Cosworth Vega

"Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo" (rustyvandura) 01/29/2018 at 11:14 • Filed to: None

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I took these pictures at the Turlock Swap Meet, hosted yearly by the Modesto As, a Model A club.

WilliamsSW > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 01/29/2018 at 11:20

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This is a pretty cool car- not exactly my cup of tea, but I like it.

Bman76 (hates WS6 hoods, is on his phone and has 4 burners now) > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 01/29/2018 at 11:22

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Love it, until the head warps. Then you can ecotec swap it, and it’d be great again!

promoted by the color red > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 01/29/2018 at 11:56

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Nice car, but I can’t help but wonder why they didn’t shell out an extra $50 for matching black & gold plates.

WilliamsSW > Bman76 (hates WS6 hoods, is on his phone and has 4 burners now) 01/29/2018 at 12:01

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Nah, these weren’t subject to that issue. These were pretty decent cars by the standards of the day (caveat being that the rest of the car was still a Vega).

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > WilliamsSW 01/29/2018 at 13:12

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I knew a guy in high school whose dad owned a shop and gave Junior a Vega with a 327.

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > WilliamsSW 01/29/2018 at 13:15

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The Vega was a catastrophe. Rust in impossible-to-repair places, engine overheating problems, etc. This particular car doesn’t even interest me that much, other than that it’s from the era of my automotive awakening. I’d rather have a v8/4sp Monza.

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > promoted by the color red 01/29/2018 at 13:15

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Good question. He’s got it for sale, so may have swapped tags for something generic.

WilliamsSW > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 01/29/2018 at 13:24

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Oof, a HS kid could get into a hell of a lot of trouble with that.

WilliamsSW > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 01/29/2018 at 13:28

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Wasn’t the V8 Monza the one that basically required engine removal to get at a couple of the spark plugs?

I got my license in ‘84, and I don’t recall anyone having a Vega - I think most of them had rusted to bits by then, even.

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > WilliamsSW 01/29/2018 at 13:39

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Or dead.

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > WilliamsSW 01/29/2018 at 13:44

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Wasn’t the V8 Monza the one that basically required engine removal to get at a couple of the spark plugs?

That wouldn’t surprise me. Roadkill had a Monza with a 305/4sp and they put a loud exhaust on it and it would smoke both legs all the way down the block.

There was a lady up the street with a Chevette who I’d talked into selling to me when she was finished with it. She called me once to say she wasn’t finished yet, and I haven’t heard from her since.