Post by BLACKCAT on Sept 11, 2012 0:08:06 GMT -5
;)Look at this one! 
It never ceases to amaze me how the Nova can be used and/or viewed in so many different ways. On the way home from a Memorial Day cookout at my sister-in-laws house, I came across a jacked-up disco Nova with large truck tires and wheels. It was very different from the normal 4x4 conversion where the body is just mounted on top of a full truck frame. This Nova retained it's stock front and rear subframes. The builder created the lift by adding spacers to the body bushings to raise the front of the body off the front subframe. In the rear was what looked to be a factory leafspring setup except the lift was created by attaching the rear under the springs instead of on top. While this is not something I would do to a Nova, I had to admire the thinking involved and be happy to see a Nova accomplishing a task it was not originally designed to do.
Earlier in the month I came across an eBay.com auction for a 1970 Nova that was converted into a giant monster snowmobile! A truly one-of-a-kind machine that was interesting to look at. The seller/builder was from Cedar City, Utah and said it had over 1000 hours of fabrication into the Nova, modifying everything from the frame up. It had a rebuilt 400 small block and 3 one-ton rear axels.
Nova Listserv member Adam said this was not the first time he had come across this. A few years ago he first saw this monster under construction right off a highway in Utah and took some pictures. Adam said he always wondered exactly what the plans were for it.
The seller claimed it ran and drove great, handled very well and that he had taken it through 10 feet of snow going up to 45 miles an hour. The auction got to $2,225.00 but didn't sell because the reserve was not met. Again, while I would never do this to a Nova, I admire the engineering involved in building such a unique Nova. I would love to see it run in the snow.
It never ceases to amaze me how the Nova can be used and/or viewed in so many different ways. On the way home from a Memorial Day cookout at my sister-in-laws house, I came across a jacked-up disco Nova with large truck tires and wheels. It was very different from the normal 4x4 conversion where the body is just mounted on top of a full truck frame. This Nova retained it's stock front and rear subframes. The builder created the lift by adding spacers to the body bushings to raise the front of the body off the front subframe. In the rear was what looked to be a factory leafspring setup except the lift was created by attaching the rear under the springs instead of on top. While this is not something I would do to a Nova, I had to admire the thinking involved and be happy to see a Nova accomplishing a task it was not originally designed to do.
Earlier in the month I came across an eBay.com auction for a 1970 Nova that was converted into a giant monster snowmobile! A truly one-of-a-kind machine that was interesting to look at. The seller/builder was from Cedar City, Utah and said it had over 1000 hours of fabrication into the Nova, modifying everything from the frame up. It had a rebuilt 400 small block and 3 one-ton rear axels.
Nova Listserv member Adam said this was not the first time he had come across this. A few years ago he first saw this monster under construction right off a highway in Utah and took some pictures. Adam said he always wondered exactly what the plans were for it.
The seller claimed it ran and drove great, handled very well and that he had taken it through 10 feet of snow going up to 45 miles an hour. The auction got to $2,225.00 but didn't sell because the reserve was not met. Again, while I would never do this to a Nova, I admire the engineering involved in building such a unique Nova. I would love to see it run in the snow.
