Speedvision story on 67 Nickey Camaro

[JoeC]

Original owner 67 Nickey Camaro. The guys states that it came with a 160 speedometer. I guess Dick Harrell put in a Firebird Speedo.
http://www.speedvision.com/pub/artic...e/010326a.html

[bkhpah]

I have inspected this car a number of times and the "paperwork" with it..Lets just say it is less than I expected...BKH

[Rick]

The Firebird didn't use a 160 until 1968, in 1967 it had a 120.

[bowtie3168]

Joe, Brian,
Do you guys know anything about the "Nickey" Camaro that was at Barrett-Jackson? The car was a blue '67 with a 427 Tri-Power. I can post more info about the car if you like.

Andrew



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[JoeC]

Andrew is this the same car that was at Barrett Jackson?
http://www.classicauto-sales.com/cars/nickey67/

[oboym]

ok if the nickey camaro had a 160 speedo option
then i have one up on auction right now on ebay --firebird speedo-nickey

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/aw-cg...ndexURL=0&rd=1

[Denis]

andrew, the only docs supporting the barrett-jackson car was an nicb report saying it was delivered new to nickey chevrolet. nothing to show it wasn't one of the hundreds of cars sold off their lot.

as to the 160mph speedo car, i'm curious about the $3k price. that's $200 less than the sticker price on my z, and $2,000 less than the sticker price of the yenko. i guess he and dickie must'a been real good buds.

[oboym]

According to Lopez Nickey painted their engines yellow. Lopez has heard oil leaks were easier to see against this light color, as opposed to Chevrolet orange. The yellow blocks became a Nickey trademark.
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Ok if nickey painted there 427 yellow
then i pulled a 1967 427 crete eng, from a nickey dump truck ??( did nickey paint the block or did it come from gm yellow)???

This original 427 crate eng, was painted yellow from gm in the crate in 1967. I pulled it from a dump truck 15 yr ago.

[GMH454]

Wow !!! A Nickey dump truck. Did it have ladder bars and tripower too !!
Sorry could'nt help myself. And I promised myself I would stay out of this one too.

Oboym no offense meant I just can't get over the $500 for the conversion, what a deal!!!!
Terry

[bkhpah]

I waw at Vette fest a few year ago and was there when the 'Rare" 160 speedo was found at the swap meet...BKH