Description
The Pro Street Nova needed a front bumper, so I built a custom steel roll pan to give it the look I wanted. I’m sharing a few fabrication tricks along the way—from shaping and fitting the pieces to getting everything tacked together.
Would you call this a bumper or a roll pan? Let me know what you think in the comments—and tell me what you’d do differently!
Merch Page: https://ratrodbob.dashery.com/
00:00 - Intro & front end updates
01:13 - Cutting the front valance
04:30 - Prepping frame horns & measuring the roll pan
06:45 - Rolling and shaping the sheet metal
09:34 - Fitting and tacking the center pieces
14:18 - Fabricating end corners from a stainless sink
16:24 - Capping frame horns & painting
17:31 - Rubbing silver finish & test fit on the Nova
19:32 - Front end look, hood tilt & next build plans
22:40 - Dual carb test fit & trunk hinge talk
23:40 - Channel updates & wrapping up