[tom406]

I really do commend everyone who has posted here, Pretty much every response was thoughtful and considerate, particularly for an internet forum where flaming is all too easy.

As for a Ford analogy 427king, try to imagine a post of someone claiming to have a '68 427 Mustang. There's always someone claiming they saw one back then, or their dealer friend had one, and of course they made a few hundred Cougar GT-E's with 427's that year, so they MUST have made Mustangs, etc., but no one has brought one forward with a believable story or supporting docs.

L89 Novas are just the same, they coulda/shoulda been made just like the Camaros, but NOBODY has come up with a survivor. There are documented, no excuses examples of '68 COPO Novas (50 made), Deuces (178 made), even Yenko Novas (less than 10 and at least a couple of the ones remaining have bulletproof histories) out there, but NO L89 Novas. This tells me they were either exceedingly rare, or nonexhistent. Which means anybody claiming to have one better have a load of paperwork, and I'll be checking date codes on every piece of the drivetrain.

You have what sounds like an impressive collection, but that doesn't mean you don't make mistakes, particularly when getting into cars you're unfamiliar with. I would argue that about the time any of us think we've really got our stuff figured out, our arrogance usually undoes us. (That could be a lengthy Lounge topic.)

I apologize if I've crossed into the flaming area here, I really didn't want to, but I had to comment.

TOM