Motor/Trans Cleanup

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Just a short video going over the cleanup of the LQ4 - 4L80E, both have around 200k miles and it shows.

Nova Vlog 14 Firewall

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Recapping and doing some metal finish work on the firewall. Firewall is made of 16 gauge steel
After a year and half it's finally back as a roller. Had some hiccups along the way but for now the suspension is in place and time to move onto other things.
The attempt to assemble the new Detroit Speed Engineer rear and front suspension. Some of the new suspension came with new hardware where some required use ...

Mistakes were made

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Getting the rear suspension mocked up with the new Detroit Speed Leafs/hardware and run into old problems.
Welded up my damaged front leaf spring pockets. 3 1/2 hours of work to save $60
A whole year went buy that the Nova was on the tip over Jig, granted there were a few delays and extra work. The car was never intended to be on this wooden...
Cleaning up the subframe, cleaning up 50 year old welds... some of my own previous welding. Priming and Painting the subframe so it can go back on the car.P...
Sorry for being all over the board during this video, this was done over several weeks.
Sprayed Por15 Bedliner on the undercarriage to protect it from the elements. Orginally I tried to spray this with a HVLP gun with a 2.0 tip set at 27psi. T...
Starting out with a recap since last update, prep for spraying primer, painting and start of the seam sealer process.
Intro - My Nephew's first time MiG welding, just a quick update.
Latest updates and an explanation as to long absense
Start to finish fabricating a patch panel to replace a section of the transmission tunnel. This is a longer video I tried to keep it as short as possible. ...
Start of the trans tunnel, some minor metal fab, car is back on the tip over jig.#Metal-Fab#TCG#thechicagogarage#71 Nova
Quick video of the toe board and floor pan welded in, also detailing the plans for the trans tunnel replacement.#TCG#thechicagogarage.com#71Nova
Another update, showing the progress or lack there off.#TCG#Rustoration#71Nova
Cleaning up 50 years worth of undercoating, oil, dirt and just yuck!#TCG https://www.thechicagogarage.com/threads/1971-nova-work-in-progress.144257/
71 Nova on a Wooden Tip over JigFull build thread for the car located here:https://www.thechicagogarage.com/threads/1971-nova-work-in-progress.144257/Plans f...
Overview and history of my 1971 Nova Rustomod/RestomodMy first video so apologies for the video quality and background noise.For more details and the whole h...
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