If that’s the car I think it is, it’s without doubt one of the craziest sleepers in the world. It was in hot rod magazine like 10 years ago, with all kinds of slick shit. The cage was built to sit as close to the roof and pillars as possible to stay out of view, rear seat was retained to hide the mini tub, carpet hiding the fact that the front and rear subframes were tied together, and the LS2 under the hood has twin Rotrex superchargers with the air to water intercoolers tucked in each fender, along with a dual fuel setup; one cell/pumps/injector set for regular 93, and a completely separate set of cell/pumps/injectors filled with CAM2 race fuel. This thing is nuts and put down 1100 at the time. Favorite nova ever.
@@spraym88 thanks man. I drooled over this car when I was a kid. I’m not a muscle guy, but a build like this is too unique not to be respected. Dude even has harnesses setup on the factory bench seat, there was so much thought and imagination that went into keeping this car’s true identity a secret. The ONLY giveaway from the outside is the tires.
@@naturalaspired yeah but to be fair I’ve called the front corner a quarter panel and I can’t say anyone every misunderstood what I meant. I think we all got what he meant
@@gregflores8959 After watching again, it's almost like the guy on the bike notices the cheater slicks, or hears it loping, or maybe knows it's built? Or notices the slicks once he is passed it an thats why he hit the curb? lol Either way, the guy on the bike is a car guy an got launch seats for that Nova
Its still a sleeper. It has a full roll cage tucked into the roof line/pillers, not to mention its a twin supercharged small block with air to water intercoolers in the trunk. Also its pretty quiet and has original style wheels.
I know damn well when I had my v6 charger that when I look over I'm glad I've got 5% tint and the windows were up, there's no way in fuck I'm going to even try to amuse that thing.
Reminds me of my childhood in the late 60s . Every fri and sat night , tires screeching ,the smell of rubber in the air ,and the roar of the big v8s. Blessed to be an American !
@@cobraconcept1 :D thank you although my dream is to one day put these rather esoteric skills to some kind of constructive use. Gotta tell ya tho... 115 likes? even for an internet luddite like me, I can almost see why people do all that insta....and twitter and whatnot... this is giving me the warms! :)
so what....people have to play with something...boats, atv, Harleys.....airplanes really suck the juice and no body says a word....There goes a private pilot...right to the gas station...NOBODY ever says that!!!
I remember as a teen there was a guy with a green 69 or 70 Nova that had a hidden roll cage and it looked like a recent barn find. He used to make a lot of money racing people who underestimated his car. Reminds me so much of that. Thats why I would never bet my title on a car that looks neglected, but is on the road and not smoking like my late Aunt on Poker Sunday...
I had a ‘70 Pontiac Ventura. Same color green, hatchback, 350 4barrel. No exterior markings, baby moon hubcaps, very plain Jane. Bench seat auto trans. That was a sleeper. Super fast, great handling, Rey comfortable and a whole lot of fun to drive.
Love the trailer hitch. "Just a working beater car here. Don't look at me." I drove a '68 Nova coupe for a very long while. Good memories were plentiful.
Sleeper my ass, that car is absolute perfection and in all its personified glory! Dont change a thing except the oil. You also have your salutation, approach and launch perfected! This was awesome!
Even the old guy on the bike knew this was going to be fun to watch. (i am old too so i know). When i grew up in the 60s-70s sleepers had one thing in mind, winning bets $ and pinks! They did not care how flashy their cars looked. He even fooled them with original paint, we called it grandma green.
Anyone who lived in Oshawa, Ontario, in the late 70's through the early 90's saw a fair amount of GM sleepers. Chevy Novas were the norm. Being a GM town, there were all sorts of sleepers on the roads. 😋
I went to school with a guy whose father bought him a brand new Nova SS while still in High School. That left my friend all of his spending money to up grade the carburetor, the headers, the exhaust, the tires and just about everything else that could make that car run like the wind. Sadly the mechanic who did most of the work, had a family and owned his own garage was killed taking the car out for a "test run". It also destroyed the car.
