The ultimate beater muscle car THE "JENKO" NOVA 

I watch a ton of RU-vid. Just found your channel tonight, don't change anything!

The fact your kids are involved is cool. The fact your wife helps is FRIGGIN AWESOME! I wish we were all as lucky.

Need to explain to her that once she says not to put that in the video, that you’re required by law to put it in! 😂 rule’s are rules

I too find myself saying "I'd like to meet the engineer that decided to __________, and punch him right in the mouth." That's some funny shit we can all relate to😂.

Awesome Job ! You're Right it's all about the memories we make with friends and family. Building No Go's. I sure miss my '63 SS hardtop V8 swapped 4spd.

I’m digging this project, I find this way more interesting than a perfect show quality build!

Your Little Ones are making memories mate, good job all round.

I agree bro. Do it your way. And what you can afford. Love novas. My favorite car.

Biig big fab of this! What a great way to build a car and not have to worry too much about it 👌🏻

Crazy siiiiiick car…….that’s what it’s all about…..Amazing job 🤩🤙

Gets distracted counting holes in the carpet let’s go of wrench, you’re still holding that right? Yeah. Lol love the videos

If I close one eye and hold my mouth just right she looks beautiful

Nice ,great job bud only way to do it. Love the early 70's muscle cars.🎉

Keep up the good work and i will watch all your movies :)

“If you’re looking to get it done you can do it” Classic ❤

I thought I was the only one that used my little people for cheap labor lol great video man

This dude is gonna blow up on RU-vid ill be there for the ride too

Lovely wife and adorable kids helping is unheard of these days. Buy the way that car is mint compared to cars in Minnesota

I love the Big Foot gas pedal , I had one in my Nova and a smaller one on the dimmer switch

New favorite channel! I wish I had time to post content! Great job!!

I like the road kill hood scoop super cool

That little 327 is an awesome platform to build from.

Ur son holding the wrench n pumping the brakes 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😅 super kool!

Great build and great family wagon! Glad to see you save it! Enjoy!

I love this Car! it is my idea of the perfect nova

Wow, I just found your Chanel. I am loving what you’re doing on a budget, the cars look great. So great that you’re teaching people that you don’t need to spend a fortune on rebuilding a car to have a car to enjoy Cheers

That's a lot of work there my friend! Good to see another Nova back on the street! Kudos to your family and friends for helping you out with the build!👍👍👍

Who says you can't polish a turd. Awesome job. Thanks for sharing

I thoroughly enjoyed that ride. Love the car.

The kids are priceless!

RustO satin black that thing. Would look so good.

I enjoy seeing a backyard build that needs to be built not bought !

great video, you just earned a sub. I'm from New Zealand and this is my dream, move to America get married and have my future children work with me on classic cars.

Absolutely nailed it with the 4/speed the ratiness is what makes it so cool 😎 you're making the world a better place with each an everyone of these iconic hotrods you put back on the road my friend. We salute you✊️ Mr, Ratty Jenko Nova hotrod builder 💯✌️👍

Kool as heck I have had about five of those types i love the 72 models the best ❤❤❤❤❤

I see your buddy has a 64 Dodge 330 post sedan! So cool! My best friend had an identical one for about 15 years! Built 440, roller cam, tunnel ram, built 727 (pushbutton), 3500 stall, full cage, and 4.30s with a spool! It was wild!

you earned my subscription..about two videos ago..Knocked it outta the park...You have no idea whats going to happen do you? That sweat equity will multiple 20X ..Thank you this build made my day..heading to the garage now....sincerely!

Man your video just popped up on my feed and I subscribed I love what you’re doing with these old cars

I couldn't believe you let him handle the por 15 😂 he'll certainly remember that stuff.

Very interesting build! I did something similar way back when with a 62 Plymouth Sport Fury 2 door. I bought the car for $300.00 WITH a 440 4V, Cable operated 727, and a 3.91 posi. (The guy HAD to sell it NOW) I did; 6 point roll cage, welded in sub frame connectors, gutted doors, windows and quarter windows, etc... Competition valve job, minor porting, Direct Connection 2.84-4.84 Hemi Grind Cam & Lifters. some modified street headers...Weiand open plenum intake, 850 Holley carb. Still remember my first pass down Detroit Dragway with that car....

