The 1972 Chevrolet Nova SS occupies a rare sweet spot in car culture, bridging bare‑bones practicality and genuine muscle car attitude. It was compact, relatively simple, and yet capable of serious ...

Leaving aside all the other changes that made their way to the 1972 Nova, one of the most notable achievements this year was the popularity of the V8 engine lineup. Follow us: The Nova launched in ...

While many people interested in a Nova SS are more often looking for “original everything,” which typically translates to factory engine, transmission, and metal, it’s not a secret that this ...

Ah, the legend of the barn find. If any phrase has been overused in the collector car world in the last decade, it is “barn find.” Every dusty, forgotten, neglected vintage automobile with a shred of ...

The romance of the open road. Freedom. The adventure that lies beyond the borders of our hometowns. Somewhere inside every last one of us is a prisoner waiting to break free of the daily grind. That's ...

Jason Shell is an unbiased car guy. As long as performance is first on the list of priorities, he can appreciate most any kind of build. He's constructed several performance cars out of his home shop ...

In 1968, the Chevy Nova received a complete redesign from its previous, smaller stature. Its wheelbase grew to 111 inches, and overall length for the coupe was just shy of the larger Chevelle. For the ...

"We wanted to build a really fast car that we could drive anywhere on the street," Matt Meissner told us. The "we" is Matt and his twin brother Kevin; 26-year-olds who were exposed to the hot car ...

"We wanted to build a really fast car that we could drive anywhere on the street," Matt Meissner told us. The "we" is Matt and his twin brother Kevin; 26-year-olds who were exposed to the hot car ...