( HOT ROD MAGAZINE COVER CAR )

Description

This 1966 Chevy II Nova SS was the Ram Jet Power Tour Giveaway car in 2001. It was an original California car that was featured as the poster pull-out in Chevy High Performance magazine. Hot Rod Magazine purchased the car and in conjunction with GM Performance Parts and California Street Rods was built to feature the new Ramjet 350 motor and 4L60E ( 4 speed) automatic transmission with overdrive. The Ramjet motor was modified with GM Performance Parts that put horsepower at about 400 at the wheels.Once the car was finished it was shipped to Pontiac Michigan to be driven by the editors of Hot Rod Magazine on the historic 75th anniversary of Route 66 and as part of the GM Power Tour. After completing the cross country tour back to San Bernardino California the car was given away to a lucky winner from Minnesota. The September 2001 issue of Hot Rod Magazine features the car in the magazine as well as on the cover. In December of 2000 Chevy High Performance had picked this deuce as one of their top ten cars for the year 2000 even before being purchased by Hot Rod. The car was also featured in the GM Performance display at Sema In November of 2001. The BusinessSo the motor in this car is a Ramjet 350 modified by Hot Rod and completely documented. It features a GM Performance parts Ramjet multi-port fuel injection system with larger injectors fed by a Holley fuel pump. A custom Dooley oil pan was made and also a transmission cooler modified and installed. Also included are Gm Perf. cam with aluminum rocker roller arms and roller cam followers. The ignition features a GM Perf. hei distributor and remote coil. In the cooling department there is a Howe radiator and custom fan shroud complimented with a Flexalite fan, March pulley set and polished Edelbrock water pump. Hooker Super Comp heat coated and finished fender well headers lead to a 3" polished stainless exhaust including mufflers that lets it breath. The GM 12 bolt rear with a 3:73 posi gear mates to a GM Perf. 4L60E electronic four speed trans. The transmission is fully programmable by an electronic controller. Global West suspension parts were used everywhere along with their front brake disc conversion. there is not enough room to list everything done to this car by Hot Rod and California Street Rods. It is all documented by them in print with part numbers and photographs of the build and comes with the car. I have personally made some changes to the car in my 10 years of ownership with added upgrades. The Awards and accoladesMagazine car in Chevy High PerformanceHot Rod Magazine cover car as well as part of All The Covers, a hard bound book published by Hot Rod.Official feature car in the 65th Anniversary Hot Rod Homecoming in Pomona, California, 2013Sema show participate with documented introduction.
Best of the Best winner on display for six months in the highly renowned Crawford Auto Museum in Cleveland, Ohio Class winner at the Glenmoor Gathering Concours in Canton, OhioFeatured on the cover of the Molto Bella Concours show program Multiple awards from local and regional car shows
This is a true 118 vin code radio delete Super Sport that was bought new in San Bernardino, California and still wears all of its original metal work and frame. This is a very drivable car and in ten years of ownership it has only been trailered once. It comes with all the awards and a book of documentation and photographs as well as a custom car cover that covers the car in a heated garage in the winter. The history and provenance on this car is remarkable and only adds to its remarkable looks and value of a body style that was only made in 1966 and 1967.