The only Cosworth I ever saw was just a "built" engine sitting in a speed
shop when I lived in Illinois back in the mid 80's. They eventually put the
engine into a Pinto body (fiberglass, not really a Pinto) and it really
hauled ass. Made a lot of 8 cylinder cars look bad.
-> -----Original Message-----
-> From: owner-classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org
-> [mailto:owner-classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org]On Behalf Of Chris Kennedy
-> Sent: Monday, July 30, 2001 3:39 PM
-> To: classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org
-> Subject: RE: Cheap cars (was: 1%...)
->
->
-> 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...
->
-> --
-> Chris Kennedy
-> chris_at_mainecoon.com
->
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Received on Mon Jul 30 2001 - 16:15:51 BST