1966 L-79 Nova SS
 

Ok, for all the Nova guys, here you go. I am getting ready to list this car on Ebay, thought I would give everybody here the jump. 151 MILES! That is not a typo, the car has an actual 151 miles on it since new. Was bought new as a hobby to run in stock class at the drags, saw very few passes before put in storage. Current owner has had it stored last seven years. Beautiful Tuxedo Black, black interior w/ buckets, 327/350 hp, 4 speed. Original paint except for sides which had lettering so was repainted. Modifications from original are: Rally wheels instead of hubcaps, chrome on original valve covers, air cleaner, driveshaft, z bar, rear end cover. Has fenderwell headers. Heater and radio removed. Engine has been rebuilt, balanced, blueprinted, 4 bolt caps added, decked so unfortunatly numbers gone off block. Trans numbers matching. Rear has 4;88 which I dont believe would be original, but possibly. No documentation but going this week to look for build sheet, VIN decodes as V-8 SS Willow Run car, was in Hot Rod How To Magazine in late seventies. Underside still has original satin black on floor pans as new, original spare and jack. Has to be one of the nicest in existence with only 151 miles. Coming from very reputable private collection to make room for latest aquistion. Will be listing on Ebay later today, 35K buys it now, if interested PM, Email, or call toll free at 1-866-YENKOSC and I will send Zip File of photos.
Thanks,
Motown

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WOW!

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Sounds like a pretty hard 151 miles!

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Marlin,
Actually, when the current owner got the car it has less then 100. He trailered it to the St Ignace car show and drove it around that weekend to hit 151. It was raced the summer season of 67 on weekends in stock trim and then stored. The car is breathtaking to stand near and seems to still have the new car smell.
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http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...;category=6172

Here is a link to the Nova auction on Ebay.
Thanks,
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Sorry, sounds like a pretty hard 100 miles - that's a lot of changes there Matt, fenderwell headers require a little choppin! Is this one of Maynard's cars?

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Marlin, You ever think about the big picture? For the sake of argument lets say all 100 miles were in quarter mile passes, which they wouldnt because most would be in staging and return, but even if it ran the quarter mile 400 times with a skilled driver under controlled conditions, I would think that would not be nearly as hard on the car as some idiot kid running the quarter mile ten times a night on the street, missing gears, over reving, all the while with a car full throwing beer cans at signs, and not for 100 miles but for thousands as most these cars were....No brainer. And yes, the inner fenders had to be cut to install fenderwell headers, but I would think that is a whole lot less choppin then taking a completly rusted out car and cutting everything away to weld on new panels... as many a vintage Nova has had done...and many with taiwan steel. I think I could live with welding in a new set of inner fenders, or would that make it a rebody?
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Don't get your panties in a wad there Matt! I'm just stating some facts about what you posted. The big picture is that there is a big difference between a 100k mile car that is all original vs. a 100 mile race car - that's all. Good luck with the sale.

When you going to get that Yenko Camaro off the guy's lawn?

Re: 1966 L-79 Nova SS
 

Marlin, somewhere in there I see your point, I just have a hard time trying to figure out if there really is a difference of 100 miles on the strip or 100 miles on the street with a car that was built for that purpose. I cant see the difference except one situation has a christmas tree and the other a street light. In the good old Detroit days going to Detroit Dragway or Milan was actually a chance for our cars to get a rest as we had to wait our turn, and with luck get three or four passes in on a Sunday afternoon, while out on Woodward Avenue we were getting as many as twenty passes every Friday and Saturday night. This Nova is a perfect example, because of it's track history it survives today, while a great many of the same vintage muscle are long gone to the boneyard after the beating we put to them on the street. I would guess a very large percentage of these very cars left the Chevy dealership on their maiden voyage sideways in every gear. I dont think this particular car ever had slicks as I could not find any stress wrinkles in the quarters. Oh, by the way, I dont have my "panties in a wad" as you put it, actually I find you rather amusing.
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Ok, just checkin - at least you didn't mention a thong or something [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]

My perspective comes from stories like this one; the lowest mile Yenko Deuce (6k miles) is generally not considered to be the #1 car out of the 80 cars found, hard to believe. This car is all original paint, stripes are in good shape, almost perfect interior, etc... but.... it was raced a little at Keystone Raceway and a lot of the originality of the car was discarded to make way for the race 'improvements'. Now, it's still an excellent car, but it's the kind that just makes you scratch your head a little and say 'this car could have been one of the best survivor cars ever'.

At least this '66 Nova is for sale! (The Yenko Deuce is not, many have tried!).