Nova Bone-yard at Desert Valley Auto
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- čas přidán 29. 07. 2023
- We visit Desert Valley Auto Parts (DVAP) in Black Canyon City Arizona to see there collection of GM's Chevy Nova's. This includes other cars under GM's X Body platform including the Oldsmobile Omega, Pontiac Ventura, and Buick Apollo. Watch as we tour this south western junk yard in the dead of summer in the Arizona desert.
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Enjoyed seeing the boneyard. It's a goldmine of Novas.
El. Caminos. Too
I can't believe the amount of Nova's!!!!! WOW
Yea so far this yard had the largest amount of novas,omegas, venturas, and apollos in one area than all of the other yards I have been too. It’s a shame some of the cars had cars stacked on top because the bottom car appeared to be solid before having the other car placed on the roof.
Ya that is why they are here junk scrap metal dreamers
Save every salvageable Vega 😊
I hear ya! I’m a big Vega fan. I especially have a soft spot for those wagons!
Any pintos
Junk scrap metal
❤ Dang that was a sweet little find right there, I live Roswell and we see all kinds of cherry classics ready to be picked but everyone says their going to fix e’m 🤣🤣🤣..Thanks for sharing ✌️
That's trouble people on pick him up for nothing. Not Pay anything that they are worth. But if you sat on a moment enough somebody will come along and it's usually not somebody local. It's how all that people will drive such a long distance or had them shipped. Somehow it makes them worth more because I had to go halfway across country to get it. I saw 39 wagon that was in the family since 1970 give or take. Got about five k out of it and you could just about Jack the body off the frame it was so rusted. That was my I don't want to mess with the price to the guy and he took me up on it. I probably turn down$20,000 part at least over my lifetime. That's when you add up all the 100 to $500 offers some people say where you going to let Rust in the ground. You're darn right before I give it away, now that guy could have had that car for about $1,500 less. Just point of view send those guys who actually owned a batch of cars that will Rust away and has rusted away but they're worth more now than they were when they were in good shape. Not coming down on you in particular. Just pointing out the other guy's point of view that has a bunch of cars laying around. Anyway there's true that some guys always planned to get around to it. Much more so for some reason people think you out laying around they're entitled to it for free.
Should"ve made some of those parts luggage, lol. Wow very cool place. Thanks for sharing.
I would have a field day in this particular yard. My first car was a 74 Nova SS with a modified 350. It ran the quarter mile in under 11 seconds.
That's pretty cool how much you like this era of Nova. I've got a 73/74 hatchback two Door Nova and a 78 two-door NOVA. The hatchback is a hatchback with it and it's a shell with a decent interior. God cannot give it away back in about 1984ish. Had a V6 which I transplanted into a front-wheel-drive newer car. Traded body parts that would unbolt for other parts and always thought it was cool because it was the end of the run for that body style and it was a hatchback. I'm glad to see other people liking them, because they weren't even ten years old and they were hated with a passion. The 77 coupe that just stayed around the family, from several of those body style that I had over the years back then. Remember novas were never true muscle cars. That was the general consensus until about maybe 20 years ago or so. I had plenty of them that were fast. Well just a little backstory I'm a kid I used to be a kid that grew up around them 😭. If you didn't have money that's what you drove if you want them real muscle car you got GTO maybe a Chevelle. Definitely not a mustang that was a true muscle car either. Ironic that most people consider a Camaro a muscle car throughout its run. Good see you soon so much love to these old novas..
I once found a 70’s Nova with a automatic console. I can’t remember what Chevy called it, but I knew it was rare. I needed the steering wheel column for my 69
as it was converted to a 4 speed. Another rarity is my Nova was once a 4 cylinder car. You wouldn’t think that when it’s a low 13’s car on street tires.
If that place was in Alabama, I would go broke 😂… I need stuff for my 72 nova
They ship.
What do need ?
