FORGOTTEN 1964 Chevy II - Will It RUN AND DRIVE After Sitting For Years?
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- This old 64 Chevy II popped up on marketplace right after I got home from work and sat on the couch to relax. 45 minutes later I owned it. Can we revive this grandpa special and put her back in service?
Dani wants to make it into a race car.... A race car
Straight axle gasser? tunnel ram? 327? 4 speed? radiused wheel wells. I have a real problem.
Email me dan@ddspeedshop.ca
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Doug here....DD Speed Shop fan.............Love the Nova! Great find!! 62-72 Chevy's are the pinnacle of good looking rides.
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@@DDSpeedShop I'm going to tell MUR on you for messing up the Nomad😆
@@DDSpeedShop I'm going to tell MUR on you for messing up the Nomad😆
They are nice looking cars. A friend of mine ordered a 65 one with a 327 and 4 speed from the factory back in the day. It was a fine running and good looking car. Had trim packag that encircled the sides of the car. 👍
😂 would it kill you to hang an old tire on the front of the bobcat bucket🤪
It kind of hurt to watch!
Like he has any old junk tires laying around 😂
It was well past fubar’d already.
The dents in the bumper got dented
Why bother it looks like it has already been rear-ended by a bulldozer.
Are you going to convert to a four door ? 😂. Cool find 😎
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Mate. You beat me to it 🇦🇺🤙🏼
DD, you and Mur need more collaborations , so fun to watch you guys work together
Agreed
My father's friend had a '64 with a built 454 full cage and narrowed rear in the late seventies, he ruled the streets. Painted off white, with full exhaust, I was in my mid teens, it was my first ride in a real mid 10 sec car! One of those memories I will keep forever...
Hey Dan, If you end up putting in a different transmission, don't use the cooler in the radiator. Use an external trans cooler. The cooler in the radiator may be leaking, causing water to get into the transmission. Take the lines off the radiator and plug them. I've seen this happen a lot when I was working in a transmission shop. Not telling you what to do, just a little advice.
Most trans in early ll's were air cooled
Yep, had that happen in my `80 Chevy truck. I used an external cooler, problem solved.
he's right on. had that happen myself in an old caprice
@@craigpower6950 I've never seen that
The car is worthy of the work needed to put it back together. They are getting quite valuable now, also parts are no problem.
Great to see Mur back, mic'd up and recharged! You guys have always made a great team on these cars and it's always good to see you guys tackle a project together! The Chevy II is a great find! I would fix the Turbo 350, hook a nicely cammed 327 in there and let Dani go have fun with it at the track! You now have Big Brother Nova and Nova Jr. Great video and keep up the great work!
I had a 62 Nova 2dr post with a 350, 4spd, 12bolt back in 82 ! Love the car 😊🤙🤙🤙 Aloha from Texas
Certainly Dan has a old tire laying around for pushing, he sure has a old battery that is his go to. Little Nova is a keeper.
Chances are your trans cooler in the radiator is shot. There is water in the trans fluid A rebuild of a th 350 would be great content for the channel and you easily have the skills to do it. The detent cam places the valves in the valve body in the correct position for proper operation. Low and reverse share the same apply piston so problems with the apply piston can affect both gears.
This definitely brings back memories of my 63 coupe that I purchased for 500 dollars back in 87 or 88 but put in a 350 that was built up in it really enjoyed it but my wife hated it because I was always working on it plus just had the family thing going on plus the house but yeah a street rod would be great Dan and you might even let Dani drive it some maybe put a big block or LS in it for shits and giggles but if your going to fix the floors you might as well fix that rear drivers quarter hope to see more of the duce be careful and stay safe my friend God love ya both
“Another project I don’t need, for the time I don’t have” story of my life.
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D D Speed Shop Merv and Dan on getting the 1964 Chevy 2 Nova back around 👍👍🤓🤓🍷👀👀👀
I like the charger plugged in and sitting in a puddle of water! Sketchy.
Dan, the transmission friction material is bonded to the steel disc with a water soluble glue. No amount of fluid flushing is going to stop the friction material from falling off. You will have to build or replace the transmission. (Which is a 1969 or newer) Then, you need to have the radiator repaired.
Chevyll Only out of Louisville KY has NOS, Vintage and repop parts for 63 67 Novas. Used them a ton for parts. Sometimes cheaper than Classic or NPD. Very personal service.
Solid axel gasser build on this one would be awesome!!!!!!!!
You should get a big block, refresh it with aftermarket parts, and swap it in. What could possibly go wrong ?
