69 Nova Big Blocks

[sYc]

I disagree, at least as it applies to the Supercar Reunion. To me, the engine is only part of it. I feel that a car's history is very important. Any musclecar from Nickey, or one of the other "supercar dealers", that has documentation, is special to me. We need to see the car and related paperwork. That is how we learn. Examples, Most Gibb Novas ('68) are 396 cars, special- you bet! an original Gibb sold LS-6 Chevelle, that is special and was featured 2 years ago. This year, 2 small block race cars. Fred Gibb's first race car(Z-28) Lil Hoss and a 1983 IMSA Camaro, Don Yenko's last race car. Both to me, special, a part of history. If it were not for the Yenko Stinger program, the Yenko supercars may not have become a reality. 1. he used the COPO process for the buiding of racecars, 2. had set up a dealer network to sell the cars, but Nader killed the Corvair, thus, everything was in place to market the 1967 Yenko Super Camaro. The Yenko Deuce is special, a continuation of the SYC program. The Vega and Turbo-Z, Don's efforts to not give in. All part of history. To me, that is what the Supercar movement is about, not splitting hairs, but preserving history. That is why I started the Supercar Reunion, to have a place where owners could bring their cars and not be "judged", but instead share it with us. In the five years that I have hosted the reunion, I have seen more supercars, and learned more about them, then most people will do in a life time. And I hope it continues. There is still much to learn and a lot of rare cars still out there, that most of us know nothing about.

If a car's history is not important, then our cars are no longer unique. Tom