That hood totally killed the sleeper vibe

I agree with others, they should have left it they way Lou intended. They could have at least given us some on street sleeper footage and a dyno test, it was kind of aggravating really.

40,000 dollar budget build on a shoestring budget. Hell yeah !!!!

Should’ve left it alone when Lou was finished. You guys jacked it up like you always do

An early Jared Z & Lou video - I am stoked! I miss you guys from the late Saturday am Motor Trend TV show. Great chemistry and some of the coolest builds.

I remember watching some this build this episode in 07? Never got to see the full build until now.

You took a great sleeper car and turned it into a freaking mess under the hood with all the wiring like spider web and boiler room plumbing!.can't leave well enough alone!!!!!

Boy's, I had a 1970 Nova like that which I purchased in 1979 for $600 with 63,000 miles. It was the same 'misty turquoise' color but mine had the optional 250 ci. 6 along with an AM radio and a floor shifted Muncie 3 speed as the only options. It listed new for $2250 according to the original window sticker. Had a black bench seat so my gf could sit real close!

This is the first time I've seen anyone address mounting the motor with a different motor than what was originally in the car 👍😄

My first car I got in 1976 is a 1970 Nova. Original drivetrain was 230 turbo thrift and 3 speed manual. Saved my money up and did a 327/Muncie 4 speed swap. Easy swap with V8 motor mount holes already drilled in cross member since Novas were also available with factory V8. Muncie Transmission used same cross member as 3 speed and was same length so could use same driveshaft. Doesn't get any easier than that for a swap. I still have it and will passed along to my son one day.

I bought a '65 Chevy Biscayne with a 283 an 3 speed. I installed a 550hp 454, 6 speed, Hotckis suspension and disc brakes.

Lou’s talent is amazing. I wish they’d found another Nova instead of this mint survivor. He could have built everything from the the ground up.

Loc has so much Talent! First time I seen his Work on Muscle Car Show!👍👍

I am struggling to understand why you put a distributor in it? More power? And you just should have put it on the dyno before you started your power adding. Great video, my vote is for the sleeper version. I would like a answer on the distributor

Shoestring budget? My shoes are made of leather & I have a feeling yours are made of platinum inlaid gold!!! Great build though 😃👍

An unmolested Nova is always a great find. Lou did a great job as it was. Dropped or pushed back the drivetrain for handling and cleared the factory hood with less modification to the trans tunnel. Skipped the juice cam and heads with the front mounted Ford dizzy. Great video regardless. Thanks guys.

I remember watching this on tv love it and now I’m thinking of doing something like this love this show

I remember years ago running into Lou at the Detroit Autorama and asking him about this car, it always was my favorite build of all time.

Don't know about you guys, even if the updated engine with new heads and NOS makes more HP, I prefer the sleeper look and the first crate motor fitted. And going from electronic ignition back to a dizzy seems a little odd. All the wiring and spark plug leads of the new engine mods is so untidy 😱

On the drum brakes the big boy rides in the back grandpa taught me that in the 70s

I remember this build when all these episodes first aired and I still feel the same way today that I felt back then. This build should have stopped when Lou was done with it. Cool car in the end but it was nowhere near what Lou had envisioned it to be when it was done or what the viewer was expecting to get to see roll down the road.

Why did you put that bonnet / hood on it ? Like putting a blower through and calling it a sleeper ! Ridiculous should have left the paint after Lou had done . Think I’d have restored it properly back to exactly how it left the factory as it was so nice and original would have been really nice .

The prices were a dead giveaway that the video is from the early 2000's lol. That car as bought for 7500 would fetch 20k now. Looks great at the end. Id like to see it now.

Great video. I laughed when you said, "shoestring budget." I am not sure what your budget is but the parts you used in this build are anything but cheap! I may not be able to to afford the build of this video but that car looks amazing!

Very talented fabricator, Really like the old nova.

This reminds me of the Nova SS I ordered and bought new in 1969. Mine was gold with a black interior and bucket seats/console. I was young; abused the 350/300, and it took it. With the 3.31 diff, it would "bury the needle". 50 years later, and driving a C-6 with a cam job, I'm still a motorhead.

That hood is crazy enough to blow the sleeper image but it looks good!

