Re: 1969 NOVA SS L-89 ONE OF 311 UNRESTORED ORIGINAL
 

Amen Steve! https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...iggthumpup.gif

Re: 1969 NOVA SS L-89 ONE OF 311 UNRESTORED ORIGINAL
 

JH code? Then it's an L78. The assembly plants didn't send spare engine components (e.g. alum heads) in the trunk. Those are dealer or owner added.

That took a lot to get to this point!

Re: 1969 NOVA SS L-89 ONE OF 311 UNRESTORED ORIGINAL
 

Did anybody notice the lack of screw in plugs on the ends of the heads? This car would have to be a very late production dated car or these are over the counter replacement heads from what I understand.
Mark Sheppard

Re: 1969 NOVA SS L-89 ONE OF 311 UNRESTORED ORIGINAL
 

I have a set of 842's on an L-78 block dated 3-69 and 5-69 with no plugs in either end as shown here:

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y86...6/DSCN3647.jpg

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y86...6/DSCN3967.jpg

Paul

Re: 1969 NOVA SS L-89 ONE OF 311 UNRESTORED ORIG
 

I really do commend everyone who has posted here, Pretty much every response was thoughtful and considerate, particularly for an internet forum where flaming is all too easy.

As for a Ford analogy 427king, try to imagine a post of someone claiming to have a '68 427 Mustang. There's always someone claiming they saw one back then, or their dealer friend had one, and of course they made a few hundred Cougar GT-E's with 427's that year, so they MUST have made Mustangs, etc., but no one has brought one forward with a believable story or supporting docs.

L89 Novas are just the same, they coulda/shoulda been made just like the Camaros, but NOBODY has come up with a survivor. There are documented, no excuses examples of '68 COPO Novas (50 made), Deuces (178 made), even Yenko Novas (less than 10 and at least a couple of the ones remaining have bulletproof histories) out there, but NO L89 Novas. This tells me they were either exceedingly rare, or nonexhistent. Which means anybody claiming to have one better have a load of paperwork, and I'll be checking date codes on every piece of the drivetrain.

You have what sounds like an impressive collection, but that doesn't mean you don't make mistakes, particularly when getting into cars you're unfamiliar with. I would argue that about the time any of us think we've really got our stuff figured out, our arrogance usually undoes us. (That could be a lengthy Lounge topic.)

I apologize if I've crossed into the flaming area here, I really didn't want to, but I had to comment.

TOM

Re: 1969 NOVA SS L-89 ONE OF 311 UNRESTORED ORIG
 

LOL...Not sure why you are addressing it to 427king....

Re: 1969 NOVA SS L-89 ONE OF 311 UNRESTORED ORIG
 

WOW Tom, You sound like a scholar. I like the way you put it. https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...iggthumpup.gif I also don't remember NHRA recognizing any 375 horse nova running in Stock Eliminator able to use aluminum heads till recently. (replacement head) The camaro was a different story though. Kim correct me if I am wrong.

Re: 1969 NOVA SS L-89 ONE OF 311 UNRESTORED ORIGINAL
 

dont worry Steve you donthave enough money to buy the car anyway

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THE ENGINE DATE CODE IS TO224 JH
19W4336XX

Re: 1969 NOVA SS L-89 ONE OF 311 UNRESTORED ORIG
 

Apologies to 427king! Too late to edit, damn. I responded off of his posting, and got his "handle" mixed up with 427rcode.

Speaking of which, I see the response has fully devolved from the "it is because I say it is" phase to the "you're too broke to criticize or question me" phase. Hmmm.

For what its worth, all of the responses and points made in this thread would have been the same 5 or 6 years ago when this was a $20K car.


TOM aka tom406
(thats 406gcode to the FoMoCo friendly:)