Test Drive 1969 Chevy Nova 396 4-Speed SOLD $22,900 Maple Motors  

At 11:10 and 11:15 Nick got rubber in second and third gears without even trying. You can't beat a classic 396 Nova SS with a 4 speed. I love it.

This is literally my dream car

That's another thing I like about American muscle cars. You can get 100 grand of fun for under 25 grand.

I had a 1968 Nova super sport when I was 22 years old. It was stolen a year later right from my block in Queens, New York. I loved that car. It was my first, red with a black top.

My pal came home from NAM in '69, and bought one of these! What a BEAST!

I would get up at 5AM everyday and grab some coffee just to hear that baby purr every morning ☕️

Bought a 2 yr old 1969 SS Nova in 1971 for $2K. L78 396/375. 4 speed. Added 2 1/8” Hooker headers and swapped out stock 3.55 gears for 4.10 Posi. Fun ride. This video brings it all back.

I somehow stumbled on this. Thanks for posting this. It really brought back a lot of memories . My first car as a 66 Chevelle ( only a 6 cylinder) that I got in 1974. Really crazy to see that gas tank behind the license plate again and the instrument was pretty much the same as this Nova.. My best friend up the street had a bunch of muscle cars and I could feel the sensation again of driving in his cars by watching this.

Dang- I'd pay $23K it and enjoy it every time I looked at it. Beautiful machine. Thanks for the vid!

That's a beautiful ride and done up right! Kudos on not putting those awful 22 inch wheels on it

Guys when my settlement comes in you will be the first call I make. Respect for giving an honest test drive. 69 nova 4speed is me dream car and people are still sleeping on em!

In da 1991 I was driving a NOVA live this... To this very day this is still my favorite car... I wish I still had it...

This is one off the nicest Nova I`ve seen in a while

One of the cleanest I have seen in a very long time.

THIS is what I'm talking about!! Back in '76, I was 16 and owned a '69 Chevelle Malibu SS 396, green w/vinyl top, bucket seats w/ center console/shifter, and TH400 auto trans! Sold it when I joined the Navy, missed out on purchase of a '70 SS Nova, brn, w/4-spd... nearly broke my heart!! Looks like your engine has an Edelbrock intake, can't see carb, my car had stock intake w/800 Holley.... was gonna do Hedmann headers and an Isky cam, but enlisted and sold car first. BEAUTIFUL car, the ONLY other car I would've rather had would've been a '69 GTO w/4spd.... ohhhh, this brings back memories of the good 'ol days!! MAN!!! Listen to the sound of that idle!!! Congrats to whoever bought her!!! This is from back in time when guys were guys, cars were CARS, and speed-limits were a mere SUGGESTION!!! Keep on ROCKIN' that GM MUSCLE!!!!!

I just bought a lottery ticket. I love that Nova

“If you don’t like it, whatever”......I’m with ya brother.

One exceptional NOVA. Some one did this build an did a great job to get OEM parts. Down to SS Council mostly original stearing where is super correct add on. This car is so sharp

I showed my wife this video. I met her in 1972. I owned a 1969 GTO Judge at the time. I was a little shocked that this little tiny blonde that weighed 90 pounds was driving this thing. She owned a 1970 SS Nova identical to this in the maroon and black. Hers was a 350 with 3 speed floor shift. Which I always hated and planned to put a Muncie or Saginaw 4 speed. I need to buy this thing. Except I am starting a new company. In a year I need to look the new owner up and see if he will part with it. Great video,great car,great memories. Thanks.

seing him put on his seatbelt around his waiste brought me back to memory lane when i was a kid wow!!!!! i totaly forgot we used to put the seatbelt around are waist back then

I'm just glad you posted. She is a beauty.

I want those 'Stangs. I almost cried when I saw them. I've been a lover of the Ford Mustang since I was a teenager. In fact, my first 2 cars were Mustangs. I now have one of the newer ones, all black. We call it the Black Sunshine. She is purdy. But nothing beats the classics.

I wanna cry. But the black one with hubcaps parked in the lot is my dream car .

You got a great life. You get to drive around in great cars all day

Awsome..... as soon as I sell my motorhome, I’m going to make the trip south to get one of those. I miss my nova’s. 71 nova was my first ride in 1980

My dad a midnight blue '69 S/S, 4 speed, very fast. It had pipes on the side. The Corvette Rallye wheels, wish he would have kept it. He sold it to his brother, who wrecked it and never saw it again!

