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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: day2killa</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Is this too much?

http://i340.photobucket.com/albums/o...pstrzdxapl.png </div></div>

Looks like it's missing something important... :-)

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https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/pics...driverside.jpg
https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/pics...413-70nova.jpg
https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/pics...-thenova_1.jpg
https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/pics...5-passside.jpg
https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/pics...6-bigblock.jpg
https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/pics...17-nastybb.jpg
https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/pics...18-broken1.jpg
https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/pics...419-broken.jpg
https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/pics...20-mrtoots.jpg
Found some pics of my '70 Nova from circa 1975 and not taken at the same time. Car was originally a 307 auto car with manual drum brakes, perfect for a drag car. National Speed Shop in Canoga Park, Ca. built the car and used it as advertisement at the drags in the early'70's. I first saw the car in my high school auto shop and had to have it. They dropped in a built big block (who knows what it had) a 4 speed and the 12 bolt with 5:13 gears. To think I traded a guy a '72 Yamaha R-5 in good condition and $1700 cash for this monster amazes me. The sound of the Purple Hornie's could be heard for miles. (Sorry Mom)

The picture quality is bad but thought everyone would get a kick out of this.

Oh, the valve covers. That's another long winded story.

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WTF
A right side pic of a blown apart left VC. errrrr
Upside down, backwards........ [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/cry.gif[/img]
Lol

Ok .I'll look for the long winded explanation

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: 47Hammer</div><div class="ubbcode-body">
The sound of the Purple Hornie's could be heard for miles. </div></div>

Just another reason I really want a pair.

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https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/pics...22-broken1.jpg


A buddy of mine was trying to set the timing and was busy moving the distributor around. I was sitting behind the wheel pumping the gas pedal and we got ignition and a huge backfire through the carb. It blew both valve covers off and removed all the facial hair from my friend as his head was under the hood. I just threw the valve covers on and pushed the car into my backyard. Bought a new set of valve covers and had it towed to a speed shop to be dyno tuned. It was my first car.

I drove by my buddies house one night and he was on the phone with his girlfriend and she said was that Bart's car? lol

The car coasted so good that late at night I would cut the motor off 1/2 mile from my house and glide into the back yard.

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Cool story , zHot subject....

Education for how not to preload the cylinders with foot stomping fuel......

Coasting it, did you ever refire it and blow the mufflers apart ?

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No, never needed to, but I used to do that in my Mother's Toyota. Pump the gas and turn it back on and BAM! Backfire! lol good times. [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/naughty.gif[/img]

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Nice Nova! The speed shop installed a real deal SS hood on it rather than just drilling holes for the hood louvers!.


Tommy

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Very cool Bart!

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I like the use of the intake manifold as a tool tray [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/headbang.gif[/img]

Dan