![]() ![]() It’s running 18” wheels and they just don’t look good on old cars unless they’re absolutely slammed which is hard to do without major modifications. I’d say the most notable things about the car would be the paint and the stance. It’s a street car first and I drive it a lot in the summer months, even taking it to work a couple of days a week. It’s obviously not the fastest thing around the course, but It surprises some of the newer cars for sure. Better brakes, sticky tires and a quick ratio steering box helped immensely. Over the last few years I’ve focused more on handling modifications as I discovered I really enjoyed throwing this old girl around the autocross. Not bad too bad for just 350 cubes and good street manners. I got the opportunity to run the car on a dyno at a local car show to see what she was putting out and it laid down 323rwhp and 372rwtq. This time I went with, the good stuff, a big cam, aluminium heads and intake and MSD ignition. I eventually blew up the 350 my dad and I had built and decided to build one on my own with better parts. Another year I completely redid the suspension with tubular control arms, coil overs and poly bushings. One year I did the interior and swapped out the bench seat for some buckets, added new carpet and gauges and dyed all the interior panels black. I slowly upgraded the Nova over the next few years, taking the winter months to do big projects. This was probably the best upgrade I could have done for the car as it upped the fun factor immensely. ![]() ![]() My dad and I built a mild sbc (also a 350) with around 275-300 horsepower and after getting my hands on a Muncie 4 speed and a book on how to rebuild it, out went the slushbox TH350 and in went 3 pedals. The first thing the car needed was more power as the original 350 was about 8.5:1 with smog cylinder heads and a tiny camshaft. Over the last 16 years, the car has evolved into what it is now. The car originally was an automatic, bench seat, low-compression cruiser with a nice paint job. Instead, at age 16, the Nova officially became mine after my dad realized how interested in cars I had become. My 1973 Chevy Nova was originally purchased by my dad who planned to restore it as a gift for my mom. Instagram: attribute my love of cars to my dad who owns a 1967 Chevy Nova SS. I currently live in the PNW and work as a Project Manager for a local restaurant design company. More images are in the slider above, SLIDE LEFT> These Photographs are supplied by the Photographer named, check their Link for Bookings. Join Our Stance Auto Mags Group, Give Our Facebook Page a Like, and Follow us on Instagram ![]()
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