1970 L-78 Nova Restoration; Saga of The Green Bastard

[L78_Nova]

Originally Posted by Keith Seymore

What is this?

(lol)

K

Ha Ha, The base of my Drill Press with some added ballast.

The spyder thingie is a raw base from a medical IV pole (our company quoted a job for those).

[earntaz]

Yes - had to replace a few on my Nova ... I'll have to look at my records and see where I got them from ... Craig

They are available from Classic Nova (pop rivet style) and SS396 (screw in style)

[L78_Nova]

Originally Posted by Keith Seymore

Do you all know if these little posts are available as a repair?

My Chevelle is missing a couple, apparently from the factory.

K

Au-Ve-Co makes a replacement screw stud for molding clips (I will look for the PN at home).
On the internet as 4492963K available from Summit, Speedway, Classic etc.

[L78_Nova]

Originally Posted by Keith Seymore

Do you all know if these little posts are available as a repair?

My Chevelle is missing a couple, apparently from the factory.

K

Au-Ve-Co trim stud repair screw
Most body shop supply stores carry Au-Ve-Co

[L78_Nova]

Originally Posted by Keith Seymore

Nice work, and thank you for posting and documenting all this.
I hope you don't mind if I go back a few pages and capture some questions:
What is this "old JB Weld trick" of which you speak?

K

If a window channel is pitted up in some areas (but no perforations) a guy could use all metal filler or something like JB weld as a filler layer to smooth it out. If it is sanded out and sealed over with paint you will be able to get an adequate seal to the butyl for glass install. (It is more durable and water resistant than bondo but not a great repair for larger damage)
Gary

[NorCam]

Nice work in the trunk and the jamb areas. Saw the pics you posted of the snow you guys have been getting this year. That is just crazy. Hopefully, it's a slow melt for the region this spring.

Keep up the great work on the Nova.

[L78_Nova]

Found a picture of the finished rear lower window channel. You can see a few other areas had some work and the trim brackets are reinstalled.

[L78_Nova]

It was around this time I began cleaning the underside of the car. Primarily using a drill and wire wheels. Didn't take too many photos of this... pretty boring, tedious work.

Most of it looked like this to start





And something like this after. lots of hammer and dolly work taking out little dents here and there at the same time.

[L78_Nova]

Finishing the underside of the drivers floor pan, shifter hole and toe board repair.

[L78_Nova]

Well I suppose all those clutch dumps over the years cause a little stress here and there.

The brace from the firewall to the lower middle dash was fatigued and torn away. There was actually a small piece missing which I fabbed a replacement piece and welded in.

Top of this brace is broken loose and had been machine wired in place.



A little easier to see from this side







I did have to grind it a little afterwards to clear the defrost duct.