Some preliminary pictures courtesy of Tracy Thompson. This car is
something else! The
console looks identical to the '74 GTO.
Tracy encouraged us to post a few
more pics from his (now discontinued) site...there was no need to ask twice! I'd put his car in
my personal "Top 5" X-bodies.
Close-ups of Nova Spirit of America decal treatment. Available from: http://www.stencilsandstripes.com/pr_chev_nov.asp
Images borrowed from Bill's 75 Nova SS site at www.geocities.com/novaessess/super.htm
A very rare car!
(R) Another 1977 Nova Rally ad. The Rally version ran thru 1979.
Here's our very first X-body from Mexico, this one courtesy of Roberto de la Fuente ( rafuu@hotmail.com ). Check out the grille emblem that reads "Malibu Rallye" in the nose shot and engine photo! Hopefully, some Nova expert can determine if this is an actual production vehicle or a very creative owner-built wonder.
Roberto's got a very nice factory gauge cluster in the dash, and a manual
transmission. It's always interesting to see our favorite X-body in
unfamiliar surroundings. Enjoy!
A '77 Rally Nova
Another 1977 Nova Rally (?)
(R) This is how Tracy Thompson's restoration project began. This project was a rousing success, as you can see by the photos above!
Salesman's aid for marketing the Spirit of America line of vehicles. This option was offered on the Vega??!! Rare!
"All
RIGHT! OK, I wasn't into cars at all when I was growing up. Mostly just interested in video games, and finding new and inventive ways of getting myself into trouble. Nonetheless one of the kids that
I had gotten myself into
trouble with was having a party one night and he asked me if I wanted to see
something cool... so he took us into this airplane hanger looking thing. And
inside it was a canary yellow Nova Hatchback with huge slicks on it. The
most impressive thing about that car was that when I walked up next to it, the
bumper was pretty close to my waist. After that I just fell in love with
Novas and decided to stick with them. (Chevelle sell outs) Novas are
just way too under rated (if I could afford a Chevelle, I would, lol ).
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"So I
moved outta my parents, moved to Georgia with my wife. I
held my money for a while... Searched on e-bay for a Nova and none of them were
in my price range ( 1,000 ) then I did a little more digging, and I FOUND
ONE that no one was bidding on.
"It seems that this guy messed up filling out the form on e-bay he listed the car as the actual vin # and not the car that he was selling, so I made out like a bandit! By the end of the auction I bought the car for$800.00, and paid one of my friends 200.00 to go with me to pick it up. The guy that I bought it from said that all the car needed was a new battery.
"So I got home, put the new battery in and...nothing!... No ding, pop, sizzle, puff.... just a bunch of nothing! This being my first car... I didn't know what to do except cry in my wife's arms. Later that week I found someone that fixed it for like 100 bucks...
"When I was taking out the interior I found the original build sheet... half the original build sheet, think the mice had made a bed outta the other half. Still got the original spare tire... funny looking thing, original jack, pretty much still got everything original. Except the shocks, tires, carb (upgraded to 4bbl).
"Next things I'm going to do is put new headers in (massive exhaust leak on one of the air intake valves), put an exhaust system in (lost the other one in transit, so if anyone finds it on I-20 they can keep it... LOL). I've got alot of work to do on the car. If anybody knows where I can get replacement parts that would be great! Travis."