[BillW]

Noticed you were looking for info on Nickey Novas. I owned a 1973 Nickey Nova. It was green (almost a Citrus green like the 1970 Camaros) with a black vinyl half top. It was a hatchback ( more on this later). It had a 454 LS-6 engine, Turbo 350 ( hard to believe but it was), a/c, tilt wheel, Lakewood traction bars and tranny blanket, slotted mags, Goodyear Rally GT tires( L-60 rear, E-60 front)Holley 780, headers, shift kit, Lear stereo (8-track), bucket seats, floor shift, and full Stewart Warner gauges. I was told the reason for the hatchback, tilt wheel, and auto tranny was because the original owner was a Vietnam vet who was in a wheel chair. This was further proved by the fact that under the dash I could see where hand controls were once mounted on the car. Shortly after buying the car in 1975 it lost oil pressure. I pulled the engine and had it rebuilt and balanced, added Accel dual point, Crane cam, and new Hookers. I had to beat the hell out of the drivers side header to get it to clear. At this time I also trashed the A/C, it was so hard to work on this car. The car suffered from a stock rear gear ( probably in the neighborhood of 3:23) and was a pig out of the hole. Top end however was another story. Although the speedo stopped at 120 MPH I know I saw 140 MPH in this car. I was 21 at the time, young and foolish! The car had small chrome Nickey emblems above the front fender side marker lights, "454" emblems below the side "SS" emblems, and the famous backward K sticker on the rear trunk lid. There was documentation in the glove box that the car was delivered and modified at Nickey Chevrolet. I wish I could find the original owner of this car. The last time I saw the car it was in a boneyard in Elkhart, Indiana. I went back several years ago and it was gone, probably to the crusher. I have found only two other Nickey Nova's, one owned by Kevin Suydam and the Hot Rod cover car. That puts the count at three. I have pictures of my Nickey if any one is interested. Hope this has been helpful.