@dan b I can still remember the names of most of those parts. Holly four barrel carburetor, Hooker headers, Cherry Bomb mufflers, some kind of ice bucket system for cold intake air, Kreager Chrome wheels, Gabriel shocks and a Pioneer 8 track stereo with Jensen speakers. A whole lot of money spent on a brand new car, just waiting to kill someone...and it did.
My friend had a 396, 375 HP SS Nova. Quickest car I've ever been in. It was slightly rubbed on, headers, open exhaust, Mallory Dual point distributer, Mickey Thompson street slicks...It ate everything in town, even Vettes for breakfast...
In my youth, I had a 71 nova 3 on the tree. So much room around the engine you could practically climb in with it. Not too many cars around that could run with that beast, built like it wanted to crash.
Maaaan, I remember that car from HR magazine years ago. Never missed an issue back then. Freiburger, Kinnan, Marlan Davis. Those cats taught me how to wrench on cars. Miss those days.
Sleeper with ladder bars hanging underneath, tires shoehorned into the quarter panels, and performance stickers on the glass. Badass car though. Wish I would of held on to my 69 nova.
More of a patina car than a sleeper these days. Coming up on it from behind there is no mistaking what it's intended purpose is. The guy on the bike got a free show lol
There was a full article on this car about 15 years ago in Hot Rod or Car Craft. One of the legit street driven turbo/procharged LS sleepers with nearly 1000 hp when he adds race gas and turns up the boost.
That's funny. I smoked a Nova like that while stationed at Bliss in the mid 80's. My 73' Challenger I had, now THAT was a "sleeper". Stock hood, stock rims, black vinyl top, anti-dent trim down the side. Looked like grandma's Challenger. Hi-Po 340 4bbl under the hood, 4:10 gears w/the factory slapshifter. Would damn near pull the front end off the ground at the hit and lift it every time you shifted. Totally humiliated a brand new IROC that pulled up next to me pointing & laughing at a stoplight. He wasn't laughing when the light turned green, but I was. LOL!
Hahaha that's Dru Diesner, he had his car on the TH-cam Drive channel. Twin turbo LS with 1200Hp at the wheels. Love the look of that car and love the power even more. Glad to see Dru still has it to this day.
I saw that Nova on TH-cam and thought this one might be the same! Its just a hoot seeing this “showdown”! I have a ‘71 Nova SS clone with a modified L78 396. Mine looks and sounds like a hot rod though with a tubbed rear end with big meats and loud big cam exhaust. This Nova is just a riot though and probably a daily driver to boot.
Straight up bad ass. Didn't smoke anyone out witha burnout. Spun them tires subtly enough to get them a little hot. As soon as he kicked up the revs and held the rpms I knew this dude and the car were boss.
My dad had an incredible Nova sleeper. To look at it you would of thought it's was a little old ladies car. You'd have no idea it went like a bat out of hell. Almost to lite for the power under the hood.
We had a 2 brothers back in the 80s in Belleville Illinois that had one built like this right down to the color and hubcaps. They had a 454 under the hood and the car really hid the rear tires well as it sat stock height with mini tubs! Never run against them but heard the car was really quick.
This is so funny to stumble across...I had a purple 74 Nova in florida back in the mid-90's, same deal...total sleeper/broom job....but christ it was quick..stall converter/3 speed racing tranny/383 stroker, etc....fun ride.
My interest perked when I saw the tires but what really got my juices flowing was when he was shifting gears at the light to get ready and when he revved the engine before he took off. You could easily see the shimmy in the frame from the tranny torque and the shift down in the front end as the linkage tightened. If I had been at the light and was thinking about racing that piece of junk, as soon as I saw that front end shift I would have been like, “NOPE!”
I can't wait to see my dad's running, he bought it in the 90's when he was high school and a few years after he graduated there was some bad wiring so the engine caught fire which luckily he was in his driveway so he got it out fast, but it's been on Jack stands for the last 20 years since he decided to fix all the other issues (the back left quarter had a THICK lair of bondo on it according to him so he cut it off a welded a new one on same with the trunk) and now it's a matter of money to build an engine, get new brake stuff, and plenty more body work.
