New to Site and have ? about Bill Thomas cars

[Bill Pritchard]

Jim,

Welcome to the site. Is your car Dusk blue in color?

[69Chevelle L78Deluxe300]

Yes it is! How did you know?

[SS427]

heres a hint.

"It has only 8400 actual miles and has all original paint, stripe, and interior. It is a 69 Chevelle Deluxe 300 SS with L78, M22, and 4.10 posi. All the drive train appears to be original."

Not to many around to figure that one out.

[TDW]

Did the car come from Steve Stang? He has a place called Pony Car Ranch.

[Zedder]

Tony...you've got to be kidding..."Steve STANG from PONY car ranch"

[TDW]

Mark...That is his name. Should have an "e" on the end. If it is the same car, 2 years ago today I asked here if anyone saw the car at BJ.It was my first post here. Nice car if it is the same one. There are pics of it at www.ponycarranch.com.

[69Chevelle L78Deluxe300]

I am impressed. Two days ago I didn't think I would find any information on the Bill Thomas Cars sticker, and now people on this site actually remember seeing this car from a couple of years ago! I did buy it from Steve two years ago when he was still living in Phoenix. The car was never licensed since the original owner, so the title had never been turned in to the state. All 3 previous owners names were on it with their signatures and the mileage notarized. This allowed me to register it in AZ with a "box A" title for original mileage. I got the original block with the car and it needed a complete rebuild. The body, interior, weather stripping, etc. are all close to new condition. The only parts of the car that were a mess were the engine compartment (someone had sprayed everything gloss black) and the underside (someone had sprayed black goop). I refinished the engine compartment while the engine was out, and I had the underside blasted with baking soda (yes, Arm and Hammer) to remove all the black goop. This soda blasting is a miracle for removing this stuff without damaging anything else! I fired it up and drove it for the first time last week. Even better than I remember from back in the day when I graduated from high school in 69!
I guess the Bill Thomas sticker must have been just an advertisement.

[MotownMadman]

Is this not the same caliber of car as the rather well known "GM Reject"?
Motown

[68TopStock]

Jim,

Welcome to this site, sounds like you have a nice car.
Bill Thomas should probably be referred to as "Mr. 427", as he is the man who began big block mods for Chevrolet in the early 60's. He helped out countless racers, and is quite well known for his work by the Chevrolet racing enthusiasts.

He is still alive, and lives in southern California, his son continues to run a high performance shop, and like his father, builds wild big blocks, and new small blocks with big inches.

Here is a shot of his shop from 1966.

[Belair62]

What a cool pic......