1969 Nova L78

[MosportGreen66]

not mine, and I know little about Novas but red/red is tough to beat!

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Cars-Truc...A1%7C240%3A1308

-Dan

[ORIGLS6]

Love the oil filter.

[Chevy454]

And part of the exhaust system appears to be painted flat black...?

[olredalert]

------Beyond the oil filter this Nova has so many restoration related problems that one almost doesnt know where to begin. Most of the stuff just looks like its related to a "just get the resto out the door and sold" mentality.
------Above any of this, What does everyone here think of the shade of "Garnet Red"??? I had a 69 Garnet Red Camaro new and remember it as being much darker. Not exactly maroon but nowhere near bright red........Bill S

[JRSully]

no proof, drivetrain or paper, that the car is even an original BB Nova, has been on Ebay a lot lately.

[ORIGLS6]

I'm with you Bill; so many things.................... so I just picked the oil filter and let the rest slide. The paint could be questioned, but lighting can really play tricks with paint color.

Nice rebuild but not what I would call a restoration. And yes; the exhaust?

[MosportGreen66]

Sorry to cause a fuss gents, like I said in my original post, moving away from the numbers, a red/red/black Nova with a bbc is tough to beat. I am not a knowledge source when it comes to Novas.

[L78M22Rag]

[quote------Above any of this, What does everyone here think of the shade of "Garnet Red"??? I had a 69 Garnet Red Camaro new and remember it as being much darker. Not exactly maroon but nowhere near bright red........Bill S

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Here's my Garnet Red 69 next to my nephew's original paint garnet red 69... quite a bit darker than this Nova. The garnet red paint seems to have a slight purple hue in certain light and turns to an indian red in other light.

[m22mike]

What's up with those rear leaf springs No clamps...and 6 leafs... with the short one stacked on top ?
Nice car with alot of Pop ! They don't all have to be 1000 pointers, buy it and drive it like a rental.

As far as the shade Granet red ? I will tell you that about 4 years ago I restored a 66 Chevelle, Regal Red. PPG had replaced the original formula for RR with the "offset color of 68 Fordstang Candy apple red . I was trying to mix it in PPG DBC. The ford offset was WAAAY to light.
I still had the original paint on the hood louvers and we shot that color with the electronic gun ( I forgot what that gizmo is called ?) and mixed from there. It came out dead nuts on.
The point is alot of these older colors may have been replace and a offset color is now in use and often not that close.
If your going into paint, you may want to investigate a little B4 you strip all the original.
Or check sYc, someone may have a good formula squirled away

Mike

[rubbinisracing]

I would be happy to store both cars in a warmer climate where they could still receive regular exercise!