'66 Nova Roadster street rod

[cobraman]

Very interesting project. I like it.

[tooltas]

back window out of a 55/59 car would work. a 37 ford grill and cut hood

[Dr. Cranky]

Loving it, Chuck. You are back with a vengeance, yes!

[Chuck Most]

Thought about using a piece of kit glass- if I can find one that's relatively thin and the right width I might go that route. As far as the grille I'm leaning toward a laid back '32 Chevy radiator shell.

[Modlbldr]

How about a cut down window from the 55 Chevy pickup? it has curves on each end and is relatively easy to cut down to about half its height. Might be too wide though.

Looking good.

Later-

[TooOld]

Chuck , I found this in one of my parts bins . It might be close .

Width = 2 .150 "

Height = . 270 " ( .445 " in front of driver )

Let me know if you want to try it .

BOB.

[Chuck Most]

Looks like the one from the AMT '62 Corvette- I think I have one of those in my stash. Might need to set it up on the cowl and see how it looks.

[Sixx]

That's looking pretty dang cool Chuck!!!!!!

[TooOld]

Looks like the one from the AMT '62 Corvette- I think I have one of those in my stash. Might need to set it up on the cowl and see how it looks.

Yep . That's the one .

If you have the '62 'Vette , look at the rear window too .

[Chuck Most]

Threw the main ingredients together- now it's a matter of sorting out the front suspension.

[bryan_m]

Very cool chuck!!

cheers

bryan

[Chuck Most]

Front suspension is a done deal. I know there is no front spring perch- that area will be covered up by the grille, so I didn't bother. I'll have to touch up the radius arm pivots on the frame- the superglue fogged them up a bit. This is also the first good view of the seats- they're taken from an AMT '25 Model T kit.

After wrestling a bit with how to install the alternator, I just thought 'why not have it mounted out of sight and spun by the driveshaft'?- so I just used a short belt/pulley casting to run only the water pump- still need to paint the inside of the water pump pulley.

Oil pan sits a bit closer to the ground than I'd like- not sure I can fix that- everything is mounted up pretty securely, and I'm not sure I can take parts off without breaking anything at this point.

[Bartster]

Looking very cool, Chuck. Love your new avatar as well!

[LAone]

this is a cool looking roadster chuck.

[Chuck Most]

Getting into the home stretch now...

I think I'm going to cut a windsheild from acetate- all of the kit glass I've been trying looks to thick an has a LOT of distortion.

But anyway- headers are on, headlamps are on, drag link is on, and I should have the rad on pretty shortly, once I get the fan situation figured out.

[Foxer]

Maybe now everyone will believe me when I call the Nova a BOX!

[vwrabbit]

Chuck,

For the thick glass, have you tried dipping them in Future to see if it "smooths" out the distortion? Looking good!

Tim

[Chuck Most]

Chuck,

For the thick glass, have you tried dipping them in Future to see if it "smooths" out the distortion? Looking good!

Tim

No, but I sprayed it with transparent green and that seemed to help.

Hopefully (HOPEFULLY!) this one will be in Under Glass tonight. I suppose we'll see.

[AMT Pacemakers]

Man this thing is KOOL, but it needs something on the firewall, maybe a couple of gauges set into it???

Robert

[Chuck Most]

This one's done! Uploading pics as I type this.

[Chuck Most]

Turns out, the green car in the first post DOES exist. Might be a Tempest, actually.