My first car was a '72 Nova, straight 6 two speed powerslide transmission. I dogged the daylights out of that thing! The back end was so rusted out that the trunk would fill with snow from my spinning the tires so much on the slick backroads. Middle of the night, middle of nowhere, and suddenly my lights would go out. I'd have to stop, shovel out the trunk, clean out the taillight housing, replace the fuse and hope I cleaned it enough; all this in pitch darkness!
I built the AMT Nova a long time ago, actually still have the model. But now with this one, gonna have to go at it again, all the parts are out there to build it right and this model looks like the perfect starting point.
Your build looks great, keep up the good work!