L89 Nova???????

[Late BrakeU2]

According to Fran Preve, Tonawanda had gotten WAY to big. There was a need to cut it down to size, eliminate versions so they didn't make so many different KINDS of engines. This meant dropping suffix codes (versions), and combining others. Where possible they made one engine fit many models rather than one version for each model. The program was called "de-proliferation" and apparently the plant workers loved it for it's simplicity. Lot's of disruptive production sequence going on in the last half of 69-plant strikes,complete A body reskin,and 71 emissions rules coming in that would affect which engines would be available.