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Old 12-02-2008, 12:39 AM
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A member gave this to me at CVF. Years ago he wrote to Vince Piggins inquiring about Chevrolet doing performance clinics.


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Old 12-02-2008, 12:50 AM
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Wow-what an incredible letter. Vince Piggins adamantly distancing GM from racing but promising to keep performance at the top of the priority list for future cars. I love how Bill Jenkins was volunteered! Thanks for posting.

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Old 12-02-2008, 01:20 AM
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Very interesting, thanks for posting
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Old 12-02-2008, 01:27 AM
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Teds a real nice guy,who really enjoys Chevrolets.
He was nice enough to give me a copy of that same letter 4 years ago,along with his initial inquiry after we met at Vettefest in 2004,but asked me not to post his vital info at the time.
https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/showflat...true#Post110460

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Old 12-02-2008, 01:41 AM
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Same time line that the Gibb Nova's were just being built. Maybe that was what Vince was talking about.
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Old 12-02-2008, 02:15 AM
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Ford of Canada sure had now qualms about performance. They had Harry Sherry paint a car hauler and four cars which went around for clinics and car races.
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Old 12-02-2008, 02:55 AM
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Chevrolet let Strickler & Jenkins handle the "Performance Clinic" duties...[cue Joey's picture of his clinic banner...]


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Old 12-02-2008, 03:15 AM
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I had a conversation with Bill Thomas III, the other day. He mentioned that his Father's main responsibility was to get the Mark IV Big Block as competitive as could be and in the hands of as many racers as possible.



This was the main Motivation behind building "Novacaine".


GM was pumping Hi-Performance Covertly with Guys like, Grumpy, Smokey, Ronnie Kaplan and Bill Thomas.. etc...
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