Gibb 68 COPO Nova

[RALLY]

Originally Posted by dykstra

Interesting that they used 6 bolts to attach TC to the Flexplate.

Right, the torque these Big Block had it was extra safety in high perf applications.

[copo-2]

Originally Posted by RALLY

Right, the torque these Big Block had it was extra safety in high perf applications.

The redesigned torque convertor of the Gibb Novas

[RALLY]

Interesting design, nice picture.

[1stGenFan]

Originally Posted by Zedder

Is there a reason why you just don’t get on with it and tell your story?

For those who have not met Ray, here is his story from 1992! He ran his COPO Chevy II when new at the tracks.

[1stGenFan]

page 2/3 of Rays article

[dykstra]

So cool!!

[Xplantdad]

Ray is an amazing person and a wealth of knowledge!

[copo-2]

Thanks, Bruce for chiming in as a moderator of this site. Staying away from the Gibb Nova's for this post, is only to reflect the appreciation for a place we can come together and disclose our experiences & disclose information from past years. We can think Steven Shauger for the devotion in maintaining such a place that all gear heads can share & hand down the things of interest that others might be able to reflect on for future use? As time rolls on, one can not benefit from information they have, forever? Thank you once again to Steven, Bruce & All the Moderators, & Members for maintaining a site that refresh's our minds where Chrysler, Ford, GM, including AMC, were in a war for dominance of the High Performance industry, & those dealerships that used the Central Office to produce cars that weren't available as Regular Production Options.

[dykstra]

Originally Posted by copo-2

Thanks, Bruce for chiming in as a moderator of this site. Staying away from the Gibb Nova's for this post, is only to reflect the appreciation for a place we can come together and disclose our experiences & disclose information from past years. We can think Steven Shauger for the devotion in maintaining such a place that all gear heads can share & hand down the things of interest that others might be able to reflect on for future use? As time rolls on, one can not benefit from information they have, forever? Thank you once again to Steven, Bruce & All the Moderators, & Members for maintaining a site that refresh's our minds where Chrysler, Ford, GM, including AMC, were in a war for dominance of the High Performance industry, & those dealerships that used the Central Office to produce cars that weren't available as Regular Production Options.

Well said Ray.

[copo-2]

The assigned designation of the Gibb Novas for the redesigned (experimental) automatic transmission for the higher horsepower, higher torque, and higher rpm solid lifter engines was processed thru the Central Office Production Order (COPO) at the request of Fred Gibb Chevrolet. The assignment # of 9738. The green tag attached on the transmission shows the serial # as CY-68-1005. Fred Gibb stated these automatic transmissions were produced and used as the benchmark for the use of high performance applications.