Cordia 427 L/88 Fast Track Nova. New find of 09' - Page 3

Schonyenko2 · #21 04-28-2009, 08:14 AM

Very cool nova.

Kinda reminds me of the Monroe shocks give away car. It had the L88 hood too. There's gotta be some old time slips there somewhere. That's gotta be a low 11 sec car at least.

**bkhpah** · #22 04-28-2009, 02:45 PM

We have a lot of paperwork on the car. I would like to see any vintage pictures to help with the re-work we want to do. It had the Hurst Paperwork in its folder, so we know that was part of the original plan. There are pictures of the car at Cordia and of the dealership. Since the car was never sold, I do not know what a car like this would have sold for new. I imagine in the 5,ooo.oo dollar range with the L/88...BKH

**m22mike** · #23 04-28-2009, 04:00 PM

Brian
How do you and Joe keep from drooling...

... all over that thing ??
Looking forward to seeing it @ the "Solid Lifter Showroom" at GM Carlisle.

Mike

**Xplantdad** · #24 04-28-2009, 05:07 PM

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Where is George Lyons ? I think he bought it new in 2007 and kept it a secret...

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I think you are right. I remember George talking tome about it when I ran into him at the 83rd Ave. cruise...

beater68427 · #25 04-28-2009, 05:28 PM

That car is great

WOW What a killer find!! I will have to refrain from ever seeing it in person though, I do not look good wearing a bib

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**bashton** · #26 04-28-2009, 06:25 PM

Let me be the first to say Holy Sh##!!!

Congrats to Tony for becoming the caretaker of such a cool piece of Muscle Car History and to Brian, Joe and the crew for having the opportunity to make a near perfect example even better.

Can't wait to see this baby in person!

Bashton
MCACN Managing Member

**Mr. Chevy** · #27 04-28-2009, 06:32 PM

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We have a lot of paperwork on the car. I would like to see any vintage pictures to help with the re-work we want to do. It had the Hurst Paperwork in its folder, so we know that was part of the original plan. There are pictures of the car at Cordia and of the dealership. Since the car was never sold, I do not know what a car like this would have sold for new. I imagine in the 5,ooo.oo dollar range with the L/88...BKH

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Brian I can cough up $5,000 grand for the car now!!!!

Rich

hvychev · #28 04-28-2009, 07:53 PM

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Very cool nova.

Kinda reminds me of the Monroe shocks give away car. It had the L88 hood too. There's gotta be some old time slips there somewhere. That's gotta be a low 11 sec car at least.

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Kim_Howie · #29 04-28-2009, 07:58 PM

11.90 maybe

The 427 Gibb cars ran a 12.05. Granted this is a L-88 vs a 425 motor but I dont think it would have been 6 to 8 tenths faster. JMO By the way very nice find. Nothing like a time capsule.

Keith Tedford · #30 04-28-2009, 08:51 PM

Back in '71 I spent six months in the lead booth on the "B" body line in Oshawa. If our jobs turned out that bad we would have heard about in quickly. When a new guy came into the lead booth, quality took a hit until he learned the job. At more than one a minute, you don't have much time. I think there were 3-4 guys on each side of the line, giving about 4 minutes start to finish. Each had a progressively finer disc. Our Baltimore built Chevelle had terribly finished roof joints. Even in silver you could see it from a few feet away. I always joke that, with my minimal talent, I could probably do an accurate body restoration. To make the cars truly nice you need the SCW or similar, but that isn't factory. Far too nice.

As for the L88 versus the L72, the stock exhaust hurt the L88 a lot more than the L72. Beare Motors sold an L88 Vette. The salesman took the cars for a little drive and told me that the L88 didn't really feel much different from the Chevelles as far as performance went. I've never ridden in an L88 car, (I'd like to) so I'm just going on what he said.