1969 Yenko Nova

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I bet the rear SS emblem that can be seen in Marlin's pics was added by another owner too.. Probably at the same time the grill SS emblem was added.

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Very possible, sort of like the wheels - lots of things got changed.

Very cool pictures, thanks for sharing

[Supercar_Kid]

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Very possible, sort of like the wheels - lots of things got changed.

[/ QUOTE ] Yeah, what are those like L60s on 15x8"s? Even jacked to the sky like that they'd have to rub. I guess it was worth it to look cool.

[Charley Lillard]

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Those are definetly not L60's on that car.

[Supercar_Kid]

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Those are definetly not L60's on that car.

[/ QUOTE ]I think it's safe to say they're plenty bigger than the E70 14"s it would have worn out of Willow Run. I was just pointing out that they're obviously greatly oversized and not something Yenko would have likely installed and sold new like that. It was probably delivered with XTs like most 69 sYc Novas and had Cragars and bigger tires added on day 2 by the owner. I'd bet it had shock extenders in front and air shocks in the rear to get it sitting like that too.

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Agreed!
They might be L60-14's, but not 15's as I had a set of 15's on my first Nova - had to jack the rear end up pretty tall to keep the lips from cutting into the tires

[Xplantdad]

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Agreed!
They might be L60-14's, but not 15's as I had a set of 15's on my first Nova - had to jack the rear end up pretty tall to keep the lips from cutting into the tires

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I'm almost positive I had L60-15's on my Nova, shown below...BFGoodrich Radial T/A's on Corvette Rallys...I rolled the inner lip a bit, though

[ktownkid]

Coil spring spacers......twist in with a rachet and bar.

[ktownkid]

Spacers

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Not sure those are L60's they look like radials, but a lot depends on backspacing - or rolling the lip I'll try to dig up a pic of my first Nova with the L60-15's, they were really square and made a major racket when the lips came down on them.

One night while racing 5 wide on the Roosevelt Blvd in Philadelphia, I hit a low spot on the road. The lip came down, sliced the bulge of the sidewall, and left a strip rubber dangling off of the tire. That stupid strip flailed around and slapped rubber streaks all over my new cortez silver paint job Then again, I could have stopped