Top of the Nova food chain:

[speeder]

Ex-Reggie Jackson car, 8k mile original paint '66 Nova SS:

https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1966-chevrolet-nova-31/

[stevej37]

My first car was a 66 Chevelle with a 283
I drove it 8 years until it had 120K miles on it. Rust chewed the fenders up and I sold it for $100
Same color as Reggies.

sticker price was $2672

[herr_oberst]

Slapper bars and skinny whitewalls?
Interesting.

(It said it had a repaint due to a "hand depression". Did I read that wrong?)

[speeder]

Only the hood has been repainted, 23 years ago.

[pwd72s]

It's the L79 that makes it rare. Not many ordered with that 350 horsepower engine option...solid lifters and other factory goodies.

[Nostril Cheese]

Buddy of mine in high school had a '63 Nova. Power nothing and drum brakes. So of course we put a 454 in it.

[herr_oberst]

Originally Posted by Nostril Cheese

Buddy of mine in high school had a '63 Nova. Power nothing and drum brakes. So of course we put a 454 in it.

I hope it had a 10-bolt and 4-lug hubs!

[Racerbvd]

One of my Masonic brothers Nova

[GH85Carrera]

When I was in in high school, I drove a 1960 VW bug with 36 HP new, and likely down to 25 HP after 100,000 miles. For some reason the drag racers never bothered to ask to race for pinks.

The one kid in school that was the top dog fastest car drove an old small body Nova. His dad owned the local race shop, and he had some monster HP engine in it. He was always strutting around challenging others to race for pinks slips. The first time someone came close to beating him his daddy built a higher HP engine. He was at the local drag strip all the time.

On the last day of school he laid two strips of black rubber from the front door of the school all the way to the street on the curved driveway of the school.

[Tobra]

Quickest car when I was in high school was a VW bug

I did not know they built a Yenko Nova in 1966

[Zeke]

There wee 5 Corvettes at my high school, one of them mine. But the fastest car was a '57 Chevy with a built 348 (bored and stroked, which the factory did with the 409). 4:56 posi rear end and a 4-speed.



Doesn't Chuck Miller of the Early S Registry own one just like that?

[Racerbvd]

Originally Posted by GH85Carrera

When I was in in high school, I drove a 1960 VW bug with 36 HP new, and likely down to 25 HP after 100,000 miles. For some reason the drag racers never bothered to ask to race for pinks.

The one kid in school that was the top dog fastest car drove an old small body Nova. His dad owned the local race shop, and he had some monster HP engine in it. He was always strutting around challenging others to race for pinks slips. The first time someone came close to beating him his daddy built a higher HP engine. He was at the local drag strip all the time.

On the last day of school he laid two strips of black rubber from the front door of the school all the way to the street on the curved driveway of the school.

The one above has a bit over 850HP, every year, on his father's birthday (he passed while they were building it) he post a video doing a massive burnout. He was thinking about ordering a 2500HP engine for it.

[speeder]

The heavily modified car pictured above is the reason that the car I posted is worth so much $$. Almost all of these cars were cut up, raced or restomodded at some point. I have a buddy with an incredibly nice modified car. The modified car above looks to be well built but not my cup of tea.

The auction car is an honest, documented 8k original miles car with original paint, (other than the hood). It has the rarest engine option, the L79, owned by the most famous muscle car collector and is bone stock and original other than a couple of correct, period mods like gauges and traction bars. It's an absolute unicorn.

[Racerbvd]

Originally Posted by speeder

The heavily modified car pictured above is the reason that the car I posted is worth so much $$. Almost all of these cars were cut up, raced or restomodded at some point. I have a buddy with an incredibly nice modified car. The modified car above looks to be well built but not my cup of tea.

The auction car is an honest, documented 8k original miles car with original paint, (other than the hood). It has the rarest engine option, the L79, owned by the most famous muscle car collector and is bone stock and original other than a couple of correct, period mods like gauges and traction bars. It's an absolute unicorn.

I fully agree with you, Bill's Nova is neat, and fact that his Father's hand print is in the engine compartment, as it wasn't fully dried, and he died not long after, is what fuels his passion for this car.
And most likely, like you, if I had a choice, between the 2, I'd go with the low mileage stock original one.

[Tobra]

There is guy who has a gold colored one that comes out on Sundays. 4 speed, fairly large rear tires are the only tipoff, until he starts it

[DonDavis]

Reserve not met, final bid was $77k.

[pwd72s]

Like I said, it's the L79...back when muscle cars sold for a few thousand, guys swallowed hard when the top horsepower engine was a 6-800 dollar option, so they often opted to drop down a bit in horsepower. This Nova was still damned quick with it's lesser 300 horsepower engine. So, not many with the L79 made. Then the condition-condition-condition. Making it a "dead car", maybe driven to nearby shows and back home. A bragging rights car...