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#11
09-19-2025, 11:21 AM
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Umm these times don't seem right for a 427 in a Nova. I have documentation of a friends 1969 L78 Nova, 4sp and 4.88s I believe, ran 11.70s back then with tuned carb, distributor recurve open headers and slicks.
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#12
09-19-2025, 03:57 PM
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Umm these times don't seem right for a 427 in a Nova. I have documentation of a friends 1969 L78 Nova, 4sp and 4.88s I believe, ran 11.70s back then with tuned carb, distributor recurve open headers and slicks.
why do you think it was called Protest II? With the times he was running I bet he got protested/torn down a lot.
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09-19-2025, 06:15 PM
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Plus as a speed shop owner you would expect him to be quicker than the average Joe.
K
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09-19-2025, 08:59 PM
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Guys, I'm thinking it would have been a bit faster.
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Yesterday, 06:17 PM
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A quick try landed lots of Old Newspaper Ads and Articles w/ Dick Ross through the years. Looks like he was indeed faster also a major force in Michigan Drag Racing history. Note 09/74 Ad w/ AHRA Record holders for sale, is this the High Time/Protest 2 ‘69 Nova?   ~ Pete .
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Yesterday, 06:26 PM
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A Nova thought to be Protest II was for sale on FB this summer.
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Yesterday, 08:54 PM
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Here’s the pic posted previously but slightly defuzzed…High Time 2, not Times. https://www.facebook.com/marketplace...extid%3D79PoIi ~ Pete .
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Yesterday, 09:10 PM
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----What a career,,,WOW! And just north of me out of Port Huron....Bill S
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Yesterday, 10:07 PM
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Dad raced there when it was a grass runway. You would start on the pavement and then run off into the grass. On occasion you would have to halt the action to let an airplane land. K
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'63 LeMans Convertible '63 Grand Prix '65 GTO - original, unrestored, Dad was original owner, 5000 mile Royal Pontiac factory racer '74 Chevelle - original owner, 9.56 @ 139 mph best Last edited by Keith Seymore; Yesterday at 10:18 PM.
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Yesterday, 10:12 PM
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I don't remember Joe racing; he was a noted Buick enthusiast and collector. For many years he was the guy that maintained the one remaining Buick "Bug" racer, now in Flint's Sloan Museum. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buick_60_Special When my Uncle Jim retired from Chevrolet Flint Manufacturing/Pressed Metal Div ("Chevy in the Hole") Joe picked him up in a Buick Limo and drove him out the gate. K
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