Way to go Joe!

**mockingbird812** · #1 01-06-2009, 04:22 AM

Joe Cumuglia's beauty of a '69 Nova SS is featured as a Muscle Machines Drive Report article in this month's HMM! Congrats and well deserved!

**CC Rider** · #2 01-06-2009, 04:51 AM

Congratulations Joe! Great story and a great Nova!

x Baldwin Motion · #3 01-06-2009, 04:53 AM

A great story. Not too many original owner hot rods out there!! Congrats!!

covered here in members rides!!!

'69Novajoe · #4 01-09-2009, 07:40 AM

Thanks to all for the kind words. There is a little more to the story than what you're reading in Hemmings though. You see, the photo shoot had to be done on two occasions. The reason being, a real bone-headed move on my part!! In my defense, I guess I was a little excited and distracted by this whole process. So, there we were in the middle of photo shoot "part one", when I had to get something out of the trunk. I don't know about you guys, but everytime I go to close my truck lid, I always check my pockets for the keys. Do you see where this is going?? I've never not found my keys in my pocket when I've done this and I've never locked my keys in the trunk. Well, I can't say that anymore!! Doesn't sound like too big a deal, right? Well, it turned out to be because my extra keys were in a safe-deposit box in the bank. These are the original keys from Harry Mann Chevrolet on a key ring with a little plastic tag. I never had a spare set made. Anyway, to make a long story a little longer, it was 10 minutes until 6:00. The bank closed at 6:00 and I couldn't make it there it time anyway, so I had to call AAA and have the car flat-bedded home. And now you know the rest of the story!!

**mockingbird812** · #5 01-09-2009, 08:24 AM

It takes a brave man to spill those beans. Good one!

**Charley Lillard** · #6 01-09-2009, 09:04 AM

LOL...Or you could have pulled the back seat and opened the trunk.

elonblock · #7 01-09-2009, 03:01 PM

Congratulations on being featured in HMM.

Beautiful car and great story behind it!

**Xplantdad** · #8 01-09-2009, 04:02 PM

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LOL...Or you could have pulled the back seat and opened the trunk.

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He talked about this when I was out in Ca. I think that was a no go

Glad it all worked out for the best, Joe! That way he had two chaces to get the pics he needed!

m22mike · #9 01-09-2009, 04:39 PM

Hay Joe
You are not the only one to have done this

That is why I have always have a extra key hidden in one of those little magnetic boxes in my Camaro.
Just used it the Summer before last at a Tuesday Cruise night 40 miles from home. After returning from the on sight restaurant I realized what I had done. No problem, I had the magnetic box, problem was it took me 20 minutes to find it

By the way cool Nova

Mike

**kwhizz** · #10 01-09-2009, 04:40 PM

Joe.......It only gets "Worse" as time go's on

....LOL

Ken (Nova Guy)

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