71′ Nova Door Weight Savings

Friday, August 13th, 2010
Last night I got started working on removing a bit of weight from the doors on the Nova and found there is quite a bit of savings there. Window and door handle hardware, window regulator and misc. hardware totaled 6.4 lbs. Door glass weighed 10.8 lbs and the vent window 4.31 lbs. I'm estimating the lexan to weigh in approximately 1/2 of the weight of the… Read More

Slow but steady progress…

Thursday, August 5th, 2010

Nova Dash PaintedWow... I didn't realize how long it's been since we got the Nova back home, and how little I've got done since then. We've been making progress, but it's been slow going. So far we've got the trunk floor and wheel tubs painted, trunk bars painted, did a bunch of cleanup and painting on the bottom of the car.

The project that's taken quite a while was the dash. It was sanded down to bare metal… Read More

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