Cowl and fenders and bumpers oh my
Those vintage slapper bars are sought after nowadays…
The 1978 Chevy Nova 9C1 Coupe may be the rarest Nova ever produced. Almost all other Police Novas were built as four-doors. But that's what my 1978 Nova is; a two-door police car
We special ordered a 76. Nova 2 door 350 4 spd. Tinted glass rallyes. Like a SS but no for 3700 bucks
@@user-ht1xu4gv2u wow. That was a rare combo with a 4 speed in those years. I had 4 all together of that body style. 2 doors and automatic. 2 were police specials. Another V8 and an inline 6. They were just old cars when I had them. I still have one in the Barn from when I was about 20.
Did anyone else notice that the hatchback nova must be sitting on a g body frame. The back of the frame is boxed and it has buckets for coil springs.
Yes. I think I made a joke about it being the “full frame edition”. I think they just through the body on there to move it around since they had just recently torch cut most of the rear structure out of the car for someone.
Need to see some wagons
FROM 1971 ON. THEY WHERE ALL 10 BOLTS
So that’s what heaven looks like, I knew it!🥹✌🏼
Definitely an awesome junkyard but damn was it hot being there in July!
I also had a spirit of America nova factory 4 speed
The later models, 75-79, are getting to be the popular build now because the 68-74 2 door Novas are getting hard to find in buildable shape, I just moved back to Florida from the Fort Mohave/Lake Havasu area and when I went back in October I bought a 75 Olds Omega, idk if it was there while you were there but it's Gold with the Black painted roof. I was looking for a Nova but I grabbed the Omega because the front clip was in REALLY good shape and if you have ever had an Omega you know how hard those Grilles are to find, it has the 250 Strait Six in it which I'm just going to rebuild because it's a GREAT engine and it's rare these days, alot of people pull the Strait Six and put a 350 in in them. Past that I idk what I'm going to do with as far as what color or interior.
Just a 2 day update.... I stopped by my local Paint and Supply store to look at Colors and I picked up gallon of Eastwood's Agave Green Metallic, Why Agave Green? because I got a SMOKING deal on it, my local store is an Eastwood Distributor and it was a "Miss-Mix" and I paid $50 for it, which is 66% of the price, and honestly IDGAF that it's 1/8 shade off of what it's supposed to be. I'm Painting the whole car so noone's gonna notice anyway unless there's another Agave Green car sitting right next to it and there's little to no chance of that.
Love the 75-79s. Especially the Ventura-Omega-Skylark.
Is your Omega the one with the angular front facia? I think that was a one year only front end.
The straight 6 is a good engine that will last forever. I came across a '76 Omega F85 for sale about three years ago. That is the strip down model that is super RARE. Only the second one I have seen in my life. Someone had swapped in a SBC but the emissions sticker showed it had a 250 originally.
@@tommylord all of the Omega's had the Trianglur front-end but the 77-79 were the ones with the pronounced beak. Congrats on the 76 F85, Not alot of people realize that Olds brought F85 edition back from 75-79, they think they ended in 67, which they did with the Cutlass but they brought it back for the Omega in 75 because sales for the Omega were bad in 73 and 74 and they didn't want to scrap the model.
@@TheREALOC1972 Thanks for the reply. What I meant by angular was the grill and headlight bezels were sloped back at the top, instead of straight vertical. That was 1975 only.
I did not buy that F85 I saw but I took a lot of photos for brevety.
Back in about 1982, I saw an Omega (76-77ish) parked in a small town that had a factory 5-speed. I bet those were rarer than hen's teeth. I think that a 5-speed could only be had with the 260 V8.
@@tommylord no they all had the slope, that was the way Olds used to make them different from the Nova, Ventura and Skylark.
Geez you didn't kick the tires so interested in that junk.
