If I hadn’t watched it I wouldn’t believe it, that fit together pretty good. Once all the metal work is done you couldn’t tell it wasn’t a 2 door from the start.
The way i see it, your channel IS the Nova enthusiasts representation. It represents what Nova guys are about. "Dont tell me it can't be done, i'll do it just to spite you!" Your determination is inspiring!
I don't care that this conversion makes no sense- I said if you do it, I'd be here for the long haul to watch. And by golly, here I am! I love "just because" and "just to see if it works" kinds of projects. People are fastback-swapping 1st Gen Mustang coupes, which shares 90% of the issues that a 4-door to 2-door Nova swap has (different inner structures, roof line height differences, etc.)
Very well done my friend to everyone that hasn't seen this build would never know it was a four door from the beginning. Keep up the great work shout out from Mexico 🇲🇽 buddy.....
You are a master artist. And a very patient man. No way I could or would have enough determination to do something like that. My hats off to you. Looking forward to see how it turns out.
Congrats, you turned a 4 door Nova into a 1 door Nova!! Lol Now, with any luck you can scare up a passenger side door ASAP. It's is pretty cool to see it coming together like this, she lined up great. Well done, Sir.
Way to go dude , finally a channel about coach building . Lol. That's pretty much true Now...maybe you regroup , get a few more four doors and build a 8 door airport limo.
Dang, you love those Novas to do all this. Imagine how many rust free 2 doors went to the junkyard or demo derby 20 or 30 years ago, that we would love to have now! I had a rust free 2 door with a 4 speed that I lost in my divorce. A few years later she sold it for $500! First I said "he's crazy to do all this on a rust bucket" but then I realized the next one will be better. And you are the only one doing this.
Simply amazing! Wish we could go back in time (to 1977) and have him repair my 71 Chevelle convertible that was scrapped because the entire floor gas pedal to trunk and rear shock towers were completely gone. I’m convinced he could do it.
Putting a 73 Back on the road. It has been a huge learning experience. 1st Nova I've owned. Been life long dream to have 1. The biggest lesson is that parts are very expensive and original are difficult to find .
Unfortunately,if I'm reading the parts world right, anything over 30 years old IS going to be hard to find parts for, because of the OEM sector. They want people to buy parts for their new shit piles, and they don't like when someone has an old car.
Well now that you've turned a 4 door into a 1 door, let's see you turn a 2 door into a 6 door! A stretch nova would be pretty sweet! Call it the novazine 😂😂
You can teach a dog to run up a tree. But you are better off starting with a squirrel. With that said, I get that what you are doing is for its own sake. Great and ingenious work.
Damn that fits gooood !! I never got any paperwork that said I should only ever do things that make sense !… luckily ! Cause I’ve gotten way more enjoyment in life doing things just to see if I could 😎😂. Take care bud
I think it's awesome! Like you said how far are you gonna go with it? I think you're in it to win it now. Throw some quarters on it some patch panels and put that big block in it done.
If car guys just stuck with doing stuff that made sense I don't think the hobby would be where it's at. Enjoy the content, don't overthink it just see where you end up. Some of my best projects were created that way .
I know of an omega four door that’s sitting in a junkyard, been parted out. But the body is in decent shape. A friend of mine owns it. I keep looking at it, wondering if a two door could be made out of it.
I'd love to see this solid but ratty looking, with a ridiculous drivevtrain. Like a Chrysler BB and a Ford 10 3/4 rear end. Sprinkle in some fun and functional interior mods.
The cars you would use to do this with is are a more door from the desert that is rusting out on the top from the sun baking the paint off. And a 2 door from the salt belt that is rusting from the bottom up. This is the 2 cars to do this with. Or a nice more door and a salt belt car. Then the more door parts can be sold to recoup some cost. Starting out with a nice more door saves a lot of the nickel and dime costs of repairing floors and trunks and so on. The cars where you're at John, look like they're from the desert and the salt belt.😯 Rusted from the top to bottom. How do the bottoms rust out so bad down there? Must be really humid there all year round, salt moisture from the ocean perhaps?🤷😎👍
High humidity year round, leaves and pine straw get in to everything and collect moisture. We don’t usually have rusted frame rails but floor and trunk pans rust pretty bad when the weatherstripping is rotted out.
@@Shop209 Back in the day I had a 72 Duster that looked great from the top of the wheel lip on up. But it was a Fred Flintstone mobile so bad the leaf spring on one side rusted through in the rear and stuck up in the trunk. I used some rope to tie it to hold the back of the car up. And this was back in around 1985, when that turd was only 13 years old! Up here in the salt belt.🙄 The top and interior looked great though.😎👍
@@stomper2582 Sure, the ones that stay in the shade but the ones that don't the paint burns off and rusts like a mofo on the roof hood and deck lid. Plus the interiors get fried from the sun as well.😎👍
Do you still have the doors for the four door? Iam looking into getting the left front door for me 1970 Nova. Depending on far a way you live I'm willing to drive out to you place. I live in Buckeye Arizona. Thank you.
