70 1/2 Z28 from Nickey

[DarrenX33]

I knew someone was going to say something. [img]/ubbthreads/images/icons/smirk.gif[/img]

[Stefano]

We will have this Nickey "Tuned" Z28 on display at the March 3-4 Vette Fest.
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[JChlupsa]

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Rick,
It helps when the car is less than 15 miles from home, I do know how you enjoy those 12 hour rides.

It's not that I mind the 12 hour drives, it's the 12 hour drive for a car that is not worth the time that I mind. That has happened too many times recently. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/icons/frown.gif" alt="" />


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So living on an Island where its only 1 hour to drive around is a Good thing for once

Neat Car by the way

[Fhakya]

Whoah! That car is gorgeous! What's it's history? And, as always, more pics would be great...for those of us who can't make it to Vettefest.

[notstock71]

Stefano, where can a guy get a license plate like the one in the picture? I know we discussed it on the phone when I ordered the stuff for dad for Christmas but you did not have them available at the time.

[JoeG]

Nice!!!... Look.......

[dreemz]

Any more history or pics on this car? Didn't see anything about it in the vettefest posting

[Stefano]

Some of the history is mentioned at the begining of the thread. The original owner lived and worked close to Nickey Chevrolet and the car was set up to be a street racer.

It also has 4.56 gears which were installed by Nickey.

The second owner bought the car in the late '70s/early '80s.

His Grandfather's store, on Milwaukee Ave in Chicago was across the street from where the car was parked on a daily basis.

The second drove it home, had the clutch changed becuase it was too high pressure/effort parked the car in Mom's heated garage and never drove or moved the car until we pulled it out of the garage over 20 years later?

It is a very serious LT1. The car was restored and painted Red with Black stripes. The L88 style hood and torque thrust D's were installed during the resto as well as a few other minor additions.

It is featured on the current Chevy Vette Fest T-Shirt.