1966 Nova L79 on Mecum

[fsc66]

Nice looking car but once again claiming that the window sticker is original....
Paperwork on bottom of page:
https://www.mecum.com/lots/FL0118-312916/1966-chevrolet-nova-l79/

Paul

[southernfriedcj]

68.2k? For a Nova? Crazy IMHO. It is a beautiful car though.

How can you tell the sticker is fake? The printing seems awful "bright" for a 52 year old document, but what is the give away?

[markjohnson]

An actual heater delete car (if it's real) makes it an interesting car. Wood Chevrolet was a performance-oriented dealership.

[fsc66]

I gave as much detail as I feel is acceptable without explaining the correction to each error. We would prefer that anyone representing reproduction documents as original documents continues to make all these errors.

There may be additional issues but this should give you an idea why a buyer needs to do their research prior to making a purchase.
May also want to look at the authenticity of the POP. POP lists Rear axle as FO1230E: FO is fine which is a 3.73 posi with Metallic Brakes, however production date of 12/30 is 15 days after the NCRS data report shows the car was built of 12/15/65.

Paul

[Crush]

WOW, the lengths of deception people go through!

[TAR6569]

That POP looks like a repro too, just MHO. One thing it looks like there is no perforations on the piece above the date/dealer info. And no impressions from the plate on the opposite page aside from the imprint.

[southernfriedcj]

I gave as much detail as I feel is acceptable without explaining the correction to each error. We would prefer that anyone representing reproduction documents as original documents continues to make all these errors.

There may be additional issues but this should give you an idea why a buyer needs to do their research prior to making a purchase.
May also want to look at the authenticity of the POP. POP lists Rear axle as FO1230E: FO is fine which is a 3.73 posi with Metallic Brakes, however production date of 12/30 is 15 days after the NCRS data report shows the car was built of 12/15/65.

Paul

Thanks!

[MosportGreen66]

That POP looks like a repro too, just MHO. One thing it looks like there is no perforations on the piece above the date/dealer info. And no impressions from the plate on the opposite page aside from the imprint.

I was thinking the same thing...

[JayR]

The sport steering wheel alone pegs this window sticker as a reproduction. There was no sport steering wheel option in Chevy IIs until 1967. Based on the fact that this is incorrect, you also have to wonder about the heater delete. Very few Chevy IIs had this option. It wasn't even available in Canada ( I wonder why!!). Most of the 2nd generation Chevy II factory heater deletes I've seen were cars shipped to Hawaii and they all had it coded as an 'H' on the cowl tag.

Bob

[novadude]

A minor point, but those hubcaps are wrong from a Nova, and the wheel width / offset is wrong as well. Not to mention the fact that Super Sport package included full wheel covers in 1966 (Nova - does not apply to Chevelle). You couldn't get an SS with dog dish caps.

[JayR]

A minor point, but those hubcaps are wrong from a Nova, and the wheel width / offset is wrong as well. Not to mention the fact that Super Sport package included full wheel covers in 1966 (Nova - does not apply to Chevelle). You couldn't get an SS with dog dish caps.

That's correct. A 1966 Nova SS would have come from the factory with black wheels and full SS wheel covers. This car has also been repainted without replacing the black painted lower door sill. This was done on all light colored '66 Nova Super Sports to eliminate the body colored line of the door sill between the rocker and door trim.

Bob

[Lee Stewart]

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[Steve Shauger]

This thread would certainly be enlightening for the new owner. I don't know what was disclosed on the display board, but if not someone has some explaining to do!

[JayR]

My Canadian built Lemonwood Yellow L79. GM Canada documented. All owners are known back to the dealer's son who worked for his dad and drove this car as his demo in the summer of 1966. Has seldom seen factory A81 headrests. The ultimate sleeper!

Bob

[Lynn]

The house on the property listed on the POP was built in 1984.

[EZ Nova]

That's correct. A 1966 Nova SS would have come from the factory with black wheels and full SS wheel covers. This car has also been repainted without replacing the black painted lower door sill. This was done on all light colored '66 Nova Super Sports to eliminate the body colored line of the door sill between the rocker and door trim.

Bob

Bob, not saying your wrong, and that is usually the case, BUT maybe the original owner WANT these subtle PAINT changes and ordered the car as such? And not saying that happened but my father bought a 1967 Sport Fury with GTX magnum wheels listed he says right on the bill of sale in 1967? So to him, it was "the way it came"!

I also know of a pair of SUV about 7 years ago that were GM Denali's but both were ORDERED with Cadillac on paint color!!!! And this was later 2000's when dealers didn't get the pull. Now we figured they were painted once they got to the dealer, but his bill of sale SHOWS it ordered with the Creme Brule color!!!!

So it is possible the dealer did that and it is possible it was ordered that way? So what would be the correct thing to do for really? As it's possible that the original bill of sale states "body colored wheels and no black"?

Sorta like radio or heater delete in rare occasions? Normally you have a radio, but if bill of sale originally says delete, what do you do????

[JayR]

Totally agree with the above! Just about anything was possible in the years these cars were built, but in the case of this L79, it says it's been restored. Those are not the original wheels, so I believe they were painted to match the body during the resto. The door sill paint corrected an ugly body color line that broke up the black rocker molding below the lower door trim on light colored cars. I don't know why anybody would want it removed. A Lemonwood Yellow '66 Nova SS would have come with this paint. I'm sure it was over looked in the restoration, which wasn't unusual.

While many instructions were just hand written on an order form (and sometimes got done), most factory deletes required an RPO code. To get a standard equipment heater deleted required RPO code C48. In Chevy IIs and Novas, radios were never standard equipment, so there was no delete, so a car described by an owner as radio delete is a misnomer. The car either didn't get a factory optional radio ordered or an optional radio got taken out at some point.

Bob