Re: 69 Nova L78 TH400
 

I worked at a chevy dealership (United Cherolet) outside of Worcester, MA in 1970. I moved cars in the lots and drove "car swaps" around the state. It was a very prominent, high volume dealership that always maintained a large assortment of corvettes. We did get an occassional high performnace car, but in general, the LS6's, L78's, Z28's etc were rare. My point: I dealt with hundreds of new '70 chevys, and only a very small percentage were true muscle cars. I believe this was true with most dealers of the period.

Re: 69 Nova L78 TH400
 

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could have been the cost of emission certification.

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Probably not. They were allowed to certify an engine/trans combo that could then be used in any platform as long as the components were the same. So the L35 would already have been cert'd under the Camaro drivetrain.

Re: 69 Nova L78 TH400
 

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I think I read over at Steves that the Grumps Nova started life as an L79 non SS car.....how cool is that.

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Here's a vintage pic that Ed Hedrick was kind enough to share with me. It's from his personal collection, and is definitely a period photo. It shows Dave Strickler giving the Grump '68 Nova a drink between rounds. Notice there's no rubber flap on the fan shroud/core support, which seems to support it's small block origins. Pretty cool.

Re: 69 Nova L78 TH400
 

Cool picture... Thanks to Andrew H., I got the chance to visit with the Strickler family this past year at the York show. Both years I have attended they have had a booth along side a couple of Strickler prepared cars. Usually along side "The Grump", as Ed called him at SCR7.

Re: 69 Nova L78 TH400
 

Here's another. What a pair. https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...ns/worship.gif

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Last one. Note lack of SS hood louvers, or Super Sport rocker emblems.

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Probably not. They were allowed to certify an engine/trans combo that could then be used in any platform as long as the components were the same. So the L35 would already have been cert'd under the Camaro drivetrain.


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According to JohnZ (Chevy engineer) the complete car had to be submitted for emission certification.
Here is a quote from a JohnZ thread on Team Camaro "EPA emission certification was done not only by powertrain, but by carline application, vehicle weight, aero drag, and coast-down horsepower testing, which created many variables. Every different situation required full EPA certification"
I also know that Yenko had to get EPA certification on the 1968 427 Camaro. He could not use the 427 Impala certification.

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Erik, cool Grumpy Nova pictures https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...iggthumpup.gif

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Wonder who's mighty Mopar is in front of it...looks like Dandy ?

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cool pic, of mr.5&50