It's common for owners of collector cars to be enthusiastic about their rides, but I don't remember a person happier with his car than Chuck Wilmot. Chuck owns a 1972 Chevy Nova SS, a mid-size during ...

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 ...

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. The Nova launched in 1962 with four ...

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 ...

During his high-school years, Mark Knecht spent many a summer day in the shipping department at Imperial Printing in Des Plaines. While his rambunctious peers were out enjoying their June, July and ...

When you're a whippersnapper and think you know everything, you're more likely to want to get your hands dirty and lie on the ground under your four-wheeled paramour more often than in your own bed.

25 Grand, a deadline and a race. Sounds straightforward, right? It's not as easy as it sounds. Follow along as we go into the details of our eBay Editor's Challenge Nova. It seemed like a dream gig at ...

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 ...

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 ...

Frank Rzeczkowski of Goshen bought his 1972 Nova SS brand new off the showroom floor at what was R&S Chevrolet on Fulton Street in Middletown. Frank has always been a Chevy guy and thankfully he hung ...

Cars definitely become family members, so it's only right to give them a name. The 1972 Monte Carlo of John Rasmussen of Cedar Falls, Iowa, got its name Syclpop from his then-little daughter. Syclpop ...

BATH TOWNSHIP – When you’re young and newly married, there are sacrifices you find yourself making. Forty-eight years ago, newlyweds Dan Fifer and Sue Goedde of Bath Township had to sell Sue’s 1970 ...