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Chevy II Archive
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Vintage Motor Trend Review: 1966 Chevy II Nova SS 327 With Powerglide – Mild-Mannered Commuter Muscle
Posted on December 9, 2024 | 17 CommentsWhen we think of the mid-’60s Chevrolet Chevy II/Nova today, we tend to envision either a mousy schoolteacher’s car or a GTO-eating sleeper armed with the rare, ultra-hot L79 SBC […] -
Curbside Classic: 1968 Chevrolet Nova 4-Door – 6 Cyl. Pride
Posted on October 5, 2023 | 24 CommentsHere’s ‘just a car.’ Never did I imagine I would ever stop to take photos of a ’68-’72 Chevy Nova. So familiar a shape throughout my whole life, that to […] -
The Little Engines That Could, Part 4: Chevy II 153 Four – Six Minus Two Equals Roughly Unpopular
Posted on October 14, 2022 | 99 Comments(first posted 10/14/2016) Welcome to Part 4 of this ever-expansive dive into the depths of automotive history, exploring various times when relatively small displacement engines were used to power mainstream […] -
Curbside Classic: Acadian Canso Sport – Long Way From Home
Posted on May 20, 2022 | 11 CommentsSomewhere in migration this Acadian lost its flock and ended way down south, all the way to Central America. Granted, Acadians didn’t “migrate”, as they were assembled in Canada in […] -
Curbside Classic: 1963 Chevrolet Chevy II Nova 400 – It’s Exciting!
Posted on September 28, 2021 | 90 Comments(first posted 9/28/2015) After Ford spent the 1950s trying (and mostly failing) to be a better Chevrolet, the following decade would see the reverse, and the 1962 Chevy II was […] -
CC Capsule: 1967 Chevrolet Chevy II Nova – The Junior Faculty Special
Posted on November 21, 2019 | 50 CommentsImagine, if you will, it’s September 1966. You’ve accomplished what no one in your family had done before. Just a few short months ago, you earned your Ph.D., and with […] -
CC Mailbag: A Reader Reaches Out
Posted on August 25, 2019 | 17 CommentsOne of my newfound chores here at the Rocky Mountain CCHQ is to periodically check the CC email account (curbsideclassic@gmail.com). I’ll admit I don’t check it every single day and […]
![Vintage Motor Trend Review: 1966 Chevy II Nova SS 327 With Powerglide – Mild-Mannered Commuter Muscle When we think of the mid-’60s Chevrolet Chevy II/Nova today, we tend to envision either a mousy schoolteacher’s car or a GTO-eating sleeper armed with the rare, ultra-hot L79 SBC […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/1966-07_MT_ChevyII-snippet.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![Automotive History: Some Unusual Or Unexpected Police Cars From The United States And Canada (first posted 6/21/2018) The police vehicle. It’s something we’ve talked about here sporadically and while most people don’t want to encounter one under self-detrimental circumstances, they serve a […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/1971-patrol-cars.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![Curbside Classic: 1968 Chevrolet Nova 4-Door – 6 Cyl. Pride Here’s ‘just a car.’ Never did I imagine I would ever stop to take photos of a ’68-’72 Chevy Nova. So familiar a shape throughout my whole life, that to […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/IMG_20230917_161552482_HDR.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![The Little Engines That Could, Part 4: Chevy II 153 Four – Six Minus Two Equals Roughly Unpopular (first posted 10/14/2016) Welcome to Part 4 of this ever-expansive dive into the depths of automotive history, exploring various times when relatively small displacement engines were used to power mainstream […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/1962-Chevrolet-Chevy-II-10.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![Curbside Classic: Acadian Canso Sport – Long Way From Home Somewhere in migration this Acadian lost its flock and ended way down south, all the way to Central America. Granted, Acadians didn’t “migrate”, as they were assembled in Canada in […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/IMG_20220328_152835383.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![Curbside Classic: 1963 Chevrolet Chevy II Nova 400 – It’s Exciting! (first posted 9/28/2015) After Ford spent the 1950s trying (and mostly failing) to be a better Chevrolet, the following decade would see the reverse, and the 1962 Chevy II was […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Chevy-II-1963-b.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![CC Capsule: 1967 Chevrolet Chevy II Nova – The Junior Faculty Special Imagine, if you will, it’s September 1966. You’ve accomplished what no one in your family had done before. Just a few short months ago, you earned your Ph.D., and with […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Nova-1.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![CC Mailbag: A Reader Reaches Out One of my newfound chores here at the Rocky Mountain CCHQ is to periodically check the CC email account (curbsideclassic@gmail.com). I’ll admit I don’t check it every single day and […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/image1-1.jpeg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)


