New Trophy this last weekend 6/23/17 - See pictures.
Top ten out of 100
There is a lot to tell about the car since so much has been
done.
1963 Chevy 'll Nova. It was originally sold in Oklahoma. It was
kept in Oklahoma until 2010 when I purchased the vehicle. When I
purchased it, it was in original condition, paint, chrome, engine,
transmission, interior etc. Everything was original to the car. It
had been sitting for a few years without being run very often, but
did run. The column shifter was broken. It took me two years to
find the correct shift lever. (Three on the Tree)
The state of Alabama does not give titles for cars over 35 years
old. I do have the original Oklahoma title and will give the old
title and a bill of sale with the purchase.
I began the process of an on body restoration
- Mechanicals
- New brakes and brake lines
- New (2 pot) master cylinder (replaced the single pot M.C.)
- Electrical was gone over but not replaced. Any wiring that was
dried or frayed was replaced
- New Gas tank,
- sending unit and float
- new gas line
- Front End and Steering
- All new tie rods
- New Upper and lower Ball-joints
- Bushings for all of the front end
- New tires (4 lug original 13 inch with matching hub caps) -
2010
- Interior
- Sound and heat deadener installed on interior flooring
- New carpet with original Jute type insulation
- New original seat covers and added foam
- New door cards, door arm rests, window and door cranks on all
four doors
- New door locks on rear doors
- New rear seat separator with Jute insulation
- New professionally installed headliner and sun visors
- Radio refreshed and working with new antenna
- New blinker assembly in steering column
- New dash and rear window pads
- Exterior
- Stripped the entire car of all chrome, and interior and
exterior parts
- Stripped all paint to bare metal – no rust found on entire
car
- New paint to original color (Adobe Beige) painted - 2010
- (there are three very small spots on the hood where the paint
did orange peel, no larger than a nickel)
- Entire underneath of the car was cleaned to bare metal and
prepped and painted to prevent rust
- New windshield wipers
- New hardware to attach all Chrome (Some chrome is new)
- New headlight hardware, new bulbs
- New blinker assemblies - both front housing and lenses
- New tail light assemblies with backup lights
- Engine
- Engine bay cleaned and repainted to like new
- New steel exhaust pipe and new muffler professionally installed
in 2010
- Engine was rebuilt in February - 2017
- Everything in the engine is new except the crank shaft which
was professionally ground to .030 over
- New rods and caps, pistons, rings, cam shaft, all new bearings,
push rods, valves, valve guides, valve springs, rocker arms, oil
pump and gaskets
- Valve seals were replaced to allow new unleaded gas, no need to
add lead to the gas
- Harmonic balancer was professionally rebuilt to like new
specs
- Carburetor rebuilt
- New plugs, plug wires, points and distributor cap
- All new hoses, air filter and belt
- New thermostat
- New battery, cables and high performance starter
- New temperature sensor
- Transmission was completely rebuilt - 2011
- New linkage bushings for shifter
- New rear transmission seal
- New drive shaft u-joints
- Mileage –94,622 currently on the odometer (I WOULD THINK THIS
HAS NOT FLIPPED OVER 100,000 BUT NOT SURE)
- 100 miles since rebuild
- Engine was broken in with Break in oil specifically for new
engines
- Everything works on the car like new.