I think it's awesome! Keep up the good work John! I just came in from outside working on my 70 Nova. Putting a new aluminum radiator in. I'm definitely not gonna come in here and watch dancing with the stars and the bachelor.😂 Love my RU-vid channel. Keeps me motivated to work on my stuff.
I agree. He could have this be his teacher's aide Nova. lol. Want to learn how to install a roll cage? This is the car for that. brake upgrades? Check. Suspension? Check. He could do so much with this car, and I think it's perfect for that. It's in rough enough shape that he can make tons of videos to show why something should or shouldn't be done.
As a 4-door lover, this seems like an affront to a good 4-door, but I love that you are doing it! Thanks!! My 4-door came in the same green and rust just like this one. It's a bit like watching a loved one have surgery.
Ha! Good point. Any nova is 'good' to me, no matter what the police say while they pull me over for leaving behind chunks of metal. Thanks for these vids, love'em!! @@Shop209
I'm loving this build . It's crazy yes , but dang good fun. If I was rich like Dan from D&D I'd donate you an L88 427 for this trainwreck aboard the titanic in bad weather .
DD speed shop never done a whole roof, what you are doing is far harder than what dan does to convert. Don't get me wrong dam is a monster but your undertaking on this build is far greater, period.
I have rescued 4 cars and done frame off builds but this project makes my rust bucket vehicles look like childs play. Great work and greater explanation. Good luck.
@@Shop209 yea, you are right the roof was the same as a 2 door. You picked a hard one. If you can convert this one. None of them should be hard for you. I have no doubt that you can do this. Looking good so far. Can’t wait to see the new top on it. 👍
You, the guy over at Hatch's Recreational Engineering and Dan at DD Speed Shop have to be brothers separated at birth. There can't be three guys with the same sickness scattered about... I watch just so I can say "I'm not doing that!". Thanks for the vids!
John you do phenominal work and I love how you break everything down and explain it. I've got my cousins 18 year old kid staying with me for 6 months until he goes into the Navy and knows absolutely nothing about cars, He hadn't even changed a tire until a couple of days ago, In the 4 days he's been here I've taught him how to change oil, How to change Trans fluid, how to change a tire, and were going to start welding today, I don;t understand how dad's today can not teach their kids the basics of car maintenance. My kids knew how to do all that before they were teenagers and their first cars were daily drivers that needed some TLC and they did the TLC while I told them how to do it.
It skipped a generation with me. My grandfather could do his own repairs, but my dad only could change a battery and a tire which he showed me how to do. I have my teenage son help me when I am working on cars and he is slowly learning. I don't see too many teenagers that really have a passion for working on cars anymore.
@@sbf_fox2434 It realy has northing to do with "Passion", i'm talking about the BASICS, Changing oil, Trans Fluid, rear end oil, flushing a radiator, Changing a tire. Just BASIC stuff. Nick is a good kid, he just never had a "Dad" figure and his mom was too busy jumping from one dude to another to live with and pay her bills.
Yeah. My dad had me helping with car repairs because we couldn’t afford to take out stuff to a shop for stuff we could do instead. Made a big difference.
@@Shop209 Yeah, Exactly and it's getting back to that point again because the economy is such a wreck and that's my point, classics are coming back because noone can afford 60k for a new car so they are going to have to learn how to some stuff.
@@TheREALOC1972 I think economics has something to do with it. I grew up as the only male in my household and money to fix stuff was hard to come by. I remember at a young age watching over the shoulder of the washing machine repair man to soak up how to work on that stuff. We had to borrow lawn mowers from neighbors because we could not get ours started. I got interested in taking my bicycle apart and putting it back together and I graduated to working on lawn mowers. I used to garbage pick them and try to get them running. It was usually the points. I had a passion for it though. I went to all the service stations in town when I looked for my first job. Eventually I found one that hired me as a pump boy for that summer. I soaked up the knowledge from the angry mechanic they had at that shop. When I got my first cars, I had to fix anything that broke myself as there was no money to pay anyone else to do it. When I was 18, I paid a guy to rebuild a Turbo 350 trans for me on a $175 1972 Monte Carlo I bought at college. I also paid a shop to put a rear wheel cylinder on that car. I guess I was a little intimidated by that job, but it is a breeze now. Over the decades I have done all my own mechanical work, although sometimes it is a learning curve. I don't know if I would keep doing my own repairs if I did not have a passion for it.
Granted tri-fives are way easier to 2 door swap. I think Danchuk parts sells the parts in a kit to do it if you want to spend a pile on parts. But most just do what DD does .Either way we appreciate your determination. I read once Henry Ford said, whether a man thinks he can or can't do something, he's probably right. Have a great weekend.
Maybe this should be your experimental Nova. Something to show certain things that can be done to novas. For example, rookie mini tubs. Or brake upgrades. Hell, it could be perfect for that, since it WAS a 4 door.
@@Shop209 it can be called "teachers aide" since you're using it as a teaching tool. Before you put a roof on it, you may want to show how to do a roll cage. I'm sure a lot of people would be glad to see that done as well
I agree, ordinarily, this WOULD be the dumbest idea on the planet. However, in the situation you described, it's your best move by far. In light of all that, I'll call this project pretty brilliant.
Here something I just thought of I wonder if you could make a Convertible out of the 4 door I don't know if it would look right but it's just an idea only.
You mentioned the VIN. Are you going to register it as a 4-door with the original VIN or will you have to get a new VIN assigned because it was altered?
I’ll register the 4 door VIN. In Georgia it won’t be a problem. It’s about like the big 6 door F250’s that are just registered as a crew cab. If I get pulled over in it I’ll just explain that it’s been modified. Not a big deal here.
I wonder if anyone worried about the roof being removed have ever heard about a convertible! lol it’s not like u are jacking it up on one corner without the extra reinforcement
Yeah that's definitely a lot of work for not much return, but it is interesting to see done. Personally I'd rather see a 73/74 get converted to a 68/72, and I'm not referring to the grill-work, and bumpers. That stuff aint as complicated, I'm pretty sure you've already done that here. I don't know why Chevrolet took away the beautiful body styling of 68/72 in 73, I understand the 5 mph bs from back then, the government can't build a car or even know how it's done
Ah. Ok. In that case, any stock bodied car is gonna be in trouble. Maybe my a pillars will be weaker at the weld but I don’t see why if I weld it correctly. Adding inner reinforcement would make it stronger, I get that. With my plans for this car I’m not too worried about it. Thanks for the comment and replying. I appreciate it.
@@Shop209 I do think the only way that weld would break is if the car flipped over on its top (not a good situation at any time). By the time you go all the way around the outside of that pillar cross section it’s not going anywhere. The only reason I might have stuck something down the inside would be to try and keep things nice and straight while welding. This is a cool project, keep pushing forward!
