Cheap cars (was: 1%...)

From: Douglas Quebbeman <dhquebbeman_at_theestopinalgroup.com>
Date: Mon Jul 30 16:07:06 2001

> Douglas Quebbeman wrote:
>
> > Yeah, I saw *six* Chevy Vega models this weekend... at least, I think
> > *one* of them was a Cosworth...
>
> Wow. the last time I saw a Cosworth Vega was in 1980. It was a
> surprising car -- almost as surprising as the Vega I encountered
> that someone had wedged a 350 into -- a car which, thanks to the Vega's
> corrosion problems, folded in half one day when the owner put her foot
> in it coming off the line one afternoon...

We had one of those conversions running around town... but the owner
claimed it was a 454... he *had* beaten on the fenderwells for some
reasons or another...

But it had to have Whilly bars.... *way* too much torque!

-dq
Received on Mon Jul 30 2001 - 16:07:06 BST