Chevrolet Nova doesn't necessarily make for a highly desirable collectible, especially when lacking SS tags. Moreover, despite a massive redesign, the 1973 model year was hardly a head-turner. It ...

Across eighteen model years, from 1962 to 1979, Chevrolet built 4,698,781 Novas, a number so massive it cemented the nameplate as one of the most successful compacts in American automotive history.

That brash question, posed on the cover of the May 1973magazine, was about as brash as the car in question: a 1973 Nova that Chicago's Nickey Chevrolet had outfitted with a 430hp, 427-inch L88 ...