Wish I'd known about that back then!
A 1972 Vega Kamback GT was my first new car. The car was $2400 maxed out
new, so $750 was more than a third of the cost of a new one. I lived in
Detroit then too. Other than my '55 Chevy (purchased in 1977), it was the
last American car I ever bought. By the time the Vega had 40k miles on it,
it burned oil like mad and needed to be rebuilt. By 1978 or '79 I'd had it
been repainted, had body rot, and was on it's way to it's second wasted
engine. I took really good car of this car too, but it didn't help. The car
came new with tires that leaked air regularly too. This was a defect in the
tires it originally came on it.
Gerard
At 5:55 PM -0400 10/26/00, Kent J. Miller wrote:
>There was an outfit in Detroit that did Buick 215 conversions in Vegas. You
>sent them your car and $750 and they installed a brand new 215 and all the
>assorted items to make it right! I always thought that it was a heck of a
>deal and would have made the Vega a great car.
>
>Never had one and couldn't have spent the $750 back then anyway. Oh well...
>
>Kent
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: Wiedemeyer <boxweed@thebest.net>
>To: Danny Rendleman <dannyr@flint.umich.edu>
>Cc: spridgets list <spridgets@autox.team.net>
>Sent: Thursday, October 26, 2000 1:51 PM
>Subject: Re: The Vega (No LBC)
>
>
>> The Vegas were beautiful cars. Unfortunately, the engines were all
>> crap.......but V8s fit in nicely!!
>>
>> Bob
>>
>>
>> >Ah, the Vega. I had a 72 GT and just loved it--until the engine
>> >froze, of course. But a great, quick little car until then. If I had
>any
>> >sense I should have put in a 350/375, too. Who'd a thunk? How in
>> >the world did it fit?
>> >
>> >Danny
>> >Danny Rendleman
>> >dannyr@flint.umich.edu
>> >74 Midget
>> >GAN5UE153226G
>>
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