,long nights all too well,i always seemed to lose my friggin tools or misplace em,even in the damn garage,that happening to you?many a screw driver i looked for was in my back pocket! 8O

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Lookin awsome. I love that year Nove 8)
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Sweet car man. Looks like it's comeing along nicely. Good luck with it.
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pretty nice. you need some subframe connecters asap. those bodies twist up real easy even with a mild motor. I had a 64 and a 66 some of my most favorite cars.

a few months ago my friends 62 just cracked a 9.78 on a tiny 8" slick!!! 421 sbc on a progressive 175 shot. stock suspension. 1.47 short time. I gotta admit I was a doubter with that small tire but he did it.

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VERY NICE!!!!!!! I love them ol Nova's.

My neighbor has a '64, he says it's pushin close to 650 horses......& I believe it. 13:1 comp., etc, the list goes on & on. He has 3 55 gallon barrels in his garage full of Blue Gas.

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Derek, this has me puzzled..

You're a site owner... but you host your pics at cardomain??

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Being a young un' i haven't seen a whole lot of cars being fully restored like that. But i have to say that YOUR nova is one of if not the nicest i have seen. At it's present point and place, of course.


"Jolly good show Derek, Jolly good!"
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LUVSADRAG wrote:
pretty nice. you need some subframe connecters asap. those bodies twist up real easy even with a mild motor. I had a 64 and a 66 some of my most favorite cars.

a few months ago my friends 62 just cracked a 9.78 on a tiny 8" slick!!! 421 sbc on a progressive 175 shot. stock suspension. 1.47 short time. I gotta admit I was a doubter with that small tire but he did it.


Yeah the subframe connectors are one of the last additions as I plan to drive it to a friends shop to weld them in. I am hoping for a 1.4 short time myself, and maybe dip into the nines, but I am not commiting to anything just yet! Was your friend running caltracs by chance? After hashing with a few other nova guys I took the plunge and ordered a set myself, apparently according to caltracs 1.39 short times are being reached on a small tire with those things, amazing! Has anyone yet to have a set made for a LUV truck?? They make them custom now for about the same price, I had to have the shock/spring plate fabbed for the 3 1/4" rear housing, they have a form for custom sets, just go to their website.

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thats freaking bad. holy crap thats reall nice. keep up the good work.
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he did 1.47 short times on a slapper bar!!! of course the rubber snubber is gone and theres a bolt in place of it. it literally leaves with a BANG when the bolt hits the leaf spring. Calvert bars are the best bolt on traction device for a leaf spring car IMO. but they will bend your leafsprings after a while (especially monoleafs). as far as Cal Tracs for a LUV, I believe the S10 bars will work.

heres some pics of my 66 . I had cal tracs on this one Image

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sweet nice car dud cant wait to get the 350/350 in the luv and get it painted!!! it will hopfuly run 13's or so
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I almost forgot... I had also had a grey 63 hard top with a full frame and 10 pt bar. minitubbed, 4 linked, 13" tire. I sold it to my neighbor and its hitting the streets with a big small block soon.

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he did 1.47 short times on a slapper bar!!! of course the rubber snubber is gone and theres a bolt in place of it. it literally leaves with a BANG when the bolt hits the leaf spring. Calvert bars are the best bolt on traction device for a leaf spring car IMO. but they will bend your leafsprings after a while (especially monoleafs). as far as Cal Tracs for a LUV, I believe the S10 bars will work.



Nice 66 man! You still have it?? and yah my buddy already warned me about the calvert bars bending the leafs, but they (calvert) have a cool split leaf design I plan to update to in the near future (when I know what ride ht and rate I want) that works cool, the front half is just like a solid flat bar like the leaf but much thicker, and the rear section is just the spring part, so in essence it is just another 4-link design, and seems to be working real well for guys I know around here. I just hope the stock leafs last till my wallet can catch up! ha! I already upgraded to a larger tire, got a 27x10.5 DOT PRO under with no problems, had to slide the rear back 3/4" - I need to stop upgrading or I will never drive the damn thing! Im waiting on some bushings, and a fuel cell I picked up cheap on dragstuff.com

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