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Gambles
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Just a few years ago, I sold my '69 Chevy II/Nova. It had the 153 c.i. four cylinder with the powerglide and factory manual choke. Manual brakes, manual steering and no AC. Completely gutless for acceleration, but got about 22 mpg. I added an HEI unit instead of the point ignition. I once won a bet that I could change the fuel pump in under 5 minutes with only hand tools. Piece of cake....
I had a 67. 250 six cylinder automatic. I was coming back across Lake Montcalm Road from Vestaburg late one night after a date and it dropped a valve in to a piston. I sold it to Dale Addis and he put a 350 Olds V8 in it.
That car was what happened to the woven wire fence that used to be in front of the Ionia County airport. Wayne Addis and I were coming back from the State FFA Convention. Somebody pulled out to pass and ran us off the road and I took the fence out.
That car was what happened to the woven wire fence that used to be in front of the Ionia County airport. Wayne Addis and I were coming back from the State FFA Convention. Somebody pulled out to pass and ran us off the road and I took the fence out.
Steve@Advance
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That 4 cylinder must have been somewhat rare. I don't think I ever saw a real live one!
Seen a lot of the GM 4's in IO boats, just never in a car.
Seen a lot of the GM 4's in IO boats, just never in a car.
Welding man
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- West Virginia
I bought a 1969 Road Runner on May 29,1969, I still have the original Bill of Sale $2975.00. I wish I still had the car to go with it!!!!
I amazed at the amount of old four-door cars I have been seeing lately. It used to be you could hardly give them away. I
guess all the two-doors got so high priced, the four-doors are getting more popular?
I had a 1962 Chevy II with the four-cylinder. I got it from the original owner who bought it new for $1950. Boy have things
changed.
My mother got a new car in 1970. It was el-cheapo Nova but I talked my dad into getting the 307 V8. That and a Powerglide.
The car was kind of a piece of junk and not built as well as the 1962 I had.
I also had a full size Chevy van with that same four-cylinder engine. 1965 G10. I don't know what Chevy was thinking but
that engine did not belong in that van. I guess they wanted to use them up on something. 2/3 of the 230 six-banger.
guess all the two-doors got so high priced, the four-doors are getting more popular?
I had a 1962 Chevy II with the four-cylinder. I got it from the original owner who bought it new for $1950. Boy have things
changed.
My mother got a new car in 1970. It was el-cheapo Nova but I talked my dad into getting the 307 V8. That and a Powerglide.
The car was kind of a piece of junk and not built as well as the 1962 I had.
I also had a full size Chevy van with that same four-cylinder engine. 1965 G10. I don't know what Chevy was thinking but
that engine did not belong in that van. I guess they wanted to use them up on something. 2/3 of the 230 six-banger.
rlp in Co.
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I had a 69 Nova that I bought new with a 350, 300
HP, 4 sp, 411 rear end. $3100. It wasn't slow but it
only had the 1.94 in. Intake valves. A Z28 Camero
with a 302 beat me at the drag strip. Wish I still
had it though.
HP, 4 sp, 411 rear end. $3100. It wasn't slow but it
only had the 1.94 in. Intake valves. A Z28 Camero
with a 302 beat me at the drag strip. Wish I still
had it though.
Texasmark1
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Well my acquired, potential drive to work, used Nova 2 door hatch back 6 cyl. had the integrated heat/intake manifold. Was going to work
one day and it cracked putting 50/50 in about #3. Sitting stuck in the center of 3 lanes of traffic, all of a sudden the car filled with this
funny smelling fog. Completely engulfed me and scared the begeebies out of me. At least the people adjacent to me on the curb side
wiggled enough room to let me out (get me out of their breathing/seeing space) and I hit the ditch. Had no earthly idea what was going on
till later. That is where I learned the benefit of adding water to a combustion chamber. By the time I got the head off, the crown on #3
piston was spotless and that was before unleaded gas as I recall.
I got through that and nursed it back home that night. Remembered the son had an old Chevy truck he got from a friend. Checked and the
intake manifold and separate head (conventional fashion) were intact and decent. Wondered if it would backfit. It did a so much for
Chevy's wonderful money saving idea.
That was the same 6 I was putting an electronic ignition in and had the carb intake pipe disconnected and the top off the distributor or
something like that....been 25 years or so.....any way i rolled the engine to set up a cylinder for firing and the distributor sparked just as the
fuel pump shot a squirt of gas across it and presto.....fire in the hold! Took me a couple of seconds to get my wits but did and grabbed a
fire extinguisher hanging on the wall....thank goodness I had one and put it out before anything got damaged beyond repair.
Gave it to the oldest boy and he sold it to a friend who rolled it and killed himself.
Jinx? Seems so.
one day and it cracked putting 50/50 in about #3. Sitting stuck in the center of 3 lanes of traffic, all of a sudden the car filled with this
funny smelling fog. Completely engulfed me and scared the begeebies out of me. At least the people adjacent to me on the curb side
wiggled enough room to let me out (get me out of their breathing/seeing space) and I hit the ditch. Had no earthly idea what was going on
till later. That is where I learned the benefit of adding water to a combustion chamber. By the time I got the head off, the crown on #3
piston was spotless and that was before unleaded gas as I recall.
