My new 1968 Nova L79 project.

[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.

[Xplantdad]

Neat stuff Jason...thanks for sharing!

[jasonL78]

Finally had some time the last 2 nights to work on the car. I painted the floors with black epoxy primer last night. Tonight I tried to duplicate the factory over spray. I love Fathum Blue it is such a nice color. So now its time to bolt some sheetmetal on and start block sanding.

[napa68]

Really some nice work! Good to see you resist the temptation of a 4 speed.

Tim