My 1963 Chevy II Nova Restoration Information and Photo Gallery


The Build ~ January - March 2009

03.11.09 - 03.17.09 ~ Clean up and paint - Intake Components
	Cleaned up and painted the following items: Offenhausuer Intake 90 ° Carb Plate Buick GN Snorkel/Tophat Played with logo design for Mercruiser valve cover

03.10.09 ~ Thinking about paint....
	Engine Will be painted black Rattle cans or Por 15 Engine Enamel? Rims Will be painted black Sandblast & powdercoat, or sand by hand and paint? Can I use Por 15 Engine paint above? May use HRF Chassis Black or Por 15 Chasis Coat Black Engine Bay Flat or Gloss Black? May use left over HRF or Por 15 if used on rims Cast Iron Headers looks like they were painted by Langdon, not sure if they need anything else Offenhauser Intake Deciding on color black, with logos sanded down to aluminum Paint to match headers Calipers Lots of surface rust would like to paint black to match spindles Rattle can or Black Velvet?
03.09.09 ~ Taking Stock - prepping for the engine install
	Fuel Offy Intake w/ Holley 390 CFM Carb plate from T6Racing.org (turns the carb 90°) Buick GN Snorkel Tophat (low profile air cleaner) Need Inlet Manifold Heat Plate Need throttle cable setup Spark Plan on using Pertronix, but have extra HEI Exhaust Langdon Stovebolt Cast Iron Headers Need to figure out what mufflers to use

03.05.09 ~ SEM Vinyl/Carpet Dye - 9 months later
	Dye held up well on top of seats, door panels, and arm rests Did not work well on actual seats Possible reasons for failure Bad prep did not use SEM soap or SEM prep solution Maybe seat material can not be dyed has a plastic-like/nylon sheen

03.03.09 ~ Valve Cover Clean Up & Design ideas
	Decided to use 'customized' Mercruiser valve cover, may purchase Offenhauser cover at a later date (expensive). Removed Mercruiser stickers and started sanding Came up with preliminary design for logo Logo will be acid etched into an aluminum plate, then attached to valve cover

03.01.09 ~ Rear End cleaned up and painted
	Found a 1965 Nova rear end with 3.08 gears Degreased rearend and gave it a coat of paint Gears will be swapped out for 3.55s eventually

02.21.09 ~ Decicision made on rims - rims located
	Decided to go with OE Style Rims. Will paint them black and try both hubcaps and bolt on Shannon Cones Rims Sizes Front 14 x6, 3.5" backspace Rear 15 x 7, 4.5" backspace Will order Shannon Cones in a few weeks Rims tested with calipers for fit

12.18.08 ~ 01.01.09 - Researching options for rims
	Need to find 5 - Lug rims for disk brake conversion and rear end swap Spent last couple of months researching rims options Option 1 - torque thrust II/Coys :: Pic 1 (shown on non-Nova):: Option 2 - Rally Rims with bullet center caps :: Pic 1 :: Pic 2 :: Option 3 - Rally Rims with moon caps :: Pic 1:: Option 4 - Painted OE Style rims or smoothies with stock hubcaps :: Pic 1 :: Pic 2 :: Option 5 - Painted smoothies with spider caps or bullet center caps :: Pic 1 :: Pic 2 :: Option 6 - Painted OE Style rims with bolt on Shannon Cones :: Pic 1 ::

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