My 70 Vegamatic hatchback was a pretty good car ... it had baby Camaro styling. No rust, but it started using quite a bit of oil around 76,000 miles, so I got rid of it.
Here's a Car & Driver Pinto/Vega comparision:http://media.caranddriver.com/files/chevrolet-vega-vs-ford-pintochevrolet-vega-versus-ford-pinto-long-term-comparo-nov-1971.pdf
Darryl, your Vega started using oil at 76,000. Now that was luck because my Vega was using oil as of about 47,000. I sold the car with about 51,000 miles on it. Like i said earlier i loved my Vega, except for the oil burning. A sure fire way to stop the oil burning, is to put a V-8 in it. Like the guy who bought my car, or put the sleeves in it. There are no doubt more Vega's out there today than Pinto's but i would venture a guess that they have fire breathing V-8's in them. Vegamatic.............. i love it. Cheers. George.
__________________
1957 Pontiac Pathfinder Deluxe sedan restored 261 six
1974 Chevrolet Caprice Estate wagon low mileage original 400 V-8
wow this thread still goin? i can go looki if its still there had a 73 vega bought it with 36k miles on it it burned oil then had rust around front window 3 sp standard had it in 84
wow this thread still goin? i can go looki if its still there had a 73 vega bought it with 36k miles on it it burned oil then had rust around front window 3 sp standard had it in 84
I guess we all love our Vega's and Pinto's on here.
__________________
1957 Pontiac Pathfinder Deluxe sedan restored 261 six
1974 Chevrolet Caprice Estate wagon low mileage original 400 V-8
It's hard to throw this stuff out,after all the record keeping done almost daily for 30 years.
Every oil change,every visit to a mechanic,every argument about repairs,every fan belt and the price paid and where she bought it.
That is wicked! Was your wife's aunt a nun in a monastery?
__________________
Prince Edward Island
'64 Parisienne CS "barn find" - last on the road in '86 ... Owner Protection Plan booklet, original paint, original near-mint aqua interior, original aqua GM floor mats, original 283, factory posi, and original rust.
They have a remedy for that ... it is called "choose another car".
__________________
Prince Edward Island
'64 Parisienne CS "barn find" - last on the road in '86 ... Owner Protection Plan booklet, original paint, original near-mint aqua interior, original aqua GM floor mats, original 283, factory posi, and original rust.
No worries ... my remedy is .... a wife already annoyed with the lack of space in the driveway. Until the Jeep (daughter's nightmare) is out and gone, I'm banned from new projects.
Pic number 4 ... tell me I'm not seeing a rear facing seat there.
Nope. You can barely see the front-facing rear seat in this picture:
-- Edited by Pontiacanada on Saturday 7th of February 2015 05:58:52 AM
__________________
Prince Edward Island
'64 Parisienne CS "barn find" - last on the road in '86 ... Owner Protection Plan booklet, original paint, original near-mint aqua interior, original aqua GM floor mats, original 283, factory posi, and original rust.