My first car (but second vehicle, first was a truck) was a 1973 Nova Custom. One of the very few cars I regret selling in my life. Bought it off my uncle for $3,000 in 2014, got it running, did headers, intake manifold, carbs, cam and whole valve train.... had the original, untouched 350 in it with about 30,000 miles, no rust, it even had the original, factory undercoating that looked brand fucking new. Every single thing still worked in the car, interior was in good shape. I still kick myself in the ass for selling that car.

I love the project my brother especially on and over I am going to continue watching, I am a old school guy on three muscle cars myself a original LS6 Chevelle a 1970 Chevelle 307 power windows and I also owned a 1972 Chevelle dark big block aluminum engine 700R with a monster shift it was a quick one about 9 seconds quarter mile with slicks

I always loved those hood loovers on the older novas,brother had 3 growing up, all 3 had hood loovers !!

Love these full build posts, it's the whole reason I subscribed.

Miss these guys. Great classic Muscle Car episode, never missed this on Saturday mornings. Wonder what year?

I love the way the whole series is combined.

Everything is simple and easy when you don't have to pay for the parts

I also prefer it the way Lou did it

This guy is an incredible builder!

Love seeing the gray primer on the quarter panel

This guy can build an entire car!!

so much for the sleeper, might as well do it up the rest of the way

hey big homie! you did a great job restoring this beast

Would’ve been hard for me to cut on that all original car

I bought a 70 Nova SS 350 when I was 18. It had no exterior upgrades other than a white pinstripe on its black/black color. It did have the custom interior with the bench seat which included carpet, but it was a 4 speed, manual steering sleeper, I still miss that car, 50 years later.

“Shoestring budget” 😂

Gorgeous time capsule .Chevy icon, legendary auto.

My first car, I bought new, a 1970, Chevy Nova, 307/3 speed on the floor, Forest Green, my only option was the Rally wheels, thanks, brings back great memories

I miss when shows were like this so much energy

This was the first car I ever owned same color. The floor was gone the trunk leaked. It took me 8 years to get it in mint condition. The week it was finished some guy would ask is it for sale every week. One day he came with a crazy offer I couldn't refuse. It was such a easy car to work on.

That's an awesome nova ,I had a 72 nova ..

Love seeing this. My first car was a 72 Nova with a 307 v8.

You guys.. did an Epic job on the old girl.. she looks Gorgeous.. Thanks for the video.. I love the Sleeper look.. and looks all Original.. too boot. I love that she was unmolested...A beauty..

Yeah, this was a cool project, but should have stopped when Lou was done. The hood totally blows the "sleeper" image. Nothing low budget about this rig. Minimum $30k, including purchase price. Column shifted automatic may have been even more stealth. Speaking as a past owner of a 1969 Nova SS (350 4 spd, 12bolt/4:10) all these mods are huge improvements, over what GM built. Just finished binge watching the entire story. Overall, good job guys!! Looks killer.

I’ve always watched yauls show ( and the nova I really love it too )everyone great job no joke!!

beautiful patch job

Presenters are a great team, pleasure to watch

This is great build super strong 💪💪💪, but I love the classical look

Wow I had one when I was 16th teen till 25 live it now I’m 55 I’m getting one

Had a 70 years ago now have 76 nova with keystones and open headers

That looks exactly like the one I had back in the mid-70s. Same color, same straight 6 cylinder engine with an automatic transmission. It was my daily driver to save miles on my Porsche 911E.

Don't forget to get you a blue hair wig when you drive her down the road. Lol .Great job keep up the good work

I enjoy lu lu. You spent over 30,000 on your car. Me myself I would have done a stroker big block with an automatic with a Dana.

1. how was this done on a shoe string budget as lou suggested? 2. the sleeper aspect was gone the second they changed the hood 3. why paint it? it was fine as it was

You answered my question..I knew that with the change of engine comes the change of brake system.

Great job!

Great metal work !!!

Gt Sounds killa great job guys and I'm keen to see the xe project Nathan lol..

Man can't beileve they painted over the original paint it was nice stock !

Something very interesting, all that work and under no circumstances I saw you with dirty hands, at my 71 years of age and being part of y mechanical field that doesn't work that way, no offense please, you guys are outstanding, very neat job, most kind of you for sharing it with us, from the endless summer paradise Puerto Rico Jesus Torres.

