1962 Chevy Nova SS....(I wonder who will correct me first with the correct info....)
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1962 Chevy Nova SS....(I wonder who will correct me first with the correct info....)
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The Chevy II Nova didn't appear until 1963.Originally Posted by TAF
1963 Chevy Nova
The 1963 models came out with minor trim changes, some very minor mechanical changes, but with a new addition: the Chevy II Nova SS. All models used the available engines from 1962. Production numbers concluded that the 1963 Chevy II/Nova outsold the domestic competition in compacts that year.
Production: 375,626 Total; 42,432 SS
Engines: 194 I6 120 bhp.
Performance: 194/120: 0-60 in 15.9 seconds, 1/4 mile in 21.0 seconds @ 67 mph.
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Actually...this^^^is not true....you're close but not quite 100%...
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My first car was a '63 Chevy II Nova, black (of course) 4-door. It was bought new by my great-aunts and handed down to me. The interior shots ^^^ brought back memories. Loved those front vent windows - built in "A/C."
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It's a Chevy II, right? The "Nova" is a trim package, or, it was back then. Just like the Biscaynes, Belairs and Impalas.
Begining in 1961 for the 1962 model year, three different trim levels for this car were offered. The Chevy II 100, the Chevy II 300 and the Chevy II 400 Nova.
These cars were available as a 2-door coupe, a 2-door sedan, a 4-door sedan, a 2-seat station wagon, a 3-seat station wagon and finally, a convertible.
As it's been noted, the Nova SS trim package came out in 1963, and I believe in 1968, Chevrolet dropped the "Chevy II" handle completely, and called it Nova.
EDIT: Just noticed the V8 badging on the lower fenders, a V8 option from the production line wasn't available until 1964, though a dealer could upgrade a post production car in 1963.
OTOH, that was a long time ago...I was just 12...But, my father had one as a service car, and I that's where I began paying attention to cars.
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Once again, I wish I were over in Marietta, sipping a 20 oz bottle of coke and looking at the cool cars. Sigh.
Gotta get some time off and make the trip.
Actually, this may happen fairly soon. Our guru of gears, Scott Levine, has given his blessing to perform some mod work on the SSR, and I'm thinking of him putting on Hotchkis front and rear sway bars. Also, I need the Toddster to put on a Magnaflow kit for this truck as well, though I'm debating getting Kooks long tube headers.
I was going to head up to Detroit for WDC and a SSR owners event in Lansing the Sunday afterward, but maybe I'll spend the money on mods.
Todd, you up for some Williamson's?
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The Chevy II Nova SS didn't appear until 1963.Actually...this^^^is not true....you're close but not quite 100%...Am I closer this time ??
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There ya go...WINNER< WINNER< CHICKEN DINNER!The Chevy II Nova SS didn't appear until 1963.
This particular car was originally a Chevy II Nova 400...one of the "packages" available in '62 (all had 6 cyl motors)...the actual Nova SS (which still had a 6 cyl motor) was not available till '63...
But, I've got to admit....it was REALLY clean...already could have been considered "molested" by any "purists" by having the small-block V8 installed...but, if it were mine...I'd probably have the Nova SS badging on it as well. Even though the early "SS models" might not have deserved the "Super Sport" monicker...later on in the '60s it DID mean something as to more performance.
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I'm not up on Chevy rear ends, but that looked like a Ford 9" in there... ??
Was it?
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Those models used a "Chunk" type rear end from General Motors. Rear end was changeable just like Ford, pull axles, drop driveshaft, and pull out Chunk.
It was very easy to change, I had 3.08, 3.55, and 4.10 for a 62 & 64 Chevy and changed out in garage as needed.
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