DOUG THORLEY's 1964 CHEVROLET NOVA AF/X - *CHEVY 2 MUCH II - FAMOUS 'FUNNY CAR'!

1964 Chevrolet Nova Description

"Own A Piece of 'Funny Car' History"

"This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity"

Doug Thorley, he legendary ‘header’ builder, as asked by his good friend Hubert Platt from Georgia to build a set of custom headers for his 1964 Ford Falcon ‘427’ race car. This is how the legend began!

Doug recalls, ldquo;There was a match race coming up & Hubert had burned his hand quite badly, o he asked me to drive the car. I took two passes, nd it was off of the ground most of the time all the way through the quarter mile. Well, hat really hooked me, nd the minute that I got back to the shop I started building the ‘Chevy 2 Much’. Ted Brown built the chassis & completely reconstructed the frame, oug Kruze did the sheet metal, nd Gil’s Auto Body did the one-of-a-kind bright Candy Tangerine & Red paint scheme. When Hubert’s wife, ee Platt, aw the brilliantly painted Chevy, he couldn’t refrain from drawing “That Chevy is Tooooo Much", hich Doug quickly adapted to: ‘Chevy 2 Much’.

In 1964, here were only a handful of NHRA national events & the ‘Funny Car’ Eliminator class was not yet in existence, o the car was built as a ‘Match Racer’. The ‘Chevy 2 Much’ started out w/ an alcohol-injected 396ci big-block & weighed in @ 2100 lbs. It ran in the high 9’s at over 150 mph, nd is remembered as the first 4-speed car to run over 150 mph in the ¼ mile. Doug says: “It was a ball to drive because it was off of the ground or sideways most of the time”. Plagued by big wheelies, his was solved by the invention of the first ‘wheelie bar’, ending itself to keeping the car straight! It was the only ‘Funny Car’ in Southern California outside of Jack Chrisman’s injected Comet, amp; it got so popular that folks wanted Doug to bring it back east & race the factory cars such as the ‘Dodge Ramchargers’ & Ed Schartman’s Comet. Doug recalls: “I could beat most of the factory cars”. Heraced all over the country at least 2-3 nights a week! When Doug decided to start building his Logghe chassis-equipped Corvair, hich was one of the first full tube-chassis ‘Funny Cars’ to hit the drag racing scene, he ‘Chevy 2 Much’ was sold to some gentleman out of Chicago who changed the wheelbase & ran it for a while, ntil a nasty encounter with a guardrail ended the car’s amazing career.

Fast forward to just before the new Millennium!

Doug had decided to recreate the ‘Chevy 2 Much’, ecause as he puts it: “Steve Gibbs who was running the NHRA museum wanted me to put a car in the new museum”. So Doug rounded up most of the friends who labored over the original car to help him build the new ‘Chevy 2 Much II’, ncluding: Ted Brown, om Rodriguez, L Shannan, ary Slusser, letch & of course Doug Kruze! When the new build was completed, he new ‘Chevy 2 Much II’ went straight into the NHRA museum and sat for 11 years before Doug decided that he wanted to see the car enjoyed. During lunch one day, oug offered Ron Maxwell, n old friend from his hometown of Cedar City, tah, he chance to buy it. Ron jumped at the chance, nd immediately began the process of bringing the car back to life. Since the car had a ‘dummy block’ while it was in the NHRA museum, on decided he wanted a running & driving drag car, ith just the right driveline. The updated drivetrain consists of the following: a 496ci Chevrolet big-block by Wheeler Power Products in Florida (Dyno-ed @ 742 hp w/ 621 Lbs./ Ft. Torque), .250” stroke crank, orged Eagle H-beam rods, con forged pistons, oward’s Cam solid-roller camshaft, xact duplicate #467 of the original Hillborn Injection (chromed & polished), rodex aluminum heads, urbo-Hydramatic 400 Manual valve body, 800 stall converter, nd 9” Ford rear-end w/ nodular center section & 4.11 gears. The front suspension is a period-correct leaf-sprung solid axle w/ Bilstein racing shocks, amp; out back is a 4-link system w/ adjustable shocks. To make the car safe & legal for making full speed exhibition passes, dditional support & bars were welded into the basic cage frame installed by Doug Thorley years earlier. The original Bright Candy Tangerine - Red Paint Scheme & Original Gold-Leaf Graphics/Lettering done by Gil’s Auto Body is just as it was when Doug & his good friends built the car. 'Super Chevy Magazine’ asked to have a photo shoot done in the NHRA museum, nd it was featured on the cover of the Nova Annual 2012 Edition, eaturing an 8-page spread. Ron showed the ‘Chevy 2 Much II’ quite a few times over the next couple of years and always took home an award, ncluding: ‘Best Nostalgia Car’ @ Boise Roadster Show 2012, lsquo;Best Race Car’ @ Salt Lake City Autorama 2013, nd ‘Best Nostalgic Car’ @ Super Chevy Show in Colorado 2013.

She now sits on our showroom floor here in Saint George, tah, nd is available for new ownership for the very first time! Whether you can remember the early years of 'Funny Cars' & finally want one of your own, r you are just getting into drag racing, t will be hard to beat this nostalgic 1964 Chevrolet Nova AF/X car! There is a plethora of information on the Internet regarding Doug Thorley & the ‘Chevy 2 Much’ cars, o you should have no problem doing your homework about this amazing era in drag race history. Those wonderful years are long gone, ut certain pieces of those amazing times continue to live on. This wonderful 1964 Chevrolet Nova AF/X car, ovingly dubbed ‘Chevy 2 Much II’ is a great example. This is an excellent opportunity to own a real ‘Funny Car’ built by the legends who were there when it all started!

Enclosed shipping is available anywhere in the world at the buyer’s expense. Please do not make an offer on this vehicle unless you have the funds available now and intend to purchase the car. You are more than welcome to inspect this vehicle at any time before the end of the listing. I also reserve the right to end the listing at any time. Please, o emails! A serious buyer will always pick up the phone to discuss the vehicle. If you are a serious buyer and have any questions at all, lease do not hesitate to call Steve @ (435) 703-0003 or (435) 628-2866.

Thank you!