1966 Nova Wagon: TAPOUT Terror - /BIG MUSCLE 

its easy to pick a man apart about his car, and when you don't know him personally, but i enjoy the videos, I am happy people still make cars their own, and late model injected turbo motors are my weakness, thanks for doing something different, i enjoy video and the time you guys took to throw it together and interview the owner.

Thx to this guy for creating TAPOUT a brand of clothing that allows the public to identify low life douchebags from a safe distance.

I like this guys building style.. Im sort of the same way... If the majority of people say why something shouldnt be done or how its not a good engine to build or a car to build i wanna prove them wrong.

Of course the tapout car would have soo many gaudy stickers

Wagons are great. 4 racing seats and a cage in a boosted LS powered Nova Wagon? YES!!! Like Tim said, people ask why and it is simply cause he wanted to. That is the right answer. It is very cool that he put those hours in it. No factory car can touch that. That is Big Muscle.

The passion put in those cars is incredible

I've always been a massive wagon fan and I've seen so many cool things, but I like how this car is done. I like the seats, interior, paint, everything. I think the car is pure awesomeness. Looks like it was purpose built - FUN. Smile on the face! Thumbs up dude.

I have mad respect for what you've done. I hope you keep some asses. I love cars that are different. Actually, I like a lot of cars. A lot of times it's the story behind the car that draws me to it. And yours definitely does that. I would love to see the 55 when it is finished.

I saw this at the Hot Rod Power Tour in 2013 and I loved it. Now after this video I will own this thing.

finally !! a real BIG MUSCLE episode :) that nova is sick !!

man this show is great. so good to see these types of builds over the slammed turds with small tires i'm forced to see on the roads these days lol

man i love this GUY and i know a lot of carguys here specially muscle guys will understand him! my MAN!

never would've thought the guy behind Tapout was so cool.

THAT TURBO JUST TAKES ME TO ANOTHER WORLD! This is muscle car heaven :)

LOVE THIS CAR. And the owner is a pretty cool guy too. Glad you covered his car. That turbo is HUGE.

one of the best episodes!! a lot of fun, good and interesting information and a hell lot of passion!!

Awesome return to Big Muscle Mike M.!! I was so happy there wasn't a part 3 of the KOH race this week.

Tim seems like a good guy. Good video - always nice to learn about guys who do the brunt of the work themselves.

Great Job Tim "SkyScrape" Katz! My dream car is a 66/67 nova wagon but could not afford one so I bought a 66 AMC Rambler Wagon and my dream would be to autocross it one day too. Keep up the good work........ wagons are cool!

Love the show, best episode yet. Totally identify, working on my cars is my therapy.

very nice, good story line and of course the amazing Nova. My Dad and I are working on his 87' Monte Carlo SS Aero Coupe, hope to be on this series one day..

This was an awesome episode, it would be cool Mike of you got to drive another one of his cars. I like this guys humbleness even though he has the money to build whatever he wants.

Brilliant episode! I think a lot of us can relate to the owners view, thanks for sharing this Mike!

I love how angry people are in these comments because his T-shirt says Tapout, his hat is facing backwards, and his shorts have a lot of pockets.

That is one sweet wagon, got a Nova myself. Love it.

Truly badass, love the philosophy behind the built

Cool build, excentric! Make sure you adress the oil problem. Probably bad oil return feed from turbo or at worst few broken valveseals.

Respect for building it yourself.

Two guys around WNC (a father and his son) both have '66 pro-touring Nova wagons. They've had them in their current states (barring wheels/tires and newer suspension parts and engine rebuilds) for probably upwards of 15-20 years.

I don't give a dame about what people say nor think . . but that a badass nova wagon.

Oil burning hard...

can you imagine the history of the wagon......and look at it now!!!!...Always like nova 2-doors...real low key...sweet

Awesome car and awesome build! Hats off for that.

Favorite episode so far. A proper car built by a genuine guy with his own hands : ) Nicely done chap, nicely done ! Shame the episode was so short : ( Thanks to all concerned : )

I rolled up the fat Woolford and got all schmoked up while watching this episode. Car sounds wicked!

Best show on the internet.

Those straight bar supports in the backs of the seats worry me. get rear ended, and i feel like one of them would just kind of poke through the person sitting in that seat.

Great episode. Nice that you managed to squeeze some depth into it.

This was a really, really good video. Even for Drive. My honest congrats.

Would love to see his 55 2 door wagon when he gets it. That is one of my favorite designs.

This is why I will be buying your merchandise from now on! Well done man sweet ride!

This is what BIG MUSCLE is all about!

