Shameless repeat, may be new for some that haven't read the thread from the beginning. A note for the yungun's.......... It was common practice for this era to move the front and rear wheels forward for better traction on the two door cars (did you notice this is a four door), does look a bit odd but would have been much harder to move the rear wheels forward on a four door.
Dig Don Nicholsons' Nova wagon! Comment from Steves Nova site member (no connection to the sponsors' name on the door). "I know it's geeky, but this is still my favorite. What, is Don Nicholson about 7 feet tall? Am I seeing a 4 lug front end with a 5 lug rear? Some funky front fender flare work and probably some torch work in the rear wheel wells. I'd like to know from any primary source to be sure, but I think this was a '62 fuelie 327 under the hood and a T-10 4-speed. Don't know what the rear is. Front clip paint doesn't exactly match the Ermine White on the rest of the body, so it may be fiberglass. With an unlimited budget and tons of garage space, I think this would be what I would want to build, with no parts made after 1963." Here: https://www.stevesnovasite.com/threads/early-nova-chevy-ll-funny-cars.669476/
WOW! Great template for any early-mid '60s compact hooligan, do the same to a Falcon, Valiant, Tempest, F-85, Rambler American etc. Don't go crazy trying to fit super wide rubber, just some 6 inch mags and sports car specials! This post deserves hi res photos: From the July '63 Hot Rod article - had a 'vette IRS under it:
Always liked that wagon. I think I remember an under hood shot in a Car Craft back then. Back about that time, there was a Chevy 11 wagon that ran at Quaker City, Salem, Ohio. It was brown and called The Flying Dutchman. It ran a Rochester injected engine. Maybe someone here remembers it.
Bump How about some Chevy II love. Hope I didn't post this before but this is such a cool car. Teaser shot. https://barnfinds.com/rare-327-4-speed-1965-chevrolet-nova-400/
And for my personal all-time favorite; This Azure Aqua ‘65 on chrome steelies wrapped in bias-ply. I think this car is spot-on.
Here’s my ‘63. 327/TH350, and just trying to get it more toward era-correct. An older guy restored it.
I miss my 63/64 Novas. I had three. All SS 3spd straight six. All white, two had blue interior, one had red interior. All three got wrecked, one I wrecked, one a guy at a stop light in a big pickup put it in reverse, and destroyed the front end. He had no insurance, and filled bankruptcy, so I got nothing. I don't remember what happened to the third one. All of them were real nice original paint cars, I didn't pay more than $300.00 for any of them. That was in the mid 70's.
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