Thread: Novas

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Originally posted by Matt167
I could see a soccer moms car being a Ford Falcon 4dr or a 60's Chevy Bel Air 4dr or even a Ford Cortina and even I guess maby a 4dr Nova 4 or 6cyl could also be but, 4Dr nova's are undesirable and that's what they would have been back then, I coulden't see that today but in the 60's they were an everyday car. An old guy in my town has a '66 Nova 4dr that he has had since it was new and he still drives it daily and sits on the same side of the road in the same place he parks it and has parked it since he bought it. I also know a guy that has 4 or 5 old plymouths, A valient and a couple musle cars and another car I can't remember but, He bought the cars when he was a kid and still drives them as everyday cars and there in really good shape, all but 1 has good paint and the only 1 in need of bodywork is the valient but that's because he drives that 1 more, it just needs paint and a little surface rust cleanup.

'63 and '64 Dart wagons. Now THOSE were soccer mom cars.

My Grandma used to drive us around in hers. She had both years. lol

Now they are a popular car to fix up and shove a V8 tween the fenders.

One of my first custom paint jobs was on a friend of mine's '70 Nova SS. He kept it in a garage all these years and up until a couple years ago it still had the same paint job on it. I see his mom from time to time (She works @ the rest home where my Mother lives) and she tells me he's been workin' on it. Says it pulls the front end waaay off the ground. HUMMMMM I think need to look him up to see what makes it do that. HE He He He, his brother and I built stock cars together in the old days (1 was a Nova by the way).

HMMMMMM AHHHHHH 69 NOVA MY FAVORITE!!!

SORRRY I HIT THE WRONG KEYS ON THE BOARD BEFORE I WAS DONE SO HERE IT GOES AN OLD BUDDY OF MINE GOT HIS HANDS ON A 69 NOVA NOTHING WAS SPECIAL ABOUT THE CAR REALLY HEHEHEHE RIGHT UP UNTIL I WROTE OFF MY 69 CHEVELLE 396 SS AHHH I MISS MY SECOND CAR!!! I SOLD HIM THE RUNNING GEAR BECAUSE I WAS A HEART BROKE PUPPY!! HE ASKED IF I WOULD HELP HIM DROP THE RUNNING GEAR INTO THE NOVA ON A WEEKEND WHEN WE GOT IT ALL DONE, ALL IT NEEDED WAS TLC ON THE BODY, AND DOES IT EVER SMOKE THE THING IS A SLEEPER THE HE CAN JUST ABOUT RIP THOSE TIRES CLEAN OFF THE RIMS, SO TELL YOUR FRIEND THAT HERE WE ARE ON A PLANET CALLED EARTH NOT MARS HEHEHEHE NO PUNN INTEND TO THE ALIENS OUT THERE !!! PERSONALLY I WOULD LOVE TO HAVE MYSELF A NOVA BUT THESE DAYS I HAVE LEANED OVER TO THE SPORT TRUCK SIDE OF THINGS..

Yeah, I know. Meant to edit that '80s part out.

Brainfart my bad.

Thanks for the brain realignment though.

Thanks for the Nova lesson, I relent! Now that it was mentioned I do remember the Yenko Nova. Didn't know about the SS in the ad posted here.

i dont desriminate against 4 dr box novas
68 on up i do there is a asain guy who has a 4 dr nova
runs lows 12s he fulls a lot of people with his 4 dr nova
also an older guy has a stock factory box nova with hubcaps ]
he runs low 12s also he makes lots people mad

Thanks guys!!! haha I was right. I knew it! I always flip out when I see Novas... Taurus' just don't have that same effect on me! Anything with "SS" on it should be a show car. Oh about that whole wagon deal... I don't know what people are thinking! Even Mercedes had to cash in on that. I almost cried when I saw a FIREBIRD wagon.. you heard me right... on tv the other day. This car had been neutered. It was a tragedy, I can only hope no other firebirds witnessed this happening. So anything made into a wagon I think is a soccer mom car, and you guys might get mad at me for this but I think the H2 is along those lines as well. I know I know, but the H1 was so boxy and army looking.. maybe it's just the front end that wrecked it for me, what do you think about that?

The Hummer was a great vehicle til GM got ahold of it.

They screwed the pooch when they went away from the IRS Differential and instead stuffed a full axle under it.

Can't do half the stuff in the H2 that you could in the Humvee.

I wouldn't cry about it if someone gave me the keys to one...

I'd just quitely stick a for sale sign on it and git me a HEMI Durango instead.

Shhhh don't tell anyone

You forgot something. AM General was sold due to the fact that renault had a controlling interest in AMC. As the french Govt owned renault, the US govt made it so they had to lose their state in AMC or sell AM general. As AM general was making a profit at this point, that was yet another move that was part of AMCs downfall.

You fellas may want to read this, http://www.truckworld.com/Sport-Util...iew/02-H2.html

It tells about the GM position and origins of the chassis.

Well my mom drove me to school when I was a kid in a 76 Nova 4 door with a 350 in it. So I can see some being a soccer mom's car, but they were designed IMO as a muscle car and just adapted to what the public needed at the time, IE 2 door or 4 door.
A socccer mom's car back then would have been a full size van or a station wagon. Not a sporty car like that, and Nova can not be compared to the taurus

Originally posted by Streets
I didn't forget Dave, I left that little tidbit for you to tell 'cuse yer MR. AMC 2 me.. hehehe

I woulda quoted your last post streets but daaayaang that was too long.

Thanks for the info though.

I've always been led to believe that GM was manufacturing the H2. Car salesmen trying to make a buck mostly.

Now I know and am better informed.

AM General are the retards that blew that then.

I guess they were more in tune with the Paparazzi class than the average off roader. lol