1975 Chevy Nova

When I first went to work at the body shop, the boss and his daughter had just painted her first car. It was an ugly brown little Nova, but she had vision. She picked out the color and helped with the body work. I helped do the final assembly and did the interior, window tint, and stereo. I am replicating it in miniature as a graduation gift. She graduates this June.  I have the body painted, and correct wheels and engine dress up goodies. I even kept a scrap of the new carpet so I can match the flocking.

very cool Sam. I am sure she will be happy getting this one.

001 

Just realized all my reference pics are on my brand new laptop that had water spilled on it. So now I need to pull the hard drive and get the pics off of it.    I was not planning on getting it repaired until after taxes come back...

Sam wrote:I am replicating it in miniature as a graduation gift. She graduates this June.

Shouldn't you have started it last June then??? 

as Al would say....."BOG OFF !!"

 

Ah! so you know Paul is right then!!!!

  

Hi Sam,

Love the colour, may I ask what shade of blue it is please, also, may I ask which are the new wheels, are they the ones that are on it in the first photo or are they the ones in the second photo...

Andy...

Andy, its a 2008 Pontiac color and its automotive basecoat from a touch up gun with Tamiya clear on top. The second set of wheels (the five spoke ones) are the current set on the car. Looks much better than the first set.

Are the tires just sitting next to the car, or did she really like that stink bug look?

She will love it!

just a quick post to show that I actually braved the cold basement to get some paint on the chassis parts. lol

 

Now for some real progress. Since the real car has an undercoated chassis, I went with the KISS theory. A couple different blacks, aluminum on the exhaust and tank, yellow shocks and a few bolt heads picked out.

Nice work Sam.

Lookin good !!!

Nice looking chassis Sam.

Skid wrote:Nice looking chassis Sam.

Al, I hope your talking about the model.   

My thoughts are above such things Sam. I think!!   

Ok, back on this one as well.

Had to come up with an automatic and A/C setup. Here is the basic engine with the tranny swap done and ready for primer.

Nice conversion Sam.

Very slick.

Hi Sam,

Looking good Sir...

Andy...