This is the story of Justin Brown and his restomod 1966 Chevy Nova. A military trained mechanic by trade, Justin purchased this Nova as a fresh build (online, sight-unseen). To make a long story short, he wound up rebuilding the car that had been put together in a haphazard fashion. This is how it went down.

Fresh off a tour in Afghanistan, Jason takes cross country delivery of the Nova and gets ready to load up the kids and take a test ride. Much to his chagrin, the front end is popping and cracking like a jalopy. After a total front end rebuild, he was finally ready to hit the trail and the engine blew a head gasket. Jason took that as a sign to start over from scratch.

Under the hood, Jason began with a 355 cubic-inch small block with four bolt mains. He added forged internals and aluminum pistons. Jason also went through the Weiand blower. Jason chose a pair of Edelbrock carbs for the twin four-barrel setup. The heavy Chevy is making approximately 500whp on 6 psi of boost. It’s a cruiser.

The transmission is a professionally built GM 700R4 automatic with a Hurst shifter.

The suspension setup is all TCI. There’s a four-link in the rear with a Currie (Ford) 9-inch differential and an independent front axle up front with rack-and-pinion power steering. All four corners have fully adjustable coilover shocks and the manual four-wheel disc brake system is Wilwood. The wheels are 15-inch from the Jeg’s catalog.

This is a beautifully simple build that will undoubtedly provide years of fun for Jason and his crew.

By the way, thank you for your service, Jason.

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