Looking for my first car, 1966 Nova? Keep your eyes peeled.

After I finished my roadster, I got a little bug to get another Nova like I had in high school. If I could find the actual car, I'd be even more happy. I sold it in 1998 to a guy in the bay area, and at that time it was Dark Green with Grey interior. Now, it could be a different color. If anyone has any knowledge of the whereabouts of this car, please PM me. Thanks.

 

nice ride... had 2 them scary rides.... 15 total 63-67's.... good luck on search.. brandon

 

When you say scary, I'm ***uming you're referring to the front end snafu on early cheyv IIs? Yea, that's the first thing I'll fix.

 

after looking at that pic...change the colors to red and gray primer and those were mine they seemed to have a mind of their own at the drag strip , when you were hitting the brakes...my last 63 h/t , had a strut bar come undone , made a left turn into a drive way , and i never moved the wheel. things are way too easy now adays. brandon

 

try steevesnovasite. filthy frank.

 

Those chintzy shock towers,weak front end and beer-can-top-leaf spring retainers!
Aside from that they were neat little cars?!

 

got a buddy that's got a 66-67 2dr sedan roller if you're interested....
it's a pretty decent car, don't think there's any rust in the floors...if anywhere..
pm me and i'll get ya his ph# if you want...

 

I definitely want a hard top. I already have a 62 Chevy II post car, but all signs are pointing to a '66. Thanks for the offers. Let's keep this one going, I'm feeling lucky.

 

The '66/'67 Nova is one of the best looking cars Chevy ever built.

 

The '66 yes, the '67 sort of. The front end isn't as cl***y. Of course I'm biased.

 

This hasn't been closed yet?

Frank

 

Why would it be closed?

You have something against Novas? Especially finding the one that I built 10 years ago, my first car I ever did, the one that got me hooked on this hobby. If that aint hot rod history, then what is?

 

Do you have anymore details about who you sold it to or anything? I'll post it on StevesNovaSite.com for you if you want. If you're looking to buy one, that's a good site to check out.

 

My first car also..My dad bought one new and p***ed it to me when I reached 15 years old.

Good luck to you, I'd love to have mine back, but unfortunately my sister totalled it many years ago.

 

Happiness is not having to say i had. Still have mine 20 yrs later. Some guy walks up to my car at a cruise night and fells the rear wheel well lip. I asked what are you doing. He said he's checking to see if it was his old car. His were cut out.

 

any more pics of the car in your avatar?

Are you a member over on stevesnovasite.com?

 

I had one 2 yrs ago, bought it from a friend but it needed a bunch of sheetmetal work and I wasn't feelin all that. Semi rare 67 2 dr ht with a 250/3 spd and factory freak posi w/ 3.42 or 3.55 gears. Just spun em around in the cold so I didnt care to get scientific that much, just an educated guess. I got it running and then blew the carb out by stupidity, did the brakes and lines/hoses, just to get it roadworthy. Lost interest soon thereafter. Sold it to a guy in PA somewhere.

 

Yes these are both mine. No i'am not a member of steves nova site.

 

Now that doesn't make me feel any better? Anyone seen this car round the bay area, come on fellas, let's find it?

 

I am not a member of Steve's Nova Site either, but here's the old lady's 67 I put together for her a few years ago. Novas were made to be yellow in my biased opinion.

 

figure that... brandon

 

urkillinme-etc.

"Why would it be closed?"

Because 1965 is the understood "cutoff" date for this site?

BTW - I had a '66 SS that I was stupid enough to part with back in the day. Most fun car I ever drove on the street. Stone stock, but absolutely unbeatable on the local "stoplight" racing circuit - and it was only a 283 with a Saginaw ******!

 

When I was about 12 someone donated one to the fire department for practice. It was a '64 or '65. Even had baby moon caps on the back. They ruined some pretty decent older cars back then.

 

Eh... when I was a fireman with the Cal. Dept. of Forestry I got to cut the tops off a 59 Impala and a 61 bubbletop Buick. We ruined them.

 

That's a great site for that stuff.

I got my second set of hubcaps off there.

-W

 

Mine, circa 1980 before I painted it:

Al (wish I had mine back too) in CT

 

Scary? Aw, c'mon guys... these things aren't THAT bad!

Fresh bushings, ball joints, tie rod ends, idler arm bearing conversion, and a proper alignment go a LONG way in improving the handling. I thought mine was scary too, until I went through the whole front end and rebuilt everything. Drives great now!

Or you could go the gold-chainer way and call up Ch***isworks for a new front clip...

 

they should make ball joints a required change...atleast every 2 years or 200 p***es... gotta watch those rear mono leafs too....had a few with broken front eyes...had a friend go over in his because of a broken spring too... brandon

 

I'm in the Bay Area and believe I know where the car might be. I've only seen one that color and it still had those wheels on there. First can you tell me about the sell of the car? Do you remember who the guy was? What was that color on the car? What was the interior color and did you do that?




Let me know any info on the car because I think I know it! ( Really well )

Good luck

RJ

 

I have one with the L-79 327/350 motor and a Muncie...
Thanks!...