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[mikek]

 

[mikek]

I had a '72 Vega when in high school. Didn't have the requisite rust or burning oil. It was actually fun to drive. I took it to the dragstrip one Saturday and beat a Pontiac Trans Am in a head's up 1/4 mile. My buddies were on the ground laughing their asses off!

The Trans Am owner followed me to the pits and wanted to see if I had a V8 stuffed in it. When I opened the hood and he saw my 4 cylinder, I think he cried a little.

The rest of the story is that I really just cut the light better than him and he couldn't catch me before we ran out of track. I think my time was 17:13 or something similar.

I cut my front bumper like the one in the pic and had a front spoiler also.

If I could find an unmolested, rust free '72, I'd consider buying it and putting a small block in it. They fit well.

Good story. They are neat cars and then add a V8 makes them badass

 

[Leo]

I had a '72 Vega when in high school. Didn't have the requisite rust or burning oil. It was actually fun to drive. I took it to the dragstrip one Saturday and beat a Pontiac Trans Am in a head's up 1/4 mile. My buddies were on the ground laughing their asses off!

The Trans Am owner followed me to the pits and wanted to see if I had a V8 stuffed in it. When I opened the hood and he saw my 4 cylinder, I think he cried a little.

The rest of the story is that I really just cut the light better than him and he couldn't catch me before we ran out of track. I think my time was 17:13 or something similar.

I cut my front bumper like the one in the pic and had a front spoiler also.

If I could find an unmolested, rust free '72, I'd consider buying it and putting a small block in it. They fit well.

Most all of them around the Calumet region rusted fast. I worked with an older man that had bought one of the Cosworth engine Vega's. They were a bunch more money, but he was a mechanic, and at 5'5", maybe 150 lbs, he felt it was plenty roomy. The Cosworth engine in that light little chassis was pretty impressive. It was stock, and not even loud, but the power just kept on coming. I am pretty sure Chevrolet tweek'd the suspension also, because that thing did not even get unsettled as he would toss it around in corners.

Like yours, power to weight ratio is a reality on performance no matter what size. A different kind of fun than a Big Block 66 Chevy hardtop of a 71 Skylark GS, but fun all the way around.

 

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[gregkl]

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I may have mentioned this upthread buy my mom had one of these. She bought it pretty much as soon as they came out.

Looked like this one:

 

[churchmouse]

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Ok fellas I am gonna need the room for a minute OK.

 

[thunderchicken]

Ok fellas I am gonna need the room for a minute OK.

Ok to come back in yet?

Yeah man she has the right look and stance. I bet she dances real nice

 

[churchmouse]

Ok to come back in yet?

Yeah man she has the right look and stance. I bet she dances real nice

You know that’s true.

 

[mikek]

 

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[BigRed]

Could This Be The World’s Coolest Vega?

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