Definitely the Nova. As you know my family had three of these. You do need to take off the door panels to regrease the tracks. If you don't they will bind and it will bend the tracks. We used white lithium grease. It's basically an x-scissor kind of deal with nylon wheels. They get dry and they don't roll and If left ungreased it will destroy the nylon wheels. Again, If you decide to sell the Nova Twin Cam just let me know 🙏
Get the Nova sorted and do another road trip. I have been replaying your older videos from back when you did a lot of trips (B210, Stanza Wagon, picking up the Nova, and especially the Geo GSi trip).
With the xB being mostly complete (just needed a new clutch); it's a tie between the Jeep and the Nova. Easier said than done, but I would love to see a headliner for the Nova. Not sure if one can be ordered at a dealership or if there's a way to "MacGyver" one from another vehicle with similar rooflines.
Definitely keep the xB running. Even at it's age, it's such a simple, practical vehicle, it will always be worth to fix. Not a car for long road trips, but for city driving, it's unbeatable.
Had same issue with water getting into trunk area in my 87 Chevy nova. I fixed it 100%. You need to caulk/Geocil those areas above the tail lights, as well as the metal seam that runs along the inside edge of the trunk lid where the old adhesive gets hard and peels away. It fixed mine right up after I did that and never got any more water since then!
My 1.6L corolla had the same problem. For me, it was a bad MAP. It also caused low power at low rpm, so it would almost die when letting off the clutch to go into first from a stop.
The Toyota dash thing is wild! My wife had a same era Lexus IS250 and the dashboard had a recall for just absolutely melting and falling apart! The previous owner never took Lexus up on the free recall with free loaner, and the recall had expired the year before we bought that car. Turns out it didn't matter as a kid in an RSX doing over 100mph rear ended her and totalled that IS out.
As the Jeep is an occasional driver, I'd clean up the mechanical bits, paint the floors while addressing any corrosion, strip most electronic creature comforts, and install weatherproof seats. Back to basics is the best way to enjoy a Jeep
Looking good all cleaned up! Interior and a top for the Jeep sounds like the easiest thing to start with, then xB fun, and finally the little tedious projects on the Twin Cam
The Nova def deserves a new headliner, and proper interior detail. (This part def a cheap DIY with a brush drill attachment, and an extractor vac). Or better yet, make friends with a good detailer looking for some free publicity and come do the whole fleet/paint and all.
14:36 Have you considered maybe trying to diy vinyl wrap the roof and trunk in a gloss black vinyl? It's something I've been considering for my daily driver with faded paint on the hood and roof (I really like the vehicle, but can't justify a 3K paint job since I park on the street). I've never wrapped a vehicle before, but I may attempt it after watching lots of tutorials on UA-cam.
Greetings from Glenn in Cleveland! I always enjoy these updates. So, that being said, which car lives in the Dan Tanna (Vegas tv show from the 70's) living space/garage?
Good the see your cars getting washed and started in this video :) In hottest summer days here in Finland, have used windshield cover, which is actually designed for winter conditions, to save the windshield from scraping the ice, which could easily scratch the glass. Most of the day the sun shines on the front direction where I have to park, so the windshield cover shadows the interior and hopefully lowers a bit the temperature inside the car, maybe helping the plastics survive longer intact. One option of course would be to reverse in my parking spot, but too lazy for that :P Sun wouldn't shine inside the car that much from smaller rear window though. Windshield cover also doesn't rub the paint like full car cover, but mine may rub the A-pillar paint, as it locks into place with flaps, that go inside the car from door frame (hope that makes sense). Have seen also windshield covers with magnets, but I don't trust them, wind might catch it, possibly damaging the car, and surrounding cars while flying away.
Sounds like you're keeping the Jeep! I wouldnt bother with the rear seat (or the carpeting), I think it could be a useful beat-up "mini truck" for hauling random things. BTW I might buy the VTOMAN, been looking to get one anyways and this is good excuse to pull the trigger through your affiliate link. Also I love how the gray version looks like an 80's cassette deck!
wow, having so many cars must be hard for your bank account :D i just took my only car to the shop today to let them do a brake fluid change and refuel the ac system, something i did not do for 4/5years. i paid 147€ but the engine still leaks oil, i need new winter tires and it also needs TÜV in october.... so yeah having one car is expensive enough for me :D
Nooooooooo! Sigh, goodbye Ford Probe aka Purple Reign. You will be missed. At least the Chevy Nova isn't going anywhere. LOL, I see you treat User Manuals the same way I do. I toss them aside until I get desperate at a later date. I'd repaint the Nova if the budget allows. It is a sharp little classic.
