First and foremost, Thank You Dad for purchasing the Nova. Thank You for always taking the time to keep the car going for me in the early years. You kept up the maintenance and the car is good running order until I eventually learnt and was able to take over. Thank You for coming to my rescue when the car did break down, whether late at night or during the day. There were times I haven't been the best son, you never let that stop you. THANK YOU! Thank You for helping me out in a couple of fender benders in 96' and 97'. Dad came to my rescue after Autopac (insurance) wanted to write off the nova in '97. My dad, always took the time to document the cars history, and dealt with Autopac when I had those accidents. Who knows what junkyard the car would have gone too, and how badly those vultures would have stripped it bare. Thank You for taking the time to help me at the junkyards, to find the parts we needed after that accident in '97. Thank You to my grandfather, (second owner). When I was a kid, my grampa used to pick me up from school. He always would tell me (and my friends if they were around) that the Nova was my car. Thanks again for your efforts & care in trying to keep the Nova looking nice/minty. Whether it was by washing it down in the winter time after your trips to the grocery store or by helping to keep it from rusting, sanding it down and touching it up with a paint (paintbrush). The car is still looks great from 20 feet :). Thanks again Grampa, for not selling the car to those whom had come up to you and asked if it was for sale. Even when offered a good price, you've always turned them down. Thank You to my Uncle Bob, whom on a few occassions had to come out (sometimes late at night) to my rescue. One summer it turned out to be twice in 3 days. One way or another he was able to help me drag the Nova home. Whether he used the old Impala or his new van, he was able to tow the Nova home. Thanks again Uncle Bob for the old Impala, which you gave to me for parts. Some of those pieces/parts are in use in the nova today (HEI Distributor until 2011). I have to thank my Mom, who has to put up with my Dad after I get him all-worked up. Depending how or what *I've* done with the Nova over the years. Thank You Mom for the use of your garage for most of 2005. Early April, when I broke the Rocker-Stud and had to pull the top end of the motor apart to August, while we were having issues in the neighborhood with vandalism and car break-ins. Your poor car sat outside, being exposed to the weather elements for a couple of months! :) I would like to thank my Dad, Mom & Uncle Bob who always come out to the track with me. Mom & Uncle Bob do some photgraphy as a hobby and have taken hundreds of pictures of my Nova (or Omega) while at the track. They've pull off some WICKED pictures too. Thank You Mom & Uncle Bob!!

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Over the years of owning/driving my Nova, I've come across many people who have helped me out, one way or another. Whether it's just the small stuff like answering my questions, all the way to pulling out the motor. I've always been greatful and thankful for all the help and support I've received and would like to take a moment and thank some individuals here. Glenn Evans - A HUGE Thank You to you my friend!! Glenn, has helped me out with everything from small repairs, to helping me build a kick-ass 400. I've learnt a GREAT DEAL about the powertrain of vehicles and how everything works. I have to thank Glenn for ALL his time and patiences, and not to mention the countless hours that my Nova has spent in his garage. Glenn has played a big part in all Project MEANGREEN projects and without his guidance, my car would still be slow and probably still stock today. Thanx again for your patiences and endless hours of instructing and teaching me the ways!! Craig Bennett - Fellow co-worker, who originally gave me a small spot and some space on his hosting service to run my not-so-little site. Craig first got me starting in coding with notepad, and show me how to setup pages in HTML. He also helped me out with the pictures and getting the ball rolling on this site. Craig was the one to register chevynova.ca for me as a Christmas gift. Stu Nichol & GLASGOW Autobody - Thank You to Stu Nicol & Glasgow Autobody staff, for their help and work after my accident in 1997. Without them, my Nova wouldn't be on the road today! Stu was nice enough to fix my nova up during a slow period at his shop and they did an EXCELLENT job fixing up my Nova! Trevor Lagsdine - I would like to thank you for all your help with finding Nova Parts, and help with Nova stuff over the years. Trevor is best known as the 'Nova Parts guy' in Winnipeg. You need something for your Nova, just give Trev a call. Trev has on a few occassions offered his time to help me fix up my car when needed and not to mention the hours of cruisin' together or hanging out at the Car Lots. Thanks Trev. Check out a website of Trev's 72 Nova SS. A Thank You to Andrew Law & Tim Voros, my old bosses at Osborne Park Service (Petro Canada) where I worked at for 2 years. For all the time they let me hang around and use the shop to work on my Nova. Also Thank You to Andy Cavers, for the nights you left your ToolBox open so that I had tools to use to work on my Nova. A BIG Thank you to ALL of the Nova ListServ Crew, Bruce Johnson, Craig Watson, Scott Windle for all the references, info, help & knowledge, and advice and Roger Norman, for the hours spent chatting away on ICQ. Dan Klim of DRK Performance/Custom Crankshaft - Dan has helped me time and time again with the Project MEAN GREEN projects. Dan did all the machining to the 400 block, boring it .030 over and putting the pistons on the connecting rods. Dan rebuilt my heads in 2005 after I broke a rocker stud, correcting a poor build done when I had them rebuilt in 2003 during the 400 build. I noticed a HUGE difference in the car rightaway after Dan's head work. In 2005, Dan built me a QJet & in 2006, a HEI Distributor. Dan has also been a big part in helping me out with the Omega as well!! Dan is YOUR man if you need any engine work done!! Kelly Holmes - A good friend & cruisin' buddy, who has taught me how to detail, wet-sand and polish up my car. For the countless hours you helped out in the garage helping Kyle & I wet-sand my car and for letting me use the garage to tinker away on the Nova. Kyle Hillier - Another good friend & cruisin' buddy, who as mentioned above, helped me out with Wet-Sanding my car and for always being around and offering to help out in any way. Chris Derksen & Nevin, together they built me a bullet-proof TH350 (Winter 2005-06). With tranny-problems looming in 2005, I started going around finding out who builds a good transmission, as I'm extremly hard on'em. Chris' name was thrown my way by a few other enthusiasts. I asked Chris if he'd be able to build me a transmission strong enough to hold up to his car (Chris has a 1000+HP, 8 second 69 TransAm Firebird). Spring of 2006, the transmission was built for me, and WHAT A DIFFERENCE!. It's nice to be able to put the power to the wheels!! Shelly Levasseur and Brandan, whom both have helped me out time and time again in the past. They've helped me out with all kinds of repairs, minor, major or tweaking the Nova. They helped me out with everything from hand waxing the Nova, to swapping transmissions (2006). Thank you ever so much for the use of your garage Shelly! Will Tataryn, (an old friend) who took me under his wing at the car lots back when I first started cruisin' in the Nova. I truely enjoyed our time hanging out at MANY car shows and all the Cruise Nights, EVERY Sunday evening. Always looked forward to Sunday night and hanging out with Will. Will was also reponsible for getting my car featured in WILLY'S GARAGE back in 2003. Thank you to the fine artists who have spent their hard working time to bring us some really nice art & animations which decorates our site! ... OOPS! almost forgot, Thank You to my good friend Gabrielle, for the hours she spent gazing my website and corrected my horrible spelling & grammatic errors. I sure hope I didn't leave anyone out! If I did, I'm sorry. I don't have the greatest of memory, please email me so I can fix it and add you. A Final Thank You to YOU, the user who took the time to go through my site and read about my joy and reason for living, my Nova. Thank you for all the emails too!!

!! Dave's Nova Site has been online since February 19, 1999 (12+ years) !! Thank You to all who have visited time and time again!, my site is a success thanx to you !!

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