'69 L78 Nova in process

[SeattleCarGuy]

Bought this car a year ago April from a member on this site. Doing it all in my garage, but the car is leaving soon to go to my paint/bodyman for a few months or so for him to apply the Dover White paint. I have a whole album of photos on Facebook, but here's a few for L78 Nova fans to view:http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/pics/usergals/2014/09/full-5898-16385-006.jpg
http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/pics/usergals/2014/09/full-5898-16386-037.jpg
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http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/pics/usergals/2014/09/full-5898-16393-032.jpg

[WILMASBOYL78]

Paul...nice work...hope the paint job goes well. White is a great color on that era Nova.

Good luck...wilma

[elonblock]

Looks great!

[brent396]

Very nice <<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/headbang.gif

[Plowman]

It look's like every thing is going good too.

[parkbrau]

Beautiful car. I can't wait to get back to the world and get into my resto.

[SeattleCarGuy]

Thank you all for the comments. I trust my paint job will come out great as the same guy that painted my Impala a couple years ago will be painting the Nova and I am very pleased with his work.

Here is the Impala at a local show with my 5 year old holding the &quot;Best Chevrolet&quot; award that day. http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/pics/usergals/2014/09/full-5898-16420-083.jpg

[mockingbird812]

Looks GREAT Paul. Love the DW '69s! <<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/biggthumpup.gif

[Plowman]

First picture of black rims with dog dish hub caps.

[SeattleCarGuy]

That picture on the trailer with black rims and dog dish caps is how I received the car last year. Those wheels were the wrong size and I have since bought 14x7 wheels and painted them in Dover White, as shown in 4th picture.

[Plowman]

Most cars I saw in the 60's and 70's had black rims. I also worked at a Chevy Dealership and most car's had black rims. When I saw the Black Rims on your car it brought back memories of that time.

[WILMASBOYL78]

While it is true most of the steel wheels were painted body color...my first L78 car, Forest Green 70 [back in 1973 <<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/rolleyes.gif] had the 14 x 7 wheels and they were black from the factory. Not sure if this was a mistake or intentional?? I remember this because the car had Cragars and aftermarket tires on it when I bought it and the XT's were in the trunk.
**another interesting thing about that car..it had power steering and a 3.55 &quot;open&quot; rear.

wilma

[my69rat]

I don't know for sure I heard somewhere that if the car had dog dish on it they were body color. If it had the full caps they were painted black don't hold me to it.

[Plowman]

Yes that is true but at the dealership if they swapped wheel covers or hub caps,out of a stock unit, any thing could go out the door{it is not like it is today}. I still like the car and you are doing a big job on it,that is so cool.

[1969l78]

Looks great!

[SeattleCarGuy]

Nova is now with my painter for the next 4-5 months. As I run him parts and progress payments, I'll post some occasional photos...http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/pics/usergals/2014/10/full-5898-16892-016.jpg
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