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Old 01-13-2019, 03:30 AM
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Bill,

This Nova most likely used the same covers as what you have in your Nova now.

BTW, this Nova SOLD for a record $70,400 for an L48 4 Speed.

A very nice Nova indeed

https://www.mecum.com/lots/FL0119-35...rolet-nova-ss/

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Bill,

This Nova most likely used the same covers as what you have in your Nova now.

BTW, this Nova SOLD for a record $70,400 for an L48 4 Speed.

A very nice Nova indeed

https://www.mecum.com/lots/FL0119-35...rolet-nova-ss/

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What's going on with that grille/hood molding alignment?
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Post bucket seats/legendary

Pretty sure 69-70 Chevelle buckets were the same as the Nova except for seat tracks/mounting...I know the 70's are. so why wouldn't the Chevelle seat covers work on a Nova?? as for quality...legendary makes nice stuff.

fyi: they have the plain basket weave covers for the 70 deuce bench seat interior.

as for the 70 gold nova sold at mecum...nice looking car. Headlite bezels are wrong, should be E70 tires, not F70...and yes the hood molding looks weird. rear is non-posi. not sure, but i thought 4 speed cars didn't get the heat tube for the air cleaner..but that might have changed for 1970. that's a lot of $$ for a small block super sport.

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Pretty sure 69-70 Chevelle buckets were the same as the Nova except for seat tracks/mounting...I know the 70's are. so why wouldn't the Chevelle seat covers work on a Nova?? as for quality...legendary makes nice stuff.

fyi: they have the plain basket weave covers for the 70 deuce bench seat interior.

as for the 70 gold nova sold at mecum...nice looking car. Headlite bezels are wrong, should be E70 tires, not F70...and yes the hood molding looks weird. rear is non-posi. not sure, but i thought 4 speed cars didn't get the heat tube for the air cleaner..but that might have changed for 1970. that's a lot of $$ for a small block super sport.

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I'm surprised you missed the fact they painted the entire side louver too...
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I'm surprised you missed the fact they painted the entire side louver too...
I guess I'm slipping in my old age
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What's going on with that grille/hood molding alignment?
Look's like that Nova has a 73 or 74 hood. Buddy of mine had a 72 Nova with that same look. Found out it wasn't a 72 hood, but a hood off a 73 or 74 Nova. You could see the holes that were filled in on the driver side front part of the hood where the Nova emblem was placed. Lot of money for small block Nova. Top bidder might of had a few to many drinks, what do you think??
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Look's like that Nova has a 73 or 74 hood. Buddy of mine had a 72 Nova with that same look. Found out it wasn't a 72 hood, but a hood off a 73 or 74 Nova. You could see the holes that were filled in on the driver side front part of the hood where the Nova emblem was placed. Lot of money for small block Nova. Top bidder might of had a few to many drinks, what do you think??
Word on the street is that its a repro hood, creating the molding issue.
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Word on the street is that its a repro hood, creating the molding issue.
Repro hoods are not that bad. Its a 73/74.

Its hard to fathom that someone installed that hood and displayed it in public.
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Repro hoods are not that bad. Its a 73/74.
I don't know that I agree. We had a spare hood that I believe was from a '73-74 and we added '67 Chevelle SS hood "bumps" to the center. I think it was a 73-74 because of the emblem holes we filled, but I can't be positive. Anyway, it worked fine, and the hood molding looked normal on a '70.

There might be something else going on with this car, or maybe my hood was a 68-72 hood that someone drilled for the 73-74 emblem? Very possible, as I do not know the origin of the hood, and I didn't really pay attention as to whether holes were drilled or stamped.

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What's going on with that grille/hood molding alignment?
Something way not right. I believe he must have liked the color combo, and some stuff just didn't matter.
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