Re: It's comming along nicely!
Posted: Wed Feb 26, 2014 4:53 am
Carolina Kid wrote:for christ sake its a damn nova, aint no paint job in the world gonna help it!!!
looks good man
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Re: It's comming along nicely!
Posted: Mon Mar 10, 2014 10:30 pm
The body is DONE!!!!! Waiting on all the Glass parts now. They should be here this week... We still have to wet sand and seal but we're going to do that with the glass parts.
Re: It's comming along nicely!
Posted: Mon Mar 10, 2014 10:43 pm
Awesome, good to see progress!
Re: It's comming along nicely!
Posted: Mon Mar 10, 2014 11:08 pm
woo hoo !!!!!!!!!!!! We won't know how to take it, your Nova being less that 80 colors...
good job bud :)
good job bud :)
Re: It's comming along nicely!
Posted: Tue Mar 11, 2014 4:58 am
I STILL don't believe it..... 
This is all being done by Photoshop.
This is all being done by Photoshop.
Re: It's comming along nicely!
Posted: Tue Mar 11, 2014 9:11 am
Thanks guy's!
It's lots of work but will be worth it when it's done. Fiberglass body part should be here this week and then the quest will continue.
It's lots of work but will be worth it when it's done. Fiberglass body part should be here this week and then the quest will continue.
Re: It's comming along nicely!
Posted: Mon Mar 17, 2014 9:46 pm
Fiberglass parts are here and I already have the trunk lid fitted. Working on doors next.
Re: It's comming along nicely!
Posted: Tue Mar 18, 2014 4:57 am
Looks good Chris, are you going with a wing?
Leave the doors and trunk lid unpainted and paint the rest so that we know who you are...
It's not going to be the same seeing the Nova all in one color!
Leave the doors and trunk lid unpainted and paint the rest so that we know who you are...
It's not going to be the same seeing the Nova all in one color!
Re: It's comming along nicely!
Posted: Tue Mar 18, 2014 6:47 am
Deck lid looks like it fits well, what brand did you get?
Re: It's comming along nicely!
Posted: Tue Mar 18, 2014 7:13 am
I think he made a comment that he was going with Glasstek, if my old mind recalls correctly...
Re: It's comming along nicely!
Posted: Tue Mar 18, 2014 9:31 pm
oh snap. some serious weight reduction too. hey can you weigh the steel parts vs the fiberglass parts to see how much weight is really saved?
Re: It's comming along nicely!
Posted: Wed Mar 19, 2014 8:23 am
I went with GlassTek.
Also in the process of building a carbon fiber wing.
Here are the weight totals.
Trunk lid stock, 46 lbs, FG 12 lbs
Doors each 68 lbs, 10 lbs
Front bumper 22 lbs. 2 lbs
Rear bump 25 lbs. 2 lbs
Cawl panel 5 lbs 2 lbs
Fenders each 46 lbs 8 lbs
+ me loosing 60 lbs is a total of 314 lbs.
that's before - 3656 lbs
After - 3342 lbs
Also in the process of building a carbon fiber wing.
Here are the weight totals.
Trunk lid stock, 46 lbs, FG 12 lbs
Doors each 68 lbs, 10 lbs
Front bumper 22 lbs. 2 lbs
Rear bump 25 lbs. 2 lbs
Cawl panel 5 lbs 2 lbs
Fenders each 46 lbs 8 lbs
+ me loosing 60 lbs is a total of 314 lbs.
that's before - 3656 lbs
After - 3342 lbs
Re: It's comming along nicely!
Posted: Wed Mar 19, 2014 8:45 am
John_Heard wrote:Deck lid looks like it fits well, what brand did you get?
Lol! That's after 1 1/2 hrs of trimming.
Re: It's comming along nicely!
Posted: Wed Mar 19, 2014 9:01 am
You cut all the stuff off for the decklid? Hinge mounts, latch area, etc. There's several lbs in those areas for sure.
Re: It's comming along nicely!
Posted: Wed Mar 19, 2014 11:41 am
wow, thats some serious weight reduction. awesome stuff.