1963 Chevy Nova Wagon Street Rod FINISHED 3/20/22

[Speedpro]

Beautifully done interior Dennis. Colors work so well together. You sure have a good eye for the custom stuff. Nice work!

[Dennis Lacy]

On 3/2/2022 at 4:17 PM, Speedpro said:

Beautifully done interior Dennis. Colors work so well together. You sure have a good eye for the custom stuff. Nice work!

Wes and Jon hold you in high regard (and from what I’ve seen rightly so) so your comment means a lot!

[Dennis Lacy]

UPDATE!

I had fully intended to do all of the following work last Sunday until I got distracted by my shiny new Moebius ‘64 and ‘65 Nova kits and started the ‘65! ? 
 

The last bit of fabrication left to do on this project (and long overdue) is to finalize the wheel installation so that I could paint the chassis pan. I also wasn’t happy with the stance in the last update. It was higher than what I was wanting using the upper axle position in front and lower position out back. I could have set the rear wheels in the upper position but it would have made the stance too flat. So the issue was that the front needed to be lower than what the kit provides. 
 

In the rear I went ahead with the upper position. I added a thru-axle made from .080” Evergreen rod and fit a support sleeve made from 5/32” Evergreen tube sunk down between the frame rails and two outer support sleeves which also space the wheels out properly. 
 

In the front I filled the upper axle holes and then drilled new holes 1/16” up higher on center. I installed two .080” rod stub axles then installed inner and outer support sleeves made from 5/32” tube with the outer sleeves also acting as wheel spacers. 
 

With the wheel mounting finally finished it was time to install the wheels and chassis pan into the body to check the new stance. (The front is as low as it can practically be while keeping the oil pan off the ground.) Now I’m happy! 

 

Next it was time to finish some exterior details. Out back I installed the taillights and New Mexico license plate which comes in the kit. 
 

Up front I painted the headlight reflector areas bright silver and after drying installed the lenses with white glue. I also added the Heartbeat of America decorative plate which comes in both of Moebius’ new Nova kits and the single biggest reason I was looking forward to getting them because I have decal sheets with white Heartbeat of America plates but I really, really wanted the black one! 
 

Lastly I put the finishing touches on the interior and it is now totally finished. I added the photo etched speaker grills to the dash, front doors and front of the sub box. So the red and tan wouldn’t show through I glued the grills to black scrap booking paper swiped from my wife’s craft supplies. I also added power cables to the amps which run off out of sight into a hole in the base of the sub box hidden by the left rear seat. With those details done the seats were glued down. I’m very pleased with the custom interior I created. I really pushed myself on it. 
 

At this point all that’s left is to spray the chassis pan flat black and to paint and detail a battery which I pulled out of the full detail customizing version of this kit today. I looked in my battery department but everything was either too big or too small. If all goes right look for this model Under Glass next Sunday night! ?

Edited March 14, 2022 by Dennis Lacy

[1930fordpickup]

This is smoking. 

[slusher]

Real nice touch on how you done the amps, subs and speakers ..

[Rocking Rodney Rat]

Nice! It looks like you forgot the cup holder?!!! -RRR

[Zippi]

Boy that just looks so sharp.  That red paint job is killer.  Nice work.  

[Kit Karson]

Attitude!  Every kar has its own!!  Nailed it, Brother! -KK

[Dennis Lacy]

On 3/14/2022 at 5:40 AM, Zippi said:

Boy that just looks so sharp.  That red paint job is killer.  Nice work.  

Thanks! Those rear 3/4 shots with the quarters shining make me smile. Not bad for a spray can job, eh? ?

[tim boyd]

That interior just flat-out rocks!!!!   TIM 

[Dennis Lacy]

And that’s a wrap! Keep an eye out Under Glass, finished photo thread coming soon.

 

Under Glass thread here:

 

 

Edited March 20, 2022 by Dennis Lacy

[slusher]

it’s amazing what you did with that wagon Dennis!

[Tom Kren]

great job!!!

[TransAmMike]

Another thread I missed.  Really cool Nova and great work,,,love the red!!?