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This is my current car in the works. It's a 1976 Nova
Concours and came with velour interior and fully loaded. It was
my grandparents car originally, and after my grandfather passed away
the car sat in the garage for many years because my grandmother had
never learned to drive. I actually started teaching her to drive
in this very car.
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For a compact
sized
car from the mid 70s, it came from the factory with all the bells and
whistles.
V8, AC, cruise control, tilt steering, power brakes, sway
bars,
sport mirrors, AM/FM stereo, power windows and door locks, velour
interior,
delay wipers, rear window defogger and lots of other goodies.
Believe
it or not, the car is 27 years old and everything still works.
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The body
remained pretty straight and looked decent, except for the paint that
had worn down to the primer.
I got the car back from the paint shop, and it looks like a
totally
different car. I decided to go with a burnt orange color that was
used by Chevrolet in 1972. When I was a kid, we had a Chevelle
wagon
and an El Camino that were both that same color. I've been
driving
a white van and a black Nova for a long time now. I needed
something
with a bit of color again.
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10/31/2001
The
Before Picture
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This was my car
before
I took it in to be painted. When the car was new, it had lots of
aluminum
trim all over the place which had become dull and pitted over time.
I
removcd most of it when I got the car. Over the summer of 2000, I
made a
327 out of a 4 bolt main 350 that I de-stroked, and replaced the
original 305 that came from the factory. I had
also replaced the original wheels wiht some factory sport wheels that I
got
off of a Z28 Camaro.. They're the same style wheels that came on
the
SS or Rally Nova, but 8" wide. With some 60 series tires, the car
handles a lot better now. I've also replaced the carpet, replaced the original bench
seat with some buckets out of a 2000 Firebird.
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