1965 Nova Build | Aldan American Adjustable Coilovers Installation

On this episode we are working on Okie, the 65 Nova Wagon. We were not happy with the way Okie's front end was sitting and we wanted to lower the get it lower. We installed an Aldan American Suspension kit for a difference of over 2 inches. We are pretty happy with the results. Let us know what you agree!
Parts used during this episode:
Aldan American - Nova Suspension Package, Part # 300176
aldanamerican.com/
#classiccarrestoration #vintageauto #nova #builtnotbought #chevynova #carenthusiast #autorestoration #classicnova #carproject

[@patrickfahring6086]

Absolutely love the down home feeling of your channel and video's. Thank you Steve.

[@tackettshoh]

@@patrickfahring6086 you’re very welcome!! Thank you for the support! I’m basically just doing what I’ve done since I was 14. My wife convinced me to start filming it. We are both learning as we go as far as KZbin goes. She taught herself how to do the editing and I’m mostly just walking around talking to myself….. but people seem to be watching…. 🤷‍♂️😳

[@richardsmith-qy6vl]

That wagon is so clean man it is nice I figured that was original paint and I love how the new interior is stock and loos right with the car thank for the video I like the fact that your wife helped my 1st wife would work in the shop with me when I had my body shop.

[@tackettshoh]

@@richardsmith-qy6vl I do love it when Sarah is in the garage with me. But it doesn’t happen often. We usually have different days off. Yep. The body and everything on the outside is completely original. The interior was redone with one of those classic industries kits. To the original color. The engine and transmission is a correct nova recessed oil filter engine. Out of a 66 nova. The brakes and front suspension is upgraded and changed to disc. The alternator is a one wire. But other than that the wiring is back to original. There is several videos of some of that work. If you scroll back on my channel. I really appreciate the support!!! Thanks for watching and commenting!!!

[@Tone-E-Tocca]

Put me in coach! Drive 4 & I’ll drive the wagon 😁😎🤙🏽

[@AldanAmerican]

Great Video - Keep the Nova Content coming! Thank you for your support.

[@tackettshoh]

@@AldanAmerican thank you! And thank you for making a great AMERICAN made product and supporting the hobby the way you do!!!

[@AldanAmerican]

@@tackettshoh 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

[@josephwillis5415]

Such a clean little cruiser wagon! Really would be cool to drive to shows.

[@tackettshoh]

@@josephwillis5415 I love driving it! It really does get a lot of thumbs up everywhere! Super fun little car. Sarah made a playlist of other videos of this car. But 90% of the work was done before we had a KZbin channel. But you could see some more of this car there. Thank you so much for watching and commenting!!!

[@peterhallock9486]

Love it. I use to drive a delivery 65 chevy ll wagon with a 283ci I loved the darn thing. Hey so kool .😊

[@tackettshoh]

@@peterhallock9486 Chevy never made a delivery nova. I had to make mine myself.

[@stevecr8934]

Interiors. wish there were more people building interiors for cars out there

[@tackettshoh]

@@stevecr8934 I got to admit. I have an amazing buddy who has a serious top notch interior shop. I take my stuff to him. He’s definitely not the cheapest but he is worth the price! He did the interior in this car. But it was all a kit. lol. He complained about me bringing him a kit! lol. He normally builds everything from scratch. 🤷‍♂️

[@jerryferguson6606]

The Nova looks awesome and yes you definitely need to take 4 cars

[@tackettshoh]

@@jerryferguson6606 thank you!!! I’m glad you see it my way!! Now I’ve just got to figure out how to get Sarah to agree. Then figure out how to move 4 cars down to Tucson and back……🤔

[@MrStingraybernard]

Love those ,my parents had a 65 wagon growing up and I had a 63 ss which I always kick myself for selling

[@tackettshoh]

@@MrStingraybernard I’ve probably had 30 or so first gen novas. I’ve always leaned towards the 65. I like the grill and eyebrows. It looks pretty tough. Or maybe I’m bias because my first was a 65 SS. But either way. I just love first gen novas. Thank you so much for watching and commenting!!

[@pauldhiman8369]

Awesome steve😊

[@tackettshoh]

@@pauldhiman8369 thank you Paul!! Thanks for watching and commenting!

[@earnestanderson83]

🎉 I like the upgrade.

[@tackettshoh]

@@earnestanderson83 we like it too! Aldan American makes a really nice product!

