speaking of "out of the box" projects........

[tony byram]

Your ideas for the Vega are cool! A friend of mine had one and that car was barrel of fun, put a solid lifter 327-350hp out of a vette in it with a M20 four speed, we even got the 5 lug spindles for the front and the neatest thing was it was a GT, silver with the single black stripe on it, so we put second-gen Camaro Z28 wheels on it and it was awesome looking. I will try to find some pics of it if I can. Even 350hp in that little car made it fly, we smoked alot of so called hotrods in that little sleeper. That will be a fun car to drive! Be sure and take lots of pics!

[66LS7]

Originally Posted by camcojb

the LQ9 is the Escalade 6.0 liter with iron block and aluminum heads. Tentatively thinking silver with black GT stripe. Debating keeping it 15" wheels like the Vintage Wheels I had on the Chevelle and Hoosier road race tires, or going 17" with Forgelines and sticky tires. Not sure how the bigger wheels will look on such a small car.

Jody I like the silver & black, but make the stripe satin black & then the wheels can have satin black on them also would look super cool!!!



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[DaleLee]

Should be a real fun project! We just finished a low budget one over the summer for a 16 year old girl. It is her first car and her high school car. Both her dad and herself had an overall "look" that they wanted... (a little old school with the wheel and tire choice), but thats ok. It turned out nice for a first car and it is absolutely "outside the box". It turns a lot of heads. Good luck with your project! It will be great to see some build pictures!!!

[awr68]

Originally Posted by GregWeld

One of my buddies in Portland has a Nash Metro - cut the top off and made it a roadster -- has an all tube chassis - and a 468 bbc.... We call it HOOVER because he took off a round Hoover emblem from a vacuum and stuck it on the front grill... When he rolls that thing onto a show / fairground... EVERYBODY stops to stare! It's WAY more fun than almost anything there! Don't even ask how it drives... it's too scary.

I've seen it and it is a cool car!

[GregWeld]

^^^^^^^ So nanner nanner to those of you that think I just make this S*** up!

[novanutcase]

Originally Posted by ironworks

We did a big block vega for a Guy a few years ago. The guy came in and asked if it was possible. Now he says the steering does not work really well when he is heavy on the gas pedal........

This one right?



John

[GregWeld]

^^^^^^^^^^ Epic fail!!




I know for certain Jody's will look a bit better than this one!

Sorry Rodger..... :>)

[nvr2fst]

Originally Posted by GregWeld

I bet my wife that 70% of all the guys "my age" owned a VEGA at some point... so far this thread is making me a winner (yeah in my own dreams...).

Greg, Although your in another era than most LOL, I had my share of the Vegabond we were so proud to call cool. I remember towing my first one home by using all the interiors seat belts (dont ask) and envisioning a cosworth replica....never happened.

[GregWeld]

Era or EON.....

I wanted to post up a pic of my little GT - I have real photos of it - even has the Good Chevrolet (Alameda, CA) dealer ads in the license plate frame... but couldn't get the scanner going... Mine was a '74 I think since that's the date of the photos I have... so I would have been 21 !! Must have been drunk when I bought it!

[nvr2fst]

Jody, Im assuming nothing has been done to the front chassis yet, otherwise I think you would of posted a photo. What's the track width on these things.
Do you plan on modifying a after market sub or strengthening and updating front end. I cant recall any serious mods on a vega out side of prostreet style