[Jim Cassels]

I guess it was not considered a musle car at the time but I ordered a 69 Nova SS 300 HP 350 with turbo 350. the car was butternut yellow, bench seat column shift no carpet and dog dish hub caps. I ordered a 4:10 12 bolt posi but it came with a 3:55. It took 3 mo. to arive and I know the salesman hated to see me coming to check on it. One mo. after it came in it had a 4:10 gear, a set of Jardine headers and a Crane cam that Travis would have frowned on.
I drove the car to the track and could win class & do pretty good in jr. stock unless some of the bad boys towed in. I won one sunday and the guy I beat informed me that if I came back I would take it back in peices.. Well I didnt have a trailer and I belived him so I bought a pair of large combustion heads and a Lunati plus area cam and ran it as a 255 horse. The car ran 4 tenths of a 13.09 national record legally.
Well the first child came along and the trans went away so I lemped in to the dealer and traded it for a 71 chevelle 307. It is amazing what they are doing with the 255 HP combo today.
Jim