Steam vents are absolutely NECESSARY. And I live in PHX! Next time give me a buzz and we can bullshit and have a couple beers over my '71. Nice to see you actually getting somewhere with her - better at a glacial pace than nothing. Besides, you, Clint, and Joe will no doubt have 3 of the nicest builds on here when you guys finally finish.

Edit: I believe that's the front vent based on the nipple, which connects to a high point in the cooling system. The rear I don't believe has on of those. It's been a while though, so I could be wrong.

 

You will definitely need the front vent tube. It connects the two heads on the front corners. The other end of the heads can be blocked off. Different vehicles had different nipple locations in case the one you already have doesn't work for you aesthetically. I had an interference issue so opted for the 08 Express van 6.0 vent tube.

 

Thanks. I'll definitely give you a shout if I'm back in Phoenix. I'm debating about becoming an instructor on the course I attended so you never know. It's definitely nice to get back working on the car. Been way too long.

Thanks. I'm looking at maybe getting this kit for the venting, just not sure of it will be too much and look too busy with all the hoses. Not sure If I need to vent all four or if it's overkill.

http://www.kurturbanperformance.com/...or-system.html


Quick update....got the connectors tacked into place. Just need to finish welding them in. Will weld the underside once it's back on the rotisserie.

 

Time for another update. Like most lately, not a huge update, but it's still progress. Decided to install the Fesler trunk hinges. Thought I'd be better off with the hinges that I'm actually going to use when trying to get everything aligned.

Out with the old ones







Putting the new ones in

Using a supplied template, had to drill a new hole



To mount this





Then I had to trim the area in red



I forgot to take a pic of the original pin in place, but this is where you get the old pin out. You need to bend the tab out to get the old pin out





The shock that the hinge uses and the weird little pins







Where the shock connects





In place

 

Time for another update. Like most lately, not a huge update, but it's still progress. Decided to install the Fesler trunk hinges. Thought I'd be better off with the hinges that I'm actually going to use when trying to get everything aligned.

Out with the old ones







Putting the new ones in

Using a supplied template, had to drill a new hole



To mount this





Then I had to trim the area in red



I forgot to take a pic of the original pin in place, but this is where you get the old pin out. You need to bend the tab out to get the old pin out





The shock that the hinge uses and the weird little pins







Where the shock connects





In place

 

I decided to install the hinges as I've been fighting with getting the trunk and tail light panel aligned properly. I might end up having to make a couple relief cuts in the quarter panels to make it all fit.







I've been able to get the gaps along the sides really nice, but I can not get the rear gap to fit. I may just end up having to weld in a piece of round rod onto the trunk. Any suggestions??







Here's what I'll be working on over the next while. Been wanting to do this for a while now. We have 3 cars, a utility trailer and a boat trailer and it's like a game of tetris organizing them. I'm widening the driveway at the top by 20 feet. It will come straight back 25 feet then start to angle toward the bottom of the driveway. At the top we should be able to put 3 cars wide plus both my trailers.









So between working on the retaining wall and driveway and yet another trip to Vegas next weekend, won't get back into the shop for a while.

 

Glad to see you still plugging away! Have a safe trip !

 

Very nice car, and build.

 

Instead of round rod, how about some 90 degree stock or small square tube? This is always a bear to make parts fit like you think they should. By the way, awesome build.

 

That gap under the trunk looks like a perfect place to put a strip of LEDs for brake lights and/or turn signals.

 

How is the gap between the trunk lid and the tail panel where the weatherstrip resides? If it is even around the perimeter I would fill in the gap but if not I would work on the tail panel and try to move it up. It is weird, I did a search on Google images for Nova tail panels and some have a tight gap and others are similar to yours. The ones similar to yours seem to be old pics from back in the day. What was the gap like before you swapped out tail panels?

 

I just went through your build. Great job man

 

Thanks guys. Unfortunately nothing to update. I have out the car on hold while I redo my wife's 1974 Bronco. It's been parked 18 years and we finally decided to bring it back to life. So will be working in that all winter and into the spring/summer trying to get it done.

 

Sooooooooo.... any updates?

 

I wish I could say there was, but no. However....I will be able to update it soon. Part of the reason I haven't done anything is I've been working on the Bronco, the other part is I'm at a point with the body work that I don't know what to do next and as a result, I really haven't wanted to do anything as I knew I wouldn't get anywhere. So I've decided that I'm going to pay someone to get all my panels hung and to finish fitting the trunk tail light panel. Once this is done, I'll be able to get back to work and hopefully get the damn thing finished. I might have to wait a bit as he has a couple other projects that he's working on now, but I hope to get the car to him sometime in the near future.

 

After dragging my feet for many years, I found making a high level checklist helped me chunk the project into manageable pieces and knock things out one by one until suddenly I had a running car. If there are a few jobs you don't want to do yourself that will get the car back on track, you just need to pick up the phone and make it happen!

 

Thanks. Yeah definitely going to be making small goals and finishing each one before moving on. Getting this stuff done will really help me make some progress on the car.

So here's the update that I posted on my other threads. Thought I'd post it here also:

Hey guys remember me. Unfortunately I don't have any pictures to update. Since my last update, life, work and finances have gotten in the way of me doing much on the car. Also have been working on the wife's Bronco and have the body back on it and hope to have it running by summer time. One of the big reasons I didn't get much done on my car is I got to a point where I was stuck and didn't know what to do next or how to do it. I usually don't like to ask for help and wanted to try and do as much of the car by myself as I could. Well life isn't getting in the way as much anymore, finances are better and I'm at a point where I want to get back to work on the car.

I got off the phone a short while ago with a guy who is interested in doing some work on my car for me. I'm likely going to get him to finish up the trunk work, get all the panels hung to make it look like a car again and maybe a few other custom things that I want done. I've seen some of the work this guy has done and it is very nice. He also does this as a side job as his main job is he owns a towing company. Makes it even easier to get the car to his shop lol. We will be getting together in the next week or two so he can look over the car and make a plan as to what I want done and when to take it to his shop. I may even get him to paint it when it's ready. I can actually say I'm getting excited again :yes:

 

Right on! Glad to hear you're moving it along again. It's going to be a badass Nova!

 

Awesome build...very well documented.

Any idea where to get one of those artist renderings done? That link was dead

 

Thanks. It's nice to finally be able to post an update again.

Thanks. You could try getting in touch with him on Facebook. Mascoll Designs is the name. Right now I believe he has a picture of a viper on his page.