World Record sale for a 1966 L-79 Nova Super Sport

[Jamess113]

Here are couple more pictures.

[Big Block Bill]

Joe Cheeks from e-Automania had a twin to this car for sale @ Dana Mecum's last Spring Classic held in Belvedere, Illinois back in 2004? It was a Nova Club give-a-way car I seem remember at one time. Black on Black and it even had Factory A/C installed! I think it went for $55,000.00 back then. Also a VERY nice car. I wonder where it is today....

Bill

[Igosplut]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Big Block Bill</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Joe Cheeks from e-Automania had a twin to this car for sale @ Dana Mecum's last Spring Classic held in Belvedere, Illinois back in 2004? It was a Nova Club give-a-way car I seem remember at one time. Black on Black and it even had Factory A/C installed! I think it went for $55,000.00 back then. Also a VERY nice car. I wonder where it is today....

Bill </div></div>

That one came from Texas, I have the NNN issue on it.

[olredalert]

----Wasnt that the give-away car???......Bill S

[Igosplut]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: olredalert</div><div class="ubbcode-body">----Wasnt that the give-away car???......Bill S </div></div>

The NNN was a raffle car, and it did have AC. The car had Texas plates, and I believe that's where it was bought. They raffled off four cars until someone complained that it was illegal so Wayne stopped doing it.

[kwhizz]

Back in 66 when I bought my L-79 car new......The front suspension was bad........But......we didn't know it ......LOL........Those were the days........I also had the optional dented rear quarter......LOL

[L-79 Nova]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: kwhizz</div><div class="ubbcode-body"> Back in 66 when I bought my L-79 car new......The front suspension was bad........But......we didn't know it ......LOL........Those were the days........I also had the optional dented rear quarter......LOL

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What mods and what kind of times Ken? Ron...

[kwhizz]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: L-79 Nova</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: kwhizz</div><div class="ubbcode-body"> Back in 66 when I bought my L-79 car new......The front suspension was bad........But......we didn't know it ......LOL........Those were the days........I also had the optional dented rear quarter......LOL

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What mods and what kind of times Ken? Ron... </div></div>

Sig Erson Cam......Edelbrock crossram........Best E.T. was 11.73.....which was fast for back then......I had to run against Tony Christian and couldn,t match him.....so ...I took the crossram off and ran a single Holly three barrel and the car would run 12.10's all day long.......

Ken

[Fredf]

I bought a dark green 66 nova 2 dr ht 327-350 in '72 with a broken crank for $650. Bench seat,4 speed, 12 bolt, dog dish hub caps, real sleeper. Made rattling noise when you pushed in the clutch pedal. I figured it started and ran, it couldn't be a broken crank. Guess what, broken crank, journal for rear 2 cylinders split in half, the rods were holding it together. I replaced the crank used for $25 and ended up selling the car for $800. I've kicked my a$$ for the last 30 years and it only gets worse seeing this.

[Igosplut]

This is not to pick on this car in any way, But I've had quite a few 66 Chevy II and I have two questions. The first is I've never seen the grill blacked out on the top where the rivets are. Is (was) that just on a black SS? And I've seen the chrome, and the body-color type used and I was under the impression the color cap was correct. Beautiful job, and a beautiful car, I was always a sucker for them in black. Although my real envy comes from looking at the perfect trim on that car, finding that stuff is like hitting the lottery (and you'd need it too, to pay for it).

As far as the Chevy II front ends go.... I can tell you from experience how bad they were. I rolled two of them from front end problems. NOTHING I ever did made them better, just different. They went straight OK as long as the front end didn't have a lot of travel, and wasn't too high. I had 90/10 shocks one one and it had such a range of movement that the toe changed so drastically that the front tires squealed. We won't get into cornering....