My "Late Life Crisis"!

[olredalert]

----Yah know,,, Usually, I go to the end of a fairly long thread that I have already been thru, but I find myself going over and over what you have achieved and just love what I see! Can't help but parallel it to Arrowsmiths Nova. There are similarities, but both bare very very COOL!....Bill S

['69Novajoe]

Originally Posted by olredalert

----Yah know,,, Usually, I go to the end of a fairly long thread that I have already been thru, but I find myself going over and over what you have achieved and just love what I see! Can't help but parallel it to Arrowsmiths Nova. There are similarities, but both bare very very COOL!....Bill S

I so appreciate your comments. I'm really just trying to document what I've done over the last two years. I can't even believe that I didn't give up a few times and let someone else finish the job!! But, I kept telling myself, only I really know what I want.

I've heard it said before, "it's built, not bought", and it could apply to some of what I've been able to do. For that I'm grateful for the "talents" that God has given me!!

Oh, and my son, who'll end up with the car when I'm gone, said, just do what you'd like. So, I did!!!

And your comparing my Nova to Wayne's (Arrowsmith) Nova, is such an undeserved honor. I don't think mine even comes close to "Plain Jane", but, again, it's what we both wanted.

[92646]

It might be kind of neat to get a factory T.I. bracket that mounts the box on the hood latch support in the air flow and pant the MSD box black.

['69Novajoe]

Originally Posted by 66cayne

nice. Put the MSD in the glove box...

That is an option.....

Originally Posted by napa68

How about just painting it black?

...another option...

Originally Posted by SPEEDYB

Very nice

Thank you, I appreciate that!!

Originally Posted by 92646

It might be kind of neat to get a factory T.I. bracket that mounts the box on the hood latch support in the air flow and pant the MSD box black.

....and a third option!!

['69Novajoe]

So, now that I have a running driving car again.....what’s next? Well, since I can’t drive it uncorked (or I can if I’d like a big fat ticket!!) I needed a way to get it to the muffler shop and an alignment shop (because of the new tubular a-arms). I was hoping to get the hood installed before all of that but try as we might, my son and I couldn’t figure it out!! Here the hood gets to see the light of day after 2 years under a blanket in the garage!! And I still can't believe it's the best panel on the whole car, which is amazing because it's the original paint she was born with!!! (It took another friend a few days later, who had helped me in the past, to do his “magic” getting it installed!!)

[Arrowsmith]

Originally Posted by '69Novajoe

So, now that I have a running driving car again.....what’s next? Well, since I can’t drive it uncorked (or I can if I’d like a big fat ticket!!) I needed a way to get it to the muffler shop and an alignment shop (because of the new tubular a-arms). I was hoping to get the hood installed before all of that but try as we might, my son and I couldn’t figure it out!! Here the hood gets to see the light of day after 2 years under a blanket in the garage!! And I still can't believe it's the best panel on the whole car, which is amazing because it's the original paint she was born with!!! (It took another friend a few days later, who had helped me in the past, to do his “magic” getting it installed!!)

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Hey Joe.....If you put studs in the hood (instead of using bolts), it's super easy to get it on and off the car. I've done that in multiple hot rod builds over the years. FYI, I usually Loctite (blue) the studs in the hood. Then you just use a washer and nut on the hinge side. Here's a pic of Jane's hood setup (you might have to zoom in)...



Your car looks and sounds awesome!

Wayne

['69Novajoe]

Originally Posted by Arrowsmith

Hey Joe.....If you put studs in the hood (instead of using bolts), it's super easy to get it on and off the car. I've done that in multiple hot rod builds over the years. FYI, I usually Loctite (blue) the studs in the hood. Then you just use a washer and nut on the hinge side. Here's a pic of Jane's hood setup (you might have to zoom in)...

Your car looks and sounds awesome!

Wayne

Wayne, first of all thank you so much for you encouraging words along the way!!

I love your suggestion of using studs instead of bolts!! I'll definitely be doing that going forward, probably for my son's car? He has a '66 Chevelle, and now says he has to build a more powerful motor for his car....because, in his words..."you can't have more power than me dad!!"

['69Novajoe]

The first “real” road trip was driving the car home from the alignment shop that day. It felt amazing, but I was trying to adhere to the recommendations/instructions of Centerforce in putting 450-500 miles on the clutch for proper “bedding” of the disc with the flywheel and pressure plate. I so bad wanted to go WOT!!!

After getting the car home I drained the water out and put in some antifreeze.



And then finally back in the garage with the hood on!!

['69Novajoe]

I borrowed my son’s truck (which is amazing to say the least!!), rented a U-Haul trailer and off I went. The muffler guy recommended a shop that was a couple doors down from him to do the alignment so it was a no-brainer to have both of those done there. I had to leave the car at the muffler shop over night because the alignment guys couldn’t do it the same day. I really dislike leaving my car anywhere but had no other choice.

['69Novajoe]

The muffler guys did an amazing job and it sounds great...again, because it’s the same system I’ve had on the car for many years now, which is the Flowmaster American Thunder #17104 system.