[@phildo39645]

Woo wee she’s a Beauty Tack 😃 You sir are a blessed man! Nice car!

[@tackettshoh]

@@phildo39645 thank you!! Thank you!!! I am very blessed! Thank you for the support!!

[@pauldhiman8369]

You do great work man😊🤙🏽

[@tackettshoh]

@@pauldhiman8369 thank you! Thanks for watching and commenting!!

[@DonCrookwashere]

Everyone's garage needs a wagon in it.

[@tackettshoh]

@@DonCrookwashere I…….. AGREE!!

[@chrisrichards1339]

Looks killer.

[@tackettshoh]

@@chrisrichards1339 thank you! And thanks for watching and commenting!

[@BENCHSEATRACIN]

I love it! I have a 65 Nova wagon too. Cool yours is a factory V8 with all the options it has. Looks like a 63 instrument cluster in it,63’s were black and 65’s were silver with small ribs across it.

[@tackettshoh]

@@BENCHSEATRACIN I’ve always loved wagons!! The blue one I built in 1998 with my buddy. It’s like a piece of me.

[@BENCHSEATRACIN]

@@tackettshoh 1998 is when I got mine too ❤️

[@tackettshoh]

@@BENCHSEATRACIN I kinda sorta wrecked my 65 SS so I picked up a wagon body for super cheap. Nobody cared about wagons back then. So I cut it up and made it a two door delivery. I’ve been hooked on wagons ever since!!

[@BENCHSEATRACIN]

@@tackettshoh my 65 wagon was my 4th wagon back then. Had three 66’s before it came along. Plan was to tub and put a big block in a red on red 66 I had,but decided it was too nice to cut up. The 2nd 66 wagon I owned 3 times. I had put a big block in it the 2nd time I owned it. The 1st 66 wagon got totaled after owning it a year. I found the 65 and wasn’t fond of the 65’s so it got cut on. Now I love a 65! A 67 hardtop is my all time favorite and one day I’ll own another. Had 3-4 of them in the past too

[@jerryferguson6606]

If didn't live so far away I would bring my trailer if needed and help and good luck on convincing your wife

[@tackettshoh]

@@jerryferguson6606 I think I’ve got her talked into getting a tandem trailer…….🤷‍♂️

[@michaelmaher4328]

Nice wagon Tack, I'm in Tulsa Okla and wondered where you bought the car? Those adjustable coil overs make a world of difference. Good to see Ms Sara and a crybaby, Keep the content coming and best of luck at duct tape drags bruh>

[@tackettshoh]

@@michaelmaher4328 I got the car from the Nova ranch up in your area. We did a story telling video about this car with lots of pics. If you’re interested scroll back you’ll see it. Also the engine rebuild and first fire up videos are on here. If you scroll back. Thank you for watching and commenting!

[@michaelmaher4328]

@@tackettshoh I'lll deffinately check the videos.

[@tackettshoh]

@@michaelmaher4328 thank you!!! We appreciate the support!!

[@Supafly88]

I used to live just outside Tucson in a little town called Three Points

[@tackettshoh]

@@Supafly88 I believe this car came from around the Tulsa area its whole life. I bought it from the Nova ranch. Up just north of Tulsa. If you scroll back on my page there is a story telling video about it. Also the engine build and first fire off. Thank you for watching and commenting!!

[@Supafly88]

@@tackettshoh eventually I'd like to move back to Tucson I always loved Arizona

[@tackettshoh]

@@Supafly88 Sarah and I eventually grew to love Arizona. But…….. lately we’ve been talking a lot about moving someplace greener.

[@Supafly88]

@@tackettshoh well pack'r up and head over to Tennessee!! It's definitely greener and a lot cheaper living here lol

[@tackettshoh]

@@Supafly88 how did you know??? That’s where we’ve been looking!! I’m not even kidding.

[@earnestanderson83]

I'll drive one.😅

[@roverwaters3875]

👍👍

[@tackettshoh]

@@roverwaters3875 thank you!

[@blwnvtwn]

I'm so jealous about the car, I'm a wagon fanatic. But.... Mechanically I have to ask, did we miss something or did you not use Anti-sieze in the Coil over body threads. No Anti-sieze will absolutely come back to haunt you, and most likely void any kind of warrantee.

