My new 1968 Nova L79 project.

[day2killa]

is this build being done on Long Island?

[MosportGreen66]

I think Jason is way upstate near Saratoga.

[jasonL78]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: 69belair</div><div class="ubbcode-body">very nice! love the L79 cars [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/biggthumpup.gif[/img]
EP on the frame rail for the original engine suffix </div></div>


Well that is what I thought when I first seen the marking but it clearly didn't have the bottom line for the &quot;E&quot; Looks more like an S maybe SP for special performance? So that is what I made it. On the passenger frame rail I found what looks like
L-I_ Not sure what this one means? Just trying to duplicate what I found.

[jasonL78]

I am located in upstate NY just outside of Albany NY. [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/beers.gif[/img]

[Xplantdad]

Jason...I was joking with you [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/smile.gif[/img]


Looks great!

[jasonL78]

I know Bruce no hard feeling.

[x77-69z28]

could that last one be L-7? as in L-79? cool car, great resto

[300deluxeL79]

any updates jason? can't wait to see it in paint. [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/drool.gif[/img]

[jasonL78]

Dave I&quot;ve been really busy at work. 10 hour days 6-7 days a week. So my time has been limited. I have the inside of the car ready for paint. I am going to epoxy prime the floors black then duplicate the factory fathum blue over spray. Hopefully this will happen this weekend. The underside of the roof is all finished with new sound deadner. Once I get the floors painted I will bolt the sheetmetal on the car and start blocking the car out. No rush on my end but I am shooting to paint it sometime in April. But it all depends on work my schedule.

[jasonL78]

Well I was thinking about making another topic on this but just figured I would do it here. Has anyone ever noticed the build week stamping through out the body of your car. I heard about this just before my restoration started. I was amazed how many spots on the car I found these stamps. I think they are build week stamps. Some people say no. This is what I have found so far. This car is an 06B car so the 20, 21 ,22,23 week stampings all line up with the build date of the body. I also found X22 on each inner door frame and H23 stamped in the rear floor pan under the rear seat but I don't have any pictures yet of these two spots.
Most of these stampings you really can't see until the paint is removed but some are stamped deeper than others and just stand out. I just thought I would share what I have found with others. I think it is very interesting.











I also found X22 stamped on all four floor drain plugs. I went to my stash and found some drain plugs removed from an 02B car They had X4 stamped on them. Very interesting.