CollectorCarTraderOnline: By the Numbers(August 2006)

65 Sedan Driving

By Joe Grom, www.chevy2only.com

Nothing like cheap tires, drum brakes, and the smell of $4-per-gallon fuel to get you thinking about your ride. She turned 43 on the drive home the other night—43K, that is! "She" is my ’65 two-door Nova sedan.

In 1991, I found the white-on-red two-door sedan for sale in the classifieds. It was located somewhere toward Indianapolis (close to where my wife and I first met). Buying the car wasn’t going over so good with her since we had only been married a year. But she got over it! My pitch was, "It’s an old Nova, honey, and it is white on red. I had never seen one with this unique color combination." "Yeah, right," she replied.

After making the deal, the paperwork showed it had sold new at a dealership near our house. That didn’t seem to matter, either!

Regardless, I purchased the car with the original intention of building it the way I would have ordered it had I been old enough in 1965. From that point until not too long ago I’ve been collecting parts. Other than that maiden drive form Indy with the six-banger and three on the tree, I had not driven the car until just recently, when I drove her home from the alignment shop. What I was not impressed with during that commute was the way the card handled. Could we have gone too stock with this Nova?

We had an indoor show, 50 miles or so round trip, so I jumped at the chance to get some more "break-in" miles on the new engine. Oh, did I mention it now sports a full-fledged 327/350 from a ’66 Deuce? Yes, with all the stock goodies.

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Collector Car Trader Calendar

Many of you have seen us around the country at different industry trade shows, and want to know where the CCTOL team is going to turn up next! Here are the shows we have on our radar so far:

• Fall Carlisle, Carlisle, PA, September 27-October 1
• GoodGuys 14th Lonestar Nationals, Fort Worth, TX, September 29-October 1
• GoodGuys 13th Southeastern Nationals, Charlotte, NC, October 27-29
• SEMA Show, Las Vegas, NV, October 31-November 1

Here are some other great shows:

• VMCCA Kentucky Heartland Weekend, Elizabethtown, KY, September 29-October 1
• Motorvations FL, Perry, FL, October 24-28, 2006.

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Industry News

Shockerhitch for Smoother Towing
We all know how well air suspensions work on trucks, filtering out the road vibrations giving the driver and his load a much smoother ride. At Shockerhitch we took this same technology and used it to develop a better towing hitch. When towing with pickups pulling box trailers or flatbeds there is a tremendous amount of energy between the truck and trailer, this is felt as a jerking motion.

The Shockerhitch is a miniature air ride suspension that plugs into a standard receiver tube. The air bag is located under the receiver tube in order to keep the ball closer to the tow vehicle. This product will make the trailer and the truck ride much smoother. The Shockerhitch also works as a tongue scale helping the user to load his trailer properly for safe towing. For more information go to www.shockerhitch.com or call 1-877-967-8577.

Pendergrast Partners Acquires Arrington Manufacturing Inc.
Pendergast Partners, LLC (PPL) is excited to announce the acquisition of Arrington Manufacturing Incorporated of Martinsville, Virginia.

Arrington Manufacturing Inc. (Arrington) provides engines for all three touring NASCAR divisions. In 2004 and 2005 Arrington and Dodge won the Craftsman Truck Series' Manufacturers Award and the Engine Builders Award; an Arrington supported team also took the drivers title.

"We believe that together we can be an even stronger presence in NASCAR and expand into the high performance aftermarket." PPL's Managing Partner, Kim Pendergast stated.

Joey Arrington said, "The addition of PPL will help AMI develop new segments within the automotive aftermarket while continuing to develop and deliver the best race engines possible."

Arrington's day-to-day operations will continue in Martinsville, Virginia with the same high level of service and support for Dodge and for their NASCAR customers.

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