I was at a guy's house today and he said he's going after a 196? something NOVA with a 427 4-speed running but needing body work. The motor has been redone and is very strong : claims he can lift the wheels no problem. So he says, an idea what that baby is worth ? figure number 3 condition to be safe.
Not a good estimate on the whole car, but I have seen several running 427's go for over $1500. This one is apparantely built well, so the price will rise well over $1500. Good 4 speed trans is around $750. Saw a 66 Chevy 2 with the original 6 cyl. bring $16000 at Super Chevy this summer (nice low mileage car in 2.5 condition). Sounds like a pretty expensive car.
I might want to jump on it then providing the body isn't shot. He's asking $8,800 for it i'll be looking at it in 2 weeks as he won't be able to show it to me before then. Who in there right mind would put that kind of money into a junk body ? Maybe it's a deal ! can't wait to see it. Thanks for the info.
I was expecting this thread to go a little more like this. "Any Hardcore Chevy fans here?" "LEAVE!!!!!!!!!!!"
I was expecting.. "yeah, I LOVE stomping Chevies!". Good 427 little Nova might not be that easy to do though.
I almost asked the other day for Mopar fans ! I found a hardcore fan through the board but never posted it. Just so you guy's know i've had Buick blood running through my viens since day one as my father only drove Buick's. The other day i had a chance to go and look at a 1968 GTX 440 4-speed with a Dana 60 rear end and 67,000 original miles on it. I was immpressed by it , but not enough to make me change colors. That 440 is powerful.
Is this supposed to be a factory 427 nova ?? If so, I think they were COPO cars only.....like Yenko's and bladwin-motion's Post in the "Other Bench" for a better response......
Yenko made a 427 Nova...I guess I can understand you saying its not factory, Yenko made them not GM. Heres some info from musclecarclub.com
I just read that there were only "37" 427 Yenko's ever made. As for the guy not remebering what he bought i'm not buying it from the original owner i'll be the 3rd party. I guess Yenko never crossed his mind if he even knows about it (2nd party). The guy he's getting from (original owner) claims he bought it new this way and just want to get rid of it as he is getting up there in age. The story will play out in 2 weeks.
if an oroginal big block nova it would have to be a 68-69-70 bodystyle. Basically most 1st gen camaro stuff bolts on and whole panels are available through http://www.chevy2only.com/Chevy2Only.aspx Having owned a 396 Chevelle I can tell ya there is something cool about a big block chevy with a 4 speed. grab that sucker.
I may be thinking of the Baldwin-Motion cars, but I think the Yenko's were also guaranteed to run 11's. Or...in the words of Captain Picard, they would 'make it so'!!:TU: :bglasses: Expensive barely begins to describe Yenkos and others today!!ou: I know a guy in town that has 2 Yenko Camaro's....one good one and one parts car. Even the parts car would fetch $60k or so.:eek2:
The article makes it sound like these were factory 427 cars, but the next to last paragraph states: "I would like the help of the Nova owners reading this in trying to locate additional 1968 SS Nova's that would have been built the first 2 weeks (07A or 07B) of July, 1968. These would be the 50 Central Office Production Order (COPO) cars that were built for Fred Gibb Chevrolet whose location was LaHarpe, IL. These cars originally came with the 396-375 (L-78) engine with an automatic transmission. Some of these cars were sold through certain authorized Chevrolet Dealers in the state of CA as Dick Harrell Conversions. Any help on location or documentation would be greatly appreciated!" They were COPO, but the 427 was not part of their "COPO-ness."
