Re: My new 1968 Nova L79 project.
 

Mark, so who bought the car? Is it being restored?

Jason

Re: My new 1968 Nova L79 project.
 

I thought the red one ended up with Jeff L in Nashville. I think he was going to resto it now that he finished the GG one that was from SD.

I knew Mike in NY had your blue one Jason, and heard it was at Wayne's for awhile but didn't know it was owned by a guy in FL.

Re: My new 1968 Nova L79 project.
 

That is a very cool car!

Bob

Re: My new 1968 Nova L79 project.
 

Mine went to a fellow here in Missouri and is being restored. He's a big fan of '68 Novas, and from what I've seen of the one he was finishing up when he bought mine, it went to the right person. It's gonna be a great car after resto. It was amazingly complete and numbers-matching: Born-with engine, transmission, rearend, carb, dist, smog equip, Muncie shifter. I can't think of any of the hard-to-find components that were missing. It's was a great restoration candidate.

Re: My new 1968 Nova L79 project.
 

Great can't wait to see the car done.

Jason

Re: My new 1968 Nova L79 project.
 

I would rather see it left as is ...

too many "restored" cars and not enough left to remind us of what they all looked like after years of use ...

IMHO anyway, YMMV

Re: My new 1968 Nova L79 project.
 

Found this interesting Super Chevy article on L79...very well done.

wilma

http://www.superchevy.com/features/c...ine/index.html

Re: My new 1968 Nova L79 project.
 

Thanks for the link Tom that was a real good article.

This is the radiator a past owner took out of the car it is suposed to be original? One tank has the letters I /A embossed into the tank. The tank with the cap had C /D along with a triangular tag with the numbers 7 79 31? Anyone have any idea what these codes are. It also looks like it might have been repaired next to the cap at one time? I don’t think that is original?

http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d1...79nova0002.jpg

http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d1...79nova0003.jpg

http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d1...79nova0005.jpg

http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d1...79nova0008.jpg

Re: My new 1968 Nova L79 project.
 

I just got of the phone with the original owner of my 68 L79. What a great guy to talk too. He ordered the car this way. So I asked why the 3 speed and he said his wife didn’t know how to drive standard so he figured one less gear would make it easier for her to learn. He almost ordered the super sport package with the L79 but he thought the hood grills looked cheap. I asked what happened to the original motor; he said the day they picked up the car 1 mile from the dealer the motor just locked up. So the dealer put a gm replacement short block assembly in the car. As for the 396 emblems on the fenders he remembers one of them broke, so he went to get a replacement and all they had in stock was the 396 emblems. So that is what he put on. As for the original 327 emblems they were the cast type not the foil type according to the original owner. The only modifications he did over the years were air shocks, a new cam, and a heavy duty clutch. The car was never raced or abused, just a really fast family car. LOL!

Jason

Re: My new 1968 Nova L79 project.
 

Very neat Jason!