68 nova (body in white?)

[copo-2]

The 1968 Nova exterior color's included "Ermine White" as a regular production option. For the purpose of racing, you could order a low option car with the engine of choice, the 4 or 6 cylinder probably would have been the cheapest intially? However, by the time the car was being built for competition, it may have actually been cheaper to go the route of a low optioned BB as you would then get the heavy duty suspension, radiator, rear, springs, engine, carb, brakes, etc., that would be needed anyway? As for the Gibb COPO nova's, they came in 4 different colors, Matador Red, Tripoli Turquoise, Grecian Green, & Fathom Blue. Could Gibb have ordered Ermine White in these ready made factory race cars with a 90 warranty, I would guess that would have been possible? Too, one wants not to forget the special requests of those wanting taxi cabs, police crusers, etc., which were built under the copo process, also. But for racing only, as has been proven several times with claims of the one and only holy grail, imo GM probably was not going to mess with a one of one down the assembly line? Remember GM got out of sponsorship racing in 1963, while Ford & Chrysler continued on? Too, rember the white 68 Nova of Bill Jenkins that wasn't factory built?