1966 Chevrolet Chevy II Nova SS in Scottsdale, Arizona

Under the silky smooth Glasurit paint of this Nova SS are many subtle body modifications, starting with the narrowed and tucked front and rear bumpers, flush-mounted windshield and rear glass over reshaped A-pillars. The fuel door was removed and access is behind the hinged taillight. The grille at the base of the windshield has been removed, as well as the wing window, door handles, key locks and the drip rails. The power doors, windows and fuel filler access are operated from Dakota Digital key fobs. The battery has been moved to the trunk, and the key lock for the truck was retained. The interior is light gray, with the leather bucket power seats separated by a custom console that holds the Dakota Digital controls for the four-corner air-ride suspension, Vintage Air and Sony sound system. The dash is smoothed of all knobs and gauges, until you turn the key on to reveal the digital gauges nestled in the original housing. The dash, console and rear armrests are tastefully accented with real black walnut, and the tilt column is topped with a Billet Specialties leather-wrapped wheel. The design of the powertrain came about with a leaning toward total performance. The engine block started life a 400ci that is bored to .030 and filled with a destroked 3.25-inch steel crank, 6.25-inch H-beam Eagle rods and hypereutectic flat-top pistons. The Air Flow Research 190 aluminum heads are operated by a Competition Cams retrofit hydraulic roller cam, 280XFI, through custom-length hardened push rods and roller rockers. All of this is topped off with a Mass Flow port fuel-injection system that drinks from an 18-gallon custom-built stainless-steel fuel tank with an in-tank fuel pump. The power is sent to a Chevrolet overdrive 700R4 4-speed automatic transmission, then to the custom-built narrowed 8.8-inch Ford independent rear end, whose third member houses 3.70 gears, posi-traction and Dutchman axles. The suspension is fully adjustable air ride with front and rear anti-sway bars controlled by adjustable shocks, and it rolls on Billet Specialties wheels.