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Old 04-02-2015, 03:34 AM
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Default 94 Sawblades on my 63 Nova

I finally got a day off with good weather.
I took the stock wheels off my 94 Corvette, got new tires and put them on my Nova.
Fronts are 17x8.5, rear are 17x9.5. Tires are 245/45/17(f) & 275/40/17(r).
I have wheel tubs put in, mounted to the frame. That gave me about 3" more room. Because of the tubs, I had to move the gas door back a few inches keep the tire from touching it. The rearend is about 60" hub to hub.
The front end is a Scott's set-up with 2" dropped spindles.(3" drop in the rear) I had to add 1" wheel adapters to the front to get the right clearance in the wheel wells.
Wilwood disk brakes all around. PS, PB, coil-overs up front & Caltrac arms on multi-leafs on the rear.
355ci SBC mated to a 94 Corvette ZF6 speed manual tranny. It has 2 overdrives to help tame the 4.11s in the narrowed 12 bolt.(1900rpm @ 70mph)
Edelbrock Air-Gap intake & 750 carb, Edelbrock heads, forged SpeedPro flat-top pistons, Crane cam, headers, NOS Cheater system(150 shot). New Painless wiring harness throughuot the whole car. Sylvania Silver Star headlights & LED tail lights. Pioneer stereo + 500w amp. Seats from 2007 Chevy TrailBlazer SS. Autometer gauges, air/fuel gauge & HUD speedo.
That's about it. Still a work in progress. I've owned it since 1991. It's been under water up to the windshield twice & got hit by a fire engine in my driveway, too. Originally gold w/ fawn interior, now Seafoam Green w/ black insides.













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Originally Posted by johnnymo63
I finally got a day off with good weather.
I took the stock wheels off my 94 Corvette, got new tires and put them on my Nova.
Interesting. Different.

A "post sedan" in '63 I believe would still have been a Chevy II, yours appears to have the post and drip rails "blacked out". I believe I'd hang the CHEVY II "moniker" on it.

** I might try swapping them side to side and see if maybe they present themselves a little differently on the 'ole shoe-box. I realize they're mounted correctly but it might be both more appealing and certainly more conversational when you came across a C4 owner that understood.

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Old 04-02-2015, 05:32 AM
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I like it.

When I read the title I had my doubts but the pictures say a thousand words.
Old 04-02-2015, 06:05 AM
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saw them on a black 65 el Camino at a car show and they looked great on that too
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I like that look!
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Damm that looks mean!
Old 04-02-2015, 03:30 PM
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come up to the next wild wensday and the drags. Good looking little car.
Old 04-02-2015, 04:36 PM
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I had one like that when I met my wife.(She was a lot easier to impress back then.) Mine had the tiny 194 cu.in. straight 6 with a 2 speed powerglide. Got a lot of good miles out of that little car.

Very tastefully done! I Like it.
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That is a good look! I wonder how those would look on a Chevy S10.
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Originally Posted by corvetteronw
That is a good look! I wonder how those would look on a Chevy S10.
I've seen the painted saw-blades on more than one S-10 or Sonoma. They look very good.
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I believe the "Nova" was a certain model of the Chevy II, which that car is.

The Corvette wheels don't work as well on the Chevy II as they did on the Corvette.
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Originally Posted by rocco16
I believe the "Nova" was a certain model of the Chevy II, which that car is.

The Corvette wheels don't work as well on the Chevy II as they did on the Corvette.
NOVA I believe would have been a "Sport Coupe" lack of the "POST" or a 'Vert.

I understand the wheels the OP chose because it's what he had, the saw-blades don't work as well as they do on some others and I believe he painted saw-blades would have done much better. Maybe even being done in "car color".
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When I read the title I said "no".

When I saw the pictures I said " yes".

Looks surprisingly good.

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