@@Aus78Formula we'll see, he doesn't plan on selling it and plans to pass it on to me, if he ever does decide to sell it though I'll be first one to place an offer.
If that’s the car I think it is, it’s without doubt one of the craziest sleepers in the world. It was in hot rod magazine like 10 years ago, with all kinds of slick shit. The cage was built to sit as close to the roof and pillars as possible to stay out of view, rear seat was retained to hide the mini tub, carpet hiding the fact that the front and rear subframes were tied together, and the LS2 under the hood has twin Rotrex superchargers with the air to water intercoolers tucked in each fender, along with a dual fuel setup; one cell/pumps/injector set for regular 93, and a completely separate set of cell/pumps/injectors filled with CAM2 race fuel. This thing is nuts and put down 1100 at the time. Favorite nova ever.
Thank you for tuning in!! You have definitely done your Homework man!! This comment deserves to be pinned at the top of all comments...
@@spraym88 thanks man. I drooled over this car when I was a kid. I’m not a muscle guy, but a build like this is too unique not to be respected. Dude even has harnesses setup on the factory bench seat, there was so much thought and imagination that went into keeping this car’s true identity a secret. The ONLY giveaway from the outside is the tires.
Your Welcome man. I worked with Dru for many years
I don't know what any of that means but it sounds very impressive.
@Danny P P car go fast but not look fast
The guy on the bicycle was just teeming with anticipation! Nice American muscle.
Sho was with his opossum grin 😁
He was just wishing he had a car
No...probably was dizzy from inhaling fumes from a poorly tuned engine.
30 years ago buddy on the bike would have had a good job to buy this type of car
@@jimlastname yeah, okay
He didn’t flinch or budge or rev while waiting for the light. He knew what he had. Extremely impressive.
Lol you got that right. This Nova is NUTS. He took it EZ when he let the Transbrake button go
Bro, ever heard what dom say, “The only thing that matters is who is behind the wheel.”
Ha I was thinking the same thing. No show, just go!
@@thanos9240 lol. yes, we have all heard the line an actor recited...
@@spraym88 ok
All you gotta do is look at the rear tires and if they’re fat don’t race. Simple enough
my fwd four banger has someting to say....
@@mrcid6114 no it doesnt🤣unless your boost figures are north of the legal drinking age its not saying shit
@@contractkiller7634 just talking about skinnier back tires. leave my boost out of this.
Exactly
Tons of slow cars out there with fat tires.
Love how the back wheels tucks under the fender
Fenders are in the front. Those are quarter panels
@@naturalaspired 👆🏻👆🏻👆🏻👆🏻
What’s it like correcting everyone lol
@@74nova36 it blows my mind how many people call a quarter panel a fender.
@@naturalaspired yeah but to be fair I’ve called the front corner a quarter panel and I can’t say anyone every misunderstood what I meant. I think we all got what he meant
@@74nova36 I'm sorry I don't understand. You can't say everyone every misunderstood 😂 ?
So many people have no idea of what they are looking at, or listening to.
Facts 💯
I know what I’m looking at and listening to. It’s a Nova. It’s a car.
She may be fine but she's all show, she might be ugly but she's real fast
Is that one dem AMC Pacers?
Deff has a big block under the hood.
Dude on the bike was like: Ahhh the good old days!
I was thinking the same. "I havent seen this for years!!!!" His grin said it all
Indeed! Bet that powerful Nova sent him so far back into his youth that he went home and gave his wife a good hard rodgering!
@@gregflores8959 hahahaha!!!
@@gregflores8959 After watching again, it's almost like the guy on the bike notices the cheater slicks, or hears it loping, or maybe knows it's built? Or notices the slicks once he is passed it an thats why he hit the curb? lol Either way, the guy on the bike is a car guy an got launch seats for that Nova
So true. Ha!