@@HelloRoad cheap out now to save it later. gets down to bare metal and it starts rusting. One eclectic car guy to another, it helps preserve them for later.
Gosh you should move to Alabama here you can get vintage license plates get stopped you simply say you're going to get gas then they have to let you go with no ticket I only keep two maybe three batteries and only use them in the three cars I keep on my insurance of my 30 cars if they push an Eevee agenda gasoline cars are going to become extremely valuable on their value is going to go way up because people are going to fight the EV cars in Alabama you can remove the emissions from all cars and not have to ever worry about a vehicle inspection. Nobody's going to steal what's not there.
With the few cars that I have left, what should I focus on first? What car projects do you have that you want to get finished?
Nova
Definitely the Nova. As you know my family had three of these. You do need to take off the door panels to regrease the tracks. If you don't they will bind and it will bend the tracks. We used white lithium grease. It's basically an x-scissor kind of deal with nylon wheels. They get dry and they don't roll and If left ungreased it will destroy the nylon wheels.
Again, If you decide to sell the Nova Twin Cam just let me know 🙏
Get the Nova sorted and do another road trip. I have been replaying your older videos from back when you did a lot of trips (B210, Stanza Wagon, picking up the Nova, and especially the Geo GSi trip).
With the xB being mostly complete (just needed a new clutch); it's a tie between the Jeep and the Nova.
Easier said than done, but I would love to see a headliner for the Nova. Not sure if one can be ordered at a dealership or if there's a way to "MacGyver" one from another vehicle with similar rooflines.
@@Ronnie_S A competent auto upholstery shop ought to be able to handle a headliner job.
Definitely keep the xB running. Even at it's age, it's such a simple, practical vehicle, it will always be worth to fix. Not a car for long road trips, but for city driving, it's unbeatable.
If you ever go to a junkyard to source parts for the Jeep, I would love to see a junkyard walkthrough/parts pulling video!
Yeah good idea!
That would be cool!
Even more fun if you bring a friend.
Ethan, Make that Nova Twin Cam your top priority!! 🤩🤩
Had same issue with water getting into trunk area in my 87 Chevy nova. I fixed it 100%. You need to caulk/Geocil those areas above the tail lights, as well as the metal seam that runs along the inside edge of the trunk lid where the old adhesive gets hard and peels away. It fixed mine right up after I did that and never got any more water since then!
Been loving this channel! I watched your backlog last week too. Keep it up dude. Please do another car spotting video 😊
A running 80”s nova is a holy grail by itself let alone being a twin cam. I bet there are more running tuckers then running nova twin cams.
I recommend keeping the nova, Scion , and Prius.
My 1.6L corolla had the same problem. For me, it was a bad MAP. It also caused low power at low rpm, so it would almost die when letting off the clutch to go into first from a stop.
My dad had a few 80”s novas and when one had a bad headliner he just took it out pulled the fabric off and painted it the color of the car.
Nova looks great the way it is, it's old
The Toyota dash thing is wild! My wife had a same era Lexus IS250 and the dashboard had a recall for just absolutely melting and falling apart!
The previous owner never took Lexus up on the free recall with free loaner, and the recall had expired the year before we bought that car. Turns out it didn't matter as a kid in an RSX doing over 100mph rear ended her and totalled that IS out.
I don’t think I’ve ever seen you clean a car! Much less, 3!!
Always enjoy your videos.
I love that Nova! I want it!
For me, I'd never repaint a car that's parked outside in the California sun. It's just going to get burned up again - just enjoy driving the Nova!
I mean it takes years for that to happen but I kinda get it
As the Jeep is an occasional driver, I'd clean up the mechanical bits, paint the floors while addressing any corrosion, strip most electronic creature comforts, and install weatherproof seats. Back to basics is the best way to enjoy a Jeep
Looking good all cleaned up! Interior and a top for the Jeep sounds like the easiest thing to start with, then xB fun, and finally the little tedious projects on the Twin Cam
The Nova def deserves a new headliner, and proper interior detail. (This part def a cheap DIY with a brush drill attachment, and an extractor vac). Or better yet, make friends with a good detailer looking for some free publicity and come do the whole fleet/paint and all.
Ethan I still have my 1999 Chevy Prizm.
14:36 Have you considered maybe trying to diy vinyl wrap the roof and trunk in a gloss black vinyl? It's something I've been considering for my daily driver with faded paint on the hood and roof (I really like the vehicle, but can't justify a 3K paint job since I park on the street). I've never wrapped a vehicle before, but I may attempt it after watching lots of tutorials on UA-cam.
