Movie Taxi Prop: 1975 Chevrolet Nova
One of the best-selling cars built by Chevrolet in the 1960s and 1970s was the Chevy II/Nova. The car got a major redesign in 1968, and – from then through 1972 – it would be a best-seller. Things got refreshed again in 1975, and the auto continued to attract buyers after the first OPEC oil embargo. This mild-mannered ’75 sedan was used as a movie prop, though we don’t know when or where that was or what the name of the film was.
This Nova is said to have a six-cylinder engine, which could have a displacement of 250 cubic inches. It comes with what should be a TH-350 automatic transmission and the car was a runner before the seller changed the gas tank. Now it will only start and move off a gas can, so more work is going to be required. It has air conditioning, but we’re told it’s not hooked up.
The photos were taken before the taxi stickers in Pocatello, Idaho were removed. No interior photos are provided, but the seller says the dashboard pad is bad and the front seat has a cover over it. Some poor bodywork was done in the past on the right front fender, so a redo will be in order. This Chevy is available here on Facebook Marketplace in Atlanta, Georgia where the price has been lowered from $2,750 to $2,000. Cheap wheels project, anyone? But, take note. The seller thinks its a 1974 model, but it was built after that.
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Comments
Looks like a 1975 nova to me
Yes definitely not a 74
Imagine dialing a phone number(on the fender) without an area code.
“Number, please”? As a young woman, my mom was an operator during the war, while putting herself through nursing school. She said, in the 40s, they still had the classic board with all the wires.
My mom did the same thing during the war – I’m glad she did, because that was where she met my dad !!!
While my dad was in the service my mom worked in a aircraft plant in Philadelphia.
My city only had one area code (it has three now) when this car was new. You didn’t have to dial an area code before the phone number.
It’s a 1975 nova because that was the new body style and my family had one back I 1991
The only movie that shows a ’75 Nova taxi seems to be Death Wish 3, and it was painted yellow. It’s common for Hollywood to paint vehicles, and the Nova was used in many shows as a background vehicle. If it was a real taxi, plenty worn, but if not rusted, it’s a heck of a buy.
My driver’s ed car was a ’75 Nova in sandstone with the matching cloth interior. V8 automatic. We lucked out as the other cars were a six cylinder Malibu and a Bel Air. The Nova was easiest to drive around town and park. Someone added the LN good ornament.
You had it EASY . . my driver’s ed car was a four-door 1970 IMPALA – we called it, “The SS Get Out Of The Way” !!!
Oh, I know. The kids driving the Bel Air complained about parking it. At home we had an Impala and a C20 pickup.
Ha! That would make a great topic, Steve, what was your Dr.ed. car? A local AMC dealer supplied most of the cars, and while the Javelin went fast, most got a Hornet or Gremlin.
Look at all the old cars in that parking lot!
I think that picture was taken at a car show.
Must have been a long cab ride from Idaho guess the driver just decided to say I’m staying here.
Why was the gas tank replaced if it ran good? – i know of some ’60s GM cars that not only still run great with their original undercoated gas tanks that have never been cleaned out!, but their original fuel senders in the tanks & the original dash gages still work too! & they are not garage queens either.
“Thanks go out to reader PRA4SNW for sending this one to us”.
Just helping you out, Russ.