Fred Gibb / Dick Harrell Nova out of 44 year hibernation

[belker6]

Thanks Pete, I am trying to be optimistic. Last known car it was in was a 55 chevy.

[COPO]

Great find Dave. Congrats.

[belker6]

Thanks Charley!

[L78M22Rag]

Incredible find. Congrats!!

Looking forward to hearing how you found it, and your plans for it. Enjoy...

[belker6]

Thanks Helmut! Plans for now is clean carpet, reinstall it and seatbelts & console. Clean gas tank, and car thoroughly. Original cragars are in exceptional shape. Those nylon L60-15s and front tires are going to need to be replaced. They could be the originals. Then get it serviced and try cranking it over. As far as finding it, a few people know of it. He didnt let many people see it. I know the original owner was a very good friend of Gary Holubs and they street raced it a lot in it in the late 60's / early 70's. I know Schoney has seen the car and knows about it. I actually met the guy at my business as he was trying to sell me paint about 15-20 years ago. A conversation led to him telling me about the car. I asked him to let me know if he ever decides to sell it and a couple of months ago we began negotiating. It was very tough for him to let it go after all of those years, in fact he backed out a couple of times.He did rebuild brake system a couple of years ago, and said it did start but only kept running when gas was poured in carburetor. Thats promising!

[Steve Shauger]

This thread was taken down because there were some inappropriate comments posted and not in the spirit of this website.
In addition I had a joint phone call with Dave &Ken who were directly involved, and agreed to have some of the thread restored.
This is historically significant and great car. I just wanted to clarify why the thread was removed and restored.