Exactly what is a "deuce"?

[drce500]

1968 was the last year cars were badged chevy II.

[Niblet]

Originally Posted by drce500

actually thats wrong.the guys who call newer novas deuces only seem to be on the yenko site.mostly guys that arent old enough to actually have been there.i had a 1970 nova ss in 1970.any nova newer than a 1968 chevy II/nova is a nova.other than the yenko deuce of course.its just guys trying to make there cars sound like something they are not.i can tell you (back in the day)no one called 1969 and up novas deuces.

I figured as much

[NorCam]

Originally Posted by drce500

.i can tell you (back in the day)no one called 1969 and up novas deuces.

Not sure how old you are but I grew up in a heavy street scene city. and throughout all my days of street racing in the 70's and early 80's, many referred to Nova's as Deuces. The older guys called them that all the time and I don't think that phrase simply died in 68 when GM badged the cars as Nova's.

Case in point, Yenko badging the Nova as a Deuce.

[drce500]

how old are you norcam?if i had a 70 nova in 70 how old do you think i am?

[drce500]

im 68,grew up in a very heavy street race era and did a lot of street racing.i can tell you myself and many others had 69 and newer nova and never heard the word deuce.maybe its a canuck thing?

[NorCam]

lol...I was 5 in 1970

But grew up hearing the phrase Deuce from guys born in the 50's who were always referring to built up Nova's on the street. Saw lot's of Chevy II's in Winnipeg's street scene too, but it was loosely used on both tags.

[drce500]

5 in 1970,i rest my case

[drce500]

(Not sure how old you are but I grew up in a heavy street scene city. and throughout all my days of street racing in the 70'). so how much street racing did you do in the 70s?you were 14 in 1979

[427TJ]

The USAF Convair F-102 Delta Dagger interceptor was also nicknamed the "Deuce."

[YENKO DEUCE REGISTRY]

Originally Posted by drce500

(Not sure how old you are but I grew up in a heavy street scene city. and throughout all my days of street racing in the 70'). so how much street racing did you do in the 70s?you were 14 in 1979

This is hilarious BTW!! I was like 2 in 1970, and began driving in 1985 - FWIW, my local scene never, ever, referred to any of year of Nova as a 'Deuce'. Sounds like it was a regional thing....


So, the Nova being badged as both a Nova and a Chevy II goes back to the 1st generation, and the Chevy II identifier is indeed from being the off shoot of the older and larger Impala line. Some folks believe that '68 was the 'only' year that the Nova was dually badged, but that is not the case, it is simply the last year for that practice. Yenko keyed off the Chevy II moniker when he coined the Yenko Deuce package, and then keyed off of that when he coined the Yenko Ace package for 1971....