I bought the car for 200.00 in July of 1987 when I was only 15.  The owner bought it as a project car, but decided to sell it instead.

My Dad and I bought a used engine and put a mild cam on it, installed a TH400 (that was not easy back in 1988).  Removed the power steering rack and found a manual drag link. We rebuilt the front and rear suspension, repaired the floors and worked on the body so it was presentable (bondo).  I manually removed the top layer of paint and spray painted the car in grey primer. We had the original seats recovered in black vinyl and installed new carpet. I was driving it by early 1989 on a high school budget! I won plenty of street races at that time and was loving the car.

I enlisted in the Navy and while serving, saved money and bought parts for the full restoration. GM Fenders and full quarter panels (in the boxes) were stashed and the slow-going project began. While home on leave, I would make appointments with Mondello’s Auto body to have the body work completed in stages while I was away.  When I got out of the Navy, the body work and paint were finished in 1995. The roll bar was installed in 1996 by Marty Denko race cars after I made a sub 11 second pass and the track operator told me I couldn’t race the rest of the day.

In 1997 I installed a S&W ladder bar kit with coil springs and shocks.

I have been driving and currently racing in 11.50 Index series for the last 6 years.

The car has run a best of 11.15@122mph with more potential since that pass.

(I have to explain the grill emblems… A good friend of mine Dave Moran gave me this reproduction SS grill.  I like the Chevy II emblem better than the Nova but didn’t want the hole left open. So I cut off the Nova from the SS and left the Chevy II.  It is new so I am not sure what I think of it up to this point.)