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gm classics nova parts chevy 2 only chevy 2 only • 502-239-8487 502-239-8487 The UlTIMATe SoURce FoR yoUR TRUe AMeRIcAn clASSIc 1962 - 1979 62-79 Nova Parts Catalog Catalog Parts 62-79 Nova • 502-239-8487 • www.chevynova.com www.gmclassics.com #10 Catalog ESSEX: 62-72 BASkETwEAVE - HEADLINER COLORS (Call for samples of 73-79 Headliner Colors) Premium Plush Ultra Thick (76” wide) How rare is rare? Please add 25% - Limited colors Call for availability 1001 1004 1016 1017 1035 1038 (Cover Story) It started all over again in 1998: I had just sold a 67 SS that I had restored in 1992 and was looking for another project. I had Black Cream Red Lapis Blue Beige Light Charcoal been accumulating a large amount of NOS parts over the years and was looking for a special car to use them on. It had to be a documented car DK Blue MED Blue Wedgwood LT Blue Turq. Green Black Silver Grey Maroon Dark Red Red Chamois Tan Ginger DK Brown White with its original drive train; I wasn’t having very much luck since most of these cars were pretty well abused through their life. There was an ad 62-64 SEVILLE GRAIN - VINYL INTERIOR COLORS in Hemmings that said: 67 Nova SS L-79 documented, needs restored, expensive. I knew who owned the car. It was in Charlotte, NC, owned 1044 1045 1053 1054 1060 1066 1068 1076 1079 1097 by Larry and Rodney Bradham. They have been long time members of NNN. I didn’t give it a lot of thought, but I kept it in the back of my mind. Midnight Blue Maroon Silver Caramel Brown Gray Med. Gray Prairie Tan Dark Slate Dark Charcoal TUXEDO: Neon: The Nova Nationals rolled around in August in Dearborn, MI that year and the car showed up there in the swap meet area. It was nasty and 50 55 56 57 58 63 64 65 69 (45”-80” wide) Appropriate for all pretty beat up, but not rotten. The original motor and rear end were with the car, along with the original protect-o-plate and quite a bit of other AQUA BLACK LIGHT BLUE DARK FAWN LIGHT FAWN BRIGHT RED 63-64 RED SADDLE WHITE Please add 25% - Limited colors - applications (76” wide) documentation. The Bradhams had brought the car to sell, but also to show people that these cars were actually built. I talked to them about 65-76 MADRID GRAIN - VINYL INTERIOR2202 COLORS2205 2922 2947 Call for availability Blue Red Please add 15% Yellow Red possibly purchasing the car. There were a lot of parts with the car, but since I had my own 15-year collection of NOS parts I really didn’t need all of what they had. 02 10 12-LIGHT 14-BRIGHT 16 17 19 22 23-LIGHT 2207 2208 2209 2211 2299 I had a lot of work ahead of me to try and disprove it. With so few of these cars built I wanted to be sure it was a legitimate car. With the help AQUA BLACK BLUE BLUE DARK BLUE ‘68 BLUE2960 JADE GREEN2964 FAWN2967 GREEN2989 of Wayne Bushey and Carl Riegger I was on my way to owning this piece of history. In the spring of 1999 I took a trip to the Charlotte Auto Gray Turquoise Light Green Fawn Slate Orange Purple Green Blue Fair with Carl Reigger to look around for a car, meet with Larry and Rodney, have another look at the 67 L-79, and to discuss some thoughts I 100% NYLON: (80” had over the past few months. I still hadn’t made up my mind yet. Carl and I then went on to Spring Carlisle a few weeks later and the topic of the entire week was the car. Should I buy it or not? We tried hard to come up with an angle to disprove the car, but couldn’t. After 10 months 24-DARK 35-LIGHT 36 37 41 42-DARK 43 46 47 of going back and forth, I called Larry and told him I would take the car. We made arrangements to meet in Virginia on May 1st of 1999, since MET. GREEN SADDLE SADDLE WHITE SADDLE SADDLE GOLD IVY GOLD TAN 601 602 608 609 610 611 615 621 625 627 it was half way for both of us. At 6 A.M. my dad and I left northern Ohio and headed south; by 7 P.M we were back home with the basket case. (CallBlack for samplesBlue of 77-79Turquoise Vinyl InteriorGreen colors) Brown Light Olive Red Saddle Maroon Gray The car was in so many pieces that it took my entire truck and trailer to bring home all the parts and the car. 80/20 LOOp CARpET