1971 Chevy Nova

[ridinhonda4life]

.....and a big engine to make a gallon of gas go along way, yeh lmfao my dads drunk 5 dollers ever time u cranked it up!!!!!!!!

[12kevmaster]

i bought this same excaxt car in 1971 same color and top

[OldCarsAreBest]

Bring back the Nova and have it be available from everything from a diesel engine up to the 5.3L V8.

[CHEVYNOVA70SS]

yea do a burn out on that bitch

[inkjax1]

yup lorne greene.. i remember these... wow im old... hahaha

[ryancee7]

Cars are ugly these days, now thats sexy :D

[woolridgewilly]

hey that's Lorne Greene narrating !?

[masterjedi89]

take out that sissy 6 cylinder and slap a 396 in that bad boy

[bongomanfromdalou]

The greatest irony of all is that 1971 was the last year that Nova was a Chevrolet exclusive. Pontiac launched the Ventura II at mid-year; Olds followed with the Omega--and Buick with the Apollo--in 1973. The acronym of NOVA, OMEGA, VENTURA and APOLLO spelled (you guessed it!) "NOVA!" And the first Cadillac Seville in 1975 was a heavily modified Nova...you've changed, they changed it all right! (sigh)

[monkypoli]

no to big and no to small..! jaaja es perfecto este carro..!

[koioo2]

nova is for was for europe i wish made new modern nova

[flbicycleguy]

You could bet your ass the a-frame bushings would go out in 1971-75 Novas. Every once in a while I'll see an early 70's Nova for sale and think to myself 'bet the a-frame bushings are shot'.

[tyIerz06]

Lol it's funny how compact cars back then could be equipped with a 375 horsepower 6.6L V8, now it's just little 1.4L I4's making a mere 140 horsepower. LAME.

[87chevyelcamino]

My first car....bought it from a school teacher in '78 , 60,000 miles, looked like new, and cost me 1200 bucks....oh to have a time machine :)

[87chevyelcamino]

Thats Lorne Greene doing the voiceover, from "Bonanza"

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@kblopp

They probably called it thAt because in Spanish, 'no va' means doesn't go or won't go.

[aniger818]

the girl in the video is my grandma

[herbienbrian]

compleatly copies VW's entire add campaign

[vambo23]

Wow! Its the car of my dreams...and I don't even like cars!

[91cannibal]

@vambo23 YOURE CRAZY!!!!!!!!! HOW CAN ANYONE NOT LIKE CARS??!!!??! I LOVE CARS!!! haha

[ezcondition]

that was sweet

[Silvertrine]

Ah the 3500lb 'compact' with available 7.0l big block V8. Got to love the late 60's early 70's.

[Annablood14]

I own a '71 Nova SS and i love it its in perfect condition my grandmother bought it new and its probably the best car i've ever owned so far.

[zankhe43]

Had 2 Novas-but in the early 90s. Didn't pay more than $500 for either. The joke always was that they tried to get a Chevy plant in Mexico to build them but the Mexicans wouldn't have it. Who would buy a car that means "No Go"

[thekidrocks72]

This might be the first post I place that gets red - but here goes.

I have to agree with JospehBlack. QC and fit / finish were terrible on all domestic brands back then. The Nova was such a nice car for so many people - yet handling was so-so, ride was lousy, rust was a major issue, the tranny (PG or THM) had to be rebuilt at some point, and most landed in the boneyard before 100 clicks. The survivors that have been restored are truly better than new.

[linoleumcarving]

The Nova put together by a bunch of over paid, hung over high school drop outs and it showed in how this car lasted, rust, rattles big time, sloppy work !

[kblopp]

I worked at the Willow run plant (where Novas were made) and I can assure you that nobody had a hangover because we all stayed drunk 24-7.

[inkey2]

many years ago my best friends sister (who knew zero about cars) came home with a brand new Nova like this. We took it for a test drive and it almost broke the sound barrier it was so fast....we were shocked. Apparantly she never even asked what size engine was in it....it was a 350 (possibly a 4 barrel carb)...LOL

[123demaio]

impervious car

[ingledude]

Wow, it was compact on a 111inch wheelbase. By the '80s, GM's "full size" cars were sitting on 110 inch wheelbase.

[comgeek24]

The narrator sounds like Lorne Greene (Ben Cartwright from "Bonanza").

[940bigmike]

haha oh man the good ol' days.

[lakecoobserver]

I wish I could go to my dealer and buy a new Nova.

[markmarshall39]

me too:)

[JoesephBlack]

Be careful of what you wish for. I grew up in that era and had to drive those cars. They handled poorly, rusted like heck, and were built indifferently. Most went to the junkyard long before the 100,000 mile mark. Don't confuse the meticulously restored examples today with what actually was sold back then.

[Progrocker70]

We had a '72 Nova my dad bought new. While I loved the look of the car, handling wasn't great and it did have a lot of little problems when it was new. Rust was also bad, and it started early on. And the gas cap...my dad must have replaced it five times but it still would leak, they never could fix it, you could never fill the tank all the way up or out it would slosh!

