A racing "network" of independents was established through Chevrolet Engineering's Product Performance Group (Chevrolet's "Racing Central") headed by Vince Piggins. Product Performance would give support to the independents, many of which coincidentally were Chevrolet dealers as well as race enthusiasts. Among these was Bill Thomas who had a solid reputation as a Chevrolet racing authority and because of previous successful Chevrolet racing endeavors was already "in the fold".
A Master Plan... How to make the Image come together...
Bill had his work cut out...He realized in order to help Chevrolet gain the high performance image they were looking for, they would have to overcome two major obstacles:
The Camaro would have to be competitive against the large displacement Shelby Mustangs.
They would have to offer a large displacement Camaro since the factory wasn't at that time.
The answer was simple, but genus...
Bill Thomas Race Cars in Anaheim, Ca. and Nickey Chevrolet in Chicago conceived the idea to combine and offer the ultimate F-Body by "transplanting" the 427-425 HP engine into the Camaro Chassis two years in advance of Chevrolet's COPO 427 Camaro. The idea of course was a legendary success... The Nickey/Thomas Camaros went on to wreck havoc on the drag strips and gain dominance on the streets... Hence, the image was created!!
Also wars 1967...Bill Thomas / Nickey Chevrolet
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ich hoff,das stimmt...denn mit dem 500sten Eintrag passts genau mit dem Schraubnschlisslranking...