You guys should have wore desert hats... Where are the Chevy ll's (62-67) Cool video .👍👍
Another place for old car parts is Hidden Valley Auto Wrecking in Maricopa, Arizona. I was able to buy some parts for a 1954 Dodge there, however I don't know about their stock of Novas. They have a website, and are open Tuesday-Friday.
Barrett Jackson picked the good stuff out of there years ago
I want to find a junkyard like that and find me my next project
Junkyards like this one are great because the cars and parts are relatively solid starting points. Yards out by me are filled with cars beyond repair most times
7:11 I need that trim on the sail panel and the little corner piece, can’t find that anywhere!
Well this guy just found it for you. Called up to salvage yard in a ship it to you.
@@CAROLDDISCOVER-FINDER2525 there’s a salvage yard in a ship somewhere???
yeehaw
I need a chassis frame for my 63 Grand Prize!...lol. I live in S. FLORIDA! 😬 but they have at least 3 of them and some Catalina's that would work. I sent them an email for a price...U ship said $550 door to door. 🤞
Damn! Keep me posted if you hear back from them on a price. They also have a phone number on there website you can call.
@@hatchsrecreationalengineer1997 Man I hope...I called and they sent me to the other yard. I left a message AND sent an email, but nothing yet. I may have to take the 2300 mile drive out there. 😆 My brother lives in Tucson...my have to send him up there.
Looked like aluminum heads on the red 4 door
Hatch it’s been too long , we need another update 👍✌️
Definitely some good parts out there! Any chance you have any rocker trim clips for a 68-72 from any of your parts you’re not using?
Unfortunately I don’t have any of them.
I ve seen bigger legs in a bucket of kfc.last time i saw legs like that they were hangin out of a nest.hahaha
Hahaha I know Michelle! Those things are embarrassing lol. That’s why I only break them puppies out over 105 degrees.
Ford made the spirit of America cars as well including a mustang 🐎 where's the red white and blue package FYI
I hope they gets saved
I need Interior trim pieces from 73/74 hatchback
Looking for a 74 4 door Nova front windshield
Where is this located ???
Why are they showing a Pontiac in the still shot?
N.O.V.A
Nova
Omega
Ventura
Apollo
All are “technically” nova to me. Also since 90% of the parts are interchangeable between the models I feel it deserves to be represented in the Nova scrap yard highlights.
@@hatchsrecreationalengineer1997 engines? Don’t think so. Each division of GM made their own engines until around 1980.
@@GregZentTrumpetMan that’s why I said 90% of the parts are interchangeable.
@@hatchsrecreationalengineer1997 you really think the drivetrain is only 10%? Ok
Anyone know of a 71 monte carlo possible up for grabs
Cool car but no I don’t know anyone personally that has one for sale
So what did you buy?
Unfortunately nothing. I live in NJ and was visiting on vacation. Couldn’t find anything small enough to smuggle in my airplane luggage lol.
Well if it was Alabama I’d almost go broke.but I didn’t see a single 68 an some what I need is 68 only 🤦♂️always my luck lol
Try North Carolina and and the West Virginia / Southeast Ohio area junkyards. And the right area that seem to have fairly rust
Free cars in their yards. If I can find a half a dozen 1970s challengers. You are bound to find a 68 Nova or two. Hopefully you find a part you're looking for.
lmao, Nova boneyard and the thumbnail is a Pontiac Ventura.
Nice catch! Yes the thumbnail car is a Ventura. I used this because it was the most complete example at the yard and the “do not crush” painted on the side was awesome! The boneyard section I filmed was filled with not just novas but Venturas, omegas, and Apollos. Since NOVA is an acronym for the 3 other auto manufacturers I felt it still applies to the NOVA boneyard.
@@hatchsrecreationalengineer1997 All good. Great video by the way. I could live there.
@@bullzeyez3236 your telling me! If that place was only a few hours from my house I’d be broke haha. If shipping wasn’t so expensive I would have been sending parts back home for sure!
NOVA. OMEGA. VENTURA. APOLLO
SPELL IT. OUT