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1974 Nova Gallery
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Steve Baisden's 1974 Nova is still a work in progress. This
car has a mild 454 w/headers and a TH400 with a B&M rebuid kit. Full polyurethane suspension, large front and rear
swaybars, 3.42 posi, and four wheel discs. Body and interior are next on Steves list to complete.
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Bobby Berry 1974 Nova has a 402 big block with a 750 Holley, a Lunati
valve-train, Mallory distributor and an MSD Blaster 2 coil. The trans is a TH350 with a B&M 10" 3500-rpm converter and the
rear has 4.11 gears and Strange axles. Bobby says it runs 11.40's.
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Andrew Boyd sent pictures of this 1974 Nova. It has a 454 bored out
to a 468 with a Holley 750 double pump carb and an Edlebrock intake. The trans is a M22 4-speed and a Hurst Competiton Plus
shifter. The rear has 4.11 gears, Lakewood traction bars, and dual 40s seires Flowmaster mufflers. This car has all new
interior seats, panels, headliner, dash, dashpan, steering wheel, gauges, carpet, and JVC stereo. Andrew is only 15 years
old and he and his dad have been working on this for a little over 3 years.
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These 2 1974 Novas belong to 19 year old Ryan Butram. He attends
Purdue University and uses the Black one as his daily driver. It is a Nova Custom with a 350, 4-speed on the floor with a
Hurst shifter, dual Flowmaster exhaust and traction bars. The red one was purchased with only a dead starter and was his
daily driver through his senior year of high school. It has a 350 with a column-shifted TH350 with a shift kit, traction
bars, new stainless steel brake lines, a front disc brake conversion and all new polyurathane bushings front and rear. It's
now a parts car for the black one as he was hit a day before graduation.
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Seventeen year old Gerry Chavez owns this 1974 Nova that was given to him by
his dad who has owned it since his high school years. It has its original 350 in it with an Edelbrock Air Gap Manifold, Holley 670 Double
Pumper Carb, headers and a big cam and a fiberglass hood. It also has a Muncie 4-Speed, traction bars and Crager SS Rims.
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Carson sent me these pictures of his cousin Chris' 1974 Nova. He paid 6 grand for it from the guy that
restored it from the ground up. It is an original 350/2bbl car. Add-ons include air shocks, headers, dual exhaust and
chrome engine accessories.
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This 1974 Nova was restored by Aaron Denneau owns this 1974 Nova
hatchback. It has a 350 small block with a 4 barrel carb, dual exhaust and a posi rear end.
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This is Amos Eason's first car, a 1974 Nova. He and his father
started the project in August of 2002 and have since added a 600 cfm Holley 4-bbl, an Edlebrock Performer intake manifold
and a Crane Energizer cam to the 350 engine. The interior has been changed from green plaid to black with bucket seats.
Other modifications include a shift kit for the TH350trans, a tach and a B&M Quicksilver ratchet shifter. The paint was
just recently finished April of 2003 and is Cherry red Metallic with bright white stripes. The front and rear bumpers were
brought closer to the car as well. It is Amos' daily driver and he takes it to the track every few weeks. There is an
1/8th mile drag strip there and both he and his father have a lot of fun racing.
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This is Shane Hickey's 1974 Nova SS. It has a 350 with a TH350 trans
and he has owned it for almost 15 years. Plans are for new chrome and paint in the near future.
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Dave Hintemeyer added a 1969 front end to his 1974 Nova. It also has
a 350 small block with 10:1 compression Vortec heads, Edelbrock RPM Air-Gap intake, Speed Demon 750 carb, XE274H cam, gear
drive, TH350 trans with a 3200-rpm converter, 8-pt rollcage, Caltracs, Trick Springs, CE Drag Shocks, 15x3 & 15x7 Draglites,
28x11.50 ET Streets and a 8.5" 10-bolt with 3.73 posi. Dave says it ran 13.10's last season and should run 12's now with
suspension upgrades & weight reduction. 11's with a 125-hp shot.
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Steve Hood is the original owner of this highly customized 1974
Nova. It has a 350 with 10:1 compression, a Torker 2 intake and cam set, 2.02 heads with mild port work and an MSD ignition
system. The trans is a TH350 with a shift kit and a 2800-rpm converter. The rear is a 12-bolt with 3.73 gears.
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The Johnson's own this 1974 Nova Custom. It has only 42,000 original
miles on the 350 4-bbl carb. and 4-speed trans. It has been completely restored and is in perfect condition.
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This is Lucille's 1974 Nova SS. According to the Vintage Vehicle
package she received from GM, there were only 599 produced in Canada with the Z/26 Super Sport option. She has owned it
for over 3 years and it will be restored in the not too distant future. This is the 'before' picture. She said it's in
great shape inside and out to start with. The chrome wheels will be replaced with original style rally rims and she is
going to keep it as close to original as possible. Under the hood is a 350ci and a 4-speed M20. Inside is a floor
console, bucket seats and tinted windows. The original colour was bright yellow (#51) and Lucille said she's not loving
that part of the restoration, but hopefully it will grow on her. The black and gold stripe kit is also going to be
reinstalled.
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Joe Marrone purchased this 1974 Nova back in January of 2002.