[@tackettshoh]

@@blwnvtwn no I didnt show it but yes definitely use anti sieze! Also the Aldan coil overs use a bearing between the spring and the adjustable collar. Which I like. That has some grease on it as well.

[@joeforloney2511]

Nice car. Who does your front end allinement? I live in Goodyear.

[@tackettshoh]

@@joeforloney2511 the best shop in town. Is Jerry’s Auto 8032 east Main Street in Mesa. Ask for Jason tell him I sent you.

[@itseithergonnaworkoritaint7852]

A set of sbc 305 Vortec heads and a genuine imitation RPM Airgap dual plane intake would wake that little 283 up a lot. GM had EQ repop the sbc 305 and 350 Vortec heads as factory replacements. They come with screw in studs and they're machined for conventional seals right out of the box. Hatch's Recreational Engineering on here installed a set of the 305 Vortec heads on his sbc 307 in his 70 Nova that has a th350 with a 2800 stall with a 3.73 rear gear. It's topped off with a genuine imitation RPM Airgap with a 600 Holley double pumper. It has a Summit 1203 cam which is a stage 4 4/7 swap cam. His best to date QM time is 13.9. He just posted a new track video but he had to keep it above 14 seconds because that's what they claim his helmet was rated for.🙄 So he couldn't go all out and try the upgrades he did. Even if you didn't swap out the cam and just went with the heads and intake upgrade that little 283 would still like those upgrades. It would help raise your compression ratio and you would get more performance and mpg. If it has a Powerglide in it, swap that out for a 200R4 with a 3.73 rear gear and make it a really fun driver that gets even better fuel economy. Dealers choice, the more words the better it is for the algorithm.😎👍

[@tackettshoh]

@@itseithergonnaworkoritaint7852 I appreciate all the words…… lol. As always thank you for the support! The little 283 does much better now once I changed the intake and slapped a Holley 600 on it. Yes it is a powerglide. The entire 283 is numbers and date codes matching 1966 recessed oil filter engine. I really didn’t even want to change the intake. But…..🤷‍♂️

[@itseithergonnaworkoritaint7852]

@@tackettshoh At least change the transmission, no one will know unless you tell them you installed a 200R4. Wrap the Powerglide up in shrink wrap and stash it away in your garage for the next guy if he wants to experience how slow those cars were back in the day.(You could do that with the heads too)😁👍

[@itseithergonnaworkoritaint7852]

@@tackettshoh Besides the real paint by numbers cars are the factory hot rods from back in the day, not the Gramma grocery getters from back then. For the Chevy cars back then you would want to paint by numbers would be the SS, RS, RS/SS, Yenko and others like these.🤷

[@tackettshoh]

@@itseithergonnaworkoritaint7852 I would love overdrive in this thing. We did take it on a trip to Tucson and back and it did fine. We have been talking about Power Tour west with this car…. But we will see…..🤷‍♂️

[@itseithergonnaworkoritaint7852]

@@tackettshoh Do it, the 200R4 will take you from a 1.82 1st gear to a 2.74 first gear and then you get a second gear that's not 1:1 plus a .67:1 overdrive. Swap in a better rear gear and it will be WAY more fun to daily drive and it'll use less fuel to boot on the highway. You paint the Vortec heads and genuine imitation RPM Airgap dual plane intake Chevy orange 🧡 and very few people will notice or care that the heads and intake aren't date and numbers correct.🤔 Or are you taking this car to Concours d'Elegance car shows where paint by numbers matters?🤣😂😁😎👍

[@travismercer7967]

4

[@tackettshoh]

@@travismercer7967 I agree!!!

[@lesliecolon1613]

What size tires you have on the wagon

[@tackettshoh]

@@lesliecolon1613 the rear is 235 60 15’s the fronts are 195 60 15’s.

[@lesliecolon1613]

Thank you , you still need 65 headlight stuff?

[@tackettshoh]

@@lesliecolon1613 I don’t neeeeeeeed 65 stuff……. But……. I typically do by 65 stuff whenever I find it.

[@lesliecolon1613]

Ok im looking for stock right side fender i have a 63 ss and 64 putting together

[@tackettshoh]

@@lesliecolon1613 try the Nova Ranch just outside Tulsa.

[@davidcallahan5157]

Toe out!

[@tackettshoh]

@@davidcallahan5157 I’m sure. The tires definitely told the tail. But it drove straight….🤷‍♂️. I’ll get it on a rack next week for sure.