I knew the car was a problem when he didn't care about the half of car length he let you take. 😂
^^^this^^^
He didn't say anything about the lead at all. That guy was playing with him. And dudes launch was on point too.
🤣🤣 He smoked me
Ha I was thinking samething
🤣🤣 It's a beast
I was already impressed when it sat at the red light without stalling.
Haha! You remember those days too!
But Nova's are still one of my favorite muscle cars.
Uhh my mustang does sometimes I hate it but I wouldn’t have it any other way😂
@@1k_lance are you a woman
Yeah cause vtecs never stall. Jk
A properly tuned and maintained car whilst already warmed-up shouldn't stall at all/ unless one is a douche and can't drive or keep the revs up nice -
Things like this are not sleepers if someone pulled up in that trying to race you know damn well he's about to gap some fools
Its still a sleeper. It has a full roll cage tucked into the roof line/pillers, not to mention its a twin supercharged small block with air to water intercoolers in the trunk. Also its pretty quiet and has original style wheels.
You've done your homework man 💪🏼💪🏼💪🏼
Shotgun Paintbrush yeah
@@hebson21 Original wheels with gigantic tires, there's nothing sleeper about that.
I know damn well when I had my v6 charger that when I look over I'm glad I've got 5% tint and the windows were up, there's no way in fuck I'm going to even try to amuse that thing.
This has probably sent so many people to gapplebees
Plenty of gap sauce to be had!
And served them the entire menu
They got the "gap" sampler with plenty of cheese and sauce and a raspberry ice tea to wash it down.
Mmmmm, buuuurp!! Uh oh, taillights!!
Love it 😂
Thank You
Reminds me of my childhood in the late 60s . Every fri and sat night , tires screeching ,the smell of rubber in the air ,and the roar of the big v8s. Blessed to be an American !
I wish I was born early enough to experience that lifestyle
Yeah I miss them days too🙃
When me and my wife got married our first car was a Nova just like that one same color wow not as fast but nice
Thats Awesome man
73 hatchback, right?
Terry Sprague
My local strip wouldn’t allow my 74 Hatcher on the track W/O a roll cage! Anyone know why?
@@popscyclep8084 Not sure. NHRA rules?
1:13 I was expecting the cyclist to smoke everyone, while yelling, "Study Study Study!"
Gotta love golden boy lol
With his trusty Kentaro rope!
Understated
Holy shit, your reference game is on point man!
@@cobraconcept1 :D thank you although my dream is to one day put these rather esoteric skills to some kind of constructive use. Gotta tell ya tho... 115 likes? even for an internet luddite like me, I can almost see why people do all that insta....and twitter and whatnot... this is giving me the warms! :)
Great looking sleeper, back tires were a giveaway and that sound of exhaust counting off.
Nothing but the paint job makes that a sleeper.
Kicked-door for added effect
Put your glasses on yo, drivers door has a big dent, unbelievable.
My uncles 68 El Camino was the same color green. I don't mess with those colors because they are a sleeping giant.
I don't know, maybe all the smoke billowing out from under the hood..?
Everything is under the hood makes it a sleeper.
There he goes... Straight to the gas station. What a launch!
Comment should be at 1k minimum. Legit LOL, thanks man!
Thanks for the chuckle 😂
so what....people have to play with something...boats, atv, Harleys.....airplanes really suck the juice and no body says a word....There goes a private pilot...right to the gas station...NOBODY ever says that!!!
most underrated comment
🤯 When your opponent says: *"Its Showtime"* you know your in trouble...
Lol yep. He did
Agree. The fat slicks in the back would make me think right away that car wasn't stock or a sleeper.
No silly paint job or low rider crap. Just pure American muscle ! This Nova is smiling for a reason
Dude on the bike was like, “oh hell this is gonna be good.”
I would've thought twice about racing a guy whose plates say FBI
and that also has more rust than the whole car itself
Full Blooded Italian
Fat Boys of Illinois (club)
Female Bodies Inspector
@@hotrodray6802 or Federal Bureau of Investigation 🧐
That ball hitch poking out like a foot from the bumper is the icing on the cake 🤣, this car is a work of art inside and out lol
That thing looks like it has old man strength lol I ain’t fuxkin wit dat there, bud.
