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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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Phase 2 of Super Chevy AMD Chevelle Build

AMD Chevelle Takes Flight

Posted January 17 2013 12:56 PM by Jim Campisano

The Super Chevy AMD Chevelle project is kicking into phase 2 in 2013. It looks perfect and now we're going to make it perform just as well. First, we're rebuilding the 12-bolt courtesy of Strange, then adding and overdrive...

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W-Motor Shoes

348 Sneakers With 409 Laces

Posted July 26 2012 07:46 AM by Jim Campisano

They say you see everything at the Maple Grove Super Chevy event and I believe it. This photo was taken in the show field. One of the big car owners was sporting these athletic shoes: New Balance 348s with 409 laces.

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Traction Action

Adding Slide-A-Links To Our Nova SS Project

Posted May 10 2012 07:46 AM by Jim Campisano

There's been a lot of excitement about our ’72 Nova SS project car. Thanks to its Dart 509, Performance Automatic TH400 and Currie 9-inch, we've gone 10.72s at 126, but with a mediocre 1.53 60-ft time. Couldn't get out of...

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Jerry Jardine Still Alive, Still Making Headers

Rumors of his demise untrue

Posted March 2 2012 02:12 PM by Jim Campisano

In the articles in the April 2012 issue of Super Chevy about the replica of the 1961 Old Reliable racecar and the interview with Bill Jenkins, is was written that noted longtime header builder Jerry Jardine was no longer...

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Grumpy's Camaro Going To Auction

Own A Piece Of Grumpy Jenkins Auction History

Posted January 6 2011 08:56 AM by Jim Campisano

In the Chevy drag racing world, no name is bigger than that of Bill "Grumpy" Jenkins. The Malvern Missile, who was out signing autographs at our Super Chevy Show at Maple Grove Raceway in Pennsylvania last summer, ran a...

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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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A Nova Like One Other

Norm Meads' L78 Nova SS Takes Him Back

Posted June 15 2010 09:24 AM by Jim Campisano

When Norm Meads was 17, he ordered a black-on-black L78 Nova at Park Circle Chevrolet in Baltimore. With a few mods, the 375-horse, automatic-equipped ’70 was soon running low 12s at 111 mph. Not a bad hot rod for a...

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Sitting In A Piece Of History

Mr. Editor Meets Mr. Super Sport

Posted May 14 2010 09:54 AM by Jim Campisano

By any measure, our Super Chevy Show in Virginia was a wild success. On a personal note, one of the highlights of the weekend was getting to meet Tommy Nolen and his wife, and getting an up-close and personal look at his...

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Where Have All The V-8 Vegas Gone?

We've Got One Coming Soon

Posted May 7 2010 06:48 AM by Jim Campisano

As we continually seek to fine-tune Super Chevy Magazine, it occurred to me that we've not featured a really trick V-8 Vega in quite some time. Not for a lack of trying, mind you, but for a variety of reasons we've not...

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Junior Johnson's ’59 At The 500

This was an unexpected surprise

Posted February 17 2010 04:22 PM by Jim Campisano

I took in my first Daytona 500 in 2010 and (like many of you) I feel it was a mixed bag. The racing, enhanced by larger openings in the restrictor plates, was more exciting than in years past and there was a near-record...

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New 409 Block Nears Production

World Products & Walden Automotive Are Close

Posted February 2 2010 09:57 AM by Jim Campisano

Over the last 18 months, we've brought you updates of the new aluminum 409 block being engineered by World Products and Lamar Walden Automotive. Here's the latest on it. World Products, the noted provider of crankcases,...

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