Now you did a 4 door Nova and now made into a 2 door. Lets see you build a 1957 Chevy 4 door into a 2 door 57 Chevy. Just kidding with you but you are doing a great job and so I your good enough to 57 4 door into 57 Chevy 2 door. Anyway I'm going back to your video to see whats next.
I cut the roof there before I ever thought about this conversion. The 2 door donor had no vin so I cut it in half when I bought it to make it easier to move and store. Then I decided to do this and was left with a mess.
No. In Georgia I’ll never have a problem with the Vin saying 4 Dr and it being a 2 Dr. The DMV never sees the car. I have a sheriff deputy come out and verify VIN and I take the bill of sale from the guy I bought car from and proof of insurance to the dmv. They register the car and give me tag.
I live in upstate NY, a tyrannical state by most criteria and I have built crew cab trucks out of 2 door trucks, VINs bear nothing on the registration. They only care enough to do a simple VIN search in a database to make sure it's not stolen in the United States.
I actually have a general question. Where is a good lift point and jack stand placement in a 68-74 nova? I heard the cradle was bad but it's okay if you use a plank of wood so it spreads the weight out, I've heard control arms, where the suffrage bushings are, I just don't want to destroy my cradle because I'm guilty of putting my jack there
Thanks!! Well, I typically jack the front up right in the middle of the subframe. I’ve never damaged one by jacking up there but I’ve never had one that wasn’t already bent up some either. I put jack stands under the subframe rails about 6 inches behind the angle part going up. On the rear it depends on what I’m working on. Either under housing pushing rear up if I need to keep tires at ride height in relation to car, or under rocker seam if I need to let rear hang.
@Shop209 thank you so much this helps a lot. I love all the content my nova is my car I'm going to learn on since I'm new to all this and your content makes everything so much easier. Very appreciated
I don't know why anyone would do that. What's wrong with a 4dr car? I Know they are more desirable. But 2dr cars are usually about 3 to 400 lbs heavier because you have to beef up the frame somehow. Because you are removing the center puller between the doors. 😮😮
There is literally no additional "frame strengthening" between a 2-door and 4-door Nova. From the tops of the floorboards down, they are exactly the same. The only thing you can consider "strengthening" is actually on the 4-door, where the B-pillar likely adds some extra roof support since the C-pillar is further back to accommodate the extra doors. So, the 4-door has a pair of extra pillars that the 2-door doesn't have, two extra doors that the 2-door doesn't have, a taller roof line (that required more metal and more glass in ALL of the windows) that the 2-door doesn't have... In what world does all this extra weight in the 4-doors magically make the car lighter than a 2-door???
The 4 door cars are heavier by about 300 lbs. as I said in the video, there’s no good reason to do this. Other than maybe if you have a RU-vid channel and two rusty cars. Lol. Thanks for watching.
Y not leve the 4-door a four door they are getting hard to find i like 4-door cars i had a 70 4-door in highschool and ran it at Greer drag way for years
Do your self a favor, Go rent a Commercial Sand baster, Buy real fine silica sand, Its just like glass bead. You can blast everything with out warping the body, It will save you so much Body Prep, Stay back a good foot when Blasting, Every part of my 67 Chevelle Bottom top everything was Blasted, And came out Like new Panels. Next best thing to Dipping.
You made me so nervous when you went for the first test fit. I thought it was gonna go from vehicle repair tutorial to hand reattachment tutorial or tourniquet use tutorial. PLEASE invest in some strong leather gloves for that. Not just for the viewers, but also for yourself.
@@Shop209 I definitely want to see more about this car though. The idea is sound, even if the parts are questionable.lol. I don't really like very many vehicles that came after 2000, so seeing this stuff makes me glad that I'm not the last hot rodder out here.
All that work and too lazy to remove the windshield and eliminate a seem in the roof skin which will warp like hell when welded. And seriously, what a waste of time, 2 door Novas are dime a dozen. I guess your time isn't worth anything.
You obviously haven’t watched pre ious videos. The windshield is just setting there. Pay attention to the video if you’re going to leave dumb comments. I cut the roof before I ever though about doing this conversion. I made more money while I typed this than you did last week. Go troll someone else.
Probably the same situation as the nova. If the wheelbase is the same they more than likely used a different roof section and put shorter doors on it. You’d need a 2 door donor to do it and it really isn’t worth it.
