1969 Nova L78 Kentucky

[78MBA]

My Dad recently passed and I ran across old photo's of a car he raced back in the late 1970's at Edgewater and Thorn Hill Drag Strips in the Cincinnati/N. Kentucky area. The Nova was supposedly a burnished brown L78 396 car that went by the name "Shakin Bake". The car had 307 emblems on the fenders but I was told that was to hide the larger engine size when street raced before becoming a strip car but who knows. I would like to know if the car still exists or if anyone has info on its whereabouts. I have no vin info on the car whatsoever.

[BLACKLS5]

Cool car. Good luck with your search.

[cook_dw]

Sorry to hear about your loss.. But that Nova is certainly awesome..


You might try posting on either

http://forums.502underground.net/forums/index.php

or

http://www.kyhorsepower.com/


Good luck!

[markinnaples]

There's also a Lost Muscle Car page on Facebook you might want to check out.

Facebook is how I found my Camaro that I lost all knowledge of for over 30 years, so best of luck.

[cook_dw]

I forgot about Lost Muscle car on FB.. Probably because I deleted my fb acc.. lol

[earntaz]

AND Cragars !!!

[Schonyenko2]

I LIKE IT!

[78MBA]

If it helps the car used to run around the streets of Fort Thomas and Newport Kentucky. I think it was sold to a guy named Donnie Cropenbaker. I have heard two stories: one that it was back halved then destroyed, another that it's still around.

[cook_dw]

This is what whitepages found..

http://www.whitepages.com/name/Donald-Cropenbaker

[78MBA]

The guy was local in Kentucky and would have been in his 20's or 30's making him 50-60 years old today.