1969 Nova L78

[ORIGLS6]

No "fuss" caused Dan. We just tend to be a little picky here. If the car was being judged against a 'standard of excellence' I'm afraid it would fall way short. However, I'd be happy to have it in my garage to drive to local cruises, etc. (after a little tweaking). I agree, the Red/Red with a Black hat is cool.

[Schonyenko2]

I think the gentleman overstated the "very correct" restoration description, but the car looks nice.
There are differences in opinion on what is a correct restoration, or what the owner fells is correct for him. IMHO some of the best/correct restorations as a car would have left the factory are SCW's. But you also see cars that have no overspray, or other factory imperfections that score very high in judging.CPX comes to mind. Many times it depends on the judges, and the venue.
Also Mike is dead on as to color tint. There are no current mixing formulas for the older laquer colors. They are new colorbc/cc crossovers. And as Mike said, you can get a prophet/electric scan done, but most of the time you still need to tint around to get it closer. And the paint will be a whole lot deeper than it ever was originally. Even some shops who still shoot laquer clear the laquer.
I think sometimes we get over critical about differences in end results when there seems to be no set absolute. Many times leading to anal retention,and gastric distress.
The red/blk is pretty cool. Don't ever remember seeing a L78 like that back in the day. JMHO

[iluv69s]

Am I confused??? The ad says all date-coded correct drivetrain...its a 12A car..Dec 68 I assume...therefore, the heads,and trans are dated after the car???and the heads a few months apart?? and the rear the same week as the car?? Is that all possible?

whats the date of the motor I wonder???

[WILMASBOYL78]

whats the date of the motor I wonder???

Wednesday

[m22mike]

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Many times leading to anal retention,and gastric distress.

Ken.....when we die and go to the big car show in the sky...will there still be judges ?

Mike

[ORIGLS6]

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when we die and go to the big car show in the sky...will there still be judges ?

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Only One that matters.

[Xplantdad]

GREAT answer Dennis!

[Schonyenko2]

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when we die and go to the big car show in the sky...will there still be judges ?

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Only One that matters.

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I'm not qualified to discuss things of a religious nature. But I may have earned the wrath of the HOT HOT rod judge.

[68COPO]

If Dennis is correct, I'm in trouble!!