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Old 11-28-2017, 03:38 PM
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Post 69 L78 Nova...

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Originally Posted by big gear head View Post
Nice looking car. I wonder why they didn't put the cover on the bell housing. Also, should the tach red line be at 6000 instead of 5500? And did the L78 come with a M20? I'm no expert on these things, so I'm trying to learn more.
I think if you look close you will see the orange shading on the tach starts at 5500rpm...and the redline comes in at 6,000.

M-20 was the base 4 spd...these cars came with a HD 3spd unless the 4 spd was ordered...the date stamp listed for the trans has an "A" at the end which denotes an M-20. by the way, you could also get an M-21 or M-22 as an option.

There are lots of little detail items that need to be fixed, but nothing major that I see at first glance, except for the smog system is missing. I didn't see anything about paperwork, yet they have a pretty extensive list of options. I would want to see the car prior to restoration to verify the options.

It is a great color and a sharp looking car...you couldn't build it for that price.

-wilma
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