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Old 12-26-2013, 11:29 PM
A.W.Dille A.W.Dille is offline
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Originally Posted by 400 4spd. View Post
No Nova ever looked as good as the '74 GTO.
Plus when the 74's came out the GTO was tested against a Nova SS and the GTO was the hands down winner. I think I still have the magazine somewhere that this comparison was done. The GTO was around 2-3 tenths quicker in the quarter than the Nova, both automatics and the Nova had more gearing IIRC. Nothing against them from where I sit.

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