1964 Chevrolet Nova

Chevrolet's compact Chevy II was finding its performance footing in 1964, when a factory 283 V8 joined the lineup. This turquoise Nova takes that small-car, big-engine recipe several steps further with a 406ci small block and an overdrive automatic. There's some production perspective behind those crisp lines, too: the National Nova Association lists just 30,827 two-door coupes among 191,691 Chevy IIs built for 1964, including Super Sports. That gives the coupe a smaller slice of the year's production without needing to stretch this modified example into a factory rarity claim. Under the cowl induction hood, the 406 brings plenty of cubic inches to the early Nova formula.