That's a cool Chevy 2 Nova 64 . I would drive the wheels off . From Flint Michigan gordonWalker
Luck fer Dani... She'll enjoy this 64 Nova as much as u will enjoy yer Nova Dan! (( Multi-Nova's in the family ))
Had a 4 cylinder ‘62 very similar to this one, white 2dr., red interior, back in the late 60’s that we bought and put in a 6 cylinder. Very nice little car for getting around town.
Straight axel gasser would be so cool those cars make perfect gassers radius rear wheel opening sbc
Great fun Dan ! If memory serves the '64 Chevy doors will lock from the inside by pushing the release handles forward !
That is correct. Down n forward locks the doors.
That’s what I remember as well.
@@rodneybrown1696 that’s correct. But you only lock them from the outside with the key. There is no push down button in the window. Garnish.
Yep.
whatever you do with the excess TH350 transmissions, do not junk them! Certain parts of the TH350 are getting really hard to find! You can utilize them eventually or sell them! I love your channel and your no-nonsense approach to the awesome cars you have!
With the garage roof leaking, this is the perfect time to jack it up a couple of feet so you can install a proper lift. The building wont weigh much once the asphalt is removed. Add two feet to the bottom of the walls and garage door.
Those old 6 bangers had solid lifters. They all sounded like diesels.The little Nova is a keeper, for sure. A buddy had a '66 Nova that we did the full deal to. 327, huge cam, 13:1 compression, dual quad tunnel ram, straight axle, 4 speed, 456 gears with welded spiders. It was so light it was wicked fast and hard to control.
63 had hydraulic lifters not solids .
Those old 327s were powerful. Especially the factory 300 hp ones. Guess they started getting weaker around 67.
Not if you put a quart of Rislone in n your oil, I've had several of those straight-6 s over the years and they will start purring like a kitten within five minutes of Rislone.
I built a 63 chevy 2 post in the early 70's- I put a small block and remove the original 6.
what I learned in the process of switching to a v8: nova had its own block for (clutch linkage), exhaust manifolds, oil pan, pump pick up
(sump opposite from a standard chevy) due to the steering tie rod, oil pick up, front springs.
I love this so much I’m like one minute into the video and I’m already seen Dan cutting the rear wheel wells out tubbing it wide tires big 454. This is gonna be awesome.
I am with you we all know he haves a big block sitting around
You need to make a push bar for that thing with rubber pads lol
I was thinking that through the whole push...
i agree to an extent..yeah for something that is half assed decent but this one is fubarred ..gonna have to replace the bumper and work on the deck lid anyways so nothing was hurt
How can someone "forget" a piece like that! Nice score!! Wish we still had great pieces like that here in New Brunswick!!
And here in nova scotia.
Mur NEEDS an honorary DD Speedshop plaid shirt too!
My 2004 Tahoe two wheel drive transmission just went out I'm bummed out!! turned on your video and now I'm ordering parts to rebuild that 4L60E Ya!!! Thanks DD speed shop!! You always bring the car guy out of me!!! ✌️
"you should not weld spring steel" - reminds me how i fixed turn signal relay in my friends car, it had brokend spring-thing, i soldered it and enforced with little bit of copper wire - worked like a charm XD I had fixed this car in many ways, he borrowed it to me for almost a year :)
Love these Nova/Chevy II’s! Almost bought a rust free Arizona car myself, sad story…
Hi Dan I got a 65 two-door sedan. You have rear steer that means you have to have special oil pan.And a front sump oil pump draw tube. For a v8 conversion. Also V8 saddles for the motor mounts. You can spend$300 in trans fluid. Trying to flush it out. It's much easier just to pull it . Then install external trans cooler
What a find Dan, very cool car. Chevy 2 are awesome. Looking forward to this one 👍😎✌️
First gen camaros watching Dan bring home another project 😢
good to see you back working with the ol man
Nice score Danny boy--LEAVE IT STOCK, it deserves It! Everyone cuts them up!😎
Well you know he can't do that. Everything has to be for a drag strip. Fender wall headers and all that.
Now that 63 nova would make a great gasser
I haven’t even watched this yet but love your taste in cars
The best videos are the ones with Murr, he the dad that everybody wishes they had
Love these old Chevy 2s. Don't see too many of them.
DD Speed Shop 👍👍for you & a 283ci plus power-glide trans for simplicity !!!
That's what I love about old Chevys. They just start right up.
Very cool car Dan! Go all the way with thus one!
Awesome pick Dan. This one holds great sentiment for me as well. In 1977. I got my 1st driver's license in a 1964 Chevy ll 6 cylinder 2 speed automatic.None of my old man's cars would have passed d m v inspection so I had to borrow his girlfriend's Chevy ll. If that one were dark green, I would swear my dad's girlfriend car had emigrated to Canada...