I got through that and nursed it back home that night. Remembered the son had an old Chevy truck he got from a friend. Checked and the
intake manifold and separate head (conventional fashion) were intact and decent. Wondered if it would backfit. It did a so much for
Chevy's wonderful money saving idea.
That was the same 6 I was putting an electronic ignition in and had the carb intake pipe disconnected and the top off the distributor or
something like that....been 25 years or so.....any way i rolled the engine to set up a cylinder for firing and the distributor sparked just as the
fuel pump shot a squirt of gas across it and presto.....fire in the hold! Took me a couple of seconds to get my wits but did and grabbed a
fire extinguisher hanging on the wall....thank goodness I had one and put it out before anything got damaged beyond repair.
Gave it to the oldest boy and he sold it to a friend who rolled it and killed himself.
Jinx? Seems so.
brutus49DC
Member
I'm partial to Ford's but I like the boxy Nova's. I could have bought a classmates 67 2 door with a 283 4spd for $1200 when he went to college in 1986. I wish I had but I probably didn't have the money anyway.
rusty6
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This Chevy II has been in the family since new in 1964. I license it for a few months in the summer just to keep it exercised. Just over
80,000 miles on it. Yes, that is a rust hole over the headlight but other than that the body is pretty solid. And that little 194 six sure
puts out some power in a car that small. I had a White swather (windrower) back in the seventies with the Chevy 4 cylinder engine. Seemed
ok but I'd think a bit small for a car.
You might have seen the Chevy II in last summer's car show video. It was my pilot vehicle when I took the Merc to town.
Merc and Chevy II
80,000 miles on it. Yes, that is a rust hole over the headlight but other than that the body is pretty solid. And that little 194 six sure
puts out some power in a car that small. I had a White swather (windrower) back in the seventies with the Chevy 4 cylinder engine. Seemed
ok but I'd think a bit small for a car.
You might have seen the Chevy II in last summer's car show video. It was my pilot vehicle when I took the Merc to town.
Merc and Chevy II
Had a '72 with a 350 in high school. Loved it, was faster than a young driver ought to have, though it rusted if you merely looked at it the wrong way. When it was rear-ended at a light and totaled it was replaced with a '79 with the straight 6. That was a
completely bulletproof car (if far slower), my mom drove it daily until the early 2000s.
completely bulletproof car (if far slower), my mom drove it daily until the early 2000s.
Dave Sherburne, NY
Member
I bought a new 66Chevy Nova Wagon and drove it for years. It finally rusted out bad to the point where it had a piece firewood under the passenger front seat to hold it up. After about 120000 miles I sold it to my BIL who used it for a short commute to work for a couple years. He sold it to a guy who wanted the engine out of it to put in a truck. I bought it with a 6 cyl. engine and auto trans mission. Never had a problem with anything except rust.
Ken Christopherson
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I have always wanted an old car or pickup to call my own. Something with a V8 and a nice thumper cam.. I guess until I can do something like that, I will just have to post a picture of my friends' Nova running near 900 hp. He likes to build them for 1/4 runs = had a '70 Chevelle with over 1100hp, that would run about 8.70 sec in the 1/4 mile. He has been working on a Nova wagon now for a while. Not sure when it will be done though.
Maybe after I finish this F20, I will start looking at a project like this with more cylinders... But I thought tractors could get expensive.. Uff.
Maybe after I finish this F20, I will start looking at a project like this with more cylinders... But I thought tractors could get expensive.. Uff.
Steve@Advance
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I remember seeing some of those.
Called them The Iron Duke.
Called them The Iron Duke.
Here's a 67 L-79 original engine in my friends Malibu,original owner.He ordered it,Oct.66,$2808.Still has it.
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pete black
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Buddy of mine once had a Chevy II set up for the local drag strip, named it Chevy Too Much.
In the early 90s my dad bought a 66 2 door
with a 355 and a turbo 400 tranny. Was
wanting to fix it up like the one he bought
brand new in 66 when he got home from the
army. He never had time to mess with it and
i got several tickets and in trouble for
doing burnouts across the high school
parking lot so he sold it
with a 355 and a turbo 400 tranny. Was
wanting to fix it up like the one he bought
brand new in 66 when he got home from the
army. He never had time to mess with it and
i got several tickets and in trouble for
doing burnouts across the high school
parking lot so he sold it
K Effective
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My mechanic cousin had a 65 Chevy II in high school- dropped a Corvette 327 he built into it, 14:1 compression. Dad said he used a little red wagon full of batteries to start it in the Winter since there was no garage space for it. Would pull the wheels at stop signs. There was some problem with gears in the manual transmission, seems he kept getting bad parts as the gears would just explode at the drag strip (not that he ever missed a shift).. Won a lot if he didn't get bumped up to race the 427 Vettes and 440/Hemi Chryslers, from what I was told.
tracto-man
Member
If it was a 2 door maybe, lol. Only
things I got with more then 2 doors was
trucks.
things I got with more then 2 doors was
trucks.
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