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| | | Re: Questions re: models | Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 310 enthusiast | enthusiast Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 310 | quote: Originally posted by redneck: you're not stuck with windows if you don't wanna be.i have a 79 shorty that started out as a window van.then i took out the large side windows and cut panels from a parts van and covered the holes,changed the rear doors to panels and put on nomad emblems.i get a lot of questions from the people who really know their chevys.they never made a shorty nomad but i have one!
I agree Redneck, I think you've made yourself a rare one, both my Nomads were 125' wb but most of us don't have the skills to do all that sheet metal work ourselves.Give me a paint gun and I'll show you a purty van,give me a torch or a welder and I'll show you a really warped body panel..lol.Nemo, the older the van , the lower the tech. You look under the hood of my 79 all you see for wires and hoses is yellow plug wires,two vacumn hoses,two radiator hoses,and a throttle cable. Pull the doghouse off the 93 and it looks like a snake nest.Hoses, sensors,wires,solenoids galore. EFI is low maintenance and you get better mileage but if it screws up it's usually a bitch to diagnose and expensive to repair.The later Chevies have 4 speed trannies the extra gear gives you a tiny mpg gain as opposed to 3 speeds but once again the lower the tech, the easier it is to work on. The 3 speed in my 79 has adjustable bands,no such deal in the 93, the 4 speed isn't adjustable.Whatever you decide I'm sure we can all agree you made the right choice on getting a Chevy....hehe.
| | | Re: Questions re: models | Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 55 member | OP member Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 55 | | | | Re: Questions re: models | Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 3,750 Likes: 13 | Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 3,750 Likes: 13 | a person who wanders around from one place to another.... never stays put for long. sorta like a vanner ;-) the nomad was a particular van package offered by checy for a while.... thats all I know.
| | | Re: Questions re: models | Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 55 member | OP member Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 55 | I know what the 50's station wagon Nomad looked like. Not sure what a Nomad van is. | | | Re: Questions re: models | Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 61 journeyman | journeyman Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 61 | Nomad's were unique in the fact they were half window half panel and this package was offered on long wheelbase only.they also came with all the trim and goodies inside and out.kind of a bigger version of the nomad wagons of the fifties,they were a sporty grocery getter. | | | Re: Questions re: models | Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 310 enthusiast | enthusiast Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 310 | quote: Originally posted by redneck: Nomad's were unique in the fact they were half window half panel and this package was offered on long wheelbase only.they also came with all the trim and goodies inside and out.kind of a bigger version of the nomad wagons of the fifties,they were a sporty grocery getter.
I had a 77 and a 78 Chevy Nomad and no offense but it was hardly what you would call a "grocery getter" or a big station wagon. It did have popout windows in the slider but had no other windows in the back doors or on the drivers side. Many configurations were available but basically you got nicer dash treatment and carpet, a 350 instead of the wimpy 305 that came stock .It came with a better gauge package and exterior chrome was nicer, fancy side markers,rectangular headlites instead of round, etc. Basically it was just a nicer cargo platform to build a custom on, you didn't have to start with one seat and a metal shell as I did with my 79 cargo...hehe.I know they built them from 77-79, I owned a 78 and a 77 and have seen 2 79's out and about but there may have been other production years. | | |
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