COLORS 8 A lot of things in my life changed shortly after that. I almost sold the car and all the NOS parts twice, but something told me not to. It sat for 2 or 3 years untouched. Finally, I got back at it. It was totally disassembled and cleaned. The car had spent part of its life on the drag strip, so there were a lot of missing parts. Some things that were done that made me think what the heck were these guys thinking when they did this? 501 503 506 508 509 510 511 512 513 515 Black Teal GM Blue Turquoise Olive Green Brown Light Saddle Sky Blue Moss Green Red The rear clip was slightly damaged from an accident and the best way of repair was to pull it, remove the quarter panels and cut off the back 1/3 of the car. Luckily, I had a frame machine in my garage for a few months. The donor car was another 67 built a few months prior that was hit hard in the front end and only had 44 k miles on it. The color was even the same, emerald turquoise. The quarter panels were removed and the entire rear structure was drilled apart and changed in one piece. That part of the project came along fine. Then it was time for the rotisserie. 517 521 522 523 525 527 530 540 542 543 The body spent 1 ½ years on it for floor and frame rail repair. Somewhere along the way somebody modified the shifter hump to accommodate Dark Green Med. Saddle Light Blue Gold Maroon Gray Ford Brown Midnight Blue Light Teal Ford Tan an automatic transmission so that had to be repaired also. The body was painted, sanded and buffed in pieces and then assembled in stages. I built the car in the same order that it was assembled at Fisher Body and then Chevrolet Assembly. I was fortunate enough to be able to do the entire job, with the exception of the seat upholstery and spraying the lacquer exterior color. As many of the original dated parts were reused as 401 544 557 559 565 571 573 GM-Licensed Carpet Manufacturer! possible, or should I say that were left on the car, and a huge supply of NOS parts. The car only left my own garage at home to go to my shop Emberglow Gunmetal Gray Ivy Gold Red Fawn Gold 2 Black Vinyl to use the lifts for the under carriage work. This project was very intense and isn’t the kind of project you would take on for your first car. Being 1CuT pILE CARpET COLORS a mechanic by trade did help, since I have access to tools and equipment most guys wouldn’t have, but it was still a very difficult task. The entire project seemed like it was 2 steps forward and 5 steps back. I can’t say in years how long it took to complete, but I did keep track of all my hours. The total is 4860. That does not include swap meet time, phone calls or research. That is actual working time. I finished the car in 801 802 807 810 812 815 818 819 820 821 the fall/early winter of 2008 just in time to be ready for the 2009 show season. Black Blue Gray Brown Royal Blue Red Ocean Blue Dark Blue Saddle Dark Blue Contrary to popular belief, these cars were not built in August or September of 1966 with left over parts from the 66’s, but a lot more like the 68 L-79’s. I have documentation proving that these cars were all built very late in the model year, after May 1st and used a cast iron intake 824 825 826 830 832 835 840 849 851 852 manifold, quadrajet carburetor, and a saginaw transmission. Don’t ask; I have no idea why. Light Maroon Maroon Titanium Buckskin Dark Sapphire Firethorn Navy Blue Jade Green Biscuit Camel Tan I would like to thank Junior from Chevy 2 Only for supplying the needed reproduction parts for my project. 853 854 865 868 871 875 879 881 890 895 Here is a list of accomplishments for the 2009 season: Silver Caramel Mocha Med. Dk. Gray Taupe Oxblood Silver Ann. Shag Sage Green Pearl Taupe • Norwalk Super Chevy: Selected for Gold Class & Gold Class Best Detail Award • NNN Nationals: 66/67 People’s Choice, 66/67 Restored winner, Indiana Chapter Pick, Gold Certificate, Best of Show Restored, highest Scoring Restored Nova since NNN started in 1982 & NNN Nova Times Cover Car 897 1265 8019 8075 8078 8170 8275 8335 8405 8655 • Invite to the Forge Invitational Muscle Car Show Charcoal Bently Mocha Med. Opal Med.