I found a great deal on a set of "brand new in box" subframe connectors for my '66 Nova on one of the Chevy forums.

I got an amazing price and his description was true but it wasn't exactly what I expected.

They are "BNIB".....BUT they were originally purchased in 1974! lol
They had been sitting in the garage for 36 years, unopened. The box smelled and looked like @$$ but the product was perfect.

Check out the hand-drawn diagram, instructions, and warranty card:

Should I send in the warranty card? lol

 

lol send the warrenty card in using a mail carrier on horse back!

 

I wonder if it has an collector value?

 

^doesnt matter to me...I want them for their functional value. They dont make them like they used to.

 

That is a sick pick up.

 

Nice pickup man.

 

You have a '66 Nova? I love the 66-67's!! Post pics asap!!!

 

Haha, that's pretty funny Sean. Nice pick up.

 

haha that thing is older then me. wayyyy older

 

NICE!!!!!!!!! thats why i love the Pomona Fairplex swapmeet (assuming you may have gotten it there)

 

Nice pickup!

 

'66...always been my favorite car and I finally knew enough to do all the work myself. It has been locked in the garage and under construction for a year now. I finally got it all put back together last week and fired it up for the first time yesterday. I is running strong but needs a tune. As soon as I put the new wheels on and wash it, I will snap some shots.

 

I did pick up some nice parts in Pomona last weekend but these were from the forum.

 

yes its true that they dont make things like they used too.. good find on that.

 

I have a 1970 Chevelle SS 454 LS5 which I feel the same way about, but in reality the car handles like a lumber wagon, the brakes are a joke (very hard to stop at speeds over 100 mph) and it can pass everything on the highway except a gas station. You can actually see the gas gauge drop every time you floor it, no joking. I still love it because it makes me feel like I am 19 again every time I drive it.

Nova's and Beaumont were very popular, in high school I helped a buddy stuff a 427 into a 69 Nova. He twisted the frame on it a few months latter, funny.