Hey everybody, Ive never joined one of these groups but i dont really have any friends or know anyone whos into this stuff and it seems like theres alot of knowledge on here to tap into. Im 21 years old and iv been in love with hot rods since i was 8 ( it was a 32 roadster.) and i just bought my first car a 1970 chevy nova.It had a brand new 8,000 miles 350 chevy crate engine. when i got it it needed someone to love it. and i had no clue what i was doing but i just started asking around in oregon (where i was this past month) and got some assembly manuals and some books on whatever i could find. I replaced the front ball joints as you could practically turn the wheel 360 and nothing would happen, i replaced the idle arm which had a large crack, I put in a new edelbrock carb and headers i got in a junkyard, i replaced all the locks i even put a lift on the rear with a shackle kit. I also had someone school me over the phone how to take out the old mufflers and put in some new flowmasters! the glasspacks i got wouldnt fit! (dammit) so im not too bad at being resourceful and i love opening that thing up and makin it even more cherry than it is. I was just wondering if anyone knew of a good place to go hang out with like minded people and pick up some tips for instance, when iput into reverse, ( i re installed the hurst reverse lockout shifter because it wouldnt go into 1st when i got it, that took me 2 days a total of 20 hours.....i had no clue what i was doing but it works now.) anyways when i drop it into reverse, sometimes if i give it too much gas and then let off to apply the brake it keeps throttling. i dont have this problem in forward gears only in reverse. and as a result i put a lovely scar into the rear right fender. and raise my insureance thru the roof. so anyways i know this is real long but i hope someone will want to help a real eager guy oout on the road to turning his car into a real machine. thanks! just email me direct if ya like steezo9999@yahoo.com

sincerely
stiles