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Ron Barker - 1963 CHEVY II NOVA PRO STREET - TUBBED, BDS 6-71 BLOWER, BRADLEY 700R4 OVERDRIVE TRANSMISSION. 4-WHEEL DISC BRAKES, HURST QUARTER STICK SHIFTER, AUTOMETER GAUGES, PAINLESS WIRING KIT, FACTORY STYLE INTERIOR AND TRIM, FRONT & REAR BUMPER GUARDS, AND DANA-60 REAR END. i ORIGINALLY PURCHASED THIS VEHICLE FROM AN ELDERLY COUPLE AND THEIR SON IN 1985. I ACTUALLY RAN INTO THE SON IN 2005 AT A CAR SHOW IN GREENFIELD. HE RECONIZED MY NAME BUT NOT THE CAR. A FEW CHANGES SINCE THEN. THE CAR COMPLETED THE 2003 HOT ROD POWER TOUR FROM NASHVILLE TN. TO DALLAS/FT. WORTH TX. INCLUDED IN THE 2003 MAGAZINE COVERAGE OF THE POWER TOUR BY HOTROD AND CAR CRAFT. ALSO APPEARS IN THE 2003 POWER TOUR DVD VIDEO. THIS VEHICLE HAS ACHIEVED GOLD CLASS STATUS WITH THE NATIONAL NOSTALGIC NOVA CLUB AND HAS WON AWARDS IN ATLANTA GA / CEDAR RAPIDS IA / PITTSBURGH PA / JOHNSON CITY TN / GETTYBURG PA / KISSIMMEE FL. IN 2007 AT THE NOVA NATIONALS IT WON "BEST OF THE GOLD CLASS". THE GOLD CLASS VEHICLES ARE JUDGED AGAINST OTHER GOLD CLASS VEHICLES AND THE TOP SCORING VEHICLE IS SELECTED THE "BEST OF THE GOLD CLASS",THE HIGHEST AWARD GIVEN TO A NOVA AT THE NATIONALS.