I smelled that through my speakers
Hardly a sleeper when it's a classic american muscle with an engine bay that's the size of an airplane hangar...
Most of them are slow, what are you talking about
@@noahs8495 m lp i
@@noahs8495 then you've never driven a real muscle car lmao
Bro Novas were like Mavericks. Not that special back in the day. My 77 Thunderbirds hood is over 6 feet. Its got a 6.6 but that don't mean its fast
@@Shade_tree_garage01 yep. With right engine, that Nova could do wheelies from 2nd.
Is that an undercover cop in a dark green nova? - Eazy E Boyz N The Hood Song
🤣🤣🤣 Good one
Nice 👍🏻
Then he dipped into a car, a stolen Nova.
- Slick Rick, Children's Story
Guy on the bike definitely knew what he was looking at, beautiful car !
Or was just looking.
You were beaten before the race even took place. That car is a monster...
You ain't lying sir lol. Car is a beast. I know the guy and the car . We were coming back from A carshow
I remember as a teen there was a guy with a green 69 or 70 Nova that had a hidden roll cage and it looked like a recent barn find. He used to make a lot of money racing people who underestimated his car. Reminds me so much of that. Thats why I would never bet my title on a car that looks neglected, but is on the road and not smoking like my late Aunt on Poker Sunday...
When he said “OH it’s GO time.” I felt that.....
He said: "Show time".
@@andersnielsen6044 “OH it’s GO time.”
That 'FBI' Nova is very well-known and has over 1,000 BHP. Videos of it everywhere. Great build.
Seemed awfully weak for a 1000 hp. I could have smoked a cigarette by the time it made it through the intersection from the time it launched
@@shortthrow50 yes it seemed weak but i dont think he was pushing it to the max
FB1 looks like an "I" from a distance
A VW Bug could be on 20” drag slicks and I’d be just as terrified
Here in Brazil, you can't never underestimate a beetle...
You can see them on drag strips, pulling unbelievable times!
20" slicks??? Did we watch the same video? If I had to guess I'd say those are 28x10.5 nowhere near 20" wide
Sounded like a perfect launch to me. He definitely built that himself
I love the way it looks, the way it sits, the way it barely even registers.
I had a ‘70 Pontiac Ventura. Same color green, hatchback, 350 4barrel. No exterior markings, baby moon hubcaps, very plain Jane. Bench seat auto trans. That was a sleeper. Super fast, great handling, Rey comfortable and a whole lot of fun to drive.
Love the trailer hitch. "Just a working beater car here. Don't look at me." I drove a '68 Nova coupe for a very long while. Good memories were plentiful.
I saw this car on a TH-cam channel called drive. I'm so happy to see that he owns this car still to this day!
“Wow,that Nova sure has gorgeous tail lights”
Absolutely brilliant. The nova is hands down my favourite GM car.
I like how Americans muscle cars has a stock velg like dop
stock rims? dope?
@@28_satryohafidzfathanmufli53 a wheeldop i think
What? Huh? Okay? It's me, Little John.
Old man on the bike was taken back to his prime with that smile on his face
Sleeper my ass, that car is absolute perfection and in all its personified glory! Dont change a thing except the oil. You also have your salutation, approach and launch perfected! This was awesome!
Even the old guy on the bike knew this was going to be fun to watch. (i am old too so i know). When i grew up in the 60s-70s sleepers had one thing in mind, winning bets $ and pinks! They did not care how flashy their cars looked. He even fooled them with original paint, we called it grandma green.
Anyone who lived in Oshawa, Ontario, in the late 70's through the early 90's saw a fair amount of GM sleepers. Chevy Novas were the norm. Being a GM town, there were all sorts of sleepers on the roads. 😋
That's what I like. A real sleeper. And a real driver.
I'll assume the man built it, too. Even. Better. Holy Smokes!
