RPO Four-Speed Big-Block '68-70 Nova SS Let us not forget the '68, '69, and '70 RPO manual transmission big-block Novas. The L34 350hp 396 sales were 234, 1,947, and 1,802; L78 375hp 396 sales ...

You had to have some insider knowledge to know that the most powerful 396 had become an option. The '69 Nova brochure shows the 350/300hp as the only available engine for the Nova SS option.

He thought they were '69 models. I was born in 1969 ... to look over the cars for himself. The Nova SS under the carport was orange, still wearing 396 badges on the front fenders.

The same engine went into 4,670 Nova SS cars. The now big-block Nova saw ... He convinced Chevrolet Product Promotion's Vince Piggins that a '69 L78 396 Chevy II was winnable with a Turbo 400 ...

The Nova also got the 396-cubic-inch (6.5-liter) big-block V8, which cranked out as much as 375 horsepower. This rating put the Nova SS on par with rigs like the Ford Mustang Cobra Jet.

All the gauges are crisp and legible. Beneath the hood, the Chevy Nova SS is equipped with its matching-number 396 cubic-inch Big Block fed by a four-barrel carb, and producing 375 horsepower.

More importantly, the late '60s heralded the availability of a 396-cubic-inch big block V8 in the Nova SS. Although even bigger big block motors like the 454-cubic-inch displacement V8 would be ...

1970 was a pretty important year for the Chevrolet Nova SS. It was the moment when the GM brand decided to give up on the SS 396, so starting with 1971, the car came fitted with various engine ...

In the other lane is a 1969 Chevy Nova SS396, which features the 396 cubic-inch V8 L78. As the video hosts points out, this V8 comes equipped with a range of exciting goodies, including a solid ...