1970 L78 Nova big money

[Grim70]

It's a very nice car but for that money on a restoration I would expect to see it more original. Was it a previous drag car with those low miles and missing everything?

Looks like a Chinese booster, new door panels, guessing seat covers, 71 up speedo, hurst shifter, wrong front bumper license plate inserts, AIR missing, rubber shielding on the PB cables, Zinc coating on the trans bolts, looks like parts are painted over correct plating. etc.

Description reads "Matching Numbers" All the original to the car parts are there?

Again, Beautiful car but a lot to pay for some paperwork and a recreation?

[WILMASBOYL78]

Not sure if there was any info on who did the 'restoration' or cosmetics...but for a number like that, it should have a known shop in the presentation. The obvious incorrect aspects tend to indicate it wasn't done by one of the big shops...but, I could be wrong.

A lot of questions for 275 large..

[daveg]

No dog in this fight nor interest in "restored" stuff.

That said this car reminds of when I was looking for a 69 Boss 429.
Started looking in 1985 and finally bought one in 1986.

Looked at one that had "945" actual fully documented miles.
Car was a total rotisserie restoration???
Why does a 945 mile car need that?
Car had very few actual correct numbered and dated parts.

Anyone that knows Boss 429 69 models knows there is a heck of a lot of 69 only Boss 429 only stuff on them.

Looked at quite a few more as they were not in huge demand then.
Most were missing many original parts.
Did not want to fight that battle so I waited.

Finally found an honest one that had been parked early in life.
Peter bought it at SC Motors on Market Street in San Francisco.
He drove it for 33,000 miles until 1971, and it was not on road until spring 1987 when I put it back on road.

I could have bought a "restored' one for $5,000 less.
Moral of the story it would have cost a fortune and probably been impossible to bring a "restored" one to its level of correctness.
Not to mention factory [orange peel] paint and VERY few replaced parts.
To Peter it was just a used car that was a maintenance pain.


Not knocking this Nove as many like shiny stuff.
Do think this price range should include a full disclosure on what is replaced with incorrectly numbered- dated or modern repop stuff.
JMHO of course.

I like cars in street grubs myself.

Pics are said Mustang.
Car is dirty in second pic.
It was not rusty.