A Nicky Camaro In NJ

[Joe]

Hey HLC ,
I did email ya in regards to your car . I think she's pretty sweet . You never even said thanks ?

[Mr70]

There are at least 4 of us in on this topic that are from the Chicagoland area.
Why not take advantage of our resources here and pass the past owner info and VIN# onto us,so we can follow up on its true History?
Maybe "Nick" isn't lying.Nickey Chevrolet did sell Regular Chevrolet cars as well.

[Rat_Pack]

I am not questioning the quality of this Camaro, only its legitamacey as a Nickey conversion. This car started life as an SS350 from the info on the trim tag. So whoever did the conversion to a big block did change all of the corresponding parts and did a nice job. With a little extra detailing under the hood this car could be made into a extremely nice Camaro no matter what its history is. It may not be getting a fair shake here because of the dealers history that is brokering it for the owner. I am guilty of it also. I say let someone do the legwork on finding out the original dealer and then take it from there............RatPack......................

[SuperNovaSS]

I could be wrong, but if this car was an SS-350 and the car was built by Nickey before the big block option was available, shouldn't it have a small block heater box? Just Curious.



Jason

[Edited by SuperNovaSS (01-05-2002 at 12:43 AM).]

[Rat_Pack]

Jason, it should have the small block heater box, frame brackets, and fan shroud if it was built before the bb was available. However, the build date on this car is 06B, 2nd week of June 67 long after the bb was available from Chevrolet. This still does not rule out the car came from Nickey nor that it was not converted either. Just at some point during its life the car got all of the correct bb parts installed............RatPack..............

[Joe]

Well HLC returned my email , a very nice one at that . Thanks bud good luck ,and happy new year : )

[SuperNovaSS]

I'm not too familiar with Nickey cars but wouldn't they have started with a big block if it was available. It seems it would be more profitable for Nickey to start with a big block car. Not only would all the parts be there for a quick swap, but they would have a big block to get rid of instead of a small block. This may be an obvious observation but like I said I don't know much about Nickey cars.


Jason

[MikeA]

Jon,

First of all I donÃt remember being overly critical of Future Classics business practices in any of my posts. Secondly, I can assure you that any comment I did make about Future Classics was NOT inspired by jealousy of the cars they have on their lot! I own a œmid to later 70's NOVA” (Ã72 Nova SS) and even though itÃs œnot even a car from the best era of the muscle cars” I enjoy owning and driving my Nova and that is what this hobby is about. I have not been Future Classics in a while because I felt there was no need to go back.

Marlin,

Sure, IÃm up for a daytrip. When to you want to go?

Mike




[Edited by MikeA (01-05-2002 at 10:04 PM).]

[Rat_Pack]

Jason, yes that is true it was easier to do that. From all of the info I know that is what was done once the 396 became available. All they did was swap out the short block for a 427 if a customer wanted it. Now some cars got aluminum heads, aftermarket intakes, different carbs, some with dual 4bbls, headers, traction bars both the single bar like Bill Thomas made and the Lakewood bars, it was whatever the customer wanted. Not all cars were built like the two or three test cars with the yellow engines and dual 4's. Most were base L72 transplants and the engines were orange.

Like I said earlier, it is possible if this car came from Nickey that this bb conversion was done but it is very unlikely due to the costs involved and the fact it was built after the 396 was available. However if they did, it is very doubtful that they would have changed all of the parts to the correct bb items as I stated above.

I have talked to guys that built these cars and there were no two cars alike. This follows suit with a Motion car, there is no such thing as standard except they were all fast.............RatPack...............

[SuperNovaSS]

Thanks for the valuable info.


Jason

[Edited by SuperNovaSS (01-05-2002 at 11:19 PM).]