[inkey2]

to JosephBlack: I don't know why you got such negative feedback on this statement. You are indeed correct. I grew up in this era as well and these cars were literally rusting underneath at the time you bought them "new" off the dealers lot. The quality control was not good either. As far as handleing.....to me the Chryslers of this era....Baracuda, Chargers etc handled way better than the GMs (in their stock form). Possibly something to do with the Mopar torsion bar suspension

[bboucharde]

Lakecoobserver,

My gosh, yes! I wish the president of GM could interview thousands of folks like us. They should build new versions of the Nova & the Chevelle SS. Put in modern safety & emission controls, but make the bodies look just like the '66 through '70 Chevy lineup. The Fisher designers did a beautiful job back then. Now, GM cars look like any other cars from four continents. Bring back the Nova with the big straight six and fuel injection, & the Chevelle w/ a V-8 & 6-speed stick shift.

[71NovaSS]

Great car

[DonMasakoni]

gefällt mir

[woodzo40]

Looked good till the ugly big bumper hatch back in 73.

[viera41]

yes i do have a 1971 nova

[WhiteFoxProd]

LUCKY

[nutaroo]

That's Lorne Greene from Bonanza announcing this!

[ChevroletMan223]

thats awesome, thanks for posting this video

[shapiro1972]

Even though it was small for it's time, the early Novas got 14-20 MPG with a 250 straight six , 8-15 with the 327 V8.

This was before fuel injectors, or multi valve configuration. used Using a modern v-6 with 24 valves and decent tranny this car could get 20-35 MPG

[ChevroletMan223]

actually, with a 350 or 327, they origionally got 21 mpg. it even says so in the origional manual. my 71 nova has a 69 327 with a powerglide tranny and it gets 25 mpg. go to cardomain and search chevroletman223 , the black 71 is mine.

[blugularis]

yuppers, no dual overhead cam on this puppy...lol

[PacificEdibleSeaweed]

I would buy that car in a minute if it were offered today. 3 on the tree with a nice light six. That was one of G.M.s best chassis', used on a variety of makes from 1968 to 1978 mostly unchanged. Cadillac used the chassis for the SeVille series from 1975 to 1981. It was modified in 1977 to support the new lighter generation of the Chevrolet Impala, Pontiac Catalina, Olds Delta 88, and Buick LeSabre models through 1990.

The chick is cool too!

[blugularis]

three on the tree, needed a four shifter

[aries2110]

Hey, she's cute :)

I have this same car. Mine is Cortez Silver with a cowl-induction hood. 355 small block.

[tiburon140]

that girl is cute.

[angryshoebox]

Back then 19 mpg was "really good gas mileage". LOL. That's probably about what a 6-banger/3-on-the-tree '71 Nova would average. Gas was around 31 cents a gallon at the time, so not too many people cared.

[ChomuSclavus]

And it wasn't even a four-door sedan! How could a smaller car average only so little? Today, a reasonably large sized SUV would average that!

[blugularis]

made out of real steel, and a carburated engine

[PilsenB]

Imagine a world where people think a '71 Nova can "make a gallon of gas go a long way."

[ChomuSclavus]

What were the mileages for these?

[PilsenB]

Chomu: Good question. angryshoebox says 19 mpg for a six-cylinder three-speed. Substitute the 307 or 350 V8 engine and you can knock that number down further.

[ChomuSclavus]

ONLY 19?! Come on! Some full-sized SUVs can go that far now! LOL!!

[PacificEdibleSeaweed]

I stand corrected. I am now the proud owner of a mint 1976 Buick Skylark coupe with a 231 V-6. This model is one of three identical siblings offered by GM during the first compliance with federal CAFE standards. Olds had the Omega, Pontiac the Ventura, and Buick had it's Apollo/Skylark models. Great chassis, later used to support the Cadillac Seville. Buick did it right, head turning style. I just drove it 100 miles on 3.7 gallons. Much better than I expected. I have owned it one month now.

[NitroRCcaRz]

i LOVE old car commercials!

[danielkabuto]

i have a 1970 nova with 35,000 original miles but the engines gone and its really rusty but hopefully ill restore it

[rudedog4]

Do it man, that cars a classic.

[fenderguitarist05]

all the old commercials are about 59 seconds long. a nice change.

[jc9ball]

Anyone remember the old "baseball, hotdogs, apple pie and Chevrolet" commercials from early 70's?

[Mpala67]

Sing along with me now..

"They go together..

In the good old USA..

Baseball and hotdogs,

Apple pie and Chevrolet.."

[PilsenB]

jc9: Yup, as well as "two all-beef patties, special sauce, lettuce, cheese, pickles, onions on a sesame-seed bun."

[camarorace]

that girl would get jacked rolin through the hood

[mubirshu]

Yep, that's Lorne Greene.

[blacknova71]

novas can go fast too. I think they had a hard time selling them in latin america.

[dominiward]

Nova in spanish means "No Va" "No Go" lol.

[jeditigg]

Just like a camaro means a type of sea shrimp in Spain.

[fenderguitarist05]

lol, except anyone with a brain would realize that the car will still go. lol but thats kinda funny how it means No go lol..;we had 2 of them, trust me, they go.fast.

[kblopp]

South of the boarder the Nova was called the" Chevrolet Chevy "

[kuroro666]

@kblopp that was in Argentina because the Chevrolet Nova cars were called like that

[knytrydr73]

Is that Lorne Greene doing the voiceover?

[1969MustangMACH1]

god sure sounds like it

[1969MustangMACH1]

it is because the show bonanza was sponsered by chevrolet and the cast did some TV ads for them like this one