A great little 66 Nova 327/350hp sleeper

[kwhizz]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: kwhizz</div><div class="ubbcode-body"> That particular car was in the Imperial Palace collection in Las Vegas.......I bought raffle tickets when the car was up for raffle years ago......It's a nice car but there are some issues with the passenger side quarter panel.....
There is another black L-79 SS at the same auction....it's Clyde Martins and it's the best L-79 resto I have ever seen...

Ken </div></div>


OOPS!!...............My mistake.......the other car is not Clydes

Ken

[al8apex]

I was always under the impression that the L79 and ac was not avail ... must be just really rare instead ...

[volspeed1970]

I don't mean to hi-jack a thread but do any of you know if a 66 L79 Nova had a 10-bolt rear? I heard that maybe the 3-spd cars got them, and it is possible this car I found had a 3-spd originally. The engine is original, the trans is a 69 Muncie, and the rear is a correctly dated 10-bolt. Still has its original paint, interior, spare, and has never had any type of restoration or detail work done to it. The current owner never knew of the wrong year transmission until we looked at it this past weekend, and he has owned the car for 20 years. He wasn't aware that the car was supposed to have a 12-bolt rear axle either, at least from what I have been told over the years.

JT

[PeteLeathersac]

If any help, there's a GM Canada documented '66 Acadian L79 3-Spd column 2-Dr. Post car up here in Canada that as much as I ever understood has original drivetrain components and equipped w/ a 12-Bolt 3:08 non-posi..
Below is a link to a thread when it was on the CP site..

What axle code is on yours?.

'66 Acadian L79 3-Spd 2-Dr. Post
http://www.activeboard.com/forum.spa...picID=15264884

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~ Pete

[70 Forest Green Zee]

This one went for 70 K plus fees

[kwhizz]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: 70 Forest Green Zee</div><div class="ubbcode-body">


This one went for 70 K plus fees </div></div>


While in the Imperial Palace collection in Vegas, the asking price was 105K......

Ken

[JayR]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: volspeed1970</div><div class="ubbcode-body">I don't mean to hi-jack a thread but do any of you know if a 66 L79 Nova had a 10-bolt rear? I heard that maybe the 3-spd cars got them, and it is possible this car I found had a 3-spd originally. The engine is original, the trans is a 69 Muncie, and the rear is a correctly dated 10-bolt. Still has its original paint, interior, spare, and has never had any type of restoration or detail work done to it. The current owner never knew of the wrong year transmission until we looked at it this past weekend, and he has owned the car for 20 years. He wasn't aware that the car was supposed to have a 12-bolt rear axle either, at least from what I have been told over the years.

JT </div></div>

I've never heard of any 1966 L79 Chevy II with a 10 bolt, including the 3 speed cars. The GM Canada microfiche for the 12 bolt 3 speed L79 Acadian mentioned was damaged and unreadable, but the owner does have the POP and original dealer sales paperwork. There is no listing of a base 3.08:1 for any L79 Acadians or Chevy IIs, just 3.07:1, so this may be an error.
Bob

[volspeed1970]

I will have to get the rear axle numbers from the other guy I road with to view the car. I want to say it was a BO or something like that as it was a 3.55 ratio and posi. It was perfectly dated to the car and did not appear to have ever been changed. Give me a day or so to get a hold of him as he went out of town this week for a convention.

JT

[JayR]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: al8apex</div><div class="ubbcode-body">I was always under the impression that the L79 and ac was not avail ... must be just really rare instead ... </div></div>

It's a common misconception that Chevy II L79 cars never had factory a/c, probably because very few did. The engine suffix codes on these cars ends with ZJ. If the car also had an A.I.R. system it was ZH.

Bob