Nick always seems so happy test driving a big block

Sounds great. Love the sound of V8's. And that's a great looking car. That paintwork looks flawless.

Pretty nice. You should have seen the 1969 that I built in college back in the 80's .. 700+ HP .. it could do wheel stands at least 12" high .. candy-apple red custom paint, crushed velvet interior, all MSD ignition, custom headers, custom race cam, custom intake dual quad double pump carbs with mechanical secondary's (synchronized), 4-speed Muncie Rock Crusher transmission, 12-bolt posi-traction rearend (nothing but motor under the hood .. no heat, no A/C, just motor). Just like this one, the spedo never worked .. LOL .. Man, it was sweet! Sold it to my neighbor who drag raced it at the strip for the next several years. It was a muscle car among muscle cars. Few people attempted to race me on the street, and those who did lost. It would have beat the crap out of this one.

I had a 1970 SS Nova back in the 80s. Another sweet ride from Maple.

I've never been a big Nova fan except maybe 65 and 66. But anyone who is a fan will love this car it looks great it sounds even better. videos always leave me drooling LOL

This beautiful Nova will keep going up in value!

Those factory gauges in the console and also the tach in the cluster....SUPER RARE!!!

I have always loved this era of the Nova body style

My dream car 🥺 Would pick that over any new car today.

In 1974 I saw my first Nova and I fell in love I was 9 years old back then

My uncle had a blue '69 SS396 4speed...what a fun car...and pretty damn fast too.

When the time is right I'm going to buy a car off of you! This would be an awesome daily!

Dream machine. Ha Ha Ha: Shows operation of the car's radio at 2.320 to 2.325: "Radio. It's nice."

I had an all original of this as my first car ! Paid the original owner $900 in 1978 . I miss that car

Someone once asked Goldberg ( the wrestler) what does he do when he buys these muscle cars ? His response was “ Drive the shit out of them.” I’m with him on that. Great car.

That Nova sounds badass!

Thanks for the ride. I had one these Nova's in 1973. If I had 22 grand to blow I'd own this car. These cars are their own drug. When you drive one of these there's a high like no other. My Nova was second hand but was as nice as this one is still have it if a stupid drunk would've stayed home one Saturday night in 77. A lot of happy memories till then. Thanks again for the ride.

Please bring that Nova to my house. She is a beautiful car.

Love that shifter. Short and to the point.

what a beauty. priced very reasonably. this one wont last long.

my father has a 72' Nova but with a 3 speed reverse manual shifter, and a massive naturally aspirated 496 big block engine. It's music to my ears. And it's color looks very close to this one!

Your honesty about these vehicles makes me wanna do business.

Sweet. Always loved those Nova's. That was my era. I'm 72 and those were the years of fun man. You could buy a car use it for as month sell it and buy another. Hell we'd even trade at dealer ships. Nice job.

Clean Ride, Sounds Strong

Always was my favorite car... Dream car this is what mine is. ... I had a 73' Nova, 6 cylinder. With a. 2 speed powerglide transmission.. That's been like 35 yrs. When I owned it. Yea I only could imagine owning this beautiful ride.. I guess Im still dreaming of my favorite of all .....

I had a 1970 350SS, tweaked it a little, edelbrock intake, Holley Carb, headers..not as hot as the one here but still 51 yrs later and I still miss it...

The interior is fairly nice and everything works. Love that in dash tach. I would prefer an SS hood, but not a real big deal.

Beautiful Nova, Awesome Color.

When I was a sophomore in High School (15yrs.old) I wiggled my way into High School Auto Shop. Normally allocated for Seniors. Our football coach had the same SS in Blue w/ Blk.stripe. He noticed that one of his team(me)was in Autoshop class and asked if I would do routine maintenance on his ride? At 15, I had no license and 3rd period shop class (right before lunch hour) daily The keys were on his desk each day and leave school, grab my friends rip up the roads the whole semester ... until the vice principal met up with me at an intersection (in his ‘72 Capri) They shut that down that very day!

Bought my bright red with black stripes 1974 SS Nova hatch back for 1500 back in 1981 great car, totaled it with one car payment left, wish I still had it.

Only $23K?! I would have thought it would go for more than that. One of my dream cars in HS.

