1964 Chevrolet Chevy II Nova SS
Corvairs are delightful cars, but they weren’t the right car to capture the compact market in 1960. Instead, the Ford Falcon ran away with the title of America’s favorite compact. As soon as this was evident, General Motors brass greenlit a crash development program to build a back-to-basics Falcon fighter. In 18 months, Chevrolet came up with the Chevy II.
Mechanically, it was more