I had a 63 Nova in Highschool. It had a 59 - 283 pickup engine on homemade welded motor mounts, powerglide, 4 door. Ended up cracking the front sub-frame on the driver side motor mount weld. It was a fast car that Mustangs hated 😂
Those little Chevys made great race cars back in the day. This could be a lot of fun.
Oh ya, Good to see ya Mur.
Nice !!!👌 Had a 64’ nova SS convertible white with red interior back in the day !!🤩👍😁🫶
Heck Yeah! I Love 1st Gen Novas! I helped a buddy with one in high school. 🤘🔥
Big block fenderwell headers tunnel ram straight axle ford nine inch perfect racecar. And Dan keep your arm out from in between the cowl and rear of hood that's another video in it self. Have a great day
A nother 454 nova.🤔 aaa he'll yha🤘🤘🤘😎 that would be a bad ass
I love your videos❤ awesome con tent
Did my ‘63 Chevy II with the Speedway axle then radiuses the rear. 275/60/15 fit fine back there. 155/80/15 fronts. Wish I could post a pic. It’s white and I built a TLB scoop out of a ‘65 Riviera trunk skin so it has the peak. Looks perfect.
Do the gasser if it is legal to do up there. Fun car with a stick too!
I have a small moon tank I hang from the hood to gravity feed and pump out the old gas. Just make sure you properly attach the tank with coat hangers, fire extinguisher on hand.
My first video of yours I've ever seen. I'm a Mopar guy and got back into old cars by buying it's competitor 64 Plymouth Valiant post. $3500 USD with a 318 swapped in. Was completely torn down like yours. I'm almost "finished" after two years
Your comment to turn into racecar just came up. That's what one of the previous owners wanted to do lol. I used what I have and trying to make able to cruise around
Old Novas is where my heart is..
Does everyone in CANADA have a sideways facing garage with an alley? I thought that was your new shop for about a minute.
Hell yeah I love it. I used to have one and I wish I still had it. I would put a rowdy small block in it for Dani.
Love the buy … nova.. had a 64…67…70.. great car 64 in high school … 301..kicked ass.. nice day.. I have a bud who did the speedway gasser but I think he. Went to extreme
I know if you put an 8 cylinder in it your going to want to beef up the front end . A friend of mine dropped a v8 ,built to the hilt. He constantly was having to re-align. Then he updated the front.do some investigating,to save you time and head aches. Thanks again Dan. I hope that helps you 👍👍. Great rig!!!
Tunnel ram, straight axle, 4 speed, absolutely mental high revving short stroke big block. Nuff said.
She is a wonderful car you should keep her and make her a wonderful car so keep on keeping on my friend
You Need Fab up push bar with old tire on it for the skid steer make it lot "safer" and easier ther dan
Cool to see you hanging out with Mur
Awesome ride, I am working on a 1962 duece
My favorite definitely stuck watching this one Dan!
Reminds me of the '62 Nova we had when I was a kid, had the 194 six cylinder and three on the tree, it was white with a turquoise interior
the just getting them running and driving asis videos are my favorite.
"I didn't buy a car with a dented trunk lid, it was perfect! "... it made me check...and I'm still laughing.
What a great ole car. The only thing that could make it better is if it had the 3 speed on the column. I’d drive the wheels off of it. Peace.
A set of new soft valve seals may cure that blue smoke after being parked for so long.
Man this brings back some memories, When I was in Iraq in 2003 one of my soldiers had 64 Nova that he was going to build when we got back home and I had a 73 SS El Camino that I had just started building when I left, we would talk for hours about our cars and what we were going to do to them.
Put the snow plow on it!!
Sweet little nova! 64 100 series. Has mid level chrome trim which is nice! These are awesome little cars, I have had 3, two were 100 series like yours. Current one is an ss hardtop. All were 1965. It would be cool if you checked the cowl tag to see what options it had. I have a 383 stroker with the th350 currently. Eventually iam swapping it to a tri power 327 with 4 speed M21.
Really enjoy your channel and all you, Danni, and Mur do! 👍👍
Dan you should pui the spare wheel and tire from your tow truck into the bucket of the bobcat, to use it for pushing cars,,, no damage...FYI
I needed to see "Never Give Up" today.
It's 7am on a sunday and I was on the way to the toilet but guess that can wait 😅 got to catch up on my DD speedshop!!
Mur the magic mechanic, man he is good.
Great find Dan. Dude. You have to build that into a gasser. You made all the right comments in the episode. Race car, straight axle. Do yourself a favour and forget about spending a dime on the shitty front end. Do the speedway straight axle kit up front. Radius the rear wheel openings and give it a gasser stance. The car will have all kinds of value for episodes and what it will be worth. Gets some other stuff done but put this on the agenda. It will totally be worth it. For now just get it running and moving so you can move it around. Build that baby into a killer gasser later.
