Cool Small Block Vega Pickup.
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I bought a new Vega when they came out. I was working at the Chevy dealer and got a small discount. It proved to be a not very good option for 2 adults and a baby, so I traded it in. I think I only had it for about a year and a half.
The Vegas had a big problem with the rods breaking and cutting the aluminum block in half. We had one in and when the mechanic took the head off it fell in 2 pieces.
Joe
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Having had just two Vegas they had so many problems. My brother was the Vega mechanic and he made a living working on them for about 6-8 years until all the Vegas rusted shut.
That above is nice looking ride though.😊
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Liking the crossed flags with 327
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Talk about a silk purse out of a pigs ear, that's kinda cool. I doubt if here in Michigan you could find a Vega good enough to do those mods. Our salty roads usually ate them up in just a few short years. Bob
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Neat.
I had a Army buddy who had a Cogsworth Vega, it got stolen never saw it again. Cool car.
Most have been turned into Drag cars or scrapped. I always like the 2 door wagons.
Cool way of transporting them. The vert-a-pack rail system.
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Solution for a Vega:
Install Camaro or Nova front end and differential, remove POS engine and install small block. Wow!
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I worked with a guy that put a built big block in a Vega.He was in Columbia SC and got on it pretty hard from a stop light.It sheared the rear lugs and the wheel and drag slick passed him at full speed, knocking down a gas station restroom door and smashing the stall separator. Luckily the restroom was not occupied at the time and no one was hurt.
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When your fabrication skills exceed your budget.
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Helped some friends cram a 396 in one years ago . Small block swaps were popular with the younger airmen at the local air force base .
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yeah Vega's were cool, but man did they use the oil.
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neat project and I sure time and effort along with $$ to get it that way
back in my younger days a friends dad had a vega wagon but it was really a full tube drag car ran on the street when the pro street was catching on and around us were rarely seen except in magazines or the drag strip I really liked it . I think he sold it not long after buying it . and couple more friends had small block vegas some fast fun cars . later on in life I put together a small block chevy vega but like a lot of things it had to be sold to move on to another project I always had a soft spot for them . now finding a nice one is rare as hens teeth as they seemed to either made into race cars or just rusted into the ground . also the sister car the monza that came with a 305 from the factory .
I remember a company use to advertise in all the car magazines ( maybe motion performance ? ) they would build you one or sell all the parts for you to do it from a small block to a big block chevy . I remember drooling over a big block version in the early 1970"s but me making about 2.50 a hour it was all just dreaming .
another vega story my younger brother's 1st car . I had my mom and dad go in half ( like 75.00 ) and I kicked in the other 75.00 bought a used vega from a co worker . my brother ( RIP ) found a box of rustolum paint maybe 6 to 10 partial cans at a garage sale for 5.00 we mixed it all together, looked like petty blue for all you old race fans, bought a can or thinner a few rolls of tape and for about 30.00 total I painted the car . honest it was 100% improvement and 10 feet away looked great .. he ran the crap out of it as most young fellows do . oh I miss the simpler days of life 😁
its ford counterpart I put a v-6 4 speed set up out of a late 70"s mustang II into a pinto wagon for a buddy , nothing great to call home about but he loved it
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Adds new meaning to the terms:
Silk purse out of a Sow's ear.
Lipstick on a pig.
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The vertipak way of shipping made the engineers develop the sealed battery. The first trials leaked battery acid all over the front of the car. Big OOOPPs.
Joe
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My Sisters boyfriend back in the day went to Alaska to work the pipeline. When he came back home he bought not one but two identical Cosworth Vegas. I believe he eventually supplied one with a 350 small block.
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