Vehicle Description
1969 Chevrolet Nova
It's the classic cautionary tale about the pitfalls of doing
business in foreign countries that can be found in hundreds (if not
thousands) of books about marketing: General Motors introduced
their Chevrolet Nova model of automobile into a Spanish-speaking
market, then scratched their heads in puzzlement when it sold
poorly. GM executives were baffled until someone finally pointed
out to them that "nova" translates as "doesn't go" in Spanish. The
embarrassed automobile giant changed the model name to the Caribe,
and sales of the car took off. As the facts prove this is indeed a
tall tale, however it lives on in internet infamy.
For consignment and ripe for the picking here at Classic Auto Mall,
this midnight blue restored example of the 1969 Chevrolet Nova is
showing off as a very juicy pick from our inventory. With a fresh
big block drivetrain, nice chrome, beautiful interior and 15-inch
polished Weld wheels you won't be left feeling blue, but you will
be ready to turn the key and go off into the sunset, albeit
somewhat fast!
Exterior
With a horizontal shiny ribbed grille complete with added SS
badging and a single flanking headlight on either corner, and shiny
bumper below, this is the leadoff for this machine. Some yellow and
light blue pinstriping lead back from the Chevy II hood trim and
the central peak of the hood splits the SS style hood louver
inserts. Nice shiny trimmings for the glass surrounds and side view
mirrors as well as the trio of cowl mounted chrome pod residing
gauges. This car's panels, which have decently minded gaps, do show
with some inclusions, cracking and bubbling of the body, mainly
reserved to the lower panels. Otherwise, straight steel with just
the small aforementioned faults within the paint. Factory correct
fender gills are highlighted by starburst pinstriping as are the
side marker lights and 327 fender callouts. The back of the car
keeps it simple with a single horizontal tail light on either side
of the ribbed and blacked out SS insert and another shiny bumper
below. 15-inch highly polished Weld Draglite wheels are on all 4
corners and wrapped by skinnies and fats on the front and rear
respectively.
Interior
Racy would best describe the interior with original door panels in
black vinyl and a strip of chrome just below the sills. The central
black ribbed vinyl panel is dressed up top with a chrome
highlighted white spear along with chrome for the cranks and
actuators. Turning our attention to the passenger compartment we
see black vinyl high back bucket seats in front complete with
adjustable headrests, and a bench in the back. In the center
garnishing the hump is a long shift lever reaching for the driver
with a silver knob on top. Black carpeting is flooding the floors
and looking good in fade free condition, although the front section
should be replaced due to a hole on the hump. Up to the dash and it
is GM simplicity with just a speedo and gas gauge, and a tachometer
hanging from the bottom center. Temp sliders are on to the right of
the original GM steering wheel, with an empty slot where the
original radio was. Above is a nice tight black headliner in
textured vinyl
Drivetrain
Underneath the nicely restored hood is some automotive bling in the
form of a 402ci V8. Our consignor notes that this mill was recently
redone by Rich's Automotive Machine in Fleetwood, PA. An aluminum
radiator with a 10" electric fan keeps things cool, meanwhile an
East Coast Auto Electric mini starter provides the cranking and an
Accel distributor lights the fire within. On top is a single
4-barrel Holley carburetor bolted to an Edelbrock intake manifold
and on back is a 700R4 4-speed automatic transmission with an
"Allstar" torque converter, all built especially for the 402 cuber.
This lethal combination pushes power to a 12-bolt posi rear. A new
Delphi fuel pump is in charge of fuel delivery for the mighty
mill.
Undercarriage
All nicely restored with some light surface rust on the usual
suspects and just clean coating for everything in black paint. Nice
and shiny like new Hooker headers send spent fossils rearward
through a Flowmaster exhaust in dual format to snakes its way
rearward from the engine. Drum brakes are noted all around and
providing the muscle ride is an independent coil sprung front
suspension and a leaf spring and Caltrac'sbar rear arrangement.
Drive-Ability
I slipped behind the wheel, settled into the racy black bucket
seats and with a twist of the key I was off to the test track.Here
handling was fine and braking was adequate but the star of the show
was the unlimited acceleration from the big block V8 under the
hood. All functions were operational at the time of my drive, and I
even let my partnerin crime and crack decoder take a hot lap around
the track.
A nice Nova circa 1969 with presentable paint, a few faults, good
interior, and a fresh big cube V8 drivetrain. A good example of a
tribute SS Nova's of yore, and begging to be let into your
garage.
113279W440045
1-Chevrolet
13-Nova I6
27-2 Door Sedan
9-1969
W-Willow Run, MI Assy Plant
440045-Sequential Unit Number
Classic Auto Mall is a 336,000-square foot classic and special
interest automobile showroom, featuring over 650 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.