So Charley....Gonna tell everyone what you bought?

[NovaMob03]

Unfortunately true, William.
When I purchased the (unrestored) Nova from Larry the engine/trans/rear was already built and since he had 5 (1 pro mod record holding) drag car's & said the motor was built right (by one of his shop guys-unsupervised) I had no reason to not doubt his word(Larry was also stricken with cancer, but was still racing).

I regret not having the engine checked out. Eventually, I helped Tom find a 440 block from another sYc member which made the car 'more correct', but it was an old Iowa race car that'd lost it's orig component's long before Kim even found it.
When Tom took it to auction @ Indy I strongly suggested he reconsider, but he'd been told he'd get a prime Fri or Sat spot and it would sell well. That didn't happen & it sold around 50K