The famous Purple People Eater from Nickey Chevrolet. 1959 B / Production National Champion - the car only finished 1st or 2nd when it finished....and that happened ALOT!
A 'sick' paint job to stand out, a one-eyed [!] driver / jockey to deliver results, and a 'Take No Prisoners' approach - 50's style!
Go Speed Racer, go.
This Corvette wasn't built purple, as that color wasn't a Corvette offering. So, it came out of the St. Louis Assembly Plant as a white body/black interior car, optioned with the 290hp fuel-injected 283, four-speed manual transmission, Posi-traction, heavy-duty brakes / suspension, and no heater / defroster.
Nickey Chevrolet of Chicago added the race prep of the day such as hood / trunklid tie-downs, side exhaust, a bigger fuel tank, safety chains underneath, a rollbar, a smaller windscreen, etc..
....and that crazy paint to mark his turf. |
I love this Vette'.I heard Tom Stephani wanted to do a DVD?/Book? Please do it! on this car. I love it. I wish AUTOART Would do the model 1/18!
I have a Danbury Mint 1/24 version of this car.
--- Jose R Lopez from Miami,Florida USA on 03.05.09 at 7:04pm