Mar 22, 2007 · Another funnycar now resides in Alton, MO, one with a very interesting history. Known then as “A Novel Nova” or “Instant Funny Car”, the car was built in the shop of Bill Thomas in late 1965. The car was featured in both Hot Rod …

Dec 9, 2019 · My favorite Chevy ll funnies were Richard Schroeder's "Bad Bossa Nova" '66 and Dale Armstrong's '65 "Canuck". Dale had just migrated from Canada and he had it figured out. His blown SBC with 40% in the tank made a sound like no other. I'll find a couple of pictures.

Nov 6, 2012 · When the Muscle Car and Corvette Nationals hosted the unveiling of an original Bill Thomas A/FX Chevy Nova funny car at the Donald E. Stephens Convention Center in Rosemont, Ill., car owner John Tinberg was there.

I built this altered wheelbase Nova in 2001. It was cloned after the Bill Thomas "Novel Nova" featured in the March 1966 issue of Hot Rod and Popular Hot Rodding Magazines. I now build all the period Funny Car and Gasser components and …

Nov 12, 2017 · As an owner of a couple real Novas from '62 to '72, so far the shape of mockups already look 100 times better than anything released previously. I am sure they will be outstanding when finished. BTW, Dale Armstrong ran a '62 Nova Funny Car, "The Canuck".

This site is dedicated to our 1965 Plymouth Belvedere II altered wheelbase 426 Hemi car. It was conceived, designed, and built as a tribute to the awesome factory A/FX cars that thundered down the dragways in the mid 1960’s making history as the first "Funny Cars".

Mar 8, 2011 · Another funnycar now resides in Alton, MO, one with a very interesting history. Known then as “A Novel Nova” or “Instant Funny Car”, the car was built in the shop of Bill …

Dec 27, 2007 · Dubbed the Instant Funny Car kit, Thomas sold dozens if not hundreds of them to match race Nova builders all over the country thanks in part to a story that appeared in the Mar. '66 issue of HOT ROD (see "A Novel Nova," p. 84-86)."

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May 1, 2002 · The story featured a new "Instant Funny Car" kit from the now-defunct Bill Thomas Race Cars in Anaheim, California.