Better still, the shop was just a few miles away in the city of Orange.
1946 Willys CJ2A Jeep Runs and drives good vintage cj flathead, 1954 Willys cj3b Coupe Black 4WD Automatic, 1951 Willys Custom built 4 Wheel drive Pickup. This custom-built Chevrolet Nova wagon was originally a 4-door wagon but it has been chopped 8' and the two rear doors have been removed. 1962 Chevrolet Nova. Seems like just yesterday we were in Jupiter, Florida covering the season opener, and, BLAM, it’s Labor Day weekend and time to head north of the border for our annual visit to Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, and Castrol Raceway for the ninth stop of the 2013 Super Chevy Show series. The 1968 models were fully redesigned with an extensive restyle on a longer 111-inch wheelbase that gave Chevy's compacts a chassis that was just one inch shorter than that of the midsize Chevelle coupe. A lot of people don’t like the four-doors, so I guess they scrapped them. This 1962 Chevy II Nova Convertible Was Built From Three Separate Cars! After several years of collecting and selling Chevy Nova parts, Joe Mendoza finally was able to complete his 1962 Chevy Nova convertible and bring home a trophy. Out back, a 10-bolt rearend from a ’69 Chevy was swapped in along with 2-inch lowering blocks and Monroe shocks. Well, not really, but a few years ago he decided it was time to change it up. Great driver, gorgeous looking. This is a beautiful 1962 Chevrolet Nova convertible. Inside the spacious cabin of Shawn’s station wagon, he swapped out the stock front bench seat for buckets from a ’65 Nova and had Costa Mesa Upholstery in Costa Mesa, California, wrap everything in a tasteful mix of black cloth and vinyl. 2013 Super Chevy Show Edmonton - Hybrids, Racing, And Bow Tie Fun … Canadian Style! Don’t ask him why, but Harold Stuber found himself wishing for a plain Jane 1962 Nova — a station wagon no less! Modern Performance finished up the interior by hooking up the Vintage Air A/C unit, which mounts underneath the dash. We want to hear from you! I took it home and slowly started working on it.”. Within the stock dash live new gauges from Auto Meter behind a new steering column from Flaming River and a stock Chevy steering wheel. Perfect vacation home car. His intent when purchasing the car was not to go head over heels and dive into a full restoration. The base Chevy II’s came with a 153-cid four-cylinder, although buyers could get the six if they wanted it. He wanted “something different than everyone else has out there.” So what did he get? He found one in better shape, and I think I gave him $400 or $500 for it. E-mail us and tell us all about it.
The only good news was that Shawn picked up the running and driving wagon for a mere $3,000. The series was Chevrolet’s first foray into the compact car field. Over the next few years, the wagon lived at Modern Performance where Shawn would regularly come help Rudy and Dale. But he was able to get it running and the first time he brought it over to me I said, ‘Oh my god, I’ve got to have this!’ I just couldn’t believe it. “I painted all that and put it all back together myself. When it came time to pick up some new sheetmetal and other various parts, he flipped open that catalog and found just what he needed. By then he had patched the floors and it had passed inspection. © 2020 Active Interest Media All Rights Reserved. He showed up to pick up his parts and got to talking with owners Rudy and Dale, who, as it turned out, had a little workshop out back where they worked on Novas regularly. Week To Wicked: Did We Finish As Planned? Although Shawn did go a little beyond his original plans for the car, he didn’t forget his initial intentions completely.
He was all over it. When he purchased the car, the previous owner gave him a parts catalog from Modern Performance Classics, a shop specializing in Novas and Chevy IIs. A total restoration needed for this COMPLETELY original 1963 Chevy Nova Wagon. Not only that, but he has the satisfaction of knowing that he helped save a car that probably deserved to be rescued after serving as a hard-working family transporter early in its life. Station wagon buyers could get power rear windows and split rear seats. “But I do have the original air-cooled two-speed transmission in it, which is unusual.”. Hugger orange, black leather interior, with 6-way power drivers seat. The Nova he purchased then was nothing like the one you see now. In the suspension department, there was no need for anything fancy, Shawn just needed it to get him down the road and make him look good doing it. But we've never seen anything like this all-out, crazy sick, “Crusty” 1962 Chevy Nova which managed to stay up on two wheels for an entire 400 feet at Drag Week. “Well, my buddy finally decided to sell it. Some guys lust after fabulous Classic prewar automobiles. With the upgraded powerplant, Shawn saw it fit to throw on some beefier brakes, so he picked up a disc brake kit from ABS Power Brakes that utilize four-piston calipers up front, single-piston calipers in the rear, and 11-inch rotors at all four corners. Thank you for sharing it with me!’ It’s nice when it puts a smile on somebody’s face and brings back memories.”. The cars did well on the sales front right from the beginning, but in truth, the company was already two years late for the party. Beach Auto Sound in Huntington Beach, California, installed a RetroSound head unit that controls two 6 1/4-inch and two 6x9 speakers. He still wanted a good looking cruiser so paint and bodywork was also a must. We apologize for this inconvenience and encourage you to visit. “To tell you the truth, when I got it I just wanted to drive it!” he laughed. “They were reproducing the floors but not the quarter panels. 2020 Topclassiccarsforsale.com - Classic cars for sale. Original 6 cyl engine, wheels, tires, EVERYTHING is as it was in 1963. 750 hp with a/c! It was pretty rusty and you could see through the floorboards. Five and a half years flew by and all of a sudden Shawn’s 1962 Nova wagon was done and the car it became was years ahead of the car it once was. He just wanted to clean it up a bit, paint it, and then have a nice station wagon to drive around town in. Don’t ask him why, but Harold Stuber found himself wishing for a plain Jane 1962 Nova — a station wagon no less!
Living in Westminster, California, Shawn was smack-dab in the middle of Southern California, giving him plenty of … Providing spark is a PerTronix electronic distributor and plug wires while the exhaust system is comprised of stock ram’s-horn manifolds dumping into 2 1/2-inch pipes and out DynoMax mufflers.
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