My 4 dr 1972 Chevy Nova, El León.

[CCS]

Hi everybody,

I am CCS from Chile, new over here and now present my love project.

Car
1972 Chevrolet Nova
Sedan, 4 door, Ascot Blue
sbc 307, TH350 tranny,
OEM front brakes
Mono leaf and 2.73 stock open rearend.

I bought at may, 2008 in worse state. Water and trans oil united.

Then, i delete water pass for oil, and install an air radiator, cut the stock muffler, fil gas, water and oils, traveling to the beach 2 weekend in a row, at 70 miles from my home.

that's how I started with this bug, baptized as El León by some young wanderers I took along the way.

Share some pics.

Thanks for this space.

[jimbo]

Good luck on your project

[Timberline]

Cool project !
We look forward to seeing more pictures of your Nova !

[CCS]

The first job on my car... Some years ago.

1. Engine bay when i bought
2. Stock 307 cleaning
3. Buy a 350 sbc for a few cents!!
4. To open 350
5. My ride clean!!


Soon, more.... to update.

[CCS]

Now, some pics with some improves on the car...

[CCS]

Can you see this image?

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[Radlark]

Yes pics are showing

[CCS]

Some pics about my humble rebuild... But i do it with my friends and i with our hands.

[CCS]

Some patchs

[CCS]

Final job at some years ago... (March 2012)

Regrettably, my engine blown at June from 2012.

[WSSix]

That's a pretty blue color. Good job getting her back together. I can't imagine having to build an american car outside of the country. Best of luck to you.

[CCS]

That's a pretty blue color. Good job getting her back together. I can't imagine having to build an american car outside of the country. Best of luck to you.

Yes. Is very expensive to us, try to recover one. Thanks a lot for your post. :flag2:

[CCS]

I just wanted to update a little what I could do with my project far away.

I comment the following:
Subframe was removed, sanded and then powercoated
Same work for A arms, brake calipers, radiator support, brake pump and booster, and other parts in front.
Rebuild front suspension:
- KYB gas shock absorbers
- Moog spirals, same as stock.
- Elgin Pro terminals and bushings
- Take out stock front swaybar and install a new 1 1/4" from BMR.
- Change stock spindles for 2" drop spindles.
- New disc and brake pads as OEM.
- Changed proportioning valve and install new brake pipes, thinking about installing rear disc brakes later (hope soon).
- The stearing box was cleaned, adjusted and painted.
I share some images (sorry about sizes) of the job at home with some friends.

Greetings and hope you like it...

[CCS]

Some others...

[rixtrix1]

Good job keeping this old girl on the road. I really like the blue color. My little sister had one like yours when she was in high school( 42 years ago). After a little fender bender when I had to fix the subframe I put in a 350 and 4.10 rear axle I had without telling her. Boy was she surprised how well it ran, kind of like Ben Meissner's Nova. Thanks for sharing all your work and plans!

[XLexusTech]

I LOVE This.. !

Reminds me of why I got hooked by cars to begin with..

[jarhead]

Cool build!