Bill Thomas Fastback Novas ?

196365 · #1 10-30-2009, 05:33 AM

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Ok.....

#2 10-30-2009, 05:09 PM

Dave how about some more info on these cars. You seem to know alot about them, please share it with everyone. Hurry before this thread to gets ugly, so please share quickly.
HOW MANY DO YOU THINK WERE BUILT??

196365 · #3 10-30-2009, 06:47 PM

Steve,Robert,Tom & everyone else (since we are going by our real names) I 'm not one for playing games. Have you guys ever found out something that NOBODY else knew or has long forgotten about? I want to share what I know, but I need just a "little" more info. The last piece to the puzzle if you will. So please bear with me. Its been 46 years since these cars were built a couple more days,weeks or month's to find out How many were built & what happened to them wont hurt. Trust me when I say that its hard to hold all this back.

**1967Z28** · #4 10-30-2009, 07:14 PM

I am still looking for the fiberglass catalog. I found one from the late '60s by Ai Fiberglass but it was not the right catalog I was thinking of and it did not have the Nova roof. Hopefully I can find the right catalog over the weekend.

-Jon

MultiMopars · #5 10-30-2009, 09:17 PM

I see conflicting info here. The printed info from back in the day (or maybe more recently) says that the cars were sent to the Corvette factory for the fiberglass top and IRS, then shipped to Bill Thomas. Others say no, they didn't go to the Corvette factory.

Knowing how the auto manufacturers TYPICALLY did these types of things I too doubt that they shipped the entire car to a completely different factory. It was more cost effective to have an independant shop do the retro fit work.

I could be wrong here, but I thought that Kim Madsen had told me that the three he knew of were his dsd's car, one each for Smokey & Grumpy. I have seen NOTHING here about either one of them having one of these cars. He said nothing about Bill Thomas having one. SO, does this nean that Thomas built his cars from the factory available "kit" of parts. Was it a "kit" from Chevrolet OR did Bill Thomas create the "kit?"

As far as the top and who made what, it was very common back in the day for people to pull molds off of the original parts to make copies. Not to mention when the originals were made they would have made spare replacement parts as well. This would go for additional parts for the "kits."

Who know how many "other" cars COULD have been made?

196365 · #6 10-31-2009, 12:26 AM

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I am still looking for the fiberglass catalog. I found one from the late '60s by Ai Fiberglass but it was not the right catalog I was thinking of and it did not have the Nova roof. Hopefully I can find the right catalog over the weekend.

-Jon

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I know about the catalog.

It has the roof's for sale to the public. There was a magazine back in the 60's that ran a cutaway in "ROAD RACE TRIM" anybody have it?

**PeteLeathersac** · #7 10-31-2009, 12:42 AM

"...There was a magazine back in the 60's that ran a cutaway in "ROAD RACE TRIM" anybody have it..."

You're not thinking of this 'CAR CRAFT CUT-A-WAY' pic in drag car trim w/ straight axle are you?.

Looking forward to the Fastback news when you can share it w/ us!.

~ Pete

196365 · #8 10-31-2009, 12:56 AM

No, I have that. Its in a old road race mag. But thanks for trying.

x Baldwin Motion · #9 10-31-2009, 04:28 AM

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"...There was a magazine back in the 60's that ran a cutaway in "ROAD RACE TRIM" anybody have it..."

You're not thinking of this 'CAR CRAFT CUT-A-WAY' pic in drag car trim w/ straight axle are you?.

Looking forward to the Fastback news when you can share it w/ us!.

~ Pete

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dang it Andy, you're good !!!

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