Who built and sold the first 427 Camaros?

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Now, Dick Harrell & Bill Thomas can be traced back to 1965, but when did Thomas become associated with Nickey Chevrolet? Would Thomas have been associated with Nickey when the 67 Camaro became available?


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Ray,
The Nickey/Thomas marketing/sales alliance was created to market the 'Nickey' Camaro as well as GM Hi-Po Parts some time in early 1966.

I have not been able to get an exact date, but we know that Bill Thomas was involved with Nickey's road race program, in some aspect, prior to 1967.

Ronnie Kaplan/RKE, via Nickey Chevrolet had direct access to a dyno cell at the Detroit Tech Center. He was one of the "insiders".

He and Bill Thomas were sharing info,parts and technology long before the Camaro was introduced.

Ronnie shared a story with me, about when he visited Bill's shop in Fullerton California, prior to him moving, to the Anaheim location.