Cheap '69 L-78 Nova, Build Sheet

[scuncio]

A little rough but an original Butternut Yellow L78 with some good options, 4-speed, and an original build sheet. The L78 mill is long gone.

Link to 1969 Nova eBay auction (https://www.ebay.com/itm/176599237219?mkcid=1&mkrid=711-53200-19255-0&siteid=0&campid=5337538513&customid=&toolid=10001&mkevt=1)
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[JRSully]

Look like it was optioned up pretty well, don't know why somebody threw mono leafs on it though.? that rear would wind up like a coo coo clock

[Pro Stock John]

Was the hood replaced on this car, no SS hood louvers..

[Kurt S]

And they aired down the rear tires for better traction.

[Too Many Projects]

I had to chuckle when I read "it started right up, but it is not the original big block". Ummm, it isn't a BB at all...:wink:
Honestly, though, we have seen far worse for far more money. Other than the engine, it seems to be a complete car.
I think Derek should buy it, have the L78 Nova engine he has repaired/rebuilt and drop it in here. It could be a winter club project for the Chevelle members to go down and help him and Cale get this safely running and driving over the winter and have a matched pair of "Barn Finds" along with his '69 Z/28..:biggthumpup:

[68camaroz28]

Was the hood replaced on this car, no SS hood louvers..
Fenders changed too as it does not have the correct 396 parking light arrangement.

[Igosplut]

Fenders changed too as it does not have the correct 396 parking light arrangement.

Nor the bumper or the grill (non SS). Somebody probably put a non SS 70 nose on it after an accident.

[Derek69SS]

I think Derek should buy it, have the L78 Nova engine he has repaired/rebuilt and drop it in here. It could be a winter club project for the Chevelle members to go down and help him and Cale get this safely running and driving over the winter and have a matched pair of "Barn Finds" along with his '69 Z/28..:biggthumpup:

That's pretty tempting. 11A build date isn't too far off from my 9/20 dated L78 engine either. I need to avoid buying more projects though. Cale's car needs to be painted before he graduates.

[Too Many Projects]

That's pretty tempting. 11A build date isn't too far off from my 9/20 dated L78 engine either. I need to avoid buying more projects though. Cale's car needs to be painted before he graduates.
Just buy another 40' container and hold onto it. :wink:

[Too Many Projects]

Nor the bumper or the grill (non SS). Somebody probably put a non SS 70 nose on it after an accident.
What I was thinking too, might be when the color change happened.

[JRSully]

Lotta options on that puppy. Somebody drew a straight line down the available options boxes, even has the tach. Probably right on taking a front end hit, Rad is wrong and the BB rad flap and hardware are missing

[scuncio]

Auction was ended. Anyone here take the plunge?

[Derek69SS]

Wasn't me... but if the buyer needs a date correct L78 with a Nova VIN, I have one listed here.

[seventyLs5]

So from the available paperwork could you tell which transmission the car had and maybe the axle ratio? The only thing I could decipher was the L78. Not a Nova expert.

[WILMASBOYL78]

[QUOTE=seventyLs5;1657505]So from the available paperwork could you tell which transmission the car had and maybe the axle ratio? The only thing I could decipher was the L78. Not a Nova expert.[/QUOTE

The Fisher line sheet does not indicate the transmission choice...only the body changes needed to install the shifter. In this case it denotes a console...if this was a bench seat car there would simply be an M20 on the sheet. But that only means Fisher had to cut a hole in the floor for the shifter...not which Muncie was installed. As for the rear...it appears there is a 12 bolt in the car, though it may not be 'born with' considering the mono-leaf springs??

The axle will have a date code and ratio...it may be the original...hard to say.

1969 was the only year the Fisher paperwork listed the big block engine option...68 and 70 did not have this. None of these sheets listed the rear axle ratio...

**sometimes the body/chassis broadcast sheets were stuffed up under the dash...worth a look.

-wilma