1970 L78 Nova 5 blade fan sold on e-bay WOW!!

[CamarosRus]

Rick, I was most certainly wrong about Cumby having a L-78 Chevelle. What I meant to say, was that Cumby's Survivor LS-6 w/o cowl induction and having the Dual Snorkel Air Cleaner was a very good source of reference for 70 L-78 Camaro restorers.

What configuration of left smog tubes are the top restored LS-6 Chevelles using with and w/o cowl induction....

I am also looking for a survivor 1st design left hand smog
hose 39471?8

[Mr70]

Just teasin ya about Cumby's car.I know through conversing with you in the past,you are fully aware of what he has.

"What configuration of left smog tubes are the top restored LS-6 Chevelles using with and w/o cowl induction"....

Most are putting on the over the valve cover tube even if it's not accurate for their early build,but either design will fit fine when Cowl Ind. equipped or not.
I believe it is due to owners not knowing there was a design difference & revision date for this tube,(as noted in the 1970 Chevelle Ass. manual),as well as most reproduction houses only carry the later issued over the valve cover design tube anyway.

[CamarosRus]

Rick,
1)Can you help me provide evidence that 70 Camaro L-78's should ONLY have the 2nd design, over the valve cover style of smog "tree" and hose ????? ..... as I have NEVER SEEN a as built picture of a 70 Camaro L-78 engine compartment.

2)I feel that the few restored 70 L-78 Camaros having smog are wrong, because either vendors like Hoedel and Greenhoe provided incorrect tree and hose or the L-78 owners copied 69 L-78's and installed wrong tree and hose.

3)Is it true that Crane Corvette supply offers the best repop left tree, however NOT correct as Original.

4)Any evidence that original trees were BLACK ZINC plated, even though well known vendors like Hoedel or Greenhoe may apply something else.

Below pics show 70 Camaro assy manual page. There is another LS-6 page (canceled/never built) that shows 1st design tree......and two examples of 70 L-78 Camaros with wrong left tree.....






Not my intent to hi-jack this thread. If that be the case I can search for a smog thread and start over...........

[92646]

My neighbor came by to look at the Nova yesterday and he was reminiscing about his rally green 69 L-78 Nova that he bought brand new in 1969 for $3400.00. He insists that it came with a clutch fan and power steering. His name is Bill Sherman and his brother is Joe Sherman. He said that he got the car to go 12.9 at Lions with open headers and a hurst shifter. The car that he owns now is a early Falcon with a twin turbo Ford small block with nitrous that dynoed over 1200 horsepower at the flywheel. This guy knows his way around cars and he insists that his car old car had a fan clucth. After seeing the last post I wonder if he had a 1968 Nova.
Mark Sheppard