Bought a 57 Nomad...

[chevynut]

Hopefully I can find a replacement chassis locally.

If my research is correct, then the floor and inner quarter pieces are available (same as wagon) and I'd be happy making a rough driver out if it. I'll need to find doors. The roof damage doesn't bother me. I'd drive it with a messed up roof.

After all the rebuilding work on my Nomad, I think it would be fun to rebuild that one. I got tired of it when I was doing it, but now I'm sorta tired of pouring foam and slinging fiberglass and resin.

I don't think there are any inner quarters available, but there are wheel tubs and the entire wagon cargo area. I don't know if the cargo floor brace is sold or not but the tailpan is. You might be able to save the doors with skins, depending on how bad the bottoms are. I'm not sure if they make door bottoms but they should!!!

Hope you got a good deal on it, because there's a lot of work. But you can make a nice car out of it with patience and persistence.

[smooth 56]

After all the rebuilding work on my Nomad, I think it would be fun to rebuild that one. I got tired of it when I was doing it, but now I'm sorta tired of pouring foam and slinging fiberglass and resin.

I don't think there are any inner quarters available, but there are wheel tubs and the entire wagon cargo area. I don't know if the cargo floor brace is sold or not but the tailpan is. You might be able to save the doors with skins, depending on how bad the bottoms are. I'm not sure if they make door bottoms but they should!!!

Hope you got a good deal on it, because there's a lot of work. But you can make a nice car out of it with patience and persistence.

Dont know that much about the long roof's but aren't the doors the same as the sedan's? If they are they do make the bottom's of the door I had to get them for my hard top. most all the inner structure get ready to make it.

[hep1966]

The installed passenger side door IS a cut down sedan door. I added a pic of the original Nomad door to the album. Not sure why it's upside down. Anyone have a decent pair of Nomad doors?

[chevynut]

Nomad doors are unique and are a combination of a sedan door and hardtop door. They are flat at the beltline like a sedan, but they use a hardtop vent window and don't have a frame around the window like a sedan does. They only have the chrome frame around the window.

John, how rusty is the driver's side door? It looks original and if they make door bottoms now, I know they make door skins that can be used to repair a Nomad door. If it's just rusty at the bottom the door can be saved.

I don't think you could very easily convert a sedan door to a Nomad door and I don't think they're repopped.

[hep1966]

The inner door looks like it was made/fixed from 2 pieces or were Nomad doors made this way?

This door is toast...

[chevynut]

Yup that's bad.

[hep1966]

Is the inner door structure supposed to be "split" like that?

[567chevys]

Hello ,

Yes they have a split right in that area .


Sid

[hep1966]

That's good to know. Thanks.

[hep1966]

Would a hardtop door fit a Nomad as far as bolting on and being able to safely latch and open and close? I understand that the curves and roll up glass are different.