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From: dbp@dataioDataio.UUCP (Dave Pellerin)
Newsgroups: net.auto
Subject: Re: Heaven and Hell (in cars)
Message-ID: <893@dataioDataio.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 14-Jan-86 17:19:37 EST
Article-I.D.: dataioDa.893
Posted: Tue Jan 14 17:19:37 1986
Date-Received: Fri, 17-Jan-86 07:11:40 EST
Reply-To: dbp@dataio.UUCP (Dave Pellerin
Organization: The Boneless Chicken Farm
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Keywords: Vega Owners, Untie!!

>>As for the car all people get in Hell it's easy.  You get a
>>Vega and you have to fix it yourself (there is something wrong
>>with an engine made completely out of recycled beer cans!).
>
>I've been waiting on this 'heaven and hell' discussion for someone to
>lambast the Vega.  Yeah I'd allow they were among the worst Chevys ever
>failure-wise.  But I would still say that if I _HAD_ to fix my own car, I'd
>choose a '75 or '76 Vega over almost anything else of that vintage ...

^------ Another satisfied Vega owner :-) !!

Having owned four Vegas in my time (a '74 kamback, '72 GT, '71 hatch, 
and a '71 that I swapped a 215 CI V8 into) I can report that the Vega
is one of the most under-rated used car deals in existence!

Example:  You can buy a good used Vega GT (not badly rusted) for around $500,
put a sleeved engine in for another $400 (shortblock and head) and have
a really dependable car that is very easy to work on.  Parts are very cheap
for Vegas, they get 25 miles to the gallon, and the 2300 cc engine gives
a respectable 100+ horsepower (GT version).

Or:  Buy the same car (1973 or later), get a conversion kit from D & D
Fabrications ($300) and drop in a 215 Olds V8 ($200-600).  160-200 HP with
a 50 pound weight penalty!

The only problem with Vegas -- well, Ok one of the problems is their
habit of overheating.  The solution is to put in a larger radiator
(from a junkyard car that had air-conditioning) and an oil cooler.

Once a Vega overheats, it is dead,dead,dead!


			- Dave Pellerin

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