Special L78 Nova Code Under the Heater Core Cover?

[WILMASBOYL78]

I will look for the original pics. As for paint codes on the firewall...it is my understanding those codes were written on the bare firewall prior to the body color being applied. The firewall was painted after the body...so it would make sense that you would have to sand off the black paint to see the original markings. I checked with Wayne and the markings on our car were on top of the firewall paint. Perhaps others have different ideas....

wilma

[YENKO DEUCE REGISTRY]

Mine are indeed under the paint. Regardless, these markings were usually crudely and quickly written and can be easily misinterpreted. I was thrilled to see what appeared to be an L 78, but knowing that the f/wall markings are very consistently that of the trim tag kept sanding. Alas, it was the A 79 codes, not L 78. I will have to look harder for the V code since the car has a v/t.

[Nova Research Project]

Do not go crazy trying to analyze these codes. The codes are indeed random. Most had Upper/Lower paint code plus interior paint code on the firewall. (e.g. 50M of 10A) However there were many other things written there (or not)

1. Paint codes on body-in-white before the paint.
2. Paint codes over paint but under firewall blackout. As this was paint crayon it usually bled and the firewall black flaked off to reveal it.
3. GMAD might have wrote a rejection code on the firewall black which sent the body back to Fisher. Sometimes for no reason at all.
4. Option codes written by GMAD like L78 for AC or anything else.
5. GMAD order of build Sequence numbers (1-3 digits)These were also on the frame, inner fenders, and hood but never seen as they were wiped of during dealer prep.
6. Simple numbers like 8 to indicate base 307
7. Messages to other workers like when to take lunch.
8. Dealer stock codes or other dealer related info.

Just take what you find and replace them. I do not recommend adding them if they were not there.

Greg

[YENKO DEUCE REGISTRY]

Greg is correct, they wrote all kinds of stuff on these cars - somebody actually has 'CAT' written with spray foam in the trunk of his '69 Nova SS!

[jasonL78]

This is a picture of a 68 nova that I am going to restore. You can see the marker bleeding through the black. It is a Butter Nut Yellow car with black vinyl top. I have a picture on my computer but I just can't find it, my 68 L78 nova had what looked like a 2VV on the firewall.

[JRSully]

here is a shot of the firewall crayon markings after I started blasting the firewall on the 70 L78 Fathom Blue, tough to see, definitely a V and either 78 or 28, remember it being more like a 7 than a 2.

[Salvatore]

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Greg is correct, they wrote all kinds of stuff on these cars - somebody actually has 'CAT' written with spray foam in the trunk of his '69 Nova SS!

[/ QUOTE ]Hey, I know that car!