strunk fabrications new shop truck....er nova wagon build

Drew...your are a "get shit done" kinda guy... Looks like you'r gonna need to make some road trips up here this Summer

 

yes me and the wifey have been looking at this years shows to figure out what we are doing. you guys in michigan seam to know how to put on shows!!!

 

the rears are 255 x60 x15 bfg's 28" tall and the fronts are 135 x 15 firestone f560 at 23.25" tall. the 135x15 are kinda small but i have run them on another nova wagon i had and they were fine. i may switch to 145 x15 's later but well see. one thing to note * firestone f560 series of tires run taller and have a bigger load rating than nankangs , michelin's , etc *

 

my plan it to make this little chevy 2 a road worrior.

 

Man that stance is lookin' awsome!

 

here is a little update. i have been welding up all the holes in the floor i made to get the nova to set this low. i have been working on placement of all the gauges i will be wiring in. i kinda have a thing for gauges, alot of them. i made a 4 gauge mount for the radio area. also i wanted a gauge piller and there is none avaliable for the early nova's so i made one. i have been filling all the holes in the firewall as well.here are some pics:

 

You are ate up with gauges and I love it!

 

Looks good Drew can't wait to see it out.

 

Curious, did you modify the front Tci crossmember much or just raise the shocks?

 

i z'ed the front

 

Thanks for the reply. I should have been more specific. I meant to say the front of the four link crossmember. After looking at the pictures again it appears you raised the center of the crossmember? Great build. I am just starting on my 65 wagon swap meet mobile.

 

sorry . i did raise the front of the tci rear kit x member 2 1/4". the very rear coilover x member i raised 3" by building a new x member all together.

 

Great looking wagon,,are you going to paint and redo the interior? HRP

 

Awesome build - great stance!

 

yes i will be redoing the interior. the out side will stay for a few months but i hope to get it painted this fall or lastest winter.

 

I have been considering this 4-link kit vs a universal ladder bar kit from a comlany like Alston. Do you have any input as to why

 

You chose the 4-link kit

 

nailed the stance

 

yes i chose the 4 link. i am NOT a fan of panhard bars but you have to have one with a streight 4 link. i would have rather did a triangulated 4 link but there just is no room under the seat. the bad part is the tci kit was like 1500.00 and i remade half of the kit because i went so low. i did not even used the coil over rear x member, i cut and raised the center x member were the 4 link bars hooked to in the front. then i took a very nice car and cut the floor all up! hey that is what it takes to get the stace just right. sacrifices.

 

just got so old eric von real wheels for the chevy 2 from charliechop1940. thanks so much. i will be send these 15 x10's out to eric von to be made into trick 8's for the back. i always wanted to get real rodder wheels for it but i jumped the gun and got torq thrust d wheels instead. i was not happy with them so erice von wheels it is. here is apic some one photoshopped for me of what it will look like.

 

Lookin good!

 

Your wagon looks good. I recall little brother had one in high school in bc(before cool).

 

well i am itching to get this chevy 2 wagon on the road. i have had a few set backs. the front end was to wide. i had to narrow the upper and lower a arms 3/4 inch each. i got that done and it will turn now. ( turning is over rated!!!) i cant wait to get my wheels back from eric vaughn . he is narrowing my 15x10 real wheels to trick 8"s by taking the 2" off the back. i just finished insulating the car and i am working on the engine now. i have to cut the heads for bigger valve springs. the cam is installed and the short block is just waiting for the heads to button everything up. the show season is starting here and i want to have this wagon aout soon. more pics to come!!!

 

Looking fotward to the pics. The back seat still gonna fold down with the floor notched? Also did you use dropped spindles with the z'd clip? The stance is killer. Gonna look awesome on the road.

 

the rear seat will fold down. i do have to narrow it just a bit thought. yes it has 2.5" dropped spindles and 3" front frame z with cut front springs . the lower a arms are level to the ground.

 

Any progress pics?

 

yes but i got a new camera and i havent got the pics out of it yet! i will see way i can do..........

 

new pics of work up till now

 

getting real close to starting this sled!

 

Will I see you and your dad at the swap meet tomorrow? Or Saturday?