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Gibb 68 COPO Nova
I moved this so the 68 Gibb COPO Nova has a thread dedicated to all things related to these unique and rare 68 COPO Nova. I want to thank Ray Morrison for his research and dedication to these cars and sharing his information these cars and being a great caretaker and historian.
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I am the original owner of #37 of the Gibb COPO Nova's which originally was prepared by Dick Harrell. I had no idea my car was anything more than a Dick Harrell prepared 427-450 68 Nova with an experimental automatic? The article I read in the November 1968 issue was about the hot new 396-427 Nova available through authorized Chevrolet dealers. This article is the reason I came to ownership of one of these cars. This article did not disclose anything about Fred Gibb & his original purchase of the 50 copo's. Only in 1989, was I later to find out the rest of the history from Fred after I had a bug put into my ear that more background of this car might be worth checking? Should you Not have the engine code on the Gibb Novas or transmission codes, they are E3 that may be hard to find in any Chevrolet manual and the experimental 400 coded as CY. This special engine code I have wondered if that might have been arrived at because of the experimental 3 speed automatic? The E3 engine code brought up a lot of questions, but in talking with Fred before his passing, he told me all 50 COPO 9738 Nova's had that code. Ray Last edited by Steve Shauger; 12-27-2023 at 12:14 AM. Reason: Dedicated Thread on 68 COPO Nova |
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