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#31
10-30-2009, 07:14 PM
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Re: Bill Thomas Fastback Novas ?
I am still looking for the fiberglass catalog. I found one from the late '60s by Ai Fiberglass but it was not the right catalog I was thinking of and it did not have the Nova roof. Hopefully I can find the right catalog over the weekend.
-Jon 
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#32
10-30-2009, 09:17 PM
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Re: Bill Thomas Fastback Novas ?
I see conflicting info here. The printed info from back in the day (or maybe more recently) says that the cars were sent to the Corvette factory for the fiberglass top and IRS, then shipped to Bill Thomas. Others say no, they didn't go to the Corvette factory.
Knowing how the auto manufacturers TYPICALLY did these types of things I too doubt that they shipped the entire car to a completely different factory. It was more cost effective to have an independant shop do the retro fit work. I could be wrong here, but I thought that Kim Madsen had told me that the three he knew of were his dsd's car, one each for Smokey & Grumpy. I have seen NOTHING here about either one of them having one of these cars. He said nothing about Bill Thomas having one. SO, does this nean that Thomas built his cars from the factory available "kit" of parts. Was it a "kit" from Chevrolet OR did Bill Thomas create the "kit?" As far as the top and who made what, it was very common back in the day for people to pull molds off of the original parts to make copies. Not to mention when the originals were made they would have made spare replacement parts as well. This would go for additional parts for the "kits." Who know how many "other" cars COULD have been made?
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#33
10-31-2009, 12:26 AM
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Re: Bill Thomas Fastback Novas ?
[ QUOTE ]
I am still looking for the fiberglass catalog. I found one from the late '60s by Ai Fiberglass but it was not the right catalog I was thinking of and it did not have the Nova roof. Hopefully I can find the right catalog over the weekend. -Jon [/ QUOTE ] I know about the catalog.  It has the roof's for sale to the public. There was a magazine back in the 60's that ran a cutaway in "ROAD RACE TRIM" anybody have it?
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#34
10-31-2009, 12:42 AM
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Re: Bill Thomas Fastback Novas ?
"...There was a magazine back in the 60's that ran a cutaway in "ROAD RACE TRIM" anybody have it..."
You're not thinking of this 'CAR CRAFT CUT-A-WAY' pic in drag car trim w/ straight axle are you?.  Looking forward to the Fastback news when you can share it w/ us!.  ~ Pete 
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#36
10-31-2009, 03:10 AM
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Re: Bill Thomas Fastback Novas ?
I was looking back at the original post for the Madsen Hanover N.J. car picture, and it is not there anymore and the post has been editied by sYc. So I started re-reading the entire post and noticed that there are three other posts of member 196365 that have been edited by 1badnov. ALL of these posts have reference to the Madsen car.
What's up with this? Are these people moderators? Can any members edit any other members post on this site?
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#37
10-31-2009, 04:28 AM
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Re: Bill Thomas Fastback Novas ?
[ QUOTE ]
"...There was a magazine back in the 60's that ran a cutaway in "ROAD RACE TRIM" anybody have it..." You're not thinking of this 'CAR CRAFT CUT-A-WAY' pic in drag car trim w/ straight axle are you?. Looking forward to the Fastback news when you can share it w/ us!. ~ Pete [/ QUOTE ] dang it Andy, you're good !!! 
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#38
10-31-2009, 05:12 AM
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Re: Bill Thomas Fastback Novas ?
Member 196365 & 1badnov are 1.
Q: What's up with this? Are these people moderators? A: NO Q: Can any members edit any other members post on this site? A: NO
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#39
10-31-2009, 05:17 AM
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Re: Bill Thomas Fastback Novas ?
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Member 196365 & 1badnov are 1. Q: What's up with this? Are these people moderators? A: NO Q: Can any members edit any other members post on this site? A: NO [/ QUOTE ] You can register and post under multiple screen names on this site??? Why did you delete the picture of the Madsen car?
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#40
10-31-2009, 05:31 AM
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Re: Bill Thomas Fastback Novas ?
Thats 5 of 3 or is it 5 of 6 I mean 5 of 10 Yes I said TEN!
Now....... ask me how I know [ QUOTE ] [ QUOTE ] Member 196365 & 1badnov are 1. Q: What's up with this? Are these people moderators? A: NO Q: Can any members edit any other members post on this site? A: NO [/ QUOTE ] You can register and post under multiple screen names on this site??? Why did you delete the picture of the Madsen car? [/ QUOTE ] Still with the games 
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