Vehicle Description
1970 Chevrolet Nova SS Clone The Chevy Nova was a compact
competitor in the legendary American pony wars. While the 1960s and
1970s witnessed a fight between American automotive manufacturers
to produce the fastest and most powerful muscle cars, the Chevy
Nova was just right when it came to size, speed, and affordability.
But it didn't start out as the Chevy Nova...not quite, anyway.
Eager to produce a budget-friendly compact muscle car, Chevy
introduced the Chevy II. As a model name, Nova was relegated to
runner-up name because it didn't start with C. However, Nova was
chosen as the name for the higher-end, sportier trim option, and
did eventually replace Chevy II as the car's official name in
1969.
Minimalistic with maximum function, thrift, not revolutionary in
concept or execution, a compact grocery getter, pick the kids up
kind of car, here in our Hallowed Halls. It is so pedestrian you
would walk by it and never notice it. However, this does not
detract from its charm and important place in Chevrolet history
fulfilling a need for the masses. Enjoy the 1970 Chevy Nova in SS
clone form! Several years went by with this car being restored,
starting with the metal that has been made straight then doused in
the deep end of the pool paint. Things were then followed up with a
change to a kick-ass 396ci V8 and a killer 4-speed manual. Write
the check, hop in, turn the key, and show 'em what you got!
Exterior
This impressive looking stock configuration car has the benefit of
undergoing a prior restoration This leaves us with a real beauty of
a car with excellent chrome and trimmings, laser straight steel,
well minded gaps, and snazzy 15-inch American Racing wheels. All
steel is bathed in trim tag correctSunflower Yellow that shows with
a few flaws in the paint in the form of a few bubbles and some rust
peeking thoughtat the base of the driver's door. That aside, along
look at this fine job, and you will begin to see the inherent
quality of the restoration, which was painstakingly performed to a
high level of fit and finish throughout. All surfaces are finished
to showroom quality and even the under the hood and undercarriage
are excellent. From the SS dressed blacked out grille and shiny
chrome bumper up front, to the 396 badging hovering on the front
fender just below the black and chrome beltline rub strip, to the
hood plate inserts and window surrounds, and the shiny rear bumper
the chrome continues to shine on like a crazy diamond. Adding more
hot looks to this tribute is the blacked out and ribbed SS filler
panel between the squashed rectangle tail lights. Just a bang up
job!
Interior
Ribbed and smooth near perfect black vinyl is adorning the door
panels along with some shiny perfect trimmings, a band of applique
and a black padded armrest. Inside, beautiful high back buckets in
black covered vinyl dresses the seats. The buckets in front have
shiny and smooth black vinyl bolsters and some smaller tight to the
top of chairs headrests, as well as like newstitchedand piped
inserts. The back seat is not outdone by the front and is shown in
bucket seat matching black vinyl. Slightly faded black carpeting
keeps all the seats afloat and on the hump is 4-speedmanual Hurst
floor shifter. More perfection for the dash, which now has an
aftermarket tachometer on the column and a trio of extra white face
gauges hanging below the dash in the center. A chromehorn buttoned
3 spoke rally style steering wheel is fronting the dash and is also
very clean and like new. The radio has been updated to an
aftermarket AM/FM unit and even the pedals show very little wear! A
tight black headliner in vinyl is above all this nicety.
Drivetrain
A non-numbers matching engine sits comfortably within the
completely restored engine bay, and it is just showroom. This
engine is in 1968 396ci V8 configuration, has a 4-barrel carburetor
and Weiand intake on top, and is painted a beautiful GM orange on
the block. Dressing this mill to the nines area a pair of orange
painted ribbed Edelbrock valve covers Like new hoses and bolt ons
are throughout and MSD ignition is noted. On the back is a circa
1964/5 Muncie M20 4-speed manual transmission, again not original
to this car. A 12-bolt rear axle completes the all buttoned up and
looking snazzy drivetrain.
Undercarriage
Up in the air we are greeted with a black restored underside that
shows minimalsurface rust and miles of solid black steel. Just a
touch of patina is present along with some spatterings of road
dirt. The unibody, rockers and flooring remain good and we note the
addition of subframe connectors to strengthen up the chassis. Up
front is an independent coil spring suspension and rear leaf
springs and traction bars provide the back end ride, meanwhile a
Flowmaster exhaust snakes its way rearward from the headers bolted
to the engine, which shows a few drips on the bottom end.
Suspension parts are all neat and clean, and we can note front disc
brakes working with rear drum brakes. A+ for this very clean and
tidy underside.
Drive-Ability
Of course, it fired right up but our drive was kept short due to
some serious valvetrain noise. During our abbreviated drive we
noted good acceleration bias free braking and handling on par with
cars of the era. A very clean and good-looking car with all
functions operable save for the horn and reverse lights.
There are Novas, then there is THIS Nova which is a real looker
that has been well restored to the nines and is a true shower that
you can drive to work every day with alittle TLC. Everything is
beautiful!
114270W358578
1-Chevrolet
14-Nova V8
27-2 Door Sedan
0-1970
W-Willow Run, MI Assy Plant
358578-Sequential Unit Number
TRIM TAG
ST 70 11427-1970 Nova 2 Door Sedan
BDY WRN319773-Willow Run Body #
TR 731-Black Standard Vinyl Bench
PNT 52B-Sunflower Yellow, Black Top
06A-1st Week June
Classic Auto Mall is a 336,000-square foot classic and special
interest automobile showroom, featuring over 850 vehicles for sale
with showroom space for up to 1,000 vehicles. Also, a 400 vehicle
barn find collection is on display. This vehicle is located in our
showroom in Morgantown, Pennsylvania, conveniently located just
1-hour west of Philadelphia on the I-76 Pennsylvania Turnpike. The
website is www.classicautomall.com and our phone number is (888)
227-0914. Please contact us anytime for more information or to come
see the vehicle in person.