World Record sale for a 1966 L-79 Nova Super Sport

[olredalert]

----Wasnt that the give-away car???......Bill S

[Postsedan]

Not only was this a World Record Price, but it now becomes a World Record Price for a color change on a classic Muscle Car.

A nice restoration indeed.

Dan

[Igosplut]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: olredalert</div><div class="ubbcode-body">----Wasnt that the give-away car???......Bill S </div></div>

The NNN was a raffle car, and it did have AC. The car had Texas plates, and I believe that's where it was bought. They raffled off four cars until someone complained that it was illegal so Wayne stopped doing it.

[L-79 Nova]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: kwhizz</div><div class="ubbcode-body"> Back in 66 when I bought my L-79 car new......The front suspension was bad........But......we didn't know it ......LOL........Those were the days........I also had the optional dented rear quarter......LOL

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What mods and what kind of times Ken? Ron...

[Paul_S]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: iluv69s</div><div class="ubbcode-body">In South America many people call <span style="font-weight: bold">all</span> the novas Chevy II's, no matter what year, because of the meaning of the word...No va !!(means No go) I am surprised Chevy never picked that up when they named the car.</div></div>

Chevy did know that and that is why the X-bodies exported down there were called Chevrolet 400 and/or Chevy. That removes any possible issue between the one word &quot;Nova&quot; (meaning birth of a star) and the two word term &quot;no va&quot; (meaning no go).

[kwhizz]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: L-79 Nova</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: kwhizz</div><div class="ubbcode-body"> Back in 66 when I bought my L-79 car new......The front suspension was bad........But......we didn't know it ......LOL........Those were the days........I also had the optional dented rear quarter......LOL

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What mods and what kind of times Ken? Ron... </div></div>

Sig Erson Cam......Edelbrock crossram........Best E.T. was 11.73.....which was fast for back then......I had to run against Tony Christian and couldn,t match him.....so ...I took the crossram off and ran a single Holly three barrel and the car would run 12.10's all day long.......

Ken