[Cam#7]

What year and what engine?

[LOWDOWN]

1960...with a 348 (cross-flags in grille emblem)...

[JoeP@TeamBeckyD]

Originally Posted by LOWDOWN

1960...with a 348 (cross-flags in grille emblem)...

How was the party??

[LOWDOWN]

Actually, it's a 283...the crossed-flags emblem was above the grille on the hood, iirc...

[LOWDOWN]

Par-tay was fine, for an afternoon soiree...NO joy-juice for me...damn! Work...curse of the party-crowd...

[JoeP@TeamBeckyD]

Next question.....

[Cam#7]

Originally Posted by LOWDOWN

Actually, it's a 283...the crossed-flags emblem was above the grille on the hood, iirc...

Lowdown, Becky had the right answer. If it was a plain V it would be a 283. The V with the flags is a 348. I believe this used from the '59 to '61.

[Cam#7]

Originally Posted by LOWDOWN

1960...with a 348 (cross-flags in grille emblem)...

Whoops Lowdown, you had it right the first time !!!!!!

[Cam#7]

You here the term dual clutches quite a bit now. What did the term "double clutching" mean ?

[LOWDOWN]

Put in the clutch, move the gearshift from a gear to neutral and release clutch...put in the clutch again and move the gearshift into another gear...often practised on non-synchro'd transmissions, particularly HD Trucks.

[chevy454]

Originally Posted by LOWDOWN

My brother bought a new '69 Nova SS-L78. With the 3" longer wheelbase than a Camaro, traction was more of a problem. Recall that not even Grumpy could fully utilize his '68 Nova L78. Adding another 25 real-world hp from the L72 would have made them a handfull...

Ed Hedrick drove Grumpy's L78 Nova probably more often than Bill did...a lot of new combos came down the pipe in '69 so Bill moved on to developing them, and had Ed help him drive the Grumpy team cars a lot. I got to know Ed several years ago, and he's made several passes in our '69 Yenko Camaro, which was cool, because back in the day Hedrick drove the Yenko Chevrolet sponsored SS/D car, which was appropriately a Daytona Yellow car just like ours. Btw, that car has *yet* to be found...

Our L78 Nova was a lot of fun to drive with the M20/3.55 combo, but with the M21/L72 our Yenko Nova is an absolute mess on the F70-14s...!

[LOWDOWN]

Originally Posted by chevy454

Ed Hedrick drove Grumpy's L78 Nova probably more often than Bill did...a lot of new combos came down the pipe in '69 so Bill moved on to developing them, and had Ed help him drive the Grumpy team cars a lot. I got to know Ed several years ago, and he's made several passes in our '69 Yenko Camaro, which was cool, because back in the day Hedrick drove the Yenko Chevrolet sponsored SS/D car, which was appropriately a Daytona Yellow car just like ours. Btw, that car has *yet* to be found...

Our L78 Nova was a lot of fun to drive with the M20/3.55 combo, but with the M21/L72 our Yenko Nova is an absolute mess on the F70-14s...!

I think you'll find this "interesting"...

http://www.colesy-juniorstockforum.c...c.php?f=6&t=53

[myold88]

Speaking of performance, what N.Y. State franchised Chevrolet dealer built and sold brand new Chevells, Novas, Camaros with 427 engines set up for drag racing in the mid/late 60's ?

[chevy454]

Originally Posted by LOWDOWN

I think you'll find this "interesting"...

http://www.colesy-juniorstockforum.c...c.php?f=6&t=53

Those pictures are like crack cocaine to me, lol! This looks like Ed behind the wheel of the Nova...

Originally Posted by myold88

Speaking of performance, what N.Y. State franchised Chevrolet dealer built and sold brand new Chevells, Novas, Camaros with 427 engines set up for drag racing in the mid/late 60's ?

I believe you're looking for Baldwin Chevrolet...but I would venture to say Motion Performance did most of the hi-perf wrenching for them.