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Nova car shows2/27/2024 ![]() ![]() My love of cars was re-energized, and of course, Novas in particular. ![]() That is, until the year 1997, when I started to attend some local car shows and cruise-ins. My love of music and audio engineering and raising a good family took over my life. I got married to my wife, Carrie, and we had two kids. I traded the car in on an Olds Cutlass, and then the Olds for a new Chevy Van to move my audio equipment around. I kept the car for about five years, but as I began to work at my first audio engineering job at the She Night Club, I lost my head a bit. Over the years, I did a lot to make it look hot! And, yes, I even got rid of that ugly light green paint that we all remember so many Novas came with from the factory. A grocery getter for sure, but in like-new condition, it became my high school car. Getting behind the wheel as fast as I could, I knew something else too! I wanted this car! It was a one owner trade-in with only fifteen thousand miles, bench seat, a six cylinder 250 engine, and a three speed on the floor. I remember looking at him smiling at me, and as we went up to it, I knew once again that feeling I had felt before with the '62. But then, maybe he did, because in the Spring of '73, just after I passed my driving test, he took me to White-Allen Chevrolet, and there on the lot was a beautiful '71 green Nova. It really wasn't as difficult as I thought it would be to master.īy the time I could drive (legally, that is), my dad had gotten rid of the '62 Chevy II, so I guess he didn't know how I felt about it. Over the next few years, I learned how to drive a Ford tractor and that '62 three speed Chevy II transmission. I naturally couldn't drive the car, but sitting next to my dad as we went places in it gave me a feeling that many young boys probably get about cars and their dads. With my dad's help, we put a new blue color on it and my love for Novas was born. Over the next year, I began to work on it, mostly sanding down the body to get it ready to paint. Now out of all the cars that my dad had, and there were a lot of them, there was just something about that little Chevy that got to me in a big way. The only really bad thing about it was that terrible faded green fleet color, and of course, the remnants of the missing DP&L stickers on the doors. The car was very solid with no dents and a pretty good interior. In that same year, my dad purchased from Dayton Power and Light, a 1962, two door Chevy II, with a four cylinder engine and a three on the tree. We invite you take a look at what many believe is one of the finest classic car web sites out there, and to discover for yourself why we get such high praise and feedback about what we provide and do. Our club charity supports the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children with a monthly donation to help in their work to save kids. Besides listing parts, we have thousands of photos, cool You Tube clips, car show listings, and newsletters. Our club website is for everybody who loves cool classic cars, trucks, and cycles, and it has been designed with a user-friendly format. This is why we say, "A Website for Everybody!". We also love talking to others who love the classic car hobby and helping them to find the right parts and people to assist them in what they need for their restoration project. We, the members of Miami Valley Novas, are dedicated to the preservation and restoration of Novas.
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