The following pages cover the component details used to build the 385ci short-block that we’ll be dropping into our ’63 Nova. With LS engines getting loads of coverage in magazines these days, we ...

Back in the winter of 1966, Flossmoor, Illinois, native John Tinberg was leafing through the March issue of Hot Rod when he happened upon an article by Jim McFarland entitled "A Novel Nova." The story ...

The Chevrolet Chevy II/Nova was small and initially not that feisty, as the first model years of the original generation lacked in the V8 department. But that does not mean they cannot become little ...

If anything differentiates hot rodders from every other type of car enthusiast, it's their need to change things. The very definition of the term "hot rod" is a car modified for performance and ...

In a world gone jaded over mega-buck celebrity-signature street creations that cost more than the national budget of many third-world countries, the appearance of an old-school street machine recalls ...

Back in August, we got a preview of the latest Chevy Nova build to roll out of The Custom Shop in Flanagan, Illinois. Nicknamed “CaSSaNova,” the two-door was designed by The Custom Shop owner John ...