Love your builds. It’s for real people with a little money, lots of motivation and a little luck.

Great job, I especially like the foot gas pedal...plz keep that in.

Hey man well done! That is a cool ride and awesome to see you progress and have friends and family involved with the project. I like your philosophy of getting stuff on the road. Im building something similar in Australia. cheers

Like the car, hate the scoop lol. I can appreciate the fab work you did to make it though.

Purrrrrrrr… LOVE IT! Plus now with a manual trans it’s like icing on that cake! My to be Last Nova project update, looked at one today. Does poking the frame and going through it up to one’s wrist make for enough fun? Ok if not the the entire floor had fifteen license plates, a stop sign and two one way signs screwed into it. Funny how that didn’t scare me off. The $2600.00 he wanted for it gave me one helluva good laugh tho. Told him to take a deep breath and hold it till I come back again… I have a 73 lined up for a looksie next Saturday. To say I’m highly motivated is putting it mildly, I’m looking hard but not stupid. I’ll find the right one, it’ll happen😉✌🏼Keep up the great work brother!

Perfect video bro minimal talking lots a plain old getting it done beautiful car

Great stuff another car saved.😊

Awsome job !! NOVA MY FAVORITE, well one of my favorite cars ,like the video keep them coming ,mery christmas

Besides doing a budget job. I think your details are very good. You´re sealing the stuff so it dosent rust any further. Good job man! Sidenote: Involving your family is an awesome detail :)

You have built a cool hot rod you should be proud

Great job on the Yenko stripe !

Solid and cool car ! Congrats for your work... Hello from France 🇫🇷

Wow, nice work on a budget build.

I love the whole build, but man those factory poverty caps looks good.

Absolutely love the car! Amazing video thank you! New sub.

Well done, I have a 78 hatch back that I put a 4 speed behind a 454 and it's a blast. All the best.

give the kid a raise. he worked his butt off!!!

Great content, I think I have watched all the nova videos, favorite thing is when your son is in the car helping you and you are under the car, that was awesome, reminded me of me at that age helping my pop.good stuff! Working on my 72 ventura right now doing body mounts, 2 bolts didn't wanna cooperate so that was awesome. You know how it is.Great channel!

Stumbled across this video and glad I did. Thoroughly enjoyed your build as it's in line with what I'm doing. I'm binge watching your green nova build now. Thanks for the content.

I took a 4spd out of a Vega, Bolted it up to a V8 bell house and slite a hockey puck in half for a tranny mount, Drilled a hole through, That short shift flew! 🤯

Gotta love a Nova! I had a 76 and a 78 but both straight 6 motors. Got over 300grand on the 78 and the rear end went. Still ran great. I paid 50$ for it at my dads friends scrap yard drove it for 3 years and junked it for 100$. So these cars have a special place in my heart.

Another great video. Love seeing the progress, results and the whole family involved. Can’t wait to see more updates and upgrades. Keep em coming

Love your videos 📹, nicely done content n info,glad to be a newbie subscriber. I get tired of all the Mustang n carmos, Not alot of guys doing content on classic Novas .❤ look forward to u videos n content. I learn something every videos. Not everyone knows the basic.i have grandchildren that watch these videos n learn

Fantastic. Thanks for sharing

I’m stoked to see another man using his wife’s pilot to get parts lmao. Currently hauling back a 8.8 for my fox in my wife’s pilot as I watch this video 😂😂

Looking good bro! I would've patched exactly the same. My car's called "Bits & Pieces" for this reason 🤪😎💪

really enjoy your videos man. i like how your not super techinical and your gettingt hings done in a hurry i do the same thing and really enjoy the cars we put out of my little shop.

Good job to all of you!!!!

Great now Im going to the garage to rebuild this god damn engine

You make awesome freaking videos Dude. Loved watching the nova. Let me no on merchandise shirts & hats. Keep up the great work Buddy.

Not FREAKING OUT! Laughing my ass off!

100% shit box and I'm here for it my man .

