Tod74 I need your help
#1
Senior Member
MASTER BUILDER
Thread Starter
Join Date: Jan 2006
Posts: 237
Tod74 I need your help
I found a 70 nova and was wondering how can I tell if it is a SS. The car has SS emblems on it and it has a 12 bolt rearend in it. I know with a chevelle if the vin starts with a 138 it is a SS. Can you tell me what does the nova have to start with to be a SS? Thanks
#2
Senior Member
RACING JUNKIE
Join Date: Sep 2007
Posts: 4,137
Re: Tod74 I need your help
Originally Posted by michael1
I found a 70 nova and was wondering how can I tell if it is a SS. The car has SS emblems on it and it has a 12 bolt rearend in it. I know with a chevelle if the vin starts with a 138 it is a SS. Can you tell me what does the nova have to start with to be a SS? Thanks
But the 138 thing isn't completely true about a chevelle...only certain years is that true. I THINK up to 69..I know that there is no way to tell by the VIN on 1970 and up,because "SS" was just an option, not another model of car....
I would suspect it is the same for the nova.
the only one that is completely provable by the VIN in the 70 and up Chevelle is a 72 with a 454 because 454 was only available in SS optioned cars. 1972 was the first year that the engine was identified in the VIN...454 being a "W" as the 5th character.So any 72 Chevelle with a "W" in the vin was an SS ...but it could have been an SS with any v8 except the 307.
#3
I did a search and this is what I found out about this........
http://novaresource.org/rpo_Z26.htm
Hope this helps
http://novaresource.org/rpo_Z26.htm
Hope this helps
#8
Originally Posted by maniac
Originally Posted by DirkaDirka
Thats why we are here. To help people when they need it.
j/k