History:


The Nova first came into my life when my mom bought it from my cousin. He had fished it out of a line of three or four cars leading down an old lady's driveway and into her garage. He had to buy all of the cars in order to get to a '58 Ford police wagon which was the first car in the line. The Nova had been sitting for 18 years. The lady was the original owner, and she let her son use it when he went to college.

The car had a persistent moldy odor, leaves clogging the vents, ugly dark metallic blue paint, and rotten weatherstripping, but after some work (including the addition of front seat belts), she ran. Eventually my mom had the engine rebuilt and sold the car to a friend.

Several years later, in early 1998, my mom bought the car back and she and her husband put a lot of work into it, including:

- new interior

- new paint

- new weatherstripping in in the doors, trunk, and under the rear bumper

- a good polishing of the chrome, along with some new chrome parts

- various tidbits like seat belts, a dome light lens, a parking brake handle, a light-switch, etc.

The car is technically still my mom's, but since she already has a car she lets me keep it at my house and treat it as if it's my own. Thanks Mom!!!