People associate Jim Wangers — “godfather of the GTO” — with Pontiac, but he had his hand in other makes of cars as well. Wangers built and sold a car called “The Milwaukee Classic” when he owned Jim Wangers Chevrolet, Inc., on Milwaukee’s Green Bay Avenue in the early 1970s. After a story appeared in Old Cars several years ago mentioning Wangers’ Chevrolet dealership, we received a call from Larry Muschinski of Milwaukee who said he owns a 1973 “Milwaukee Classic” Nova that was originally sold by Jim Wangers Chevrolet, Inc. Muschinski was told that it was one of only four such cars made.
Muschinski’s Nova was unrestored and showing 34,981 miles when he contacted us. The car is actually a Nova Custom two-door coupe with a 350-cid V-8 topped with a Rochester four-barrel carburetor and backed by a four-speed manual transmission. The car was equipped with front bucket
