69 SS nova big block car ????

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Will;
I see you posted this on the Nova site!! What has convinced you that this is a big block, and a 375hp one?

QUOTE:
"I am conviced that this is a 375 hp car,I bought the car and it is now at my garage,it did have the GM 1/4's,and it only has 61000 miles on it.
the I bought it from told me he would call the previuos owner and see if he can track down the orginal block.

the car was found in a field in 1980 with a blown motor and 23600 miles on the clock,it was bought and a new 396 dropped in and driven for a few years then sold to some guy's that drag raced it for a few years,they started striping the car for fiberglass and a tubb job,but lost interest before cutting anything.thats when this guy bought it in 84-85,it's been in the garage ever since.

it's nice to see it on its way to a restore again and not heading to the crusher." END QUOTE.

BTW; After studying the pics on your site, I see the car still has the trans crossmember in it. Check the underside where the bolts go through to the transmount, and let me know whether there are two oval openings or one square opening.

[will]

the cross member has two oval holes,but this is problably not the orginal has i've been told the car last had an auto in it for the drags.
the previous owner told me it was a 375 car he has know the car since his friend accired it in 1980 .
does have the frame plate

also just pulled a slip of paper from the rear seat about 3X7

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Will;
The two small holes in the crossmember indicate a small block, regardless of trans type, (the car is definitely a manual shift car). If a prior owner installed an a/t trans, I would assume that it was a TH350 since a TH400 requires a completely different crossmember (more of a 'tubular' design). Once you get the broadcast sheet out of the seat, 1st make sure that the body number on the sheet matches the last six digits of the body number on the trim tag. I have seen several instances where the wrong broadcast sheet is found in the original seats, although this probably indicates that the line worker was following the codes on the sheet taped to the firewall, installed the correct seat type into the car, but did not select the seat specific identified to that particular car.

Then look at the various option boxes, it will say L34 for 396/350hp, or L78 for the 375hp version if it was a big block. If the car was a small block, there will most likely be no engine code designation on the sheet. If the car was a console car, there will be a code on the sheet (for the tunnel piercings), you should definitely have the B80, B84, B90, (I think), and especially Z26 for the Super Sport option, A51 for the buckets, M20 for the 4speed, N10 for the dual exhaust, and probably some more since the car seems to be nicely optioned. Let us know the codes, and we'll let you know what they mean.

Even if it turns out not to be a big block car, it would be a nice car when done right.

[will]

the paper I found didn't look like the above attachment,this looks more like a tag type as it is thinker than normal paper,I didn't see anyother paper under the seat.
I have a line on the orginal block,it is said that it was sleeved and put into a camaro for dragracing.ihaven't talked to the man that pulled it from the car.Iam thinking of a title search ,but that requires me to retitle the car in my name yet I am not sure I want to keep it.
althought It does remind me of the really green 69 SS 350 nova I had at 18.
oh well time will tell!!!
it has the large opening core support,3/8 fuel line,exhaust plate,and the speedo comes out next to the dist.(is that indcation of big block?)
I hope to be able to locate some previous owner has the car is supposed to be a local car.

Will

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Will;
I believe the paper you found will show the actual assy date, the trim code, the body sequence number, and maybe one other number. I have seen these 'cards' but don't know what they were used for.

The speedo cable exit hole is only indicative of the trans type, not engine size.

To my knowledge, you don't have to retitle the car to do a title search in MD. I have done searches for cars that I have never owned [img]/ubbthreads/images/icons/grin.gif[/img]