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Jersey To Tampa In A 509 Nova, Part 5

Home, Sweet Home

Posted May 22 2013 02:54 PM by Jim Campisano

We made it: 1,100 miles from South Jersey to Tampa in a 509-powered ’72 Nova. We burned more gas than we expected, but added exactly zero oil, coolant, ATF or power steering fluid during the trip. That's a testament to the...

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Jersey To Tampa In A 509 Nova, Part 4

Can Someone Get A Paving Crew To South Carolina?

Posted May 21 2013 10:04 AM by Jim Campisano

Overdrive and air conditioning. These are the two modern conveniences we purposely left off the Nova SS509 project car when we decided to build it. It was going to be a street/strip machine that went to the occasional...

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Jersey To Tampa In A 509 Nova, Part 3

Scare Number 2 and Tracking Speed

Posted May 20 2013 09:19 AM by Jim Campisano

As we reported in our last blog, we hit a bird in Virginia with the SS509 Nova project just before we picked up I-95 a few miles from North Carolina. From past experience, I can tell you this is usually bad luck. I knew a...

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Jersey To Tampa In A 509 Nova, Part 2

Suicidal Bird and A Scare

Posted May 19 2013 08:08 PM by Jim Campisano

The fog was had just cleared as we motored down Route 1 South through Virginia. I was just about to relax a little and enjoy the Rat power when a bird committed hare kare, throwing himself in front of my Nova. Quite a shock...

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Jersey To Tampa In A 509 Nova, Part 1

Traffic stinks, but we make it to Virginia OK

Posted May 19 2013 03:00 AM by Jim Campisano

The first leg of our journey to Tampa in our 509-powered Nova SS is complete. Despite heavy traffic, constant rain and a long distance, our project car made it perfectly to Virginia Motorsports Park in Dinwiddie. The...

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Nova Drive In The Countryside

Feels Like The First Time

Posted August 14 2012 11:13 AM by Jim Campisano

For me, a side benefit of covering the Super Chevy Show last month at Maple Grove Raceway was being reunited with the Super Chevy Magazine SS509 Nova project car. I had not been in it since its mechanical completion. We...

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Upgrade Your Rolling Stock!

Show Wheels New Thrashstar Design

Posted May 30 2012 07:24 AM by 55Guy

Show Wheels has relased a new design to it's extensive line of rolling stock...

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transmission leak

broken converter

Posted February 10 2012 10:48 AM by Calin

We finally had time to track down the transmission leak in the 70 Z/28 Camaro we have been tinkering with in the West Coast Super Chevy Shop.. While this is a very solid car it has seen some serious abuse before being...

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Thumbs up or Thumbs Down to Patina?

Rat Rod Chevys

Posted August 17 2010 02:03 PM by 55Guy

I've been noticing lately, the rat rod trend has been expanding beyond its usual demographic of pre-1960 cars...

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Hey! What Time Is It?!

Equipe Watches Donates Special Watch to Project AMerican Heroes III Auction

Posted June 24 2010 07:12 AM by 55Guy

As an added bonus for the winning bidder of PAH III, Equipe Watches has donated a special timepiece that will go along with the Chevelle...

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Nasty Nova

TCI Front Clip Install Coming Soon

Posted June 23 2010 07:28 AM by Jim Campisano

Not too long ago we came into possession of a ’72 Nova SS. It had been set up for a big-block, but was engineless. It wasn't perfect, but it was acquired for a price that anyone working at McDonald's could afford. Plus, it...

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American Heroes Chevelle Ready For Auction

Our Charity Chevelle Has Landed In Orange County

Posted June 21 2010 11:53 AM by Jim Campisano

The countdown to the Project American Heroes Chevelle auction at Barrett-Jackson's Orange County, California, event is ticking ever-faster. Our LSA-powered/TCI six-speed automatic trans-equipped ’70 is scheduled to go...

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Getting My Hands Dirty

Yes, editors do work on their own cars

Posted January 29 2010 08:17 AM by Jim Campisano

Car magazine editors are an eclectic group, the likes of which you usually don't see outside a prison or mental institution. On the planet's list of unusual occurences, a legitimate Big Foot sighting is slightly more...

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Homewrecker At PRI

Super Chevy Project Is On The Road

Posted December 30 2009 09:43 AM by Jim Campisano

Project Homewrecker, my ’72 Corvette Stingray, was on display at the recent PRI show in Orlando. The valets at the Hilton were kind enough to allow me to park it in front of the main entrance, where it would be safe.

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27 Reasons I'm Glad I Live In Tampa

My new Nova is buried under snow

Posted December 24 2009 11:20 AM by Jim Campisano

Here it is, my beloved new ’72 Nova SS, buried under 27 inches of snow in southern New Jersey. Yes, we said 27.

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