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hep1966
10-03-2014, 06:27 AM
It's rough but it's mine.

Cowl tag shows 691 and 817D.

Also has EZI and AC. Most of the AC parts are gone.

A good part of the metal all over the car is gone.

The frame is junk.

Good points are that it seems to have all of the Nomad specific trim and has proper VIN tag and clear title.

Pictures are in my photo album here. Having trouble putting them in this post via iPhone.

NickP
10-03-2014, 06:41 AM
Congrats! Pics?

hep1966
10-03-2014, 07:02 AM
I made a photo album on this site. The pictures should be there. I'll post them in this thread when I get on the desktop later this weekend.

smooth 56
10-03-2014, 07:04 AM
Congrat's, looks like you have a lot of work ahead of you but it will be worth it in the long run. My 55 hard top was in that kind of shape when I started on it to.

56-210Sedan
10-03-2014, 08:20 AM
Congratulations on the Nomad hep1966, we have seen rougher so there is still lots of hope that you will resurrect your ride and make it a sweet ride.

chevynut
10-03-2014, 08:48 AM
Congrats on the purchase. I hope you can fab and weld, since it looks like you're going to be doing a lot of it. The good news is the parts are available, with the exception of the roof and doors. What are your plans for it?

567chevys
10-03-2014, 09:32 AM
I Like it, Needs lot's Of TLC . Least you have most of it and they make new panels .


Thanks Sid

hep1966
10-03-2014, 10:30 AM
Thinking about selling the Vette to better fund fixing the Nomad.

hep1966
10-03-2014, 05:28 PM
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.

carls 56 (RIP 11/24/2021)
10-04-2014, 05:44 AM
congrats, have fun with it. :cool:

chevynut
10-04-2014, 04:00 PM
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
10-05-2014, 05:19 AM
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
10-05-2014, 07:09 AM
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
10-05-2014, 07:22 AM
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
10-06-2014, 09:42 AM
The inner door looks like it was made/fixed from 2 pieces or were Nomad doors made this way?

This door is toast...





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chevynut
10-06-2014, 10:06 AM
Yup that's bad. :eek:

hep1966
10-06-2014, 02:49 PM
Is the inner door structure supposed to be "split" like that?

567chevys
10-06-2014, 02:54 PM
Hello ,

Yes they have a split right in that area .


Sid

hep1966
10-06-2014, 05:12 PM
That's good to know. Thanks.

hep1966
10-09-2014, 04:53 AM
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.