1969 Nova L78 Rear Leaf Springs

[68-69-70Nova SSL78]

I'm restoring a 1969 L78 Nova turbo 400. My question is did the turbo 400 L78's come with 4 or 5 rear leaf springs? Mine has 4 now but want to make sure. I believe Camaro's would have the same setup. Does anyone know why 4 or 5 leaf springs were offered? Was one or the other considered more heavy duty? Any info would really help. Thanks

[YENKO DEUCE REGISTRY]

We've seen both, not sure that there is any logic to one vs the other.

[JRSully]

I don't know if any 69 L78 Nova's had the the 4 leaf, I know the 70 had it both ways (could be wrong though). The 4 leaf set up actually has thicker leaves than the 5

[396L78canuck]

My November 69 built 70 Nova 396 has the original 4 leaf rear srpings.The car came with the F41 suspension without a rear sway bar.Bob

[YENKO DEUCE REGISTRY]

That would be correct, the F41 with the rsb update didn't happen till approx. Jan of '70. It is possible that the hard switch to the 5 leaf springs happened in Jan of '70 as well, but we are not completely sure of that yet.

[JRSully]

My May 70 L78 Nova w/ F41 and rsb came with the 4 leaf set up. I heard that spring selection was determined by options ordered/added on the vehicle at time of ordering, who knows for sure on that though