nice little car

1974 chevy nova

a couple of weeks ago i ran into a deal that i just couldn't pass up. this one is to be our everyday driver and occasional cruiser. it's a 1974 chevy nova that i got from an estate. the gentleman that owned it bought the car new and it only has 48k miles on it. it's a basic car with the six cylinder engine and manual transmission. it should be a gas saver for running to the grocery. i haven't started on it yet so that will have to wait till i get some more time.

totally different look

almost done with the sedan

while my nephew james was going hard on the coupe i was working hard on the sedan to get it repainted. while the last version of the car was sorta the retro look this time i wanted a more modern look to enhance the beautiful body lines of the car. i think i acheived the look i was after but i have a lot of finishing touches to do before it's ready to go.

after a lot of priming and block sanding

down to bare metal

1954 coupe

really i have too many hotrods to build all at once so i managed to convince my nephew to do the bodywork on the 54 coupe project. doing this freed up my time somewhat so i could concentrate on repainting the 54 sedan. he is getting along well on the coupe bodywork so there is a slight chance it will be on the road sometime this year.