The car has 46,000 original miles and was garaged for most of its life. Joe plans to mod the 250 six cylinder with
upgrades from Clifford Performance in the near future as well as get new wheels, tires and dual exhaust.
UPDATE 10/01/04: The car underwent an eight month, total body-off frame restoration and just about evertyhing mechanical
was upgraded. A detailed description of the restoration can be seen on his his webpage.
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Sean McEachern's 1974 Nova has a 350 and TH350 trans. With only 41k
original miles, Sean said it is a work in progress.
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Denis Mulaskey is the owner of this 1974 Nova. It has only
53,000 miles on it and the only things he has done to it was to add dual exhaust and to make a small repair to the
front seat which had a tear in it. He originally bought it to resell but after driving it a bit he couldn't give it up.
It has a 350 and auto trans.
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This is Brandon Perkins' 1974 Nova Custom. He is the second owner
but the original owner was his mother. It's almost all original with a 350 V8. Brandon is presently in the process of
restoring it. Check out his webpage for more
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Ryan Petersen's 1974 Nova SS has been in his family since
sometime in the 80’s. This is picture of it in its prime. Right now it sits with a primed body and is ready for a
completion. It will be original, no hop-ups or extra’s, just like it was off the show room.
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This 1974 Nova Custom belongs to Brian Roberson. Purchased for $1,500
it has tinted windows and a custom vinyl roof. The vinyl roof was originally blue but he just changed it to black. The
original 6 cylinder engine has been replaced by a 335-hp 355 V8 and the TH350 trans has been rebuilt with a shift kit.
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This is Rob's 1974 Nova. It is equipped with a .030" over
327 (331) with 11.0 to 1 compression, a TH350 trans with a 4000 rpmconverter and a 4.88 gears. It has run a best of
11.66 @ 112 mph in street trim and ET street tires. Check out his
webpage for a closer look.
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This 1974 Nova belongs to Robert Shaner. Recently purchased
in November of 2001, it has a 305 V8, automatic, a Z-gate shifter, bucket seats, a Pioneer sound system, and a 3.73
geared posi rearend. The car has only42K original miles on it. It was custom painted by his brother and graphics were
done by his friend. The taillights were made into Chevy Bowties. In the near future, he plans on replacing the 305 with
a modified 350, a 750 Holley carb and TH350 with a shift kit and a 2500-rpm convertor. Check out his
webpage for a closer look.
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This is Josh Simmons' 1974 Nova SS. It is painted prowler orange and
has painted on metalic black and pearl white stripes. Before he got this car, it was on its last leg. It took him 2 years
and countless hours to rebuild it. Josh said without the help of his dad it would have never been possible. Some of the
things in the Nova are: a Chevy 355 small block with 10:1 flat top pistons, 2.02 double hump heads, Comp roller cam with
305 duration and .525" lift, a 540 Holley Street Avenger Carb, Headman headers with ceramic coating, 3500-rpm TCI converter,
Accel distributer and an MSD ignition box, aluminum Edelbrock intake, TH350 trans, 40 series Flowmaster mufflers, Moser
Engineering 12-bolt with 3.73 posi gears, American Racing wheels (15x6" on the front and 17x9.5" rear).
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Stefan Smith said he just finished restoring this 1974 Nova. His
parents got it for him on his 16th birthday. From there his he, his dad and his grandad put about two months of work into
the body. It's got a 350 engine that was rebuilt before the car was purchased and an automatic trans.
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Jay Sousa says he built this 1974 Nova himself. It was an original
California car with a 350. Jay made it an SS clone and installed a 355 ZZ4 engine, TH350 trans and a 12-bolt rear with 4.11
gears. It also has a Be-Kool radiator, underdrive pulleys and bucket seats.
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Craig Svader owns this 1974 Nova. It has a 406 small block
with a 700R4 trans. Craig says he puts about 4000 miles a summer on it so it's fairly mild with only 10.8 to 1 compression.
It runs on pump gas and so far his best ET was 12.04 @ 112 mph in street trim. Craig is expecting high 11's once it breaks
in and he tunes some more on it. The rearend is a 10 bolt with 3.73 ratio and slapper bars. He will be adding the new
Edelbrock Performer RPM Air-Gap intake and a 200-hp fogger setup soon and is hoping to hit mid 10's.
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This is John Tyson's 1974 Nova. It has a 350 with forged crank,
rods and pistons, worked Vortec heads, Victor Vortec intake, Holley 650 and a 250-shot of NOS. The trans is a TH350 with
a shift kit, manual valve body and a 3200-rpm stall. For now the rear is a 8.5" 10-bolt with 3.73 gears and a posi and
slapper bars. A 9" Ford rear with 4.10 gears and CalTrac bars are in the works.
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Thomas Weeks owns this sweet 1974 Nova. It has a 350 small-block
with an Edelbrock Performer intake and 600 carb. The ignition has been upgraded to electronic and a Flowmaster dual exhaust
system added. Alot has been replaced: new TH350 trans, suspension, disc brakes, power steering, factory air, new interior.
Originally purchased in rough shape to be fixed up for his 16 year old daughters first car, he decided to keep it for
himself.
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