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Ontario,
Canada’s Sean Devine is no stranger to a wrench, having opened not one, but two, auto repair facilities beginning back in 1988.
Initially drawn to import performance, the Maxwell Auto proprietor’s path in life left the four-cylinders in the past and took him to the world of turbocharged, LS V-8 power with his 1973 Chevy Nova.
“Back in the early years, I raced a Honda Civic on and off the street where I set two world records for fastest and quickest SOHC Honda, which I held for approximately eight years,” Devine explained. “The maintenance on the engine was too much, so I went to domestics.” Devine saw much success with his D26-powered, turbocharged 1991 Honda Civic, and also put together a vintage 1979 Civic that he competed with in drag-and-drive events such as Hot Rod’s Drag Week in 2014.
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When Devine got the Nova it was cloned to look like a ’69 SS and he kept that vibe during its restoration and upfitting towards a drag-anddrive event contender.
A Reid-cased two-speed Powerglide with Transmission Specialties converter backs the boosted LS and is shifted through a B&M Pro Stick shifter.
Devine said he’s often referred to as the grandfather of import drag racing, but it was the purchase of a 1971 Chevy Nova for his daughter Jennifer to race that seemingly steered him to domestic muscle about 10 years.
“All of a sudden, I was carless, so I went out and found an old race car, a 1973 Nova which was modified to look like a 1969 Nova SS,” Devine said.
Out back, in the roomy trunk area, a second fuel tank for high octane race gas was installed and the factory tank was modified for high octane street fuel.