I know that Lou's video segment is 15 years old, but the aftermarket hood ruined it as a sleeper. Good job on the paint and losing the side trim was a good choice.

Awesome work!!!

Great job God bless you all amen

I wish you had a rattle-canned the frame before you set that beautiful engine in there.

Thanks for sharing🎶👍🥰 Stay safe and connected. Have a nice day, my dear friend💝❤💞

Great upgrades.

I swapped a 6 to a 1974 low miles Caprice 350, 4 bolt in my 72 Nova. That in 1978. Edelbrock 180, 650 holley, blackjack headers

2006 but it’s looking like 1989. What a welding skills 😂 bro I’m literally laughing

Back home in Detroit, back in ‘72 my cousin and us guys, took a ‘66 327 out of a Super Sport, built it and put it in a ‘71 Nova, along with a built turbo 400 trans, along with a swapped in 12 bolt, with 4.88 gears. We had fun!🤩

Lou you are a smart ass.!!!!!!!!!

Hey Lou,You the man... Te guillas papá.. :)

I have a 1968 Nova second owner 46,000 miles all original.

Alright! Another full build video. 👍

one thing for sure, Lou would not have installed the 2" carb spacer upside down. but great project in either configuration. i would have passed on the distributor since it already had a top quality ignition system.

I'm going to watch this episode to the end of the year

Rear brakes are like the ol' high school pictures, therefore "the tall ones in the back" - right? LOL

GREAT VIDEO GUYS I LOVE U RENOVATIONS ON THIS CAR ,I USE TO HAVE A 1969 NOVA ,70,71 ALL THE THE SAME STYLE, 72 A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT, MY SISTER USE TO HAVE 1969 CAMARO ,I USE TO HAVE 1971 MALIBU CHEVELLE ,THEN I CHANGE TO 1971 FORD LTD ,FORD GALAXY 500 =1967 [THEN 198O TOYOTA COROLLA, 1981 TOYOTA COROLLA SR /1983 MAZDA RX7 ,1984 TOYOTA CELICA ,1987 MUSTANG 5.0 /1992 HONDA ACCORD /1996 ACURA INTEGRA/2001 TOYOTA CAMRY /2005 TOYOTA COROLLA TYPE S AN 2001 HONDA CRV (OLD DAY I FORGOT =1975 PONTIAC FIREBIRD /I WISH I HAD THOSE CARS 🚗 NOW ,I WILL BE MORE THAN HAPPY 😊

pretty cool build....

Beautiful Car!

i would have gone with an automatic trans with the colum shift, to keep it sleeper looking anyway. had a whole stable of nova's back in the 70's. 68' with a 302, 69' with a 383, 70' with a factory "original" 375hp 396 then a 500hp 427, 73' with a 283. a lot of fun

Thank you, I'm building the same identical car

Jared and Lou were great.

Cool header build. Aloha.

Damn i wish these dudes were still on musclecar!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Lou is the best!!!!!!!!!!! Ans my first car was a 71 Nova so they are very close to my heart lol

I found a 1969 Chevy nova 2 door with a four-cylinder and three on the tree

Nice ride

The 2” spacer works great since you put it on upside down.

The Nova WAS a sleeper until the Power Nation Guys got a hold of it. This changed the whole gist of the original build concept. I really love Power Nation, but they ruined this car IMO. The budget build sleeper done right was a great idea; a fun, affordable, streetable ride that runs "under the radar". It WAS a car that you could take your Honey out for an ice cream in, yet would still impress your pals on the straights. The Nova Sleeper was something us regular guys could afford. Now this Nova is a rumble and shake, pimped out full tilt drag car; WTF?! The car didn't need a paint job! Just because you get the parts for free is no reason to throw the whole catalog at the project. This Nova is overdone; now it needs better brakes and a parachute. If it was my car I'd put it back to an actual sleeper. You guys at Power Nation been sniffing too much nitrous.

Any time I hear Granny car; I ask if she's the terror of the Colorado Blvd.

I know a little old lady with a '73 Trans Am, a 455 car, and she's the original owner. 😃

Lou was a fantastic host

Killed that original patina paint job 😢

So much for being a sleeper😕. Nice build🤟