Value very high end 70' Nova

[sheck44]

Hey Guys
I have an opportunity to take over a build for about 40 cents on the dollar on a 70 Nova.
Brief overview of the build:
Full DSE front and rear / mini tubbed / Rushforth wheels / MAST Black Label 635 HP LS3 / T56 magnum

I can take this car to a very high level for a very decent price but my concern is what the market is like for a 70' Nova of this caliber. If this was a 69' Camaro (like I have) I know exactly what it would be worth and I am in the dark with the Nova.

Would be finished similarly to this
http://jalopnik.com/5167160/troy-trepaniers-notorious-will-steal-your-girlfriend

The other option I am entertaining is taking all the parts off the car and doing another 1st Gen camaro ...

Let me know what you guys think

Thanks guys
Steve

[pittpens24]

Hey Steve,

For what it's worth, I have always loved this body style Nova and if my Camaro(like yourself) wasn't an option, I would have gone with '69-'71 Nova. If you are keeping it - hell run with it! Would be awesome to see one of these at a car show for a change. As for turn around value.......could go either way. You may have a bidding war as there aren't many of these hi-end builds(at least that I have ever seen) or you'll be stuck in that 30k catagory. I guess I am saying for a value factor I might strip it and build a 1st gen Camaro that will add 100K to it out of the gate OR for the coolness factor - blow out that Nova and have one of those stand out cars. I know not much help lol. Good luck my friend! ~Greg

[sheck44]

EXACTLY my thinking as well Greg

Thanks buddy
Steve

[MonzaRacer]

If you have under $15k initial buy in with good parts and simply need to finish with minimal extra parts needed or large amount of body work/mods then your good as my buddy has 70 roller coming back from deer repair( fresh out of paint he hits deer in 1st month).
So now does he sell rolling chassis minus eng/trans, figure $10k-$12k as is, add bbc/trans figure $15k-$20k.
Now he is old school, manuals are muncies/doug nash, auto trans are th350. Most of his cars have manual brakes/steering but big power. Want to see some look on racingjunk.com search for cars from Loogootee IN

[WesB]

Steve,
I'm putting a build plan together for a 71 Nova SS pro tour build. It's a true SS I bought as a roller.
As Greg stated, it's probably more a sentimental build than financially sound one.
If you you decide to not persue either the car or the parts, can you let me know? I could make do with a 70 also.
Thanks,
Wes

[sheck44]

Will do Wes, likely will grab the parts and sell off the car itself ... from what I understand a lot of the work is complete and its already mini tubbed

Cheers
Steve

[csouth]

Personally I would build it out. I don't have either car(Camaro or Nova), but my preference has always been the Nova. No offense to 1st Gen owners, but you can't go ot a show without tripping over them. Not enough well done Nova's out there.