Posted on 05/22/2016 4:32:56 PM PDT by Zeneta
Someone sent me this pic that was sent to them, claiming this car was/is a 1971 Chevy Nova.
There seems to be something wrong but I can't put my finger on it.
To me, it looks like it has a Nova front Grill with a Chevelle side glass and rear end.
There's something wrong.
Or maybe it's just me.
I think its a Chevy SS.That’s what it looks like to me.
The Grill Medallion even looks like an “s”.
Novas didn’t sell very well in Mexicao. No Va means no go.
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Doesn’t the plate say, “71 NOVA”
Doesn’t the plate say, “71 NOVA”
And my vanity plate reads;
“URATOOL”
JK
Nova Super Sport (SS)
I had a ‘72 Nova SS looked like that except in canary yellow.
Nova SS
I had a 79 looks the same
Nope. The Chevelle had a narrow front cluster and smaller headlights.
Keep in mind that Chevy sold their cars with a TREMENDOUS range of options, engines, and transmissions (and rear ends!) in that era. For every one of these “cool” 67-71 musclecars you see, there were 20 230 “Turbo-Thrift” sixes with roll-up windows, bench seats, no air, 14 inch rims, and a Powerg(s)lide transmission, with all of TWO gears. Those are either landfill/recycled long ago or have been converted into loaded resto-mods. I can’t believe that a “granny” 307 1971 Nova, if reasonably rust-free, is worth 7-10K these days.
“I had a 79 looks the same”
Except it had 200 pounds/8 inches more of battering-ram bumper, which uglied up every post-72/73 car for the next 20 years.
Yep it’s a chevy Nova. I can’t tell you the model year. I’m sure the experts here can...
I just enlarged the license plate. It says 71 Nova.
I drive a 1971 pick-up It is an International Harvester and I get asked constantly if it’s a ford or Chevy.....your’s is a factory Nova SS....if it is not your’s try to obtain it . It is clean. Good $ auto.
My first car was a $500 1979 Nova. 4 doors and 6 cylinders. Worth every bit of $100, because that’s what the scrap value was when the engine blew a week after I bought it.
I will tell you what’s wrong with it. They ruined it. Go to the link and look at the pictures of the interior. I guess some people don’t value stock. They butchered it. Why would anyone do that?
That’s a Nova. My wife had one of those in high school. And it’s all I ever hear about. By the time we got rid of it, it was a death trap.
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