1972 Chevrolet Nova Reviews, Pricing & Specs

Nice body lines but was produced in really ugly colors like olive green; Quarter panels and rear frame rot out on all of them, especially in PA; uni-body frame design was horrible and twists easily with a little torque; but not to worry if you had the slant-6 which was great, could beat it to death and run it without oil and it would never die, just try doing that today!Nov 23, 2010

when i got this car it was to rebuild it. after the rebuild we put a 454 four on the floor, with a 700r4 tranny with a full racing shift kit in it. it was my first car. it would do any thing you asked it to and would stop on a dime. paint was custom. it didnt get crap for mileage though.it was a hell of a fun ride to scare the neibhors with when i cranked it up in the mornins though. it did need a lot of work to keep her on the road.Jun 26, 2010

I purchased about 2 months ago and have changed a few things already. Installed 3 in. exhaust with headers and Flowmaster 40 series Delta Flows. Swithced out the stock points ignition with a Electronic one with a CDI box. It's currently the stock 350 thats been rebuilt with a mild cam and aluminum intake. Over winter it's coming out and getting a bigger cam, intake, carb., and a set of nice 202 heads. The car was brought to Wisconsin 2 years ago from California, which is awesome, because there is absolutely no rust anywhere, not even a flake of surface rust on the under carriage. Having fun with it, and hopefully not getting into to much trouble.Oct 06, 2009

362ci SBC, 10:1cpr, Dart Pro 1 Aluminum heads, 200cc runners, 2.02, 1.60 valves, Scat I-Beam rods, Ross forged pistons, manly valves, comp cams valve springs, retainers, lifters and pushrods, scorpion 1.6 rocker arms, comp cams cam .542 int lift, .549 exh lift, ACL calico coated bearings, MSD pro billet distributor, MSD 6AL ignition box, MSD blaster coil, MSD plug wires, Edelbrock RPM air gap aluminum intake manifold, Quick Fuel Q series 750cfm carb, Holley fuel pump, JAZ 16 gal Pro-Street fuel cell, Moroso high volume oil pump, Moroso 7qt oil pan, Jegs high flow water pump, Jegs direct fit aluminum radiator, Moroso catch can, TCI Trans cooler, Flex-A-Lite shrouded electric fan, Flowtech headers, 3" custom straight exhaust with single chamber flowmasters with dumps, ARP sbc bolt kit installed, Moroso solid motor mounts, PTC TH350 race tranny with reverse manual valve body, PTC 3500 stall tq converter, Moser ford 9" rearend with Moser direct bolt in housing, Moser 33 spline axles, spool, PEM nodular 3rd member with 3.89 gear, B&M ratchet shifter, Competition Engineering Slide-A-Link traction bars, Competition Engineering sub frame connectors, Autometer guages (Speedo, Tach w/ shift and low oil pressure light, volts, fuel, oil press, water temp), MSD Rpm activated switch, and a bunch of other crap. Its hot as hell to drive and gets maybe 7mpg on a good day, but its loud and is kinda quick.Jul 28, 2009

1972 Nova SS, 350, Black w/ red racing stripes, dual exhaust with bypass caps. Runs like a champ, new carb, new tires. Cost a little to fix the rear suspension , but great car. Appearance, gets looks from everyone, everyone wants it, everyone loves it. Fun factor, MY GOD is screams, its nothing like my sentra, you put you foot in the throttle and it just yells, loudest car to be in, big stero, big tires, great piece of work. Gets 14 city, 20 road mpg, cost me 9500 bucks, great car, awesome investment. I cant find the argument for the same 9500 bucks i would of spent on a 1998 accord, or 2000 corolla. Jul 02, 2009

Built as part of a Father/Son Project, I get this one and he gets the '70 Chevelle. It has a 355sbc, TH400 Tranny, all the goodies (too much to list). Let's just say Jeg's, Holley, and Edelbrock love us. It runs a 12.5 in the 1/4 at our local dragstrip, but is still street legal and runs on pump gas. But it has no backseat. As my dad was a GM mechanic forever, It was built right! It has disc brakes all around and doesn't weigh much, so it stops pretty good. It is in primer, so it's ugly as can be, but I kind of like that...Jan 06, 2009

My car has a supercharger in it. It is a Super Sport and runs a quarter mile in 4 Flat! Doesn't squeek or radle. Gets 20 miles to a gallon on Alcohol. This car is a blast to drive if you can handle it! This car needs nothing! Interior is black and exterior is Candy Apple red and Gold sparkles! I would recommend a Nova SS but not this one b/c it is hard to handle! It is street leagual!Jul 03, 2008

I drove the car for 2 years while collecting all of the parts to do the job. I planned to do all of the work at once but had a job change while in school and no longer had the funds to support the project; I fell the need to abort and sell the car and all of its parts. This was unfortunate, that car would have been amazing and I was about half way through the project already. I had built a 350 to 400 hp and I had a 4 speed Muncie "Rockcrusher" trans which I believe is what Yenko put in there. I also had half of the garage filled with other various parts for the conversion. Well, I've always wanted to build an old muscle car like that and one day I'll be in a better possition to do so. Maybe I'll do a Nova or maybe something else.Jan 26, 2008