6700 mile L72 Nickey '68 Biscayne questions

[chads454Ls6]

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Brian,
I lived only 20 minutes from you in Lakeville.

Depending on how old you are you may or may not remember all the 427 Biscaynes, Bel Airs and Impalas hanging out on Brooklyn Blvd in the 70's, me being one of them before switching to a 427 Chevelle.

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YOu must have been driving that 427 chevelle to get from lakeville to st. louis park in 20 minutes

[ORIGLS6]

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I just ruined my keyboard.

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You really need to get that problem under control!



Brian, the numbers-matching deal makes MUCH more sense now that you've verified it's the original engine. Couldn't be more .

[BrianZ]

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Brian,
I lived only 20 minutes from you in Lakeville.

Depending on how old you are you may or may not remember all the 427 Biscaynes, Bel Airs and Impalas hanging out on Brooklyn Blvd in the 70's, me being one of them before switching to a 427 Chevelle.

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Dang, sorry I missed all that...but I *just* turned 34, man. I'm just a kid! Wish I'd seen that though...

-Brian

[BrianZ]

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I just ruined my keyboard.

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HAHAHAHAH! Holy cow man, I almost fell out of my chair I laughed so hard when I read that...nice.

-Brian

[BrianZ]

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Brian,
Awesome looking 68! I have a few binders full of build sheets and window stickers for big Chevys. Let me know exactly what type of info you are looking for regarding codes. I'd be happy to help you out. I also have a few questions myself about this car.
Steve

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Steve,

Well basically I need a code for whatever would have been on the build sheet, i.e. everything.

Here's the options that the car has:

AM radio
Heater
4-speed
Factory Posi-Traction (decal under trunk lid re: posi)
Color (Black/Black/vinyl int/bench seat)
Tires code (don't know what wheels/tires it would have had)
F41 suspension (Dad is pretty sure that's what it has, and F41 is the code right?)

The car didn't have the orig trans in it when Dad bought it, it had a Borg-Warner T-10. We now have a probably-correct M20 that is going in which we had built and is stamped with the VIN of the car. We're assuming an M20 just based on the numbers produced. From an article on SuperChevy.com:

"[for '68] Big car four-speed transmissions totaled 6,596 wide-ratio [M20 right?] and 1,052 close-ratio. [M21 right?] The heavy-duty M22 four-speed transmission numbered 124."

Let me know what questions you have about the car, Steve, and thanks a ton in advance!

-Brian

P.S. Engine going back in this afternoon!

[Tarrytown SS427s]

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[Stefano]

Welcome Brian,

Was that you with your family, at the Mecum Auction in Indy? We spoke about your car, as well as the Vette Fest.

It sure seems to be a very cool car you have.

Your Father had mentioned that he was going to send us copies of the supporting docs he had, to show that the car had been sold new out of Nickey Chevrolet.

I don't know that we will ever be able to Certify your Car as a "Nickey" Conversion, as the car was built by GM.

There are generally 5 broad classes of Muscle Cars/Race cars sold out of Nickey Chevrolet or Nickey Chicago.

1) First are RPO Muscle cars and Corvettes.
Example; We have Three ZO6 Corvette, Big Tank, Big Brake cars in the Registry; One is the 'Nickey Nouse' Race Car, another is the built for AJ Foyt Race car and the final one is a customer sold car.

This last car is classified as a Nickey Sold Car and is included in the registry as such. This is where I believe your car may be included.


2) Next we have Nickey Super Tuned Cars. These are cars which generally kept their stock engines, but had other Nickey Hi-Performance Modifications performed when New.

3) Then there are cars, which were transformed/Converted into "Super Cars" when New. These Conversions are the cars which became "Nickeys".

4) Also there are a host of Nickey owned and built dedicated race cars and we classify them as "Nickey Race cars".

5) Finally, we have Nickey Shop Conversions, which are cars also purchased from other dealers and/or brought into Nickey for engine swaps, after they had been sold/ driven and/or raced.

I do have to mention that I am not a fan of "Fake" paperwork such as the build sheet you plan to reproduce. Even if it is used for display pouposes only. I can't tell you how many such documents I look at every year which misslead or confused some one!

Take the real documents you have, along with the affidavit and display those along with a breif history and the Hobby will be much better off in the long Run.

I hope this helps. I look forward to seeing the Car at the Vette Fest, See you at there

[al8apex]

here is the factory GM Photographic press release photo for the 2-dr Biscayne ...



and the BelAir:



send me a SASE and I will send you the photo

email off line: [email protected]

[Postsedan]

Wow! Love It!



Dan.

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Are those custom built Ladder Bars?



Dan.