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Back from break! I worked on as many things as I could. First up is the Nova’s subframe. It was dirty, rusty and ugly. Now that the body mounts are all good we had to address the ugly. Luckily the rest of the subframe was solid, a wire wheel was enough to clean her to the point we could lay down some paint. I bought into the internet hype and bought the Mastercoat primer and AG111 top coat comb...

Click bait? Probably. But with another crusty surprise from our beloved Nova, a bunch of other jobs going on but nothing finished and life outside the shop being somehow busier than usual, content is running low and frustration is high. It’s time to reset and figure out where we go next.

Changing things up this week. This is Shop Talk, a feature we’ll be doing going forward where I can talk to you guys about hotrods and classic cars in general, what it takes to build them, anything I wish I knew before hand, whatever tips or advice I’ve picked up along the way, and anything else we come up with that may help anyone watching get into working on these beaten down classics. We’ll ...

The nova’s subframe is actually pretty solid. Everywhere but the body mounts, those are roached. We could either buy a whole new subframe (no thanks) or buy a used subframe and hope we find one with good body mounts. Problem is, the body mounts are usually the first thing to rust on these chassis’s, and if we found one that was mint, it would likely cost the same as a new one or more because it...

I’ve known for a while that the subframe needed help. The front body mounts were toasted, and I guessed that the rears were no better. With the floor install coming I really wanted subframe all taken care of so we can line it up with new hardware to the new floor pan. But in order to do that we have to address the rust. And in order to do THAT, I had to strip the subframe down, pull it out, and...

Rust repair….It’s always rust repair. After finding rot in the dash panel I decided to just replace the whole dash top rather than try to just patch it up. For once, an aftermarket panel actually fit really well! The alignment was a pain but in the end it went together very nicely. Follow us on Instagram! Behind the scenes, updates on what’s coming and more! shop_81_?igsh=YThwZHN4...

Well, this one went about 5 different directions. All i wanted was to clean up the firewall and the cowl of Nova to lay down some primer and make it look a little cleaner. But the car had other plans. As you may have already seen, I already stopped once to fix the rust that popped up in the cowl. Turns out that wasn’t the only ugliness that was still hiding. We did finally make some progress af...

Well, this one annoyed me. While working to get the Nova prepped for some primer, I found more rust, and it couldn’t of been in a worse spot to get at. I figured it ran even deeper than what I could see, so the repair got a little complicated. But it’s finally patched up and now we can move on to more of the fun stuff! Follow us on instagram for behind the scenes and updates on what’s coming! i...

Well, we’re waiting on parts, that means I need to fight through the procrastination that has left some of the Nova’s finer details about half done. It’s hard to stay motivated when all that’s staring you down is the nitty gritty but we power through it and keep the Nova moving along knowing that the fun stuff is coming soon! Follow along on INSTAGRAM for more up dates and some behind the scene...

More progress on the 71 Nova as the driver side cowl panel goes on for good! I find out the hard way that just because parts are new doesn’t mean they fit. But after way to much hammering, grinding, cutting and welding it finally surrenders and settles into its new home!

The Nova gets the inner rocker installed for good! Finally starting to look like something but still a long way to go!

We get the door pillar rocker support installed on our 1971 Chevy Nova! I get to fight with “budget friendly” weld thru primer. Is the savings really worth it?

Welcome to Shop 81! We talk about this 1971 Chevy Nova, where it came from, what’s been done already and what’s still to come!