How about an off topic photoshop thread?

That would make a great convertible.

 

I knew I forgot something!

 

Hello,

This photo was a time when we visited our mom. We had taken her to a local Chevy dealer to get her new car in 1972. But, by the time our son was 5 years old, we had visited many times and each time, we drove her Chevy Nova around to go shopping and getting the week’s groceries for her. She also took us out to a nice lunch or dinner in that Nova sedan.

Back in 1972, she wanted a blue car similar to what our dad had as a Buick sedan. She liked blue. Her choice with our help was a smaller sedan. I wanted her to get the SS version with bucket seats and center console. She wanted one with a bench seat for some unknown reason. So, we settled on a nice v8 powered sedan with spiffy custom wheels from the factory, that the dealer threw in as an incentive for us to buy the blue Chevy Nova sedan.

She drove it for her errands and kept it pristine with weekly hand washings and constant vacuuming. It was always immaculate. It also had low miles. In two years, it had under 3000 miles and the tires still had the nubs that new tires have. It was a pristine car with a V8 motor.

When we told her we were planning on a road trip up to san francisco with camping stops along the coastal areas, she was happy we were doing stuff for our toddler son. So, she offered her car to use on our long road trip. Up the coast from So Cal through Big Sur, Santa Cruz and beyond San Francisco with the last stop back in San Francisco on our way home. The route home was through the inland portion of California with a two night stop in Yosemite National Park.

We knew the Chevy nova would make it as it was fairly new. So, we had a great time in A/C comfort with V8 power on those steep hill climbs in the mountain roads. After our stay in a few lake campgrounds on the other side of Yosemite, we headed home to the Westside of Long Beach.

We felt funny putting on more miles than was on the car that our mom drove daily or somewhat daily back in Long Beach. We had put on 3500 miles and doubled the total miles on the car with one long road trip vacation. So, thanks mom…

Jnaki

The one thing my wife and I noticed is that the trunk in the Chevy Nova was large. But the camping stuff, the suitcases and toddler stuff was packing the trunk to the brim. So, we always talked of getting a larger station wagon for our mom… and yes, for us to borrow again. We could not afford a large station wagon, so we mentioned to our mom that new idea.

This idea floated with me for years until we sold the Chevy Nova in 1986 with 16k miles on it. It was still pristine and still on the original tires. Yikes, a well preserved old car..

So, finally, after all of these years, a 1972 Chevy Nova Two Door Nomad style station wagon was roughly sketched and then detailed. YRMV

After many add on tops, chopping the extension and trying to keep the original lines intact, here is the finished project. Slicks and all, to hold the new 409 power under the hood. Ha, a little old lady from Pasa…. No, Westside of Long Beach. Yes! Cruising down the avenue with a one of a kind Nomad wagon with custom mags.