Most car guys/girls that I meet generally are not looking to accomplish anything remotely close to a SEMA creation with their various projects. That said, there is a ton of Bondo in the various body panels don’t know that is SEMA acceptable or not. I’m not sure what the claim, “THIS IS A SEMA QUALITY PROJECT” means exactly unless the seller is trying to tell us that this is the grade of the body necessary for a zillion-dollar redo that is performed annually at SEMA and then televised. The original SS trim all appears to be present, the glass too. The seller does reference rust-through on the top of either one of the front fenders but it’s not clearly visible. The exterior and underside look pretty solid, there doesn’t appear to be any perforation, just typical surface rust which is always the case it seems. None of this matters at this point because, obviously, there is no engine or transmission present. There is a shifter opening cut into the floor but it looks more Sawzall performed than factory-cut at the Norwood assembly plant. A four-speed would have come with a floor shifter but a three-speed was column activated, even on a SS. A clutch pedal is present so that would attest to a manual transmission. The VIN will delineate between a six and eight-cylinder engine but will not denote which six or eight-cylinder motor. This example, based on the fender badge, indicates that it was originally a 283 CI V8 good for either 195 or 220 HP depending on the version. It also included bucket seats and a center console but not necessarily a performance engine as an in-line six-cylinder was standard on the Nova SS. This example is advertised as a true SS, the VIN prefix provided by the seller checks out, but what does that really mean? Well, The SS option was mostly an appearance package based on trim, wheel covers and badges as applied to the two-door hardtop body style. (The extended spring shackles weren’t part of the original design!) Clearly, Chevrolet got it right with this version of the Chevy II/Nova. While the SS was the preferred variant, a non-SS, two-door hardtop had a resale game as well the two-door sedan, not so much so. I can remember a time when a clean, non-cobbled example came up for sale, buyers flocked to it and this was just a five or six-year-old used car. The ’66 Nova, and its near-identical ’67 successor, have been very popular cars with the performance set since the early ’70s. With that thought, let’s take a look at this 1966 Chevrolet Nova SS, located in Everest, Kansas and available here on eBay for a current bid of $8,600, reserve not yet met or a BIN price of $14,500. ![]() Sometimes the fun is in just perusing the listings to review the quality of the creative writing employed. They run the gamut from zero description to a tome, from a complete downplay to an over-the-top “give me a break, please” exaggeration and then all points in between. ![]() There are no shortages of descriptions that sellers use to describe their cars.
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