THAT'S A REALLY NICE ONE NICK 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

I had a 68 nova forced to sell it went I went into the army now retired from army will buy one again

Perfection ! 69 the year I was born ! My first car was a 1970 Chevy Nova and its been my favorite ever since. Id take that ole Nova before any plastic fiberglass BS car now days...

Been one of my favorite cars, knew it wasnt gonna last long

I had a Nova like this back in 1985 I sold it . They are cool cars 👍

Memories. My oldest brother had a 70 Nova L78 396/375 4spd back in the mid 70’s

Had one exactly like that in 1976 . Loved that car ….

Sure sounded like you chirped the 1st 3 gears Nick running on the highway there...nice running, sounding and driving Nova....and EVERYTHING works.(no one needs a speedo)...sweet man...Im still playing the lottery out here so

"My friends all drive e-cars, I must make amends. Worked hard all my lifetime, but saved no more then cents. So, oh lord, won't you buy me a Chevy, don't want a Benz!"

Mad to the Bone sweet cars I'm impressed with your work on getting all this bad ass butties together in one lot for all of us 10/4

that was one of the sweetest 69 ive seen it looks original .

This channel is like the Sears wishbook catalog for gen X ers!

Torque thrust wheels are timeless.

It's nice to see an original steering wheel.

Pictures make anything look great .Only the buyer knows for sure.

I used to restore steering wheels, these wheels most of them cracked easy , that one could be a re-pop because they are done well hard to tell from GM or an original OEM wheel but nice to see it & not some ugly wooden aftermarket Grant wheel

I'm not even a huge Nova fan, but this car is amazing!

That's a sweet Nova Nick! Thanks for posting the videos on it.

i remember when I bought my 69' Nova SS 396 for $900 bucks back in '94

guess i need to go on vacation an visit maple motors to get one this car is so damn nice and your videos are onpoint for those used cars really like the style keep it up :)

Very clean, love the color!

'69 Nova SS 396/375H.P. 4-speed 3:73 rear end is the way to go! I owned a '73 Nova SS 350, painted it Corvette "Spectra-Red" code-75, It actually changed colors in different lighting! Some may call the '73-'74 Nova SS a "suedo-muscle car"? After the bolt-ons, the engine was pretty damn quick! 0 to 60 in 6 seconds as I remember.....

Man I would love to have that. Had a 68 gto that I put a 396 in and a four speed. It was amazing. Dad built engine. 396 bored 30 over, 11.5 to 1 pistons heads shaved and it was a torque beast.

I had a 69 nova. I remember mine had headrests. Not sure what seats are in that Nova, sure sit high. But someone gave it a little lovin’, very clean.

Nick says “I call it a tachometer you call it an RPM gauge “ whatever!! ....LETS GO FOE A RIDE !! Lol EPIC !!YES EPIC !! Love it nick love the vlogs and the cars 😎🇺🇸👍🏻

I do have to say that you do have a lot full of beautiful classic cars & trucks… I will definitely be dropping in to test drive a couple of them for myself & my wife…

I just subscribed,I enjoy your review"s,you seem like you guy"s are pretty honest.At 61 years oid,my high school parking lot was full of these beautiful machines.1977,it was a classic,hot rod car show-"WHO KNEW!"-I want one!

"Horn, works everytime!" 🤣🤣

What a sweet ride.

I think that is my favorite car yet. I love that era nova.

Great share love the car so cool! brings back wonderful memories TY.✌💕🙏

One the best one that I have seen on this channel!! I gotta have it 😘

Stand on it one good time Nick! Stop playing with it. Lol sharp car man

One of the nicest Chevys I've seen on your site ... I'm liking it ..

Had a 69 Nova in the late 80’s. My buddys dad wrecked his 67 corvette so I bought the motor and trans for my nova, 327 bored 40 over with camel hump 202 heads and a muncie m22 trans........sold it when I moved to hawaii

American muscle. Love the Nova. Tough-looking old Chevrolet.

Nick you call that RPM gauge whatever you want to brutha this is your channel

That has to be the most beautiful car I've ever seen.

My Oldest Sister had a 1970 Chevy Chevelle Yenko dark blue wide pinstripes

You look good in that Nova man. May be a keeper...Slick ride.

Wow, Nick.. That's a sweet one! That would look good in my garage! ♥️

Cool ride congrats to the buyer!

I once had a 1971 SS 350 nova, so wish Id Kept Her!