The body rests on Alston mild-steel frame rails installed four inches inboard on each side and raised three inches into the body. An 83/4-inch Mopar rearend with 5.13 gears keeps the 18.50x33-15 ...

Perhaps the only Pro Street car more famous than the T-Bird is Dobbertin’s Pontiac J2000, which won Hot Rod ’s Hot Rod of the Year in 1986. The Hays currently own them both.

Another blue Nova, Rick Dobbertin’s ’65, won Street Machine of the Year in 1982. It showed up with a twin-­turbocharged, supercharged, and nitrous-­injected 454, as well as 33-inch rear ...