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Moby Grape: The 63 Nova

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02/06/2000. Here's a pic of the "Moby Grape" (a 63 Nova 400) as I saw it advertised. It was owned by a young man in a town about 60 miles north of me.

This was my first view of the car. It was a little dirty from sitting for about 6 months.

Here's the interior. Brown dash and headliner, black carpet and buckets from a Toyota It also has a Cal Custom steering wheel, B&M shifter and a dealer-installed A/C unit. Ohhhh...and don't forget the fuzzy dice. Those little suckers are stayin'!

A little straight 6 motor (250 CID) in in front of a TH350 trans.

Ben and I shake hands on the deal. Ben's the one on the right, the Nova is in the middle. I think he was sad and relieved to sell it at the same time.

Now it's at home in our driveway. The drive home was a little interesting. The toe-out on the front end limited the speed to about 40 mph. Gayle drove behind me with the flashers going in the 85 Monte. I thought the heater core had been disconnected and cold air blew in from everywhere under the dash. I was frozen by the time I got it home. (It IS February in Utah, yanno.) What I realized later was that the heater core was connected but the dealer installed A/C had been removed.

Next page: The "Before" pictures in the Before and After project.

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