HISTORICAL DAY 2 CAR TO BE PREMIERED
BY MCACN SPONSOR MUSCLE CAR DESIGNS
At MCACN, we pride ourselves in being among the first, if not the first, to properly recognize real Day 2 cars. What is a Day 2 car? (AKA Period Correct) That would be cars that were modified right after being sold “back in the day.” Recognizing the lack of proper concours style judging for these cars, we introduced our intense “Day 2 Concours” judging categories when we launched the show in 2009. No longer would Yenko’s, Baldwin-Motion, Nickey, Mr. Norms and other cool cars that were modded when new be docked for the changes made right after their owners took delivery. The key to this is that these mods must be period correct, meaning no Radial T/A’s, no modern ignitions, no yellow spark plug wires and absolutely no late model drive-trains!
Which brings us to our subject car; this 1969 Nova was born as a Cortez Silver Nova SS with an L78 396/375 under the hood. Immediately after taking delivery, the car went to Bill Thomas/Race Cars. Bill Thomas/Race Cars is the place that back in late ‘66 teamed up with Nickey Chevrolet to drop a 427 into the new Camaro, thus launching the Dealer Super Car concept. Bill worked directly with the factory on numerous engineering and performance related projects dating back to 1957. In the late 60’s, he opened up Bill Thomas/Race Cars, quickly establishing themselves as the “go-to” shop for ultimate Chevy performance!
Back to the car; this wild Nova is currently owned by Dean Klein and it was recently restored to period-perfection by MCACN sponsor Muscle Car Designs in Minooka, IL. Bob Adams and his crew spent countless hours researching this car, and the results are absolutely amazing. High Performance mods performed by Bill Thomas/Race Cars include a 12.5 to 1, 467 cubic inch 427, a Holley 3916 3-barrel carb, Bill Thomas headers, a Lakewood bell housing, reinforced axle housing and wild and original vintage Cheater slicks and mags and much more. This is a REAL-DEAL Day 2 masterpiece!
Be sure to check this beautiful automobile out in person when it is shown to the public for the first time, November 19-20, in the Muscle Car Designs display. Thanks to Arvid Svendsen for the great photos of this car and our thanks go out to Dean and Bob for sharing this historical Super Car with us for its public debut.
BY MCACN SPONSOR MUSCLE CAR DESIGNS
At MCACN, we pride ourselves in being among the first, if not the first, to properly recognize real Day 2 cars. What is a Day 2 car? (AKA Period Correct) That would be cars that were modified right after being sold “back in the day.” Recognizing the lack of proper concours style judging for these cars, we introduced our intense “Day 2 Concours” judging categories when we launched the show in 2009. No longer would Yenko’s, Baldwin-Motion, Nickey, Mr. Norms and other cool cars that were modded when new be docked for the changes made right after their owners took delivery. The key to this is that these mods must be period correct, meaning no Radial T/A’s, no modern ignitions, no yellow spark plug wires and absolutely no late model drive-trains!
Which brings us to our subject car; this 1969 Nova was born as a Cortez Silver Nova SS with an L78 396/375 under the hood. Immediately after taking delivery, the car went to Bill Thomas/Race Cars. Bill Thomas/Race Cars is the place that back in late ‘66 teamed up with Nickey Chevrolet to drop a 427 into the new Camaro, thus launching the Dealer Super Car concept. Bill worked directly with the factory on numerous engineering and performance related projects dating back to 1957. In the late 60’s, he opened up Bill Thomas/Race Cars, quickly establishing themselves as the “go-to” shop for ultimate Chevy performance!
Back to the car; this wild Nova is currently owned by Dean Klein and it was recently restored to period-perfection by MCACN sponsor Muscle Car Designs in Minooka, IL. Bob Adams and his crew spent countless hours researching this car, and the results are absolutely amazing. High Performance mods performed by Bill Thomas/Race Cars include a 12.5 to 1, 467 cubic inch 427, a Holley 3916 3-barrel carb, Bill Thomas headers, a Lakewood bell housing, reinforced axle housing and wild and original vintage Cheater slicks and mags and much more. This is a REAL-DEAL Day 2 masterpiece!
Be sure to check this beautiful automobile out in person when it is shown to the public for the first time, November 19-20, in the Muscle Car Designs display. Thanks to Arvid Svendsen for the great photos of this car and our thanks go out to Dean and Bob for sharing this historical Super Car with us for its public debut.
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