Restarting My '70 Nova Project

[Fuddy1952]

I have my mother in laws '74 Nova she bought new, but sure wished I had the one she had before that...'68 Chevelle SS/427 4 speed posi, red, black leather. We put headers, comp cams cam/lifters, 800 Holley.
She loved that car...hot rod momma!

 

[MossRoad]

Looks like a 4 door. What engine/transmission does it have?

 

[BravoXray]

I'm betting a 6 banger and a powerslide..

 

[BravoXray]

Good luck with your project. Those muscle car-era GM cars were really sharp-looking cars...Novas & Chevelles especially.

Thanks.
Cars back then had a lot of styling and character, unlike the cars of today that just about all look alike, with a few exceptions.

 

[goeduck]

Thanks.
Cars back then had a lot of styling and character, unlike the cars of today that just about all look alike, with a few exceptions.

Exactly. It used to be you could (for the most part) tell the manufacturer of a car from a distance. Not so much now with all the copy cat designs out there.

 

[MossRoad]

A lot of the reason so many look alike also has to do with aerodynamics.

 

[the old grind]

Moss, I'll give ya one for good intentions, but Ram-air intake and rear spoilers do literally zip below 110 mph. Meanwhile, nothing slips through the air like a used bar of soap.

A front air dam below the bumper can help airflow go through the radiator, or around the vehicle at freeway speed for mileage, but aerodynamics is otherwise all in our heads unless pedaling a bicycle or breaking the speed limit.

Then there are boxy Jeeps with jumbo tires for city kids to drive to work at 70 mph on the freeway.

btw, Hank the Deuce's J-Car killed Ken Miles at ~200 mph at Riverside in '66, for lack of the Ford team's aerodynamics experience at such speeds.

 

[Fuddy1952]

I'm betting a 6 banger and a powerslide..

MIL would never have a 4 door. It's a 2dr., 350 with turbo 350.

 

[MossRoad]

MIL would never have a 4 door. It's a 2dr., 350 with turbo 350.

Nice!

 

[the old grind]

So much sleeper potential with say a shift kit, intake and header upgrades, and discreet traction bars .. but if mine it'd remain stock untill the day I died. It's a NOVA and not just any ol' one! I'd park another tractor outside to keep it out of the sun & weather.