“I’ve got three Fox-body Mustangs, including my turbo race car that has gone threes in the eighth-mile, and a ProCharged 347 stroker-powered notch. While you may well be asking why someone would give up such a righteous toughie, Harley has some nuclear-grade hardware in his shed. “We drove the arse out of that car I cruised Surfers Paradise, we’d drive it to Bright and back, out to Echuca, down to South Australia. “I had the car for seven years, and it was perfect when I sold it recently,” he sighs. But, as the saying goes, money talks, and Harley recently bade farewell to the purple beastie. With a Phoenix Gold Bluetooth stereo pumping tunes through Kicker speakers, the Nova is a killer tough street cruiser. Danny from SOC Auto Upholstery in Hallam added custom black carpet along with Nova SS seats and trim done in the factory black pattern, while a stock tiller provides a place for resting your hands while cruising. The 80s-spec ‘Barney the friendly pro street dinosaur’ interior was binned in favour of a subtler approach using all the classy understated style from the stock ’67 Nova SS catalogue. The beaten-up coupe was taken to a panel shop for repair, but that shop botched the job, so Harley drove it over to Unique Panels in Hallam, Melbourne, where the team fixed the quarter panel and painted it the custom-tinted PPG Chrysler purple. “I bought it off the first Aussie owner and drove it around until a wheel came off, which wrecked the paint.” “It came into the country as an 80s pro street car with graphics, a blown engine, full tubs and all that stuff,” Harley says. Hunkered down over modern wheels and with killer paint, it packs a lot of Aussie street machining flavour for a US import. Harley Hamilton’s ’67 Nova SS is a prime example of this, with a tubbed, four-link rear end swallowing serious rubber and a blown 406ci small-block whining away up front. A set of tubs, fat meats out back and a metal mountain jutting from the front end works a treat when added to an early-70s Plymouth Duster, Ford Maverick or a classic-era Chevy Nova – provided one steers clear of stink-bug rakes and disco-era paintjobs.įirst published in the June 2021 issue of Street Machine SOME cars just take to the pro street look.
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