Graham Behen, Chief Engineer at Lingenfelter Performance Engineering, explained that once you begin to push the LS3 200-plus horses beyond stock, an issue that can arise is oil blow-by caused by the excessive wearing on piston rings from the added boost. “We have an oil/air separator, which essentially comes from the diesel engine technologies. What we do is plumb into the breather system, and return the oil from that which is pulled out of the air back into the pan with a scavenge pump. As these engines get larger and larger displacement in a smaller and smaller package size, oil control is a main problem once you start boosting these things,” said Graham.

I see you guys are liking our Northern California stuff. Great news !

I love the styling of the car... I'll be painting my car this color

That’s really really cool. You were meant for success buddy! Great job !🇺🇸

Congrats, Big Muscle, on finding the one person who has the right, no, the duty of having Tapout stamped all over their car.

Whoooar! What a sound of the V8!

I don't get why everyone is hating on this guy. Yes his brand is worn by douche bags but that doesn't mean he is a douchebag himself. He built a brand from the ground up, does it really surprise you that he is competitive? He survived in the cut throat world of American retail. And who says he can't build the car mostly by himself? If he has the ingenuity to build one of the most recognizable fashion icons in the past couple years (positive or not), I'm sure he has the ability to teach himself and learn how to build a car.

He owns a little company... Very respectful

I would like it to look more "sleeper"

Much love to Big Muscle and SkyScrape

Mad props homie u is a boss that now inspired more people to be happy yeee

Awesome car. I love this show! Someday I want to build a wagon.

Saw them doing the cage and green wrap on it on some speed channel show a year or so ago. Glad to see it running, sounds awesome, hauls ass!

As common as the Nova was intended to be it looks beautiful, and very good proportions. The most important are the overhangs, small in front and big in rear, oh and those hips from the middle of rear doors are just how a car should be. And it just looks mean.

This is one bad ass Nova Wagon.

What a awesome build.

*What a a great guy!*

Get the Farmtruck on this show ! c:

I think I'd have to change the seats. I'd fix the oil burning issue everyone is yammering on about. I love the green paint with black trim. Great vid!

Seems like a down to earth cool guy

Beautifull cars, humble owner, Great Video.

Saw Tim race today at the muscle car nationals at the pomona fairplex. Pretty awsome setup

Big ups on showcasing the "lowly" Nova. Wish they woulda built out that 1G they showed in the photos ;)

His lack of shoulder belts, even thought they were clearly there, attached to the harness bar, is mind boggling.

Thanks for the vid. Very cool owner

Super Sick !!! Dude is chill too!

Basically.... This guy LOVES novas and TAPOUT!

the owner seems so true ! really nice guy! and i love that you really enjoy driving this Car! you look so happy! nice video guys! keep it up!

Great episode.

thats sooo cool! 76mm turbo, mental!!

Thanks for showing the Vid awesome Looking wagon. show us the rest of your babies. i love it you have the passion.

Guy seems cool as hell for some reason

Nice car....wagons are the shit. Love the turbo as well. I hope to build something one day that has this kind of power and is still daily driveable.

You had me at the burnout!!!

DOPE!! Thank you for sharing!

31 dislikes... Really!? I just don't get why. Lol. To each his own but this was awesome.

whoa, this is a cool car...

that's something ya don't see every day. jeezus!

Ayeee Thats's my city, Wilmington Cali ! :'D

THE CAR WITH FOUR ENGINE - BAD ASS

waiting for the trolls to talk about Tapout clothing hahaha, but of course you can't blame the founder for that and he actually seems pretty nice and cool. No really though, awesome video

Saw this in real life both vehicles sounded like a beast

Deep at the end there Keep up the awesome vid!!

The bumper bolts look like 12 gauge primers. I have a 63 and the rear window crank never stays in place, very cool car!

I just rode in this at the Pomona Fairflex auto show. was wild

Looks like a billboard with a motor Love the second gen novas though!

perfect family car :D

Who would think the owner of tapout would be a cool guy, and not a tool. Sweet wagon!

how could you possibly dislike this video ?

Looks great!

that car is awesome

defo one of my favs !!!

Backwards baseball cap FTW.

Just do what others say you shouldn't this is a prime example

Covered in stickers, Tapout shirt, backward flatbill hat, olive drab paint job....Pass. What's Big Muscle thinking lately...between this and the King of the camping with some desert racing episodes I don't know...

5:10 I think I died and went to heaven.

wow this wagon is epic!

WAGOOOOOOOOOOONS! yes! also, hot hatches and, yeah, that smoke problem is just that and may be the oil return for the turbo, or the rings, because that thing must be making way over 5 psi of boost. kinda freaks me out when I see it