BACKFIRE

Letter of the Month: Nova, Renewed

Little did I know that my life would be changed in July of 1972, when my friend, Don Carter, and I were on our way to the local swimming hole to celebrate his birthday. Another driver ran a stop sign and totaled the 1965 Chevy Biscayne that my parents had handed down to me.

I was 19 years old and had graduated from high school a year prior, in 1971. I had wanted to buy a pickup,