Nomad Vette with 32 valve V8
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That ain't a Nomad......
this is......
www.cars-on-line.com/55nomad17062.html
That looks like a Nomad with a 1954 Corvette front end.
this is......
www.cars-on-line.com/55nomad17062.html
That looks like a Nomad with a 1954 Corvette front end.
Back in 1953, Chevrolet did produce a couple of 'concept' cars based on the Corvette. These included a sports coupe and a station wagon!!! Due to the original poor sales record of the Corvette, both of these ideas were scrapped and (as far as I am aware) none were produced for sale. Maybe this is a brave, but ultimately misguided attempt, to produce a piece of Corvette history? 
>> Edited by Ruby Rag Top on Sunday 1st August 10:55
>> Edited by Ruby Rag Top on Sunday 1st August 10:55
I agree the nomad looks funny with the early vette front end but my guess is that it is one hell of a fast nomad, nice polish job on the engine as well! would be interesting to see how the lt5 nomad/vette would do up against a ZR-1. The down under fellers lt5 swap looks very sanitary as does this one, in fact i am thinkin the lt5 looks damn gud in just about anything...but then again i'm infactuated with the lt5 motor...best darn motor i have ever owned bar none includin my 635 hp 502 cid marine blower motor in my 28' scarab!!! thinkin ill put a big block blower motor in my c4 1984 vette that i am having a hard time sellin this summer!!! keep u all posted on that one!!! vty chicago zr-1 [url]www.zr1.net/ZR1_pictures.html[/url] click on pro truck for another lt5 transplant
Gixer said:
Another car with an LT5
www.cardomain.com/memberpage/480776
"Not too many 400 HP V8's around which achieve 10 L/100km either. Max Torque is 508Nm at 4500 rpm but the thing puts out above 400Nm from 1250 rpm to 7200. Makes for a very interresting engine to drive.'
A damn fine job.
dinkel said:
"Not too many 400 HP V8's around which achieve 10 L/100km either. Makes for a very interresting engine to drive.'
I managed as low as 3 to a gallon in Germany. 120 miles on a fulltank
Best engine I've ever had under the 'hood' though. From a ZR1.Neter :--
The *nomad* shown is an extremely nice
replica (body wise) of the '53 Waldorf Nomad, which has also had the ZR1
drivetrain added.
The Original *Waldorf Nomad*, was so called because it was one of the three
GM Motorama Corvette show cars, first displayed at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel
in NY in 1953. Based on the public response from those Motorama showings
(people were enthused for the Station Wagon version of the Corvette), GM
decided to implement the styling of the Waldorf Nomad on the full size
passenger car, and it debuted in early '55 as the '55 Nomad SW.
The original 'Waldorf Nomad' was a non-running display model, and was
destroyed by GM sometime later, but ever since then, various hobbyists have
attempted to reproduce the vehicle using parts from early Corvettes and
Nomads. Most were unsuccessful, or never finished.
The last few years, several have succeeded in doing so in 'one off' custom
cars. The one pictured in the Forum article you posted is one of the more
outstanding examples, as it additonal has the BEST drivetrain ever put in a
Corvette to provide go power!
>> Edited by Gixer on Monday 2nd August 18:28
Gixer said:
"Not too many 400 HP V8's around which achieve 10 L/100km either. Makes for a very interresting engine to drive.'
( . . . )
From a ZR1.Neter :--
The *nomad* shown is an extremely nice replica (body wise) of the '53 Waldorf Nomad, which has also had the ZR1
drivetrain added.
It's an ugly car. Why make it like this? I can see a '53 Corvette estate could be a beauty . . .
Oh no, they are real:
www.vettewagon.com/webber/webber.htm
www.vettewagon.com/mikell/mikell.htm
www.cfca.net/events/ncrs_2004/images/005.This%20'54%20Corvette%20Nomad%20wagon%20was%20WAY%20cool.JPG
www.freewebs.com/nunzio3/vettewagon.jpg
www.garage-inc.de/corvette/corvetteinfo/funny-things.htm
http://productioncars.com/photo_gallery/pics/corvette_wagon.jpg
Amazing what people do to their Vette . . . Some look OK in a customized kinda way.
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