Dylan Silva 

Dylan has been hitching rides after school to work at the shop since freshman year of high school to work with his dad at NLC. He bought his '71 Nova before he even had a license. He originally wanted a second-gen Camaro but now that he's put all his hours and paychecks towards this Nova, he is building something that he will never part with.

 

Dylan didn't always have a need for speed, which scared his father, but after years of camping with sand rails and dirt bikes, he soon developed a taste for hot rod culture. He settled for dirt bikes and go-carts until he could finally drive. The Nova made its first drag strip debut at Kingdon Dragway when Dylan was 16. Many of Mike's customers and friends saw the passion and devotion Dylan had for making his Nova a competitor in racing but also a daily driver and lent helping hands any way they could to make the Nova cool and to Dylan's liking but also reliable to he could drive it to school every day. 

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Now he has his own ride to the shop and is continuing to broaden his knowledge in the industry while upgrading his Nova in his spare time.