1967 Chevy Nova L79 327/350 hp | Old School Muscle Car 

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Exactly. I love the customs for sure but this one is considerably less temperamental and just as cool

How cool! Grew up in the valley, 70s...we had Bob Jennings dyno shop off Sepulveda. THat guy can tune like nobodys biz...Used to be cars lined up down the st ea morning to have him put thier car in that old Clayton dyno. He curved my last dists right before he closed up shop, poor guys getting old, no busniess (everything is ls now) sad to see. Lots of st racing went on 4 nights a week up there through the late 80s.

These are so cool. I prefer this body over the 68 and newer personally

Love this one 👊

I figured it would be somewhere around there. And yes on Grimm!! We’re shooting more out there next week and sema is right around the corner. Can’t wait to drive that beast!!

I love em all the same. This one is really special

Glad you enjoyed this one. The owner is as cool as the car

Same for me. Very refreshing to drive a pure old school muscle car

These beasts were built for one thing. More than one Muscle Car saw nothing but tail lights from these "Econo Boxes".

Beleivable....Have a 67 El, few L79s found thier way in those too. Never found out if mine was a 275hp 327 or the L79. Probably the former as it came with a T350 3.08 non posi. Love this car I wouldnt change one thing ! Owner is fun to listen to I bet those brakes are setup perfectly. Bet he did his share of st racing way back when.

Awesome comparison!

Agreed. No post is cooler but this is such a cool car and owner

True that was the st race setup. Manual drums being lighter or possibly manual disc. Ive had manual drum cars that stopped great just make it like new adjust them right. Only if you drove through a flooded intersection were they sketchy...just had to dry them off before the next light. Id change nothing on this car as tempting as it would be .

Yeah man...old school cool 😎

Yeah man...simple and cool af 😎

Yeah, cool old school car for sure

Sure is!! Same cam was used in the 67 up L46 350s and 70s era L82s .465 lift 224@050 single pattern Im pretty sure. I was in diapers when this came out. Dad bought a new bright blue/blue 283 PG wagon remember it so clearly. Even the smell.

Still hard to imagine that people like Ken Miles were involved and that it lasted for such a short time. Wish it was still there

Yep. Still a badass after all these years

@@AutotopiaLA you have to find a 61 to 63 Ford unibody pickup truck and do a shoot on that! Those were the years where the bed was attached to the cab.... love your channel keep up the great work!!

Agreed, as is the owner Chris

We know it’s a Chevy II but pretty much everyone calls it a Nova

Super clean old school ride

That’s what Ethan said too

I know but if you say Chevy II most people have no clue so we just call them Nova’s

Manual transmission all the way

67 Chevy II series 100 is a 2 door post, as in the video. The 67 Chevy II, series 400 is the 2 door hardtop super sport Nova

Yep. But if you call it that most people don’t know what you’re talking about so we joined the party and called it a Nova

Thank you for dropping a big terd here…

Kyle on the editing nailed it again and yeah, loving this little old school Nova

@@AutotopiaLA Sounds awesome brother.

😂😂 hilarious!!

True but most people call them Nova’s

Glad you enjoyed it and got transported back in time 👊

Ooh, a 67 GTX...now that would be cool to do

@@AutotopiaLA like I always say us mopar lovers have stick together.

Sure was. Love this piece of history right here

They only made 6 L79 Chevy II in 1967, there are only three known to exist today and worth a small fortune

To be accurate the '67 L79 was rated at 325 hp. as Chevrolet swapped out the Holley carburetor for a quadrajet .

👊 clean old school car

Right in that price range for sure. They sure have gained value through the years haven’t they?

Still can’t believe there used to be a track here and it was designed by Ken Miles!

Exactly 👊

Caminos probabaly the cheapest problem is finding one that isnt hammered.

Yeah...simple old school beauty

I love it too

He’s awesome! Funny quirky sense of humor. Cool guy and cool car

Agreed 👊

Agreed. Simple and beautiful

Yeah, cool car and even cooler owner

375 hp. was not available in any '66 Chevy as that was the fuel injected Corvette engine and GM dropped the fuelie after '65 . Also there were no '66 SS Novas , they were Chevy II SS cars . I've owned four of them , there were no Nova emblems on any one of those four cars .

quit splitting hairs on the name,the turbo fire 350 horse was available.under rated as it was.ours dynoed out @376 horse power at our own facility in san bernardino calif.from the factory stock. PERIOD.!!!@@bobbrinkerhoff3592

For example the gold car at 1:49 is a different car than the red car. That car is not the same car. The way the white part of the roof line comes down is one of the biggest differences.

Correct , the red car is a 100 series Chevy II , the gold car is a 400 series Chevy II Nova .

Sorry , but you can't compare the engines from '71 to the earlier engines , as they had already started to drop the compression ratios . The L79 had 11.0 to 1 stock . By '71 they were down to 9.0 to 1 . That makes a big difference in itself .

@@bobbrinkerhoff3592 Sorry, but I wasn't comparing the 67 and 71 engine output at all. My example is only to show the big difference between gross and net HP numbers - using the differences between the 71 engine's gross and net numbers - as GM provided both that year. Gross numbers were mostly unrealistically high.

@@westernapache1700 you still cannot compare the '71 gross numbers to those of a '67 because of the compression difference . Not to mention the camshafts are not the same .

@@bobbrinkerhoff3592 Yes, I know. I am not comparing the 67 to 71 engines. I am only using the example of the difference between the gross rating of the engine and the net rating of the engine. I'm only talking about the difference between how manufacturers rated gross and net. The gross numbers for any engine from any manufacturer were not useful - as the gross engine output was often measured when the engine had no accessory drives, no air cleaner, open exhaust, etc. - so the customer would never experience that output in the new car they just bought unless they modified it. The gross rating sounded good, but was not realistic. For the net rating, everything was attached to he engine just like it would have been in the vehicle. The net rating was more realistic, and something the vehicle owner would actually experience as received from the dealer. So the 67 in this video didn't really have 350hp as found in the vehicle as received from the dealer - because 350hp was the gross rating. The actual rating would have been around 275hp net.

@@westernapache1700 are you aware of the fact that the manufacturers had a habit of underreporting the horsepower and torque numbers in order to gain an unfair advantage in organized competition and to keep the insurance companies off of their backs . For example; in 1966 you could buy a SS 396 Chevelle with a engine rated as high as 375 hp. Yet in 1965 the very same engine was rated at 425 hp. and the NHRA caught on to this and adjusted the rating for that engine in competition , along with many others .