Enjoy seeing you and your dad working on the old car
That car just wants to live!
Beautiful Nova man I love that car
You should get rid of the Opel and put the new nova together for Dani. Nicer car in my opinion.
I second this, mostly because I want the turbo 4cyl and t5 😂
That wouldn't be a bad idea being he's cut up the engine bay so you can't even put the stock motor in it's basically worthless now
Is the trans cooler drinking water from the rad?
Nice 64 Dan and Daniel Good sharp
Dan Looks SO cool in that car. It just fits him.
Beauty car! I love these early novas.
My first car was a white 1963 Nova SS. This was back in 1975, when I was 16. It was originally my dad's car, he bought it in 1973, so it was only 10 years old when he got it. He gave it to me when I got my license. Original Arizona car, no rust. It wasn't perfect, but it wasn't too bad either. Everything was intact. It had a straight six and a 2 speed powerglide with a console and floor shift. Mine was a hardtop model with frameless glass and had more angular B pillars than that one. I swapped out the six for a 283, did some performance work to it, put air shocks on it to raise the rear end, and put 14" American Racing five slot aluminum wheels and Mickey Thompson L60-14s on it. I kept the stock 283 exhaust manifolds, and had a guy weld up some header pipes that bolted onto them, put on a set of welded one piece glass packs, and ran the exhausts out the side, just under the doors. I don't think there were any laws back then where you could put the exhaust. I do remember being able to smell the exhaust while stopped with the engine running, so I probably should have put them somewhere else. I kept that car and worked on it for almost 10 years. Just one year after I got it, my county started emissions tests for all vehicles 1967 and newer, which pretty much made it impossible to modify them. So for a long time I was stuck with pre '67 cars. I finally bought some property in the next county over, which did not have emissions testing, and was able to move up to '70s cars.
Now you can insure and register any 1970s car and some newer ones as collector cars, which exempts them from emissions testing.
Back in those days, the most common way to raise the back end of a car with leaf springs was to use longer shackles. But you couldn't do that on the '63 Nova, because it had SINGLE leaf springs, and doing that would bend the springs. Either using air shocks or replacing the springs with multi leaf springs were the only options.
I was cringing big time seeing that car get smashed up by that Bobcat. I know the bumper was already ruined, but the rear floor pans and spring mounts are pretty weak on those cars. It's easy to do damage far from the point of impact.
They made a lot better cars in 1964 than they do today. Like 10 times better. Build it late '60s/early '70s style. You can get really wide rear tires on it by using air shocks to raise to rear end to clear the tires without having to cut out the fenders. Put some 295/50-15s on it. They are only 26.6 diameter, and just over 12" wide.
That transmission is toast. Coolant leaked from the radiator to the transmission cooler, and circulated through the whole transmission, then sat in there for years.
In the seventies, my best friend Gary was given a 1964 Nova from his dad. we pulled the motor and put in a built 302 Chevrolet and a Muncie for speed. High Rise Manifold and Holly Carb
We buried the 6 cylinder in the backyard 😂😂😂
Later painted it Root Beer Brown Fun little Hot Rod
Make Dani a hot Rod with an LS Motor Dan
Great to have you back Mur!
That is a beautiful body to make a dragster with a big block 👍👍
Hey, Dan and Dani: 2Tawl from B.C. here...This Nova is a great choice for a cool drive train conversion.Whatever that may be, I'm sure it'll be a standout Dan-style ride.I once had a 66 chevyII, one tough little car.All the best on this one, Dan.Novas Forever!
These are nice cars love them to have fun
wow you are a lucky boy Dan, it is one of my bucket list cars . way cool man.
What a cool car Dan . Starts,runs and drives Get At Sir !!
Both hard workers.Keep them coming.
Chevy II 1962 - 67 , 4 , 6 & V-8 ( 283 ) . 65 got a 250 & 327 , both 250 & 300 HP . 66 & 67 got a Killer 350 HP 327 ( for the time period ) . 68 Name changed to Nova . 66 & 67 350 hp 327's came with skinny 14" tires , Corvettes with the 350hp 327's had skinny tires as well . Watched a pair of brand new 350 hp Chevy II's race against each other at the drag strip as well as a pair of brand new 350 Corvettes race as well . Neither driver of each class failed to slack off and when they raced spectators cleared the side lines . They needed new tires when they departed the drag strip , but man they put on a Hell of show for everyone . $5000 Canadian was a good investment . BTW is the Chevy II an Merica built car or a Canaddion built motorcar ? AWESOME VIDEO .