The AMT 1/25 1966 Chevy Nova Pro Street is one of our most popular kits.
AMT offers the Nova SS Pro-Street for the out-of-the-box builder.
"Trends" is a word that comes to mind when describing the evolution or the state of the various forms of expression automotive enthusiasts have demonstrated throughout the history of the automobile. One such trend currently blossoming in the field of street machining is "Pro-Street". Originally, this type of street machine was an emulation of those quarter-pounders, the Pro-Stock drag cars. Some of the early Pro Streeters were actually Pro Stockers "retired" to the streets; any similarity between these and a street legal machine was purely coincidental! Subsequent "scratch built" Pro-Streeters still follow the drag strip theory of design and construction, utilizing race car components and equipment combinations even more outrageous than the dragsters. The idea was to get attention at the car shows and meets.
Somewhere along the line, however, some folks realized they were making major investments in spark plugs and cooling systems just to make a few passes around the fairgrounds or shopping mall parking lots, buckin 'n stompin, trying to keep the engine cleaned out. This was definitely not where it was at! With all the time, effort and dollars invested in these attention - getters, folks reasoned they should be seen where the name implies; after all, these weren't "Pro-Parking" machines!
This brings us to the most recent development In Pro-Street machines; mainly, the rediscovery of reality. Real Pro-Stockers are designed to travel 1320 feet straight and fast, and many concessions are made to this end. Pro-Street cruisin' requires concessions as well, but in the opposite direction. Today's ProStreeters should give the appearance of drag strip seriousness and yet be able to negotiate turns, driveways, and other such obstacles found on real streets. Driving to and from a show or meet, or just plain cruisin', requires manageable horsepower, working suspensions, and some sort of creature comforts on the inside. Fabricated aluminum engine rooms, interiors, floor pans, and trunks look dynamite on a show car, are de rigueur at the strip, but can be hazardous to your sanity on a functional street machine. Undercoating outside and sound deadening inside can eliminate a lot of the grief. "Form follows function" is still a very good rule of thumb.
It is with all of the aforementioned in mind that we offer the Nova SS Pro- Street; for the out-of-the-box builder, a clean, sensible street machine with building / display options. For the kit bashers and putty throwers, the same, plus a point of debarkation-to go wherever imagination and creativity leads. For example, the detailed accessory engine can be grafted onto the bell housing / transmission of tin two-piece "main" engine block assembly. The detailed cylinder heads can he installed on either engine, on the engine stand or, as just mentioned, in the car as an "in progress" assembly. If you choose to open the trunk, recesses are provided for batteries and fuel cell detailing, and the wheel tub rolled beads are already there. You will also be surprised at how many AMT/MPC Camaro, Chevelle, Nova bodies will accept the "Pro" chassis with little or no modification. These are but a few of the many possibilities available through both the subject matter and components offered in this kit. We hope you will enjoy building many mild to wild Pro-Streeters.
