Faults:

Starter, alternator way after 100,000 miles.

General Comments:

My mom bought this car used with around 30k on it when I was about 10. When I was 16, I took it over as my driver... I raced, I raced, I loaded it with teens, I wore it out.

My mom sold it to my brother in-law when I was about 21, and he drove it from CA to FL, and then 3 years later he drove it back and I bought it back from him. I then drove it for another few years with trouble free use.

I LOVED that car. Never had any major trouble with it. The power was insane, parts were cheap and easy to fix... we put over 200,000 miles on it and loved it the whole time.

Faults:

Routine maintenance only at expected mileages & ages. Harmonic balancer came apart at 145,00 miles.

Carb seemed to need rebuilt every 20K miles. or so with replacements about every other time.

Replaced original 250 engine & TH 200 trans. at 150K miles. because of engine leaks & trans was getting sloppy. Still ran good.

Seat was junk after 90K miles.

General Comments:

Daily driver for much of the last 24 yrs.

Most reliable car I have ever owned.

Can easily be made into an extremely beautiful vehicle that turns heads routinely.

Fast enough for a 6 & good mileage for a big metal car.

Still easy & cheap to find parts.

Faults:

When I bought it, it was pretty rusty, but that's not the car's fault! It sat for years, but started right up for me.

My starter went.

The dashboard got a bit rusty.

A couple of holes through the trunk.

General Comments:

I loved that car more than life itself! Fast, loud, great looking, comfortable. Unfortunately the insurance has gotten a bit high for me so last month I sold her.

My Nova was the best car I have ever driven. It handled really well for a car that big and powerful, and being a young female, it was really great to win every time I raced it on the street! It had a lot of character.