68 L78 Nova Drag Test..
 

One of my local car freinds gave me a September 1968 Car Craft magazine...cool feature on a 68 L78 Nova and how it went at the track. Enjoy...wilma

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Re: 68 L78 Nova Drag Test..
 

Great article, thanks for sharing.

Where is this Test Vehicle today? Does it exist?

Dan

Re: 68 L78 Nova Drag Test..
 

Thanks for posting a readable version Tom.

I bid on a copy of this magazine ( for this article) a couple of months ago on e-bay but lost out.

Oh yeah, Happy Birthday!!

Barry

Re: 68 L78 Nova Drag Test..
 

Very cool article [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/3gears.gif[/img]

Re: 68 L78 Nova Drag Test..
 

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Postsedan</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Great article, thanks for sharing.

Where is this Test Vehicle today? Does it exist?

Dan </div></div>
Yes it does...in my garage [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/beers.gif[/img] [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/burnout.gif[/img] [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/3gears.gif[/img]

Re: 68 L78 Nova Drag Test..
 

No kidding, Tom!!!!!!! Tell us more! [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/laugh.gif[/img]. What's the build date?

Re: 68 L78 Nova Drag Test..
 

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: WILMASBOYL78</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Postsedan</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Great article, thanks for sharing.

Where is this Test Vehicle today? Does it exist?

Dan </div></div>
Yes it does...in my garage [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/beers.gif[/img] [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/burnout.gif[/img] [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/3gears.gif[/img] </div></div>

Wow! How did I miss that? Now I know the car, duh!

Dan

Re: 68 L78 Nova Drag Test..
 

This part of the article caught my eye:

Engine........ L78 Option Tuned by Bill Thomas Race Cars

And that cougar GTR on the cover is pretty cool to.


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Rich Pern

Re: 68 L78 Nova Drag Test..
 

No snubber on the traction bar. That 12.85 best was with a 2nd gear launch! [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/biggthumpup.gif[/img]

Re: 68 L78 Nova Drag Test..
 

That bad boy has got the mile-per-hour to run 11's !