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Default 1966 Gasser Nova w/ L79 motor - Hawaii

Anyone in Hawaii know anything about this Nova?

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Default Re: 1966 Gasser Nova w/ L79 motor - Hawaii

Unless I missed something,(possible) it says 283. An L79 would have been a 327 with the recessed oil filter boss for the chevy ll application. Not all 12 bolt Chevy ll rears were L79, and none that I remember were 4 series, although it may have been an option. Most I think were 3.31, but I'm going off memory.
I think you'd need doc's to prove the L79 claim. But it's still a cool piece. I don't think you can build it for that price.
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Default Re: 1966 Gasser Nova w/ L79 motor - Hawaii

Sorry I dont know of the car as its on The Big Island.

I would think Jason might though as he spends a lot of time over that way.
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Default Re: 1966 Gasser Nova w/ L79 motor - Hawaii

sorry I thought that is what he said in the ad...It's gone now
but you can search "nova" and maybe find it.
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Default Re: 1966 Gasser Nova w/ L79 motor - Hawaii

I believe this is the same car you were talking about:

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Default Re: 1966 Gasser Nova w/ L79 motor - Hawaii

I have been out of town so I did not see this post until now. I don't know the car.



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Default Re: 1966 Gasser Nova w/ L79 motor - Hawaii

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Unless I missed something,(possible) it says 283. An L79 would have been a 327 with the recessed oil filter boss for the chevy ll application. Not all 12 bolt Chevy ll rears were L79, and none that I remember were 4 series, although it may have been an option. Most I think were 3.31, but I'm going off memory.
I think you'd need doc's to prove the L79 claim. But it's still a cool piece. I don't think you can build it for that price.

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I think most were 3.73's as I have a original with correct coding 3.73 Factory, but someone has put 4.11's in it.
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Default Re: 1966 Gasser Nova w/ L79 motor - Hawaii

I have a real 12 bolt that I took out of an old 66 racer years ago and put in my 63 vert. it has 4.88's in it but I never checked the codes. I'm sure these gears arent original, but I would think you could probably special order 4.10's in a 66 or 67 ?? I'll check the code on my rear when I get a chance and post... does GM list a code for a 4.10 in an early Chevy II??
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Default Re: 1966 Gasser Nova w/ L79 motor - Hawaii

I've always been under the assumption that 3.73's were the steepest gears you could get in a '66 L-79 Chevy II. I actually passed on a rough, but real 1966 NON-SS Nova about 8 years ago that still had its' original metallic-braked 3.73-coded rear axle in place.
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I came across a 1966 coded 3.73 posi last year.
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