I went to school with a guy whose father bought him a brand new Nova SS while still in High School. That left my friend all of his spending money to up grade the carburetor, the headers, the exhaust, the tires and just about everything else that could make that car run like the wind.
Sadly the mechanic who did most of the work, had a family and owned his own garage was killed taking the car out for a "test run".
It also destroyed the car.
Wow very sorry to hear that 🙏🙏
@dan b I can still remember the names of most of those parts. Holly four barrel carburetor, Hooker headers, Cherry Bomb mufflers, some kind of ice bucket system for cold intake air, Kreager Chrome wheels, Gabriel shocks and a Pioneer 8 track stereo with Jensen speakers. A whole lot of money spent on a brand new car, just waiting to kill someone...and it did.
My friend had a 396, 375 HP SS Nova. Quickest car I've ever been in. It was slightly rubbed on, headers, open exhaust, Mallory Dual point distributer, Mickey Thompson street slicks...It ate everything in town, even Vettes for breakfast...
In my youth, I had a 71 nova 3 on the tree. So much room around the engine you could practically climb in with it. Not too many cars around that could run with that beast, built like it wanted to crash.
Those Novas look great. True classics. Well designed from day one. Great color too. It's perfect
Had one
I'm 6' and never fit in mine good with stock seats. No legroom.
They man looked at the camera and smiled. That’s when you know... his time had come.
Guy on the bike knows something about to go down.
When I first saw the car, I immediately thought of dad's old, green 396 Chevelle. Glad to see that nova going down the street
Just patiently waiting at the stop light... That's a real sleeper !!
As opposed to less obvious non-sleepers also waiting.
Not surprised. That's how a muscle car should go.
I dont know what was better, the size of the back tires or the trailer hitch. Love it
Maaaan, I remember that car from HR magazine years ago. Never missed an issue back then. Freiburger, Kinnan, Marlan Davis. Those cats taught me how to wrench on cars. Miss those days.
As a Nova owner this makes me happy
Love anything NOVA...cept after 77 🤢🤮
Idk how no one enjoys the beautiful sound this car makes
stuff like this makes me forget my depression :)
Same :)
Sleeper with ladder bars hanging underneath, tires shoehorned into the quarter panels, and performance stickers on the glass. Badass car though. Wish I would of held on to my 69 nova.
No, the big rear meats give it away. Being on the same size 14" would be sleeper.
More of a patina car than a sleeper these days. Coming up on it from behind there is no mistaking what it's intended purpose is. The guy on the bike got a free show lol
Great "sleeper", but when you see the size of its back tires, you should wake up 😅
Talk about confidence that man knew exactly what he had under the hood and didn’t prep to make a pull until right before the light changed.
There was a full article on this car about 15 years ago in Hot Rod or Car Craft. One of the legit street driven turbo/procharged LS sleepers with nearly 1000 hp when he adds race gas and turns up the boost.
All the people who dislike this video were once beat in a drag race.
That's funny. I smoked a Nova like that while stationed at Bliss in the mid 80's. My 73' Challenger I had, now THAT was a "sleeper". Stock hood, stock rims, black vinyl top, anti-dent trim down the side. Looked like grandma's Challenger. Hi-Po 340 4bbl under the hood, 4:10 gears w/the factory slapshifter. Would damn near pull the front end off the ground at the hit and lift it every time you shifted. Totally humiliated a brand new IROC that pulled up next to me pointing & laughing at a stoplight. He wasn't laughing when the light turned green, but I was. LOL!
😂that right there was an OG combo. The man and his car are legends both 😂
An undercover cop in a dark green Nova.
Hahaha that's Dru Diesner, he had his car on the TH-cam Drive channel. Twin turbo LS with 1200Hp at the wheels. Love the look of that car and love the power even more. Glad to see Dru still has it to this day.
Yessir you got it. Thanks for tuning in my man 👍🏼👍🏼
I saw that Nova on TH-cam and thought this one might be the same! Its just a hoot seeing this “showdown”! I have a ‘71 Nova SS clone with a modified L78 396. Mine looks and sounds like a hot rod though with a tubbed rear end with big meats and loud big cam exhaust. This Nova is just a riot though and probably a daily driver to boot.
