'68 Blue Nickey, still in Seattle area? from 84/85

[budnate]

Not trying to get everyone excited here, I new a guy that worked at Lincoln Auto wrecking in Seattle Wa, around '84/85? that had what was supposedly a '68 Nicky, dual 4's, 4 spd, camaro with like 20K on it, I got to know him pretty well and bought some stuff from him over time, he rarely drove the car, it was very nice, he installed a JL8 rear end in it and pulled the orig redlines and ralleys and went with some kind of GM wire hubcaps, he sold it shortly after that due to a new bride and the need for a home, been there done that. anyway the word was the new owner drove the car pretty hard around town and the last I talked to Duan was the motor was hurt?,I dont recall if that was confirmed or just a story to get at Duan, they sold Lincold about this time and I never ran across Duan again or have never seen the car again, just curios if anyone remembers this car and if it is still around.

Dang my brain started hitting on cyl and I remember'd
haveing a clip from the Auto trader when he listed the car for sale: add said, Att collectors show winning '68 Nickey RS/SS Full race package, in street trim, 26k miles 4wdb, much more 21,500, obo, dont we wish we had a time machine!!

[SuperCars]

I've heard the similar story. Have never been able to confirm whether it is a true story, nor find any where-abouts of the car either. Just never know whether an authentic Nickey car like that could have been brought to Seattle from Chicago, or if High-Performance parts like a dual-quad etc, along with Nickey window decals were ordered and installed in a Seattle car. A like example is that the fellow that bought my old LS6 Chevelle ordered and installed a Motion Phase III motor, but I know it is not a Baldwin Motion car. What's really funny is that I remember that he paid more for the Phase III motor from Motion than he paid me for the car. I thought he was nuts for paying that much for a motor back then , but now think a little differently.

[budnate]

Heck I was kid in my 20's I had no way of knowing if it was ligit or not, fact was it was showroom cond and looked perfect in every way, and had a pretty bad big block under the hood. You just didnt see that kind of car around those days, heck for while there if you saw any nice camaro around it was something special, most were on there last leg about then or hid away.

[ChrisS]

Wasn't Lincoln Auto the place that bought the Gottlieb/67 L-88 Corvette that was later acquired by Dave Burroughs? They seemed to have quite a history of Chevy muscle. Coincidence?

[SuperCars]

It was the 12 mile Red 67 L88 from Lincoln Auto salvage that Burroughs and a partner now have. There were several other owners prior to them getting it. It sold new from Alan Green chevrolet here in Seattle. The first purchaser of the L88 brought it home on a trailer, then disassembled it to modify for full race purpose, doing crazy things like painting the chasis white. Then lost interest in it, and the car sat for four years in pieces in his garage, at which time he sold the original L88 motor. Later Lincoln Auto salvage finally bought this L88 Vette and re-assembled it with a different 427. They sold it for something like $8,600.

It was interesting several years ago to see this 12 mile L88 Vette that was once in pieces, chasis painted white, missing its original motor, get bid up to $750,000 at auction and not meet reserve.

The Gottlieb raced L88 Vette was a different one Burroughs was involved with, from somewhere else.

[budnate]

One more tidbit, The guy that ran the Corvette side was named Loyd, I dont recall his last name, anyway he took a likeing to me as kid and we talked for hours about old cars in the place and even had free run of the back room and downstairs where some of the really cool stuff was stashed, They seemed to pull allott of really cool stuff out of the woodwork, sad part was most of it came in not that bad but was parted out, Not sure if he is still with us, he drove the Maroon '67 roadster as his daily driver, did anbody know him well enough to get to his house from what I understand he had the motherload put away there.