Local Deuce Featured in the newspaper (Long)

[Schonyenko2]

Amazing how alot of the stories from original owners move along the same lines. Kinda like finding long lost relatives. Heck until I found Marlin I only knew of 3 other deuces. Went through a lot of years wondering how many, and where they were.
Alan, did you insure your's as a non SS 300hp 350? And I assume your hp rating was cut off the air cleaner lid too. Did your's come with the underhood insulation? Schonye

[blue thunder]

I tried to insure my car, at first, listing it with the 350 engine but my insurance company said that they did not have a Nova in their books that had a 350 engine, just one with a 305 engine and that 350 must have been a typogaraphical error. So I said okay, then list it as a Nova with a 305 and then the insurance was all set and affordable. Like I said earlier, they just didn't know what these cars could do. Yes, the hp rating was also trimmed off of the air cleaner label as well.As best as I can remember, mine did have the underhood insulation. It sure is interesting how different these cars are on things like that or sideview mirrors, wheels and striping.
Can someone tell me how to attach a picture to these messages on the bulletin board? I would like to let you see some old photos and my bill of sale and window sticker.
Alan

[camarojoe]

Are you sure about the hood insulation? I can't imagine a Deuce would have ever had it, did ANY Nova's have hood insulation in 1970? I've had a couple70-72 Nova's and none have ever had anything but a bare underhood, and they weren't as "plain-jane" as a Deuce was. As for attaching pics, in the second screen before your message is posted, there is a box where you can attach a pic that is loaded on your computer hard drive or picture file. Would love to see what original paper you have! Got any "period" photographs from the early days?

[MikeA]

My 72 Nova SS has hood insulation.

[camarojoe]

OK, so hood insulation WAS available, I wasn't sure on that one... but have any other Deuces been found with it? Would seem like an odd thing to have in a car with basically minimal other options... did the hood insulation come as part of another package, as on the camaros?

[blue thunder]

I can't seem to shrink the file size to less than 100kb so I can't send them on the bulletin board. If you can give me your e-mail address then I will send them to you that way.

[Belair62]

Blue....e-mail tham to me and i will shrink and post for you.. [email protected]

[MikeA]

In '72, hood insulation was included in the Custom Interior package and with the SS package (Z26).

[blue thunder]

Thanks, they are on the way to you

[Belair62]

Here ya go Blue....cool pics...