1969 Nova L78 Kentucky

[78MBA]

My Dad recently passed and I ran across old photo's of a car he raced back in the late 1970's at Edgewater and Thorn Hill Drag Strips in the Cincinnati/N. Kentucky area. The Nova was supposedly a burnished brown L78 396 car that went by the name "Shakin Bake". The car had 307 emblems on the fenders but I was told that was to hide the larger engine size when street raced before becoming a strip car but who knows. I would like to know if the car still exists or if anyone has info on its whereabouts. I have no vin info on the car whatsoever.

http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/pics/usergals/2015/09/full-11028-31295-image.jpg
http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/pics/usergals/2015/09/full-11028-31297-image.jpg

[BLACKLS5]

Cool car. Good luck with your search.

[cook_dw]

Sorry to hear about your loss.. But that Nova is certainly awesome..


You might try posting on either

http://forums.502underground.net/forums/index.php

or

http://www.kyhorsepower.com/


Good luck!

[markinnaples]

There's also a Lost Muscle Car page on Facebook you might want to check out.

Facebook is how I found my Camaro that I lost all knowledge of for over 30 years, so best of luck.

[cook_dw]

I forgot about Lost Muscle car on FB.. Probably because I deleted my fb acc.. lol

[earntaz]

AND Cragars !!!

[Schonyenko2]

I LIKE IT!

[78MBA]

If it helps the car used to run around the streets of Fort Thomas and Newport Kentucky. I think it was sold to a guy named Donnie Cropenbaker. I have heard two stories: one that it was back halved then destroyed, another that it's still around.

[cook_dw]

This is what whitepages found..

http://www.whitepages.com/name/Donald-Cropenbaker

[78MBA]

The guy was local in Kentucky and would have been in his 20's or 30's making him 50-60 years old today.

[Postsedan]

Cool Nova.....best of luck with your search.

Dan

[marxjunk]

ive seen pics of that car before...NOT THOSE PICS...seems like 3 or 4 years ago..maybe on barn finds? i'm sure someone found that car and drug it out of a shed...or something..i cant remember exactly where..but i'll think about it

[78MBA]

Wow, a sighting! Called the insurance company that insured my parents but no luck. Mark, if you think of anything please let know.

[Damien]

Very cool. Great stance too!
Good luck with your search.

[PeteLeathersac]

Waay cool, looks tough also almost as if the WB is 1" forward @ the front?
Do you have any pics showing the plate...worth trying the DMV on to get the Vin?
Good luck!
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~ Pete

[78MBA]

These are the only two pics that exist to my knowledge. I am going to call the DMV tomorrow but this car was likely never registered being a drag car.

[marxjunk]

its been 9 or so years...i was still based in kentucky for work..it was in the auto trader or shopper or something and listed as a barn find racer..but i think it was in Cincinnati area...i used to go to Cinci all the time to hang out...and there was a ton of car shows..and swap meets..there was a weekly rag that was all cars you could get and it for free out of a box in front of stores etc.. covered 4 or 5 states

i used to live in southern Indiana right by the KY border...and i'm sure i saw it you cant mistake those grahics.

it was a roller...

[78MBA]

I have kind of hit a dead end unless I can find someone that knows the car or a vin number. Not much to go off of unfortunately.

[78MBA]

The guy he sold it to was Randy Cropenbaker and I have located and called him. His wife said he is out of town but she will have him call when he gets home so stay tuned...

[Craig_Maiorana]

Please keep us all in the loop. This is getting very interesting and I hope you manage to drum up some kind of lead. Coming here was a good start. These guys are all eagle eyes

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[DW31S]

Very cool and good luck with your search!

[dunnit]

bringing it back to the top.... any new info? if you didn't know the car in the early 90's, you'd never know what it is now. I almost bought it...but couldn't come up with the cash in time.

[southernfriedcj]

I had a thought the other day when I was trying to figure out a way to get the VIN on a car I sold back in 1983.

I got several tickets in that car. I'm going to try the DeKalb County PD & traffic court and see if they have anything on me.

I don't know if it will pan out, but if the OP's dad was a ticket magnet maybe there are some records to be found.

[JBALL]

Interesting,

My COPO was once owned by a Randy Cropenbaker from Newport, KY. I called him twice but he didn't want to talk. Two weeks later his wife called me and gave me the info (previous owner) that I was looking for. Has to be the same family. Send me a PM and I will send you his number.

Jason

[bbbentley]

Funny, I’m going to go look at a “back halved” Nova, in Newport, this coming Saturday. I would like to help the OP, but the last time I tried to help a member on here, in confidentiality, they broke the confidentiality agreement, faster than I could wipe the BBQ sauce off my face.

[dunnit]

Funny, I’m going to go look at a “back halved” Nova, in Newport, this coming Saturday. I would like to help the OP, but the last time I tried to help a member on here, in confidentiality, they broke the confidentiality agreement, faster than I could wipe the BBQ sauce off my face.

Pretty sure the car isn't in northern KY... What color is the one you're going to look at , if you don't mind me asking.