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Making Bad Decisions Badder

"I had a picture in my head … A guy had posted the body for sale. It was perfect, since my first car was a '70 Nova."

What do you do to follow up an award-winning Pro Street 1969 Camaro and 1956 Chevy C10 pickup? Bradley Gray decided that his next move was to build a Funny Car for the street, and his 1970 Chevy Nova Funny Car shows us what lies beyond Pro Street.

Concord, North Carolina, native Bradley Gray grew up in the ’80s Pro Street era and jumped headfirst into the trend with his very first car, a ’70 Chevy Nova that he fitted with a big-block. A local speed shop owner made a deal with him on a used supercharger and cashed Bradley’s weekly paycheck for him, minus his installment for

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