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Spent the weekend at the first car show of the season here in the north with my Hot Rod magazine Nova and had a blast! Nothing but great people and awesome stories as well as I got to meet and have dinner with Dennis Gage from my classic car! Such a great start to the car show season!!!!
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Got some 3ft tall sign boards done up with the cover and article page of my Nova for at at shows, first one is only a month away and it’s looking like it’ll be in the project class...
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I got the December 1977 article of hot rod magazine to go with my nova!!!!
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13 hours ago, iamsuperdan said:
That's awesome that you were able to put the deal together!
And it's crazy to think that a magazine feature car came from Bluesky, Alberta. I've been to Bluesky. Maybe 100 people live there? Even fewer back in the 70s.
Yeah it’s just a tiny little place outside of Fairview and a few hours away from where I got the car, I’ve been asking the local car guys that I know and a few of them have known the car since the 80s so I should be able to put together a pretty good story of the car. I’ve also done some research and it turns out it is 1 of 1091 69 2door v8 Canadian built Pontiac Acadians (6353) total built in 69 that was re badge as a nova and I think it might be a factor SS but I have to do some more digging to find out.
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7 minutes ago, Ace-Garageguy said:
Pretty cool piece of obscure history.
I always wonder how somebody's labor of love winds up trashed and forlorn.
Yeah it’s cool to think that a car like this is still around almost 50 years after it was in the magazine and hasn’t been changed other than the fact it was being body worked and getting ready to be re spayed.
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7 minutes ago, BlackSheep214 said:
That’s a cool scheme. Can’t imagine what the original exterior color would be to match the custom pleather quilted interior. Even the dash was custom made. LOL!
I think the interior is my favourite part, as far as I know the interior was done at the same time as the red,yellow paint job so I guess that’s what matched in the 70s? I’m going to redo the interior back to the same white diamonds and blue piping
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Last week I asked about the December 1977 hot rod magazine article. Well this is why, I managed to get ahold of the 1969 Nova SS that was on the cover. It’s obviously not in quite as good of shape anymore but I’ll be restoring it back to its former 70s street machine glory just like it was in the magazine.
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I’m hoping someone has the December 1977 article of hot rod magazine that would be willing to take some pictures of it for me. I can’t go to far into detail right now about it but I may have came across the 1969 nova on the cover and would like some more references photos.
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3 hours ago, sfhess said:
I'm at a loss to identify this:
It’s a right hand drive 1938 Ford model 62 with a flathead V8.
there is a lot more information and updates on the race here on the rally the globe website. https://rallytheglobe.com/alaska-to-mexico/
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The Alaska to Mexico rally the globe cars came through town today and figured I’d share some pictures and maybe some of you guys in the states can watch out for them and see their awesome cars.
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Picked up a SBC dress up kit for half off because there was a some scuffing on the valve covers that can easily be polished out.
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I picked up a few more projects, I don’t really know what I’m going to do with them but I paid $150 for the 5 window and $50 for the model t body. I also picked up a Ford flathead v8 for $100 that looks to be in good condition.
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I’ve got a few 1:1 projects, one of my biggest ones is a original hemi orange with white hi back buckets 1971 Plymouth valiant. I’ve built new frame rails, and replaced the tortoise bar crossmember. I still need to do the rockers, quarters and roof which I will get form my parts car. Before I do any of that though I am going to get it running as driving and “Roadkill” it for a while in its current condition. The motor is a .030 Over 1970 340 with j heads, a wiand tunnel ram with two quick fuel 450s, I’m still waiting on a few different cam shaft options. It’s backed by a T5 transmission with a quick time bellhousing and a mopar pistol grip shifter. The rear end will be a shortened Ford 8.8 out of an explorer with 4:10s limited slip and disk brakes on the mopar leafs for now and eventually go to a 4 link.
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On 3/25/2023 at 5:39 PM, Ace-Garageguy said:
Best thing I've found for header slip-joints so far...
https://www.mcfarlaneaviation.com/products/product/DAM20-4.0/
Thanks, I was wondering how I was supposed to seal them as they are very loose fitting.
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I stumbled upon a original 67/68 barracuda flip gas cap at a antique sale and had to buy it, I think I’m going to sink it into the top of my 71 valiant quarter panel.
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Picked up a set of headers for a fox body mustang that I should be able to cut up for another project as well as a cool set of small block Ford valve covers and a sun visor for a 73-87 Chevy.
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Finally found some time to sit down and get some work done on the 56. I’ve got the rear suspension fit to where I want it, it still needs some cleanup and link brackets built and I’ve started routing the exhaust.
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Picked up a couple new kits today.
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A set of M/T valve covers for my 340, I’ve been searching for a set for quite a while and they showed up on a FB group I’m a part of an had them shipped and got them today. I will need to sand blast them and re spray them to match the motor but overall they are in pretty good condition.
I also got a new BD turbo for my 6.0L to replace the original 400000 KM one that decided to fail.
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Haven’t made much progress on the 56 but I did find a big block, I don’t know what kit it came out of but just for the fun of it I’m calling it a 496 because I like the way it sounds. I was also able to find a t56 that I believe came from a viper and for some reason I decided to try and fit a tunnel ram with 2 Holley dominator type carbs all under the hood
i obviously still have a long way to go but now that I have the motor somewhat figured I have a general idea of where I’m going. I am going to be building a BIG fuel cell to feed the big block, I’ve found a Dana 60 out of a dart that I’ll run in the rear probably 4 linked to handle the power and I’ve decided to stick with the sleeper look inside and out with bench seats, steel wheels and either black like my original inspiration photos or weathered/rough like my GTO from 2021
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Well after doing some cleanup I came across a couple of hood ornaments that I forgot I had and now the curiosity is getting to me as I have never known what they are originally from.
This one was on a 1963 dodge d300 gin pole truck that I bought but I know that that’s not what it’s originally from although it will be going back on my 1964 dodge d/w100.
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I’ve decided to start with the 56 Chevy, I don’t have much of a plan for it other that I want a big block Chevy.
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Just a couple kits today.
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I have narrowed my build down to a tri five Chevy, I don’t have an idea of how I want to build it but I do know I want to build a 55,56,57 Chevy (I think I’m leaning toward the 56) but I’ll have to see what kit I can find first and maybe if I can actually finish one in a decent amount of time I’ll try building all three.
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2025 Cannonball Run - 50 years since the 1975 run.
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I never got around to putting a model together last year but I'll see if I can change that this year.
I'll be building a 66 Belvedere form moebius, I think i'm going to leave it mostly stock appearing on the outside but I have some ideas for under the hood...