68 Harrell Nova

[JoeC]

I can write a post a mile long on Chevy Racing. There were some good books written on this fascinating subject. I can only guess why Chevy didn't make a run of 50 special 1968 Camaros. Fred Gibb and Harrell got the 1968 COPO L78 Nova with TH400 built. The reason may be as simple as "because they asked for it". Chevy R&D was very busy in 1968 with the Hall CanAm cars and the Penske/Donahue Z/28 Camaros. They also helped Smokey Yunick build a 427 Chevelle for Daytona in 68. (Smokey ran 1966 Chevelles at Daytona in 66,67,&68). According to Smokey, Chevy spent a ton of money on the 67 that Curtis Turner put on the pole at Daytona 67. They had a real fast Chevelle in 68 but it was not allowed to run. (long story) Grumpy, Strickler and others were doing quite well with their L78 and Z/28 Camaros so maybe nobody asked for a special 68 Camaro. If Chevy built an L88 Camaro it may have had to run in the same class as the Hemi. Motion ran one in M/P. The 68 Yenko has been discussed here before so if you do a search on it you should find the info.