STRMACH Turner: 1974 Chevrolet Vega
My parents had a Chevy Vega back before they had a bunch of kids, and to this day my old man claims was the worst car he ever owned. But his didn’t have a 300 horsepower Vette motor, nor a hacked off roof with a rear seat delete and shiny deep dish wheels. Could a few burnouts in this Vega remove the bad taste of a thousand break downs from his mouth? Find this 1974 Chevrolet Vega offered for $18,500 in Marine City, MI via craigslist.
From the seller:
1974 chevrolet corvette
condition: like new
cylinders: 8 cylinders
drive: rwd
fuel: gas
odometer: 83000
paint color: red
size: compact
title status: clean
transmission: automatic
type: convertible
1974 chev custom built street machine one of a kind built with no hard top with a 327 cube inch 300 horse power vette motor with b/m automatic shifter car is a turn key there nothing to do or repairs everything works all parts are new top to bottom no rust all underneath been been and reinforced for the weight of motor car drive very good St high speed and adult own
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Reinforced for the weight of the motor. Great. And is the body reinforced for the chopped roof? If you open the doors, does it fold like a soft taco? When you give it the beans, does it twist like a churro? Why am I suddenly craving Mexican food?
Still, it’s a silly Vega, so count me in.
Those are the fanciest early Volvo 240 seats that I’ve ever seen.
i dont live in Michigan, so the plate transfer would be a full non starter. Think i would opt for COWL SHAK as my custom text.
In 1982 I was building up a 69 Malibu convertible that I bought with a junk engine no roof etