NOVA L79 WAGON????

[JohnZ]

I worked at Willow Run from '64-'66 (Production Foreman, Engine Dress line and Chassis Line), and I clearly recall that we built a Fleet Order of 20 or so white '66 Chevy II station wagons with tinted glass for an outfit with a name like "Southwest Oklahoma Gas & Electric" that were all L-79 4-speeds with A/C (the A/C in those days was the "Cool-Pack" under-dash hang-on unit). The F&SO also called for Hurst shifters, and the customer's rep delivered a pallet of retail-boxed Hurst shifters to the plant to build them with. We installed the Hurst shifters on the engine dress line, and the dual exhaust systems were a PITA coming down the Chassis Line, as we had to drill holes in the left rear rails and install Rivnuts to anchor the left side muffler and tailpipe hangers. The roll-testers loved them! Somewhere in Oklahoma the meter-readers had lots of fun with those cars!

[Xplantdad]

This reminds me of the 4 door, 4 speed 409 Biscayne that was at Barrett Jackson this past January...according to the description, it was used by a Texaco employee as his business car in the oil fields...

Here's the description of the car:

[Late BrakeU2]

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This reminds me of the 4 door, 4 speed 409 Biscayne that was at Barrett Jackson this past January...according to the description, it was used by a Texaco employee as his business car in the oil fields...

Here's the description of the car:



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Saw that car at the Bob's Big Boy cruise night in Burbank last fall..owner had all the original Texaco field log books in the trunk to boot..

[Salvatore]

AHH you California guys, how can you stand it out there? Don't you ever get sick of the weather, the scenery, the blue Pacific, the cars, the old drag strips, the drive-in-car hops, the rust free sheetmetal, and especially some of the babes, not to take anything away from the Napa Valley winery's, and the giant red woods, even Alcatraz! You guys are killin me. I hated it when I was out there!

[DougA]

Have a good friend who ordered a 68 Chevelle wagon new with a L-79, 4 speed. Car rusted away, but he still has the engine in a 62 Corvette now.

[DarrenX33]

Well there's the answer. I bet the search is on in Oklahoma. One of those wagons would be a neat find.

John great to see you here.

[Salvatore]

Ok John, You are my new hero. Kind of guys we need. These cars may have never shown up anywhere on paper, but obviously they did exist! Probably was ordered as a heavy duty option and not high performance. Long live the small block!

[SS427]

John,
Welcome to the site and thanks for the great description. That is what makes this site so cool! Your first post and you bring a lot with you. I think I can speak for the rest of the members that we would all LOVE to hear more stories about the assembly line process. I would bet if a thread were started, it might quicky even surpass Darren's thread in number of pages. (sorry Darren)

Welcome aboard!
Rick

[Kurt S]

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John,
I think I can speak for the rest of the members that we would all LOVE to hear more stories about the assembly line process. Rick

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John, thanks for posting that. I was going to try to post that info as a secondhand source but I would have messed it up.

John already wrote a little about the assembly process.
http://www.camaros.org/assemblyprocess.shtml

[DUECEMARK]

PLEASE CAN YOU HELP ME WITH ANY INFORMATION ON L-79 WAGON EXHAUST? WE WOULD GREATLY APPRECIATE ANY HELP YOU COULD OFFER.