Nickey / Bill Thomas 1967 Autorama

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At MCACN 2025 we once again had an opportunity to discuss NicKey History with Mr. Al Gartzman, former NicKey employee and friend of Dick Harrell, now retired to Scottsdale, Arizona.

I respectfully nick-named AL "The Last Mohican". One because he is one of the last surviving NicKey employees who worked directly with Dick Harrell @ NicKey Chevrolet and two, because he raced a Pontiac Super Duty.

He is one of the guys who was there back in the day and has first hand experience. I was not there, but do spend the time listening to these guys and learn about the history directly from them.

Al introduced Mike Garfinkle to Dick Harrell in order to sell him one of the NicKey Camaros that they had recently completed. Here is a picture of Al and Mike with said NicKey 427 Super Camaro, which was later sponsored by Yenko (you can make out the YENKO Crest in pic). This photo is from the Al Gartman collection.

Mike Garfinkle of Highland Park, Illinois was also at previous MCACN events sharing stories about Dick and Mike's own 427 Camaro, but so you all know he is no longer with us.


On the left is Mike Garfinkle (also a pic in prior post with him, Harrell and Hielscher in tac magazine). On the right is a Al Gartzman.