nickey novas

[mech1]

looking for imfo on 1974 nickey novas how many any registerd any imfo apriciated reply
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[sYc]

So, far, we don't have any Nickey Novas registered, but we would be GLAD to here about one! The only NIckey Nova I know of is owned by Reggie Jackson, and can be seen here: http://student.monterey.edu/nr/prewa...tober/car.html He has quite a few Supercars, and is building a new page for them here: http://www.reggiejackson.com

[whitetop]

Hot Rod magazine did a special issue on a 1973 Nickey 454 Nova. It was orange with black vinyl top and aluminum slots. It was on the cover and also had a 3-4 page article inside. The issue was in 1973 (August?). Should be easy to find on ebay.
Dave

[JoeC]

Dave that was in May 73 Hot Rod magazine.
Kevin has a 73 Nickey L88 Nova at

http://www.corvettes-musclecars.com/...Nova/index.htm

[Stefano]

There was a 1974 (?)Nickey Corvette for sale at the Mecum Rockford Spring classic a couple of years ago,if I remember correctly.

Does anyone know about this or other Nickey Corvettes?

[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.

[Stefano]

Bill,
Thanks for sharing that would be very Cool, post the pics if you can. [img]/ubbthreads/images/icons/cool.gif[/img]

[JoeC]

BillW..Wecome to the site. Sounds like an interesting Nova. Did you ever go to the Nickey speed shop that was opened after the dealer closed?

[BillW]

Thanks for the nice welcome guys. No, I never went to Nickey or the speed shop after the dealership closed. I do remember on WLS Radio "Nickey, Nickey, Nickey, Nickey Chevrolet". At one time I sent a short letter to "Muscle Car Review" magazine about my Nickey Nova and got a reply from a gentleman who said the " Hot Rod" cover car was in a private collection in Texas. I wonder if there was a mistake there and the car he was talking about is actually the Kevin Suydam car in Washington. I really would like to know how many of these cars were produced. "Hot Rod" magazine coaxed some impressive numbers out of their test car but it took some fiddling. If my car had real gears ( say 3:73 or 4:10) I believe it was capable of twelve second ET's. By the way, I am still into Heartbeat muscle, my pride now is a 1969 Z/28, 302 DZ, 4:10, M-21, mostly original but with MSD ignition, Hookers, Flowmasters. My dream car is a Daytona yellow Yenko! Your web site has brought me some very enjoyable reading! Bill W.

[bbdon]

Here are the pictures of Bill's Nickey nova. Thanks Bill!
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