Have we Finally Found a Chevy Nova to Restore? Field Find | RUSTORATIONS EP3 

Thanks man really appreciate it. I had to self-learnt my self it was best case Ontario for success.

Oh no way you got to see it in action in person, thats awesome man. Yeah its a great car for sure. We will have to make a return trip when its done so John can take her for a rip!

Thanks man. Will be be working on it soon can't wait. Lots planned

Thanks man yes sir it goes true. I literally built that shop out of garabe that was on the side of the road. Dont need to spend a lot to do a lot these days. Just have to build one in the garage now. Thanks for watching and commenting

@@SubdivisionAuto your welcome and you are absolutely right . I've been recycling things all my life they call it now" grassroots " ,but back in the day it was repurposing.

Thank you and thanks for following the journey. Would not be doing this had people like yourself not been this supportive

@@SubdivisionAuto if you need help, don't hesitate to let me know.

Thank you June, yeah this one was quite the monster two and a half months just one video. But i'm a patient guy and believe it's about quality not quantity. Will be posting videos of this project along the way for sure even if they are few and far between, going to make sure they are good. Thanks for the nice wishes and great comment.

Thanks man all In the works. Will take a couple years to get it all done but will document each stage for sure. Thanks for the support all the best my friend

Thanks Edgar. Can't wait to get it going as well

Love you so much :)

You're not related to a Ron by any chance?

@@VicsGarage71 nope

Thanks man, yeah John is a great dude fortunate to have met him. For sure will dedicate the first burn to his fallen friend.

Good stuff Jason thank you. 71 ss very nice

Thats the way to do it, takes tremendous patience and good amount of skills but thats a hell of a story my friend. I am sure you will never let it go that story is just too good and a lot of work went into that I bet. Thanks for the support will keep updates on the project.

I built my 70 in 1991 out of 2 cars that I paid less then $200 each. Those were the days...lol!

@Country Boy Gas Garage man thats unreal crazy how much stuff got more expensive. But I get it these cars get rarer everyday it's not like they produce them anymore. It's an privilege to own one at this point! Btw your bus videos were sweet

@Subdivision Auto Thank You! The Bus has taken me on quite the journey!

Thanks Steve family always the most important thing for me for sure. Thank you for watching and commenting on the series

Doesn't surprise me there are some amazing people doing things with much worse. Beyond my abilities though. That said hoping someone scoops this one up before it goes to the wreckers

DD Speed Shop! DD Speed Shop! DD Speed Shop!

Yes but Dan has experience and going through heĺl builds his channel

Never even thought of filming that part, hell of an idea. Thanks and good luck on the 70 SS check in and let me know it goes. Cheers!

I think there is always a lot of value to being patient. I cannot tell you how many times I almost "made a decision" behind the scenes. Keep in mind I didnt film every minute of this but behind the scenes I was working on this everyday, calling people, emails etc. But at the end of the day I always kept to my guns and it sure helped a lot. Yes involving the kids was always the idea. I think its a cool idea for them to "grow up" on camera. Even if they only appear occasionally behind able to go back and see that happens is an amazing memory.... even if its selfishly just for me.

@@SubdivisionAuto Oh no, it is NOT selfish. Actually it's quite generous from my perspective. I think it's fantastic. Besides, you know when a TV series popularity is waning, the producers say, "Hey, lets add a kid or two." LOL

Thank you for the kind words as always as well as feedback. Yeah after speaking with John I was left with a feeling like none other. I have got to know John quite well lately and he's a great guy too so I am really happy this happened the way it did. Can't believe you were able to sit through the Mad Max project haha, I made so many errors and talked so damn much in it. One of the reasons I want to do this is to make it right. Lots of errors in the Jeep but thats okay learning experience. This one is going to be very different, getting experts to chip in and spent a lot of time researching proper techniques and science behind what we are going to do. Hopefully I can shut up as well and just get some work done. Thanks for the comments again. New arrival is good times. All the best Sean

@@SubdivisionAuto Man the Mad Max build was awesome, rare to get such an insight into what goes into making a dream project come to life. So stoked for the Nova series man. Talking too much? heck, i know it's not everyone's shtick but i appreciate the in-depth view and how your thinking evolves throughout the project. I'll be tuned in every step of the way. 👊

Thanks man. Watched some of your video last few months preparing for the project. Well done and thanks for thr support

Yes sir. I don't know what's more intimidating: thinking about all the work it took to find it, or the idea of doing this and filming it all. Going to be a hell of a mental challenge. But I'm up for it and wil l keep the journey honest. Thanks again for the support

Thanks for commenting Albert hope you are well

Thanks Ross... going to suck to break people's hearts when they see the next episode...

