Big Bock Nova pics

[bbdon]

Here is the oldest picture that I have of me and my 1969 Nova SS396 -350 horsepower. This was taken in 1979, I had just spent about two hours peeling some red stick-on pinstripes off of the sides of the Nova. My little brother had stuck them on while I was out to sea in the Navy. After that I had gone for a little drive, and as you see I managed to splash some Oregon mud all over the sides of the car.
The car was quite a handful, it had a radical Crower monarch camshaft and 4.33 gears. With its manual steering and those gears it was a lot like driving a truck once it was at speed. But every launch was a drag race, what a blast. You can see most of the exhaust system that it had in this shot. There were headers and mufflers that bolted straight to the collectors, and that was it. The header mufflers were glass packs, the type where you can look straight through from the end and see all the way through.
A few people tried to buy it from me at stoplights. I was driving down the street the same day that this shot was taken, and a bunch of teenagers on the sidewalk noticed the car. They started shouting 396! 396! I was amazed a few years later when I read the test report on a Big Block Nova in Car and Driver magazine, and the exact same thing happened to them. Over 20 years later, I still think that Big Block Novas are the coolest cars ever built.

[YENKO DEUCE REGISTRY]

I have to admit, these pics do bring back some scary memories!! I will do some digging in my photo drawer, and see what I find.
M

[MikeA]

Here is a picture of my Ã72 Nova SS as it looked in April 1986, my first car. ItÃs not a big block car but it does have the original 350, 4spd and posi rear. I have been asked several times about selling the car but I do not have any interest in getting rid of it. Every time I talk to someone about their car they had when they were younger it always finishes with œI should not have sold that car”.

I am in the process of restoring the Nova and hope to complete this project in the near future. Yes, the wheels are Buick with œSS” center caps (I donÃt know what I was thinking about back then).






[Edited by MikeA (04-02-2001 at 08:56 PM).]

[YENKO DEUCE REGISTRY]

W-Top;
I'm not sure I would want to redo a car with the 'StinkBug Stance' of the '70's!! I'm sure we've all done it to one of our old cars, but I wouldn't want to antagonize the local police with bumper height and wide tires anymore!! Nice to see that low mile cars are out there.
M

[JoeC]

Here is an old pic of an original paint Black Cheery 1970 Chevelle I had in high school in the mid 70's. It had the typical modifications of the disco era such as Hooker headers, Crane Cam, Edelbrock, Holley, Fairbanks TH400 with reverse shift pattern, latter bars, and Ansen Mags. There is a jacked up 69 Judge in the background. I also had a 1970 SS Nova 396/350hp 4sp with 4:10 rear. That was back in the day when oil came in round containers.