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My name is Steve Schalk I live in Oregon City, Oregon which is just south of Portland, Oregon. I am working on a 1966 Nova Chevy II which started life as a 6 cylinder Super Sport. The car will be done and ready for the 2009 Good Guys event in Des Moines Iowa and Columbus Ohio.

I have performed almost all of the work on this car in my garage. I think I have touched or modified every part on this car.

Some highlights of the car: the car sits on a one off chassis that I designed and built using Art Morrison components. The body is one piece, top has been chopped 1", all seams in doors, hood, trunk and body have been removed. The hood started life as a reproduction cowl hood which I took apart and modified, I put a Nova peak in the hood and modified the air box, cowl induction venting and hood latch areas. The windshield wipers and cowl area metal has been replaced with a smoothed version. The doors have shaved handles, gas filler has been removed and the trunk panel inset area has been removed. I have replaced all the interior sheet metal from the firewall to the trunk with 14 guage steel.

The motor is an aluminum big block 572 with an induction system that I helped design and to date is the only one in the USA. I have used the following companies as a source for products: Morrison Motorsports of Australia - Intake manifold, Premier Auto Upholstery - Interior, American Autowire - Wiring System & Fuse Box, Rushforth Wheels - Wheels, Accel DFI - Engine Management System, Stewart Warner - Gauges, Muth - Mirrors, Vintage Air - Heating, Cooling and A/C, Fat Wallet Customs - Labor associated with the final body and paint work, Michelin - Tires, PPG - Paint, Odyssey - Batteries, AmFor Electronics - Alternator and Charging System, Kingpin Car Audio - Stereo Acquisition and Trailer, Flaming River - Steering Wheel, Column and Components, QA1 - Coil Overs and Springs, Ricks Hot Rod Shop - Gas Tank, Spinneybeck - Leather, Moser Engineering - Third Member & Axcels, Spin Tech - Stainless Exhaust and Mufflers, STB Coatings - Powder Coating, Gentex Corporation - Rear View Mirror , Pure Power - Oil Filter, Aeromotive Inc - Fuel Pump, Filter and Regulator, McLeod Industries - Clutch, Flywheel, Pressure Plate and Hydraulic Throwout Bearing.

Many thanks are in order for Jason Rushforth for providing the Designs and Rendering work which recently forced me to become more focused on seeing the light at the end of the tunnel.