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old fart racing
 Post subject: Re: MuscleCar Trivia 1957 to 1974
PostPosted: Tue Jan 14, 2014 5:08 pm 
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Those box Novas have crappy suspension geometry. I wonder what the factory planned for road racing. Obviously, not the straight axles that ended up under them. :gears
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 Post subject: Re: MuscleCar Trivia 1957 to 1974
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old fart racing wrote:
Those box Novas have crappy suspension geometry. I wonder what the factory planned for road racing. Obviously, not the straight axles that ended up under them. :gears


Anyone have a picture?

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 Post subject: Re: MuscleCar Trivia 1957 to 1974
PostPosted: Tue Jan 14, 2014 5:58 pm 
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old fart racing wrote:
Those box Novas have crappy suspension geometry. I wonder what the factory planned for road racing. Obviously, not the straight axles that ended up under them. :gears

Nope, those particular Novas were fitted with Corvette independent rears.

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 Post subject: Re: MuscleCar Trivia 1957 to 1974
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RalphsRapidTransit wrote:
old fart racing wrote:
Those box Novas have crappy suspension geometry. I wonder what the factory planned for road racing. Obviously, not the straight axles that ended up under them. :gears


Anyone have a picture?

Feast your eyes, Fellas!


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 Post subject: Re: MuscleCar Trivia 1957 to 1974
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Chevy started with a convertible body and added the fastback cladding rather than try to modify a sedan. As you can see here, they ended up being used for the dragstrip.

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 Post subject: Re: MuscleCar Trivia 1957 to 1974
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Here are a couple more shots of the FB Novas in action:


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 Post subject: Re: MuscleCar Trivia 1957 to 1974
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Ah, I see what you mean by straight axles now. Yeah, the front suspension sucked on the box Nova for sure.

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 Post subject: Re: MuscleCar Trivia 1957 to 1974
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Now you guys know where Plymouth designers got the idea for the 64 Barracuda. :lol: :stir

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Last one and I'll shut up on the topic (yeah right). Here's a cool write up Super Chevy did on the 63 FB Nova...

http://www.superchevy.com/features/nova ... funny_car/

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 Post subject: Re: MuscleCar Trivia 1957 to 1974
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looks like a 65 mustang.. Chevy might have dropped the ball on the marketing on that one.

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 Post subject: Re: MuscleCar Trivia 1957 to 1974
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Looks like the long lost cousin to the Marlin and Charger.

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 Post subject: Re: MuscleCar Trivia 1957 to 1974
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Back to trivia! What are the differences between 429 Cobra Jets and 429 Super Cobra Jets? :pop

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Super Cobra Jet - Lower Gears, external oil cooler and some different junk inside the motor. Not sure exactly what.
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 Post subject: Re: MuscleCar Trivia 1957 to 1974
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old fart racing wrote:
Super Cobra Jet - Lower Gears, external oil cooler and some different junk inside the motor. Not sure exactly what.

Partial credit. There's a few more though...

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old fart racing wrote:
Super Cobra Jet - Lower Gears, external oil cooler and some different junk inside the motor. Not sure exactly what.


I don't know :shrug We don't see many Fords at SuperCar Races :stir

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