Project Lawless Darkness '68 Duece

[Heavy Evy]

I figure since its a boring Saturday night in frozen Salt Lake City I would start a build thread for my Nova. I looked far and wide for a decent chev car in my price range and I came up empty everytime untill that faithful day. I had just gotten back from looking at a 71 Nova in Idaho falls, Idaho that was a complete bust and a waste of gas but atleast I got out of the state for a few hours. When I got home I checked the local classifieds just for the chance I missed something. There were 3 new ads and one was for a 68 Chevy II. I clicked it and read the brief article saying "68 nova has 350 runs but needs work" That was all the ad said and the guy didn't even have a picture up on the ad so I figured it was a complete pile like all the other ones I found but I took the chance and gave him a call that same day I drove 50 miles to check it out and fell in love. When I first got there I was like a kid in a candy store. The Nova started right up and ran like a dream but it needed u joint straps to be driven. I looked under the car at the rearend and noticed it was a 12 bolt he said it was posi too (score!) and that it had front disc brakes (double score!) after some more gandering and talking about the car and all the extra parts that came with it I made him an offer and he excepted. I left some money so he would hold it and I came back a week later with my trusty 71 C20 and trailer and we carted her home. The first thing I did to the duece was get some u joint straps so I could actually drive it around. The main problem with this car was the rear quarter panels. The left rear had rust removed but no metal put back in so I could reach into the trunk with my hand with no problem. The body work was first priority so I ordered new panels from a local resto company. My buddy is a really good body guy and has won several awards for his work so I had a guy who knew what the hell he was doing put on my new skins.