Nova Aluminum Cowl Plates March 16, 2009 / March 27, 2009 by John Heard | 1 Comment on Aluminum Cowl Plates Still working on the firewall, but I’m getting closed to finishing up on my to-do list. Sunday I made these aluminum cowl plates to cover up the big holes in the cowl. Since the hood I’m using replaces the OEM cowl cover, it left two big holes at the top that I didn’t like the […] Read more » Firewall Nova
Nova Reducing Front Fender Weight – Part 2 January 10, 2009 / January 10, 2009 by John Heard Success! I got more out of the fender than I initially thought I would.. Initial weight was 25.59 lbs, after removing the hood spring mount pieces, trimming the fender lip, removing the lip where the inner fender bolts on the front half, and drilling about a dozen lightening holes I ended up at 19.060 lbs, […] Read more » Front Fenders Nova Weight Reduction
Nova Reducing Front Fender Weight January 9, 2009 by John Heard After smacking the guardrail last summer at Wichita, losing the hood at Tulsa plus 5 years of misc. scratches it’s time to do some bodywork and repaint the Nova. I had gotten used to running it all banged up, ugly sure but it’s a race car right? When we took the car to Tulsa at […] Read more » Front Fenders Nova Weight Reduction