The important parts to a fast car are what we can't see! Im been a car enthusiast since age 15 and love to see more sleepers on TH-cam! Good work!!!!
Thanks for tuning in bro
Damn!!!! I know the slight curve on the road was scary as shit for him🤣👍🏽🍻🇺🇸
1:27
"Why do I hear boss music?"
Funny you should say that. Whenever I hear the Boss singing "Racing in the Street", this is exactly the kind of car I picture.........
The bloke in the blue car right behind, put his window down so he could hear that sweet sound. I do that too :)
The trailer hitch and the dent in the door only add to the beauty of this sleeper
So no one in this comment section heard it build boost? Def a sleeper! Love it!
Absolutly!! Thank You for Tuning in
Pretty interesting car. This car was featured in an episode of BIG MUSCLE. 1,200 hp and was on the Hotrod Power Tour. I'd drive it proudly. :)
Absolutely
Id take that exact car over any import super car. 100%
Straight up bad ass. Didn't smoke anyone out witha burnout. Spun them tires subtly enough to get them a little hot. As soon as he kicked up the revs and held the rpms I knew this dude and the car were boss.
That guy in the bike knows something dope is about to go down and isn’t gonna miss it.
Oh my god the level of just sitting there patiently without showing off he's a god
Beautiful car indeed!
My dad had an incredible Nova sleeper. To look at it you would of thought it's was a little old ladies car. You'd have no idea it went like a bat out of hell. Almost to lite for the power under the hood.
We had a 2 brothers back in the 80s in Belleville Illinois that had one built like this right down to the color and hubcaps. They had a 454 under the hood and the car really hid the rear tires well as it sat stock height with mini tubs! Never run against them but heard the car was really quick.
LEAAAAAAN on that converter!
That was impressive lift off! I love the old old Chevys
This is so funny to stumble across...I had a purple 74 Nova in florida back in the mid-90's, same deal...total sleeper/broom job....but christ it was quick..stall converter/3 speed racing tranny/383 stroker, etc....fun ride.
My first car was a 73 Nova. 400 small block 350 turbo auto. I marked up all the streets within a 100 radius. I even have a record to prove it.
My interest perked when I saw the tires but what really got my juices flowing was when he was shifting gears at the light to get ready and when he revved the engine before he took off. You could easily see the shimmy in the frame from the tranny torque and the shift down in the front end as the linkage tightened. If I had been at the light and was thinking about racing that piece of junk, as soon as I saw that front end shift I would have been like, “NOPE!”
Years ago I watched that episode of DRIVE / BIG MUSCLE like a dozen times.. You never forget Dru and his car :) its insane .
Greasy ol Nova with a trailer hitch. Niceeeeee🔥🔥
I kinda feel like this is The Most American Car possible...
I first saw this on the House Of Muscle . Very impressive .
Yessir
Love it looks like uncle Ray's stock Nova in 70s driving to work till you get dusted and realize it ain't a straight 6
You got roasted....and I like the setup....trailor hitch and all on that sleeper!
Me speeding up to catch the Nova:.......nah, let me slow down, its not worth the embarrassment
I can't wait to see my dad's running, he bought it in the 90's when he was high school and a few years after he graduated there was some bad wiring so the engine caught fire which luckily he was in his driveway so he got it out fast, but it's been on Jack stands for the last 20 years since he decided to fix all the other issues (the back left quarter had a THICK lair of bondo on it according to him so he cut it off a welded a new one on same with the trunk) and now it's a matter of money to build an engine, get new brake stuff, and plenty more body work.
Shame it'll get sold like that, and all you'll hear is about how amazing it was without experiencing it.
@@Aus78Formula we'll see, he doesn't plan on selling it and plans to pass it on to me, if he ever does decide to sell it though I'll be first one to place an offer.
Awesome car!!
That’s what a true sleeper looks like not what people try to claim a sleeper is these days