Looks like a ton of fun

Very KOOL Project

Great job kiddo 👏

The first time I saw the Jenko the stripes totally fooled me. Watching your videos have inspired me to work on my ratty 71 Chevelle

My absolute dream car! 68-72 Nova. As the youngest in my family, i grew up with both of my much older brothers both having Novas. Always working on them making them better each time, going to Epping New Hampshire to race often. I was one of the happiest kids alive growing up. My second oldest brother and i were very close growing up. He taught everything and was like a second dad. Best man at my wedding, the one i called for both good and bad. He was my best friend and my childhood hero. Him and i always talked about finding me my own Nova to build. Had everything planned exactly how we would build it. But life got in the Way and as years passed, things got more and more expensive, especially here in Rhode Island. And these cars got further away from the budget i had at the time and less were popping up for sale. Then i became a single father raising my now 13 year old alone since birth and as of almost 6 years ago My brother was killed in a tragic accident. But seeing your videos is giving me some hope. You're only a couple states away and you're still finding them. Im determined to find at least a ruler some day to build the car exactly how me and my brother talked about.

As soon as you got the back glass in I said out loud to myself what about the two pieces of tape if you don't put those on it might fall out before it dries 😊😁 😂🤣

Anything carburataed can't be shut off! Or Taken from you! Sounds crazy but better to have something you can trust will aways start getting you where you need to go! And looking bad ass while your doing it!

Cool Nova I enjoyed that video thank you I'm an old guy I can't put cars anymore but I got to know of a story in 1978 my buddy bought a ghetto property guy passed away everything came with the property including the kind of garage he said I could have the car I had a title 72 Nova 35o. 4 Barrel dual exhaust 10 bolt posi 342 gears bench seat rear window defroster am fm stereo 8 track rear window defroster rubber mats no carpet power windows power bench seat power steering power brakes hugger Orange yeah Factory air in the dash all the best part four door who ordered this car new must have been a guy had a family and still want to Performance what a cool car I enjoyed for 10 years every day never saw another one like it when I parted it out this guy freaked out when he saw the air was in the dash turned out the only Canadian built cars in 72 novas had vents in the dash 73 was the first year for regular in dash air thanks for the video have a great day have fun

Very cool. It sounds amazing 🤘

Delaware here from NJ. I highly recommend a respirator of some sort when doing all that wire wheel/grinding. Nothing like blowing black snot out in the shower after a good day in the garage.

“Good enough for me” is basically a description of this project

Nice Nova 😎👌🏽🤙🏽

This makes me cherish the memory of the car I miss the most. Back in 1977 when I was 21 I had a blue 1973 Nova with 34,000 miles that I absolutely loved. Wasn't fast due to a stock 307 but it was a very pretty car that got what seemed like daily comments on what a good loooking car it was even with the stock bench seat and carpet delete. The bench seat meant my girl would scoot over beside me without a console seperating us. Bought a new set of Cragar SS wheels with G60 tires in the rear and Hi-Jacker air shocks. That gave it the classic 70's rake I wanted. Man it was gorgeous! Good luck on your Nova!

Love the channel bro! Really love these novas!!! Keep it coming well Keep watching! It dosnt need to be perfect it just needs to function! Make something everyone wrote off run again! These cars are laying In fields barns and garages, everywhere! Find one you really like and bring it back to life! Dont wait to build your dreams! Make it run and safe and build it along till it something your proud of! And 20 years from now you can just drive something old with classic plates if they tell us you can't drive anything Because you owe money for one reason or another another they can't take your ability to get around!!!! Trust me!!! don't fall into the electric car faze!!!

Awesome video man. Love the car !!!

Slow clap ensues 👏. Loving all your content and builds! It’s great how you involve the whole family. Good stuff.

Awesome brother!

Love it👍💯👊

Love your vision for these old cars , don’t get it perfect just get it back on the road ❤

Badass car man 🤟

The memories you are making with your little man are priceless! Well done!

I really like your videos looking forward to see how far the nova comes. I was begging during the boneyard video for you to take that Brown Ventura u used as the thumbnail. But that tour was literally fascinating for me.

I love the no Fear attitude Brother. Keep doing what you are doing

Looking good 👍 BW sent me

That is awesome that your getting your son involved

First time on this channel, really enjoyed it!!! As a woman that wrenches with her hubby tell you wife to come out to the shop more often it's a great way to spend time together!

Absolutely an awesome channel, good on you showing how to get an old classic back on the road without spending a fortune. Patina cars rule!

cool videos dude, keep up the good work!