Re: 68 L78 nova on E-bay
 

Chris, how are things going down in the palm trees?? How is the other 68 project coming along?? Hope you can make the mini-nats again.

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Re: 68 L78 nova on E-bay
 

Tom,I will be at the mini nats.The matador red 68 nova ss cloned L-89 car is slow going.Have most of the date coded motor parts;just need to get it going ;keep ya posted.Chris

Re: 68 L78 nova on E-bay
 

I didn't see the trim tag, but may have missed it. What's the build date? I'm thinking they only ran 2 runs on L78s. One about the same time as the Gibb cars.

Re: 68 L78 nova on E-bay
 

what dates would you expect to see on the trim tag?
in light of two only runs...

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Re: 68 L78 nova on E-bay
 

Correct me If I'm wrong but I was told BB were built during april to july of 68 the end of the production run. My car is a 05D car. It does have the J52 disk brake option on the broadcast sheet that I have for my car. I asked for a picture of the cowl tag we will see if he puts it up on the auction. He did e-mail me back and said he has no paper work on the car.

Jason

Re: 68 L78 nova on E-bay
 

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I didn't see the trim tag, but may have missed it. What's the build date? I'm thinking they only ran 2 runs on L78s. One about the same time as the Gibb cars.

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Schony is correct about the second run of L78 Nova's..my 68 is a first week of July car 07A which falls right in with Gibb cars. These 68's are a rare bird....don't know why more haven't surfaced. My understanding is that all the cars came with an M-22 trans. https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...mlins/hmmm.gif Would like to hear from other 68L78 4spd car owners...might be fun to compare notes.

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I had not heard that about the M22 trans. Interesting.

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The earliest L-78 I seen is 5A There may some 4A cars but I never seen one. I have seen 5 L-78 that were not Gibb cars. Very rare.

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the owner is not very excited about providing any casting dates or pic's of stamps on the motor and trans....

Re: 68 L78 nova on E-bay
 

I would say the motor is correct the 440 block was used from about may on. the 323 block was used before the 440 block. Both seem to be rare blocks. they made about the same amount of 69 375 Hp with the 272 block as the 68 375 HP But the 272 is easy to find but the 440 don't seem to be found.