Keep the Nova forever!
What a great fleet, now!
Nice fleet update!
Greetings from Glenn in Cleveland! I always enjoy these updates. So, that being said, which car lives in the Dan Tanna (Vegas tv show from the 70's) living space/garage?
Hey Glenn! Unfortunately many times press cars get garage priority, but the garage often switches off between the Nova and the Scion. :)
Good the see your cars getting washed and started in this video :)
In hottest summer days here in Finland, have used windshield cover, which is actually designed for winter conditions, to save the windshield from scraping the ice, which could easily scratch the glass.
Most of the day the sun shines on the front direction where I have to park, so the windshield cover shadows the interior and hopefully lowers a bit the temperature inside the car, maybe helping the plastics survive longer intact. One option of course would be to reverse in my parking spot, but too lazy for that :P Sun wouldn't shine inside the car that much from smaller rear window though.
Windshield cover also doesn't rub the paint like full car cover, but mine may rub the A-pillar paint, as it locks into place with flaps, that go inside the car from door frame (hope that makes sense).
Have seen also windshield covers with magnets, but I don't trust them, wind might catch it, possibly damaging the car, and surrounding cars while flying away.
Sounds like you're keeping the Jeep! I wouldnt bother with the rear seat (or the carpeting), I think it could be a useful beat-up "mini truck" for hauling random things.
BTW I might buy the VTOMAN, been looking to get one anyways and this is good excuse to pull the trigger through your affiliate link. Also I love how the gray version looks like an 80's cassette deck!
wow, having so many cars must be hard for your bank account :D i just took my only car to the shop today to let them do a brake fluid change and refuel the ac system, something i did not do for 4/5years. i paid 147€ but the engine still leaks oil, i need new winter tires and it also needs TÜV in october.... so yeah having one car is expensive enough for me :D
Good update 😀
Hope the new Probe owner enjoys the crap out of it! Congrats to them!
Project idea: A lowered crossover with wood paneling
You gots to Jurassic Park up that Jeep!! Get it wrapped . 😎👍🏼
Haha I thought about that! Also my daughter wants it to be a Barbie Jeep 💕😆
@@HelloRoad As a girl Dad as well , you should make her happy as possible . 😎
Let me know when you want to sell me the XB! Love all your videos
If the nova original head unit have cassette player you can buy BT cassette reciver
The original stereo that I found in the junkyard is AM/FM only. But you're right, maybe I could try to find one with a cassette player :)
Nooooooooo! Sigh, goodbye Ford Probe aka Purple Reign. You will be missed. At least the Chevy Nova isn't going anywhere. LOL, I see you treat User Manuals the same way I do. I toss them aside until I get desperate at a later date. I'd repaint the Nova if the budget allows. It is a sharp little classic.
I have a Scion xD. I call it the 😆. I own a 😆. People are confused at first.
XBEEEEEEEEEE
11:40 the grille being loose looks like it's just not put into the correct notch on one side
12:13 this rattle could be the elbow of the rear wiper hitting the window.
Kinda wish you had a give away Via Merch or like a Pateron Sub...More channels need to grow the culture via give away etc..
14:37 you do know that maaco is a thing, right?
Yeeeeeeeeah, I don't think I want to cheap out with this car though.
@@HelloRoad cheap out now to save it later. gets down to bare metal and it starts rusting. One eclectic car guy to another, it helps preserve them for later.
Garage is living space? Bedrooms?
Office.
Oh nooo Probe is sold :-(
Don't you have automatic car washes in Calif? $10.
more is better !
After living a long long loooooong life, you'll be buried inside your Nova.
Has a three car garage that he can't use two bays in because they have been converted to living space. What kind of a car guy is this?? Face palm.
It's my office, where I shoot and edit videos. I suppose I could edit my videos outside
@@HelloRoad Your cars will thank you. 😅
Gosh you should move to Alabama here you can get vintage license plates get stopped you simply say you're going to get gas then they have to let you go with no ticket I only keep two maybe three batteries and only use them in the three cars I keep on my insurance of my 30 cars if they push an Eevee agenda gasoline cars are going to become extremely valuable on their value is going to go way up because people are going to fight the EV cars in Alabama you can remove the emissions from all cars and not have to ever worry about a vehicle inspection. Nobody's going to steal what's not there.
Your fleet is getting thin. Want to buy my Subaru XT? I don't have time to work on it... T_T
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@@HelloRoad Admiral Ackbar floats into the center of screen: It's a trap!!!