[Mater]

When I was a 5 year old kid in Reno Nv. in 1979, my uncle had a 70 Nova with a 327. It didn't have a back seat in it but it had a rollcage. My uncle used to take me for a ride and I'd swing from the rear cage like a monkey while he'd blip the throttle and I'd swing back and forth laughing hysterically the whole time.

It was from then on that I decided that I wanted a "Nova Car". Fast forward to 1997 when I was 23 and I had yet to find a Nova that was worth fixing or that I could afford. Anywhoo, my g-pa called one night and said that his neighbor was selling her house and I should look at it. I looked at it and I bought the house, (double wide trailer). It turned out that the very same lady had just that day given my g-pa a Quezal Gold 1972 Pontiac Ventura II with just 56,000 original miles on it.

Being curious, I headed over to his house, which was 5 trailers away, and there it was. A "Nova Car" with a funny looking front end and a Pontiac emblem. I didn't shine, had ugly rims, silly whitewall tires and an ugly interior, but it was a beautiful car. He never really liked the car and only drove it when his truck broke down. He asked me what I saw in it and I told him it could be the best lookin car in town and to prove it he needed to give me his credit card and 2 months. He always laughed at that part......I don't know why.

He passed away in 2002 and in his will, he left the car to me and even added that he would be looking down and laughing at me as I went broke trying to fix "Eva" up. So far, I haven't done much to the car, except drive it and enjoy it, and what has been done has just about broken me, but one day I'm gonna fix Eva up so purty and I'm gonna make a little plaque to put in the engine bay that simply reads, "I told ya so gramps!"



Oh, by the way, I have absolutely CREAMED a few Camaros and even a Chevelle, even though the Chevelle was a challenge. This car is wicked fast!