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The seller reports that “I’ve made one full pass with the car and turned a 10.99 123MPH on 8-1/2″ slicks. Rounding out the drivetrain is a Jerico 4 speed shifted by a Hurst Shifter and a Strange 9 inch rearend. The engine in this Nova is a 502 cubic inch Chevrolet big block which has been set back a full eight inches according to the article. You can check out that feature in the online world at The front axle of this beast has been moved forward three inches, while the rear end has been moved a full eight inches to provide the mean altered stance that you see in the pictures here. It graced the pages of the May 2002 issue where it received six pages and 17 pictures featuring an article by world renowned Hot Rod Editor Steve Maganate. This car was also featured in Hot Rod Magazine. The Nova was cloned after the Bill Thomas “Novel Nova” which was featured in the March 1966 issue of Hot Rod and Popular Hot Rodding Magazines. Project Cars For Sale has unearthed one awesome car for sale today! This 1964 Chevrolet Nova has been built into one mean looking altered wheelbase AF/X car! The seller reports that they built this altered wheelbase 1964 Chevrolet Nova during 2001.

◦Aluminum Radiator with Dual Electric FansĬlick Here For More Information to check out the full listing for the car on eBay! Click here to READ MOREĬategories American, Gasser, GM, Keep It Detailed ◦New Door Panels, Rear Side Panel, and Trunk Block Off Panel Click Here to check out the full listing for the car on eBay! After this, Penske and Donohue switched to AMC, a fatal blow to Chevy's Trans-Am efforts.For more pictures, info, and price. Regardless, it was never penalized for cheating by the SCCA, and Chevrolet had its second-consecutive Trans-Am title in '69, beating Ford's all-new Boss 302 Mustangs.

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Driver Ed Leslie claimed the Camaro's front bumper was made of aluminum. It wore a vinyl top in the first part of the season, its competitors claimed, because it was left in the acid bath too long and the roof was wrinkled. In '69, the cross-ram, dual-quad-equipped Z/28 won exactly half of the series' 12 events and inspired controversy everywhere it went. In '68, they won 10 of the 13 races (and eight in a row at one point) to give Chevy the manufacturer's title.

Despite not getting a car until January, the pair went on to win three races that year. It was in this area that Roger Penske and Mark Donohue competed in the new Z/28 starting in '67. There were two classes, Under 2.0 Liters and Over 2.0 Liters, with the latter having a 5.0-liter displacement limit.

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1968-'69 Penske-Donohue Trans-Am Camaros From its beginning in 1966 to the late-'60s, everyone who was anyone competed in the Sports Car Club of America's Trans American Sedan Series, better known today as 'Trans-Am.' From Curtis Turner and David Pearson from NASCAR to Parnelli Jones and Dan Gurney, Trans-Am had the top drivers competing in racecars that were truly like their road-going counterparts. According to our sister publication, Circle Track magazine, the body 'was hung in a shape that was not strictly according to stock dimensions.' At the rear, Smokey closed in the area under the fuel tank and extended the flat surface to the rear bumper to further improve aerodynamics.Ģ8. The car was not really 15/16 but appeared smaller because the hood and front bumper were tucked in and tight for improved aerodynamics. The roof kicked up above the rear window, thus directing air over the small rear spoiler on the trunk lid. Its springs were mounted behind the rear axle, and its shocks were close to the wheels and were vertically rather than diagonally mounted. It had a Smokey-designed three-link rear suspension with a Watt's link, which was completely radical for a stock car of this vintage. The frame was completely custom made, which in and of itself made the car illegal. The second one, the '15/16' Chevelle is the stuff of legend. There were actually two Chevelles, but the first one was totaled. Sure, it had numerous rules infractions that Smokey had to address, but to him they were not violations. '67 Smokey Yunick Chevelle This was the vehicle that sat on the pole for the '67 Daytona 500 and it actually looked like a '66.

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