![]() ![]() Well Dad to the rescued again we towed it home, after the insurance totaled the car Dad bought it back for a few dollars, and since it was already setting behind the garage no problem, Dad wanted the motor for some reason, and to this day I don’t know why, and let it sit out back. Well a short period after that my Brother was back driving it, he had wrecked the car he replaced the Nova with, so Dad being the nice hearted Dad he was let him have the car as a loner, anyway late one night, a few months later, he was rear ended by a truck at a stop light (actually not his fought this time) and tore the back end of the car up bad. My Older brother bought a used 72 Rally Nova when he was 16 and in HS in 1977, and he treated that car like crap, it came out with a 350 4 barrel carb, and a 3 speed on the floor, it was Rally Silver with the coolest black interior, he got it cheap because the original owner had gotten drunk one night and drove it through a barbed wire fence and scraped it up pretty bad, and Dad was a friend of his so he sold it to us, after less than 2 years of my brother driving it, and I think 3 clutches,(he could never seem to drive a clutch worth a crap)He wrecked it one weekend while out partying with some friends, So Dad and I went out pulled it out of a ditch with the old shop truck, we hand witched it up on the trailer and drove it home and let it sit for a few months, Dad and I worked on it between paying customers jobs, to straightened the front out on it and put it back on the road, although it did not have matching fenders and hood at this time, Dad was not going to spend the money to repaint it for it being a shop car so to speak. If the reserve is not crazy high, this could be a great opportunity to pick up one of the most original Novas around. The 350 V8, bucket seats, and extensive documentation make this deal even sweeter. Even though 33k were sold with this option, we doubt there are many left in this condition. The story is convincing and the car does still look like new.īesides being all original and in excellent condition, this Nova is special because it is equipped with the optional Rally package which was basically an upgraded suspension. Of course they thought of their old friend who gladly accepted. Eventually the lady’s health took a turn for the worse and it was time to get rid of the car. We recommend that you read the seller’s story in their own words, but basically they became friends with a nice old lady that had an old car parked in the garage who would not sell. ![]() This survivor is located in Portland Oregon and is listed for sale on eBay with the bidding starting at $200. Turns out it was a classic old lady garage find and that this 1972 Rally Nova only has 48k miles on it. We normally wouldn’t get too excited about an old Nova, but we happened to run across this one and started to read the story posted by the seller because it sounded like a barn find. ![]()
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