<VV> Chevy Nova = <N>ova <O>mega <V>entura <A>pollo

[Frank DuVal]

Tony sounds mostly right IIRC. The first model year for Chevy II was 
1962. 4 cylinder and 6 cylinder power. The base Chevy II was the 100 
series. The 400 series was badged Nova. There was also a mid trim level 
300 series. Convertable is available in both 62 and 63 versions.

64 brought a 283 V-8 and the 230 cu in 6 cylinder along with the 4 cyl 
and 194 cu in 6 cylinder. But the ragtop was eliminated from the line 
up. And according to :
http://people.smu.edu/acambre/nova/history.html
the SS was brought back in mid year.

BTW 1970 was the last year for the 4 cylinder "option". And I have seen 
a 1968 SS with the 4!!!!! That CHROME must make it faster!

Those other clones didn't appear until the early 70's.

Frank DuVal

Tony Underwood wrote:

> At 12:10 PM 11/24/2006, henry kaczmarek wrote:
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>> That's right.  The NOVA started out as the "Chevy II".
>> The Nova was upgraded interior trim/exterior trim and choices of 
>> engine/transmissions from the stock Chevy II. Then there were also 
>> the Nova SS. I don't remember the first year, might have been 66.  I 
>> had a 67 Nova SS.
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> The Chevy-II Nova SS was available in 1963.   The Chevy-II started in 
> late '61, titled as a '62 of course but I'm pretty sure it was NOT 
> badged as a Nova.   That came in '63 with an options package I think, 
> as did the SS package.   By the way, 1963 was the only year you could 
> get a ragtop Nova, thus those '63 Nova ragtops are worth a buck or 
> two, especially if in SS clothes.
>
> We had a 1963 Chevy Nova wagon.  It was the first automobile I ever 
> drove by myself.   The guy a block up and one street over had a red 
> '63 Nova SS.    Had a 6-banger in it.    Another guy a block over the 
> other way had a white '64 Nova with a 283 V8.   First Nova I ever saw 
> with V8 power.   All these particular Chevy-IIs were badged as 
> NOVA.    However, I believe you could buy a "stripper" Chevy-II 
> through '64 with no Nova badges.
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>
> ...somebody correct me if I'm in error.     ;)   ...just to make sure; 
> I'm *still* smarting after that HV carb mixture screw blunder.... dang...
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> tony..     
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