Marlin, point taken. But when there are reams of data, plus GM documents, plus verbal stories from the guy who designed the car, plus all sorts of tests conducted at that time, plus actual Z28 parts put on Nova police cars that don't exist on other Novas, then you have to logically assume that this Nova police car contains some Z28 parts. I never said that it was a 100% Z28 4-door, and that's not what the data suggests. The data points out that the 4-door Nova's main weaknesses in handling and braking were addressed with mostly Z28 parts, which makes sense because they were the heaviest-duty parts that GM had that would fit the Nova (other than the rear brakes, which were borrowed from the A-body station wagon).
This car is not "just a 4-door Nova SS", and I think Kurt knows that, but to get him to acknowledge that and stop pushing my buttons apparently isn't going to happen. He didn't apologize or admit he was wrong when he said that "thousands of GM cars came with 14x7 inch steel wheels in the '70s", and that the 14x7 inch plain steel wheels on this car were apparently nothing special. I posted a GM document on here from Jan. '73 from Harry Hammond to Rick Mahoney discussing how to get Rick's first attempted Nova police car to handle better by using 14x6 inch steel wheels borrowed from a Chevelle station wagon, and to use rear spring eye bushings from a Z28 to control axle wheel hop. The letter was also sent to 5 other men at the Tech Center including Jim Ingle and Dave McClellan. Was there any acknowledgement of the letter from Kurt?...no, nothing...crickets. The letter proves that UP TO THAT POINT, they had not yet considered putting 14x7 inch wheels on the 4-door Nova to improve its handling, and also shows that they were starting to put Z28 parts on the car. And the 6-leaf rear springs appear to be hand-built by someone at GM...I haven't found any other springs that look like them (they are basically truck springs...they point to an extreme effort by GM to win the 1974 LASD police car tests), and they further point to this car as being essentially a factory prototype.
I am not out to belittle anybody or stir anything up, but I am a retired US Navy veteran and I don't just sit idly by when my car is being unnecessarily challenged. Kurt knows this car is something special, so to continue to ask odd questions about its provenance and parts does no one on here (especially me) any good. It is like he doesn't bother to actually read and carefully examine the documentation I have posted on here, which makes literally no sense as he is apparently so heavily into research (Kurt...research what I have sent you).
Kindest regards to ALL on here, Alex
PS...now I will calm down. Marlin...thanks.
Last edited by 9C1Beater; 01-23-2019 at 03:43 PM.
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