67 nickey

[bkhpah]

I like most everyone else was taken in by the car in pictures. I first saw it in a small back page article in Car Craft or something like that. I could not wait to see it in person. At Vette Fest I could not beleive it. Some of the guys I respect the most in this hobby all say the same thing. If you spin a story long enough it starts to sound real. Sorry if this is not a happy post. I just cannot buy this story. The owner seems like a nice enough guy, I just don't feel he is being honest...BKH

[supermuscle]

This is amazing... a shame as a few said, it's been written up everwhere with big spreads, etc... Truly unbelievable !!!

[YENKO DEUCE REGISTRY]

Happens all the time!!
People that build clone cars for themselves are usually honest about them, but they should remove the stuff before selling them to the next owner. Otherwise, the next owner plays dumb, the storyline starts, and once it's told enough times -including magazines- people believe it.
M

[SuperNovaSS]

But in this case isn't it an original owner car? If this is so, there is no excuse for playing dumb, it is just plain lying.


Jason

[Edited by SuperNovaSS (01-25-2002 at 02:01 PM).]

[68l30]

Upon further thought I don't know if we are discussing the same car.The car at Vette-Fest had a 67 nose stripe.The car in the books has a 68 hockey stick stripe.If I remember correctly the car at Vette-Fest had the book displayed with his car and I noticed the difference in the stripes then. I blew it off as a bad attempt to document his car. Why would this 67(the one in the book) have 68 stripes?I doubt a 67 Nickey 427 would sit on the lot for 6 months.The 68 style stripe came out late in production,January 68,not very close to the end run of 67's (July).I think the story on the book car was that the first owner liked the style of the new 68 stripes and wanted them on his 67. I still think something doesen't sit well with either car... if there is two cars.........


Steve

[Edited by 68l30 (01-25-2002 at 03:13 PM).]

[whitetop]

What about the dark blue Nickey Camaro that was featured in Super Chevy 4-5 years ago? It had a white vinyl top. Supposedly sat in the original owners back yard for 20+ years before it was sold. Car had Cragars with redlines. Car was from Conneticut I believe.
Is it a real one?
whitetop

[bkhpah]

Steve, sit down for this one. He just repainted the car before Vette Fest with the more correct 67 stripe. When I asked him about the 68' style stripe a few years ago, he told me he had Nickey paint it on. He also stated that it was his idea to paint it that way and Chevrolet stole his idea for 68 after seeing his. Isn't that precious...BKH