Look What I Found....!!!!

Some of you Gearheads out there may already know this, but those that will say, "Hey, that's pretty cool.  I'll look into this for my ride"....
I had been wanting to get rid of my HEI distributor for awhile now.  But I had spent quite a bit of change already on my current ignition parts.  Well, I called the good folks at Summit Racing.
I told the tech that I wanted to place the ignion coil on the firewall in lieu of the coil in the top of the distributor.
"Yes, I can help you with that.  I also have a product that will clean up your ignion wires around the distributor."

You are looking at an 'MSD Coil Cover' on top of an 'Accel Corrected Distributor Cap'.

Obviously, the Accel cap is for Chevy motors.  It simply keeps the firing order the same but the cap is rewired inside to allow the odd / even ignition wires to be routed more efficently.  More cleanly.  And it all fits on your HEI distributor at a fraction of the cost for a new aftermarket distributor.  The MSD cover has a wire post (left) on top for connecting your remote coil on the inner fender or firewall for a cleaner appearance.  Better than the factory!

The Chassis: Part 3

As you can see, the front clip is taking on a bit more "familiar" shape.

Those big sweeping loops are for the clearance for the wide tires.  Should have room to spare...
As the chassis builds, it is a long, long process.  Tack welds only to hold...check the fit of components.  Mock buildups...check fit again & again...then take it down to weld.
The next series of pix illustrates just that.

Setting the Stance

Nathan had asked me to bring in my front wheels for setting up a height reference.

It is quite obvious the car will have a lower stance than factory, but the factory never dreamed of putting a 10" wide tire on the car, either.

 The car will be fitted with 15" rally wheels.  These wheels are correct for that era.  The front will tote an 8" wide wheel(s) with a 4" back offset.  The rear will be showing off  12" rubber mounted to a 10" wide wheel(s) with a 6" back offset.  This allows the wheels to line up evenly as you are looking down the length of the car.

The Chassis: Part 2

You saw the front end piece on the jig table.  There are lines that represent the Nova's center width, wheelbase center & the front & rear axle centers. 

This is for a starting reference for the build.

Other front suspension mounting brackets were produced to incorporate the C4 control arms & the front spindles.  Pretty cool, huh?