![]() ![]() To accommodate the four RideTech ShockWaves (complete with e-Level system), a four-link displaced the factory rear leaves, while at the opposite end, RideTech StrongArms get the job done. This 70s muscle car is now a whole lot smoother and more refined.Ĭooper knows that stance is everything, so RBK70 was going to be airbagged from day one. 1970 nova cars plus#Camaro driving lights were grafted into the tucked-in bars, all seams were welded and smoothed, the drip rails were shaved, plus loads more. The side markers went AWOL so too all the factory badges and moulds. The MIG wasn’t packed away once the Nova was cancer-free a ton of hours were then invested in tidying up myriad awkward bits. The custom air intake started as two exhaust doughnuts and a box of mandrel bends, and was a bugger to keep symmetrical Yep, this Nova’s pretty fancy when you pop the bonnet. With no inner guards, everything is on display, so it all had to be detailed and painted to perfection. ![]() ![]() That said, custom fabrication is his main bread and butter.Ĭooper is justifiably proud of the engine bay, which included a right-hand-drive conversion. Fabrication, bodywork, paint, engine building, motor trimming – they do it all! And while Cooper’s just finished his panel-beating apprenticeship, he’s proud to be following in his father’s footsteps by becoming mighty proficient at all aspects of car building. Day-to-day, he works at his dad’s shop Rides By Kam, famed for creating high-end, turn-key builds. So slick – and so many hours!Ĭooper is true to his word when he says he made these pieces himself. As with the door and boot jambs, every seam in this Nova has been welded, filled and smoothed-over. That’s no fibreglass bonnet – it’s all steel. Stuff like sills, floors and half-quarters we could buy – the rest I had to make.” We pretty much cut the bottom six inches off and started again. I was gutted when I started grinding into the rear quarters, only to find five kilos of bog, as well as more bog and chicken wire hiding rust elsewhere. “It was a complete, driving car,” says Cooper. Craigslist answered the call with what looked like a good deal – a 1970 six-cylinder car out of Reno for US$3800. With the money Cooper had made on the Skyline, combined with his other savings, he and Rob reached out to a US friend to scout out a second-gen Nova. He suggested we do it again – but this time on a muscle car.” Only being 15, I never even got to drive it! Dad and I worked well together on the project. ![]() We got an RB25 front cut, fixed it all up, added coil-overs, made it look schmick, and sold it off for good dollars. “At 15, I bought a Skyline – just a roller to turn into a drift car. “I built and sold a few go-karts, plus saved up a good bit of money from helping around the shop since I was a kid,” Cooper says. Debuting your first build at Summernats – and taking out 2nd Top Coupe to boot – at age 18 is damn impressive! A host of Billet Specialties parts were also used, including the wheels, steering wheel and shifter surroundĪ few short years later, the finished car was good enough to take pride of place next to his dad’s jaw-dropping Dodge Challenger, HAVOC, in this year’s Great Meguiar’s Uncover at Summernats 32. Fesler also supplied the driving lights, interior door handles and boot and bonnet hinges, while the Ringbrothers logo can be found on the shifter, exterior door handles, pedals, bonnet pins and the bonnet- and boot-stoppers. Trick billet pieces such as these Fesler tail-lights abound in RBK70. This article was first published in the November 2019 issue of Street Machine Having spent bulk hours working beside his dad, Rides By Kam owner Rob Zahabi, on Rob’s stunning black-on-black Kam Nova ( SM, Nov ’14), at 16 Cooper had not only settled on his dream car, the build was already well underway. AT 16, most young blokes with their head screwed on are just starting to think about what sort of car they want. ![]()
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