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Originally Posted by FED 387
I bought a Bllack/Black 69 Nova with the L89 engine ,4 speed, 488 rear NO radio nothing NO extras plain jane button hub caps NO SS pkg new for if I remember right about $2900 + tax and my brother bought a 69 Chevelle 300 deluxe 2 dr sedan same way for about the same $$$--He sold that car in 1999 for $20,000-- I sold my car to a racer from Alabama in 1995 for $18000 and a 89 Caprice--Mine had 7000 yep 7 Thousand miles on it never saw rain or snow sat inside all winter in a heated garage--Not a mark on it looked like it just left the dealer---Wish I still had that car bought an apartment building with the money--Comp 387
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Was your brother's car Hugger Orange? If so, it's close to being my all-time dream musclecar. I saw the car right about the time you said your brother sold it.
Another poster mentioned the delayed model introduction due to the strike, and that's what I had always heard. But recently, I came across something stating that the delay was actually corporate politics (and CYA) trying to cover up a huge mistake made by Fisher Body.
The story said that the car design was approved by everyone but when it came time to actually stamp out some of the severe contours of the body (I'm thinking of the tight curve around the headlight, for instance) that Fisher Body found that their calculations were off and there were either big wrinkles or torn metal when they tried to actually produce the parts. According to the story I saw, the delay was actually due to a frantic re-design and apparently caused some shortened careers at GM.