Free Republic
Browse · Search
General/Chat
Topics · Post Article

To: Apollo 13

How did the Chevy Vega NOT make that list?


2 posted on 07/11/2008 4:08:19 AM PDT by raybbr (You think it's bad now - wait till the anchor babies start to vote!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies ]


To: raybbr

Wouldn’t know... send me a PM with a piccie if you will.
My current favourite is the Overland Octomobile. Just imagine the traction...


4 posted on 07/11/2008 4:16:20 AM PDT by Apollo 13
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 2 | View Replies ]

To: raybbr

The Chevy Vega definitely belongs on the list


8 posted on 07/11/2008 4:19:53 AM PDT by Kaslin (Vote Democrat if you like high gas prices at the pump)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 2 | View Replies ]

To: raybbr

My wife had a ‘73 Vega. It was a nice looking car, silver with black buckets and red piping, four on the floor etc. But, it started taking oil at 30,000 miles so I traded it on a Dodge Charger.

Who in their right mind would design an aluminum engine with steel pistons, no cylinder sleeves, just aluminum.


15 posted on 07/11/2008 4:49:24 AM PDT by Nakota
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 2 | View Replies ]

To: raybbr

I had a high school teacher in the 70s who drove a completely rusted out white Vega to school every day. In orange spray paint on one side was “Vega by G.M,” and on the other was “Rust-proofing by Tuff-Kote.”


16 posted on 07/11/2008 4:54:08 AM PDT by milky
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 2 | View Replies ]

To: raybbr
How did the Chevy Vega NOT make that list?

I don't know, but I hated those when I worked for a Chevy dealer. One thing I remember about those was that the cars were shipped standing on their nose in the railroad cars.

I see the car that The Swimmer should have test driven made the list.


20 posted on 07/11/2008 5:04:43 AM PDT by Arrowhead1952 (A vote for any Democrat from BO on down the ticket is a vote for $10 a gallon gas.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 2 | View Replies ]

To: raybbr

I had a Vega and it was terrible. The aluminum head warped.


25 posted on 07/11/2008 5:13:55 AM PDT by LS (CNN is the Amtrak of News)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 2 | View Replies ]

To: raybbr
How did the Chevy Vega NOT make that list?

Hey now ... we had a Vega. Dad bought it in 73 and we still had it (and it was running well) up into the early 80s.

45 posted on 07/11/2008 6:48:20 AM PDT by al_c (Avoid the consequences of erudite vernacular utilized irrespective of necessity)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 2 | View Replies ]

To: raybbr

Besides the aluminum block, what was up with the Vega’s steering wheel that had a permanent tilt from left to right? WTF was that?


71 posted on 07/11/2008 4:44:16 PM PDT by gathersnomoss (General George Patton had it right.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 2 | View Replies ]

Free Republic
Browse · Search
General/Chat
Topics · Post Article


FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson