L-79 '66 Novas... Viable?

Geerhead55 · 05-11-2007, 12:25 AM

Jim,,,,, The boys car, (the one you met at Byron) is on the back burner for now as he's busy testing and trying to get his firefighting/emt career going. Its tough when there are over 500 applicants competeing for the few openings. Sorry to hear your racing has to cut back a little, but we all do what we have to do. Good luck with the new job, you can always race another day.
Paul,,, I agree this is a great thread growing here. In the early 70's there 6 of us here in the old hometown (Tacoma, Wash,) with 66 novas. 2 were original L-79s, non SS bench seat cars that went easy 13s with headers, traction bars, 4:11s and a good tune up. My car was a black on black SS 275 horse/glide car. By 74 we were hooked on cars like Jim's
( Harmon and Parson's SS/O) 66, so I went out did all the typical bracket bomber stuff of the day, 10 1/2 in. tires, 331 with a bottom of the page Crower solid lifter cam, 461x heads, Victor intake with a 780 Holley, a Super T-10 (2:54 with G,E.R crash box kit), 5:57 12 bolt with Lakewood bars. It would carry the front wheels in 1st and a little in 2nd and went a best of 11.01 back in the day. Boy, do I miss that car,, I guess we all have one we wish we could have back. That one is mine.
I do appreciate Bob Rice posting a picture of that car, and some of Jim's and others on his photo album pages a few weeks back. it was great to see them again. Danny Durham

05-11-2007, 12:25 AM	#23
Geerhead55 VIP Member Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Tacoma, Washington Posts: 1,632 Likes: 0 Liked 5 Times in 5 Posts	Jim,,,,, The boys car, (the one you met at Byron) is on the back burner for now as he's busy testing and trying to get his firefighting/emt career going. Its tough when there are over 500 applicants competeing for the few openings. Sorry to hear your racing has to cut back a little, but we all do what we have to do. Good luck with the new job, you can always race another day. Paul,,, I agree this is a great thread growing here. In the early 70's there 6 of us here in the old hometown (Tacoma, Wash,) with 66 novas. 2 were original L-79s, non SS bench seat cars that went easy 13s with headers, traction bars, 4:11s and a good tune up. My car was a black on black SS 275 horse/glide car. By 74 we were hooked on cars like Jim's ( Harmon and Parson's SS/O) 66, so I went out did all the typical bracket bomber stuff of the day, 10 1/2 in. tires, 331 with a bottom of the page Crower solid lifter cam, 461x heads, Victor intake with a 780 Holley, a Super T-10 (2:54 with G,E.R crash box kit), 5:57 12 bolt with Lakewood bars. It would carry the front wheels in 1st and a little in 2nd and went a best of 11.01 back in the day. Boy, do I miss that car,, I guess we all have one we wish we could have back. That one is mine. I do appreciate Bob Rice posting a picture of that car, and some of Jim's and others on his photo album pages a few weeks back. it was great to see them again. Danny Durham