The 1968 - 1970 L78 Nova SS396 is a great muscle car no question. But IMO it was a car that Chevrolet paid no real attention to. Such things as never offering the 396/325 HP engine as an option, never offering RWL tires as an option, never designing stripes for it, never designing chrome exhaust tips for it, using the same hood inserts for 3 years. The M22 is offered in 1968 and 1969 but not in 1970. Chevy called it the Console option but it really wasn't. It was a Consolette. The 396 engine options don't appear in any of the brochures. It was almost as if Chevy didn't want to sell you a Nova SS396.
Please don't wax lyrical using today's knowledge and say how great all that was - a street sleeper, a Q-Ship because back in 1969/1970 that wasn't what a muscle car was.
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