OneMoreBolt | Cheapest Chevy II Front End Swap Inner Fenders On The Internet @OneMoreBolt | Uploaded July 2024 | Updated October 2024, 4 hours ago.
If you haven't followed along with this project here's a brief summary:
This is my 1965 Chevy II Nova Wagon that I did a Heidts Mustang II front end swap on (this front end is new to this car, but definitely not new, picked it up second hand from another guy that was "upgrading" to a fancier drag race type setup). The front end swap itself was a breeze, the wife and I actually got the whole front clip swapped in a day (video below). Since then every little thing along the way has been a bit of challenge . . to be fair mostly because I'm a cheap a$$ and choose to do it the cheap/hard way. That said, my labor is free for me and I'm trying to build this car as reasonably cheap as I can while not making it a total butcher job.
Now the inner fenders, this is the second set of inner fenders I am giving a go. the first set I got was made by CPP, and they were a total nightmare but in the end the finished product wasn't all that bad. But they also got cut / clearanced for fenderwell headers (whole different story) and since been reallocated to the '63 Gasser build since that's where the fenderwell headers have been moved too.
This left me needing inner fenders for the wagon once again. You'd think I would have learned my lesson about going to cheap route with the CPP inner fenders and just paid the piper for the Heidts kit . . . yeah, that didn't happen! Instead I found an even cheaper set made by Classic 2 Current Fabrication. Now I don't expect that they will be perfect but they have to be better than the CPP fenders . . . Right???
So here's to finding out if the $200 savings is worth it!
Links:
Heidts Part # CX-325
* heidts.com/part/62-65-nova-inner-panels-cx-325
Helix Part # HEXBRK030
* helixsuspension.com/catalog/Solid-Axle-Suspension/Solid-Axle-Accessories/HEXBRK030
C2C Part # 680-032s
* c2cfabrication.com/products/1962-1965-chevy-nova-inner-front-fender-set-lh-rh?variant=42620472131813
Heidts Front End Swap in a Day On the '65 Nova Wagon
* youtu.be/iu2RBGVRNS8
If you haven't followed along with this project here's a brief summary:
This is my 1965 Chevy II Nova Wagon that I did a Heidts Mustang II front end swap on (this front end is new to this car, but definitely not new, picked it up second hand from another guy that was "upgrading" to a fancier drag race type setup). The front end swap itself was a breeze, the wife and I actually got the whole front clip swapped in a day (video below). Since then every little thing along the way has been a bit of challenge . . to be fair mostly because I'm a cheap a$$ and choose to do it the cheap/hard way. That said, my labor is free for me and I'm trying to build this car as reasonably cheap as I can while not making it a total butcher job.
Now the inner fenders, this is the second set of inner fenders I am giving a go. the first set I got was made by CPP, and they were a total nightmare but in the end the finished product wasn't all that bad. But they also got cut / clearanced for fenderwell headers (whole different story) and since been reallocated to the '63 Gasser build since that's where the fenderwell headers have been moved too.
This left me needing inner fenders for the wagon once again. You'd think I would have learned my lesson about going to cheap route with the CPP inner fenders and just paid the piper for the Heidts kit . . . yeah, that didn't happen! Instead I found an even cheaper set made by Classic 2 Current Fabrication. Now I don't expect that they will be perfect but they have to be better than the CPP fenders . . . Right???
So here's to finding out if the $200 savings is worth it!
Links:
Heidts Part # CX-325
* heidts.com/part/62-65-nova-inner-panels-cx-325
Helix Part # HEXBRK030
* helixsuspension.com/catalog/Solid-Axle-Suspension/Solid-Axle-Accessories/HEXBRK030
C2C Part # 680-032s
* c2cfabrication.com/products/1962-1965-chevy-nova-inner-front-fender-set-lh-rh?variant=42620472131813
Heidts Front End Swap in a Day On the '65 Nova Wagon
* youtu.be/iu2RBGVRNS8
