Eddie Van Halen's 1970 Chevrolet Nova Custom
This is an extremely rare and unique opportunity to purchase a vehicle currently owned by the greatest guitar player in the World, Eddie Van Halen. This vehicle will be accompanied by a certificate of authenticity (COA) personally signed by Eddie Van Halen.
Eddie’s Nova was customized by well-known automotive customizer Bones Fab in California. It started out with an engine swap, then morphed into suspension upgrades, larger tires and a new paint job. The engine is a 650HP LSX 454 crate engine topped with a F.A.S.T intake, 102mm throttle body and Holley Dominator EFI computer drives the EFI.
A Tremec Magnum T-56 six speed transmission transfers power to a Currie 9" Ford rear end with 4.10 gears. The suspension is all Ridetech. Custom KWC wheels 18x7 fronts and 18x12 rears give this care a great stance and performance.
The front end consists of tubular A-arms, Shockwaves and a Tru-Turn kit. The rear is a custom triangulated 4-link, shock waves and custom sway bar. A Vintage Air package was added, along with a Front Runner kit and gen II heat and A/C. Autometer gauges in a Covan insert finish off the dash for a great look.
The car has a full roll cage, custom door handles, carbon fiber hood and trunk lid. The car is finished with a custom paint job in PPG's Custom House of Colors tang yellow orange.
Eddie loves driving the car on the California freeways. It is all dialed-in and brutally fast!
About Edward Van Halen:
Edward Van Halen is an American musician, songwriter, producer, philanthropist and inventor. He is the main songwriter and founder of the American hard rock band Van Halen. In 2012, he was voted number one in a Guitar World magazine reader's poll for "The 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time”.
As of March 2019, Van Halen is 20th on the RIAA list of best-selling artists in the United States; the band has sold 56 million albums in the States and more than 80 million worldwide, making them one of the best-selling groups of all time. As of 2007, Van Halen was one of only five rock bands with two studio albums that sold more than 10 million copies in the United States. Additionally, Van Halen has charted 13 number-one hits in the history of Billboard's Mainstream Rock chart. VH1 ranked the band seventh on a list of the top 100 hard rock artists of all time. Van Halen was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 2007.