@@SubdivisionAuto Yes indeed....

Thanks for the support man got a lot planned for this. These videos will be few and far between but I thank you for your patience. At the same time I have an amazing lineup of other cars for the main show Between the Wheels. Should be a fun season. All the best

@@SubdivisionAuto And I forgot to congratulate you on the birth of your new son!!! Bet both boys grow up with the love of cars!!! Congratulations.

@Mr. Heated Jacket's Quebec Garage Thanks man yeah gotta start them early!

Thanks Nick now the real fun beings

Thanks Tony, will be fun getting started very soon and it should be a fun build. Will take a few years but going to make sure this one is done right. Thanks for the support and comments

Thanks man. Although watching your videos has shown me the possibilities are endless in restoration; I decided to go for a more "solid" restoration. It's still going to be a lot of work, needs bodywork, floor, trunk Pan and maybe a few others. Thanks for watching professor!

It sure is....next episode comes out in just under 2 weeks it's a big one... Glad you got yours thats great and a fantastic price. Hard to get anything under 3-5 grand these days even in the worst shape.

Hi Bo it's a good plan. I don't mind doing more work but certain parts of the car have ro be solid to make it worth it. It would be easier to have an all round solid car if I can find one in original shape. Thabks for the advice much more to come on this

Thanks for the support glad you enjoyed it

Thank you for those kind words I shall do my best not to let you down

And by the way if you ever get a ride you raise from the dead and want to sell it, based on what it is I will always be interested. Be blessed sir.

@Shin-Gahn-Do thank you. But I'll be honest I would never sell it because I want to pass it down to my kids.

@@SubdivisionAuto great idea love your family ideals

@Shin-Gahn-Do without family this journey would not be taking place I can guarantee that. Thank you for the kind words

Yeah that is very true. Just requires a lot of metal. I guess I should have worded that better.

Yeah just takes time man. For sure thanks for the support

Thanks Kevin will keep posting videos and filming everything we do to it. Good stuff on the 71 dont let it go they are getting hard to come by these days. Thanks for the support

Haha thanks man

Right on man!

100% right my friend. Keep watching you'll see this car again on this show someone bought it and we wre going yo recover it

Yeah unfortunately I felt I was always tiptoeing around a scam. I saw over 50 Novas so the vast majority of them I didnt even mention but there were some scamy situations out there. Its just the way it is always some clown trying to make an extra buck at the expense of someone else. Unfortunate. If there is one I have learned in this (which i didnt include) is not to be too quick to act on a car. Even if it feels like the right one dont get excited and be patient. Could save a headache. Will do a breakdown and gameplan of the car for sure.

@@SubdivisionAuto man I totally agree, I had a Chevelle (sell out from under me.) but really I hate that term, because the guy who sold it owed me nothing he didn’t know me or if I would show up and I gave him no deposit to hold it… but sure enough after my 4 hour drive I had arrived to find out the car was already sold. You’ll look back at the hunt and realize how cool/interesting it was…. Now the fun fun is over and the real work begins.

@Jerry N that's right well said. After renovating old houses for the last 7 years (and when I started I didn't know a damn thing about renovating) I am ready to put that to rest and learn the automotive process. Hopefully I can do a half decent job but hey at the very least if I screw up it'll be entertaining

Thank you for the offer good to know. Unfortunately do not have a car yet as I expected.... next episode comes out Friday to see why.

Very nice. Great cars

I just dedicated a lot of time to it I was probably doing 3-4 hours a night . Eventually you learn to find stuff long as you know what you are looking for. I used Facebook a lot "for sale used" groups. Posted what I was looking for and sometimes people would respond. I also joined smaller groups of towns around and posted messages. Used Kijiji a lot had ads on there. And with all that I found a lot.

Hope you find that nova there are good cars believe me I have a 66 Chevy ii 2 door that my father buy in 66 brand new for my mother my sister drove the hell out of it my daddy was drunk wend he ordered that car am 56 years old and I fix it up and restore it its got a lot of memories in it take man besafe

The BOPs are my favorites...I've owned a couple of Novas...

Believe it or not the 2nd car I went to see was one. They're pretty cool as well but not what I am looking for. Hell of a journey due to being so picky though let me tell ya. Next video comes out next Friday and let me say it's quite the adventure...

@@SubdivisionAuto a hatchback comment because I've got one and I've had it since 1985 ish. The hatch is there got a dash seats are there. Nobody wanted those cars back then but now there's more interests. I traded the other parts off for mustang parts on a car I was building back then as a kid. And cut the V6 engine in a slightly newer Omega. It has very great bones that's in the car was taken off the road but it was ten or twelve years old. More importantly here are a few places you may get parts for when you do find your car. In Minnesota and I believe it's called wind valley Auto Parts. John's down in Texas. There's a couple places in and one in South Dakota but I'm not thinking of the names. Adkins maybe. Probable good sources. I knew three of them and Wisconsin and Minnesota but the last one is crushing out by March earlier this year and Namath had two dozen are these Nova's. I'm also including nineteen seventy-three and seventy-four in that tally. The car you're looking for is very much sought after. If you can find one in Southern Kansas. Especially around Wichita 20 miles to the east, 80 miles to the West. No rust zone and low burnt out by the sun zone. D&h classics in Oklahoma around Shawnee roughly speaking. A good candidate or place to find parts possibly a whole car. All I'm saying is that in the area that I described around Wichita if you get much farther west they like to burn in the Sun but rest will be minimal. The panhandles where the sun ☀️ burns them up in both Oklahoma and Texas. From Abilene Texas on up through Oklahoma including Southern Kansas. Great place to find low Rust cars. But they are often burnt to a crisp by the sun other than that one spot around Wichita over to South Hutchinson that I described in Kansas. I don't think you'll find a lot of novas in that area anyway. Yo out at the rust Ranch is a classic salvage yard but your Nova would be at the upper end of the time period that he would deal with. Rosedale Kansas. I have bought parts from him. I found him worth several hours of drive time. But in his car 600-plus vintage vehicles I do not remember seeing a single Nova. He's always worth a try. One other hand that I found good in searching for cars. Where did they sell a bunch of them at? More so where did they manufacture the cars. Now as these cars are getting older that doesn't work as well. In the past at least those cars are more easily found around military posts such as Army Post. G.i. back in the day with often just toss them aside and go buy another one because they were cheap and they had money to burn to a certain point. I have been around fort Leonard Wood Missouri in years gone by and they have a ton of cars laying around within 30 miles of the post you just have to drive through and explore. I'm not talking about on post, just around it. I was stationed there one time for a two-time and I found this true wherever I went. Novas mustang GTO Camaro and so forth. Last time I was there a couple years ago was for a funeral and I've been there a couple of times for funerals. Those things seem to occur more often and as I get older. Anyway the last one was not necessarily on a military cemetery 🪦. That guy screwed up while he was in the military and lost that benefit but they still gave military honors. But on three sides it was somewhat scenic on the fourside across the road you could see a lot of old cars and if you haven't passed there there was quite a few more going deeper inside of the area of the compound. Maybe I'll stop you can add if you're in the general area I can't say that I saw a Nova. Out in Eastern Tennessee there is a yard but it's Rusty. Around the Georgia Alabama state lines for Florida. I picked up a first generation firebird and it had been sitting on his floor pan for about five years. It is the best no rust floor pan. I have seen on one of these cars ever. They only exception would be the ones I have had their floor pans replace the car has been meticulously kept. It was interesting driving past the alligators to get to it. Just another area that people don't think about often and it's a relatively dry area that often happen about a hundred miles in from the coast. Hopefully these tidbits from about 40 years of my life help you out. I like helping people out with great enthusiasm for the car hobby. Thank you for your reply.

It may be who knows

100% Tim. Canada is the worst place for these cars hence its been so tough. May end up there sooner than later

Thank you for the fantastic comment. Staying true to the goal and not giving up. Even if it takes longer to find a vehicle....