69 Nova inspection stripe

[Bill Rose]

I've seen this stripe on a number of Nova frames/left frame horn. Anyone know what it's significance is?.............and, is it orange, like the engine paint?

http://www.chevelles.com/showroom/data/500/387388-tn_IMG_0397.jpg

[m22mike]

It's orange, a vendor thing Bill, found on Camaro too.

Mike

[camaromb]

Nice date stamp visible too...

[enio45]

neat date stamp - those are more rare to find

[Bill Rose]

I was wondering about that code too. Can anyone make it out? looks like BoB to me...lol...or maybe 608?
Here's what it looked like when I was done with it.
http://www.chevelles.com/showroom/data/500/medium/100_3608.jpg

[427.060]

Bill, I think you are reading the number upside down. It looks like 869 to me.
James

[jasonL78]

Bill I see 2 stripes on the side of the frame rail. My 68 L79 had 2 stripes. I thought they might be some sort of witness mark for bumper bracket bolts. I worked in an automotive factory building steering columns and every bolt that was torqued down had a witness mark on it. But why the line and not just mark the bolt head is what puzzling. Also why only the driver side? I would just duplicate what you have found not what everyone else has done. That is where people go wrong IMHO with witness mark restorations.

[Salvatore]

My survivor 1969 SS nova has 2 orange stripes on the drivers side also. maybe the 68 and early 69 cars got 2 stripes (11B). I mostly saw just one orange stripe on the drivers side.

[luv2sixty9]

The date looks like 4 8 69....Is that in line with the build date?

[WILMASBOYL78]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Bill Rose</div><div class="ubbcode-body">I've seen this stripe on a number of Nova frames/left frame horn. Anyone know what it's significance is?.............and, is it orange, like the engine paint?

http://www.chevelles.com/showroom/data/500/387388-tn_IMG_0397.jpg </div></div>

Bill...I think you know that photo is from the sub-frame of the car I sold you. It reads April 8, 1969..which lines up with the production of the car. I left that untouched when I painted the frame...the stripe is orange and the date stencil is white...it was common on Novas of that vintage...though I don't recall ever seeing it on a 1970??

wilma

[69SSZL1]

Yep, Camaros had them too!
http://i145.photobucket.com/albums/r206/OAKLYSS/69%20SS%20detail%20shots/framedate-1.jpg (http://s145.photobucket.com/user/OAKLYSS/media/69%20SS%20detail%20shots/framedate-1.jpg.html)

[camaromb]

Even shows the original drips from hanging nose down after the paint dip...

[enio45]

I reduplicated mine from the orig stenciles when we redid the 1600 mile 69Z

http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/pics/usergals/2013/12/full-699-8633-img_4085.jpg

[Bill Rose]

Thanks for all the replies gentleman. With the Nova finished, and the snow starting to fly, these are some of the details to look at for the winter. it's certainly not a &quot;correct&quot; car. Just goofing around with some details, as the car would have been from the beginning.

[Salvatore]

may not be a correct car but you can make all that kinda stuff correct as you are because at one point in its life it had all those markings. Good job!

[Schonyenko2]

I have wondered if all frames have these or if they were sent in stacks, and one in the stack was done. While I have seen them. On the three original owner deuces that we've worked on including mine, I've not found the markings and I took the layers off slowly by hand looking for them. I could understand if they were lightly applied, but both the stripe, and nbrs/letters should be separate and you should get one, if not the other if one was applied poorly.
(SHRUG SHOULDERS)

[WILMASBOYL78]

I'm going to look on the Orange 70 and our two Black 70 surviors...this may not have happened in the 70 model year <<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/hmmm.gif

wilma

[lowmile]

1970 L78 Nova that was built in November of 69.

[WILMASBOYL78]

Thanks Mark...hope Santa was good to you <<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/santa.gif

wilma

[stritestoration]

67 camaro http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p45/jstrits/150_5075.jpg (http://s125.photobucket.com/user/jstrits/media/150_5075.jpg.html)

[DW31S]

I have to hand it to you Bill (and Albert); The Four Seasons aren't the only Jersey Boys with talent!!!