1966 Nova
Aug 16, 2021
4 minutes
BY NICK LICATA
PHOTOGRAPHY BY
RYAN MILLER
“My brother and his friends built and reworked their cars, so that got me interested, too,” Don Silaff remembers. “At 18, I bought my sister’s 1954 Chevy two-door Bel Air and started to make it mine. I rebuilt the 235 six-cylinder and added dual exhaust, lowered it, and painted it gold with a touch of lime, painted the wheels black, and added baby Moons.”
That’s the short version on how Don’s wheels began to spin in the car world. Being a “car guy” for over 57 years, the Nevada, Texas, resident has owned a 1937 Ford convertible (2014-2015 Goodguys Builder’s Choice award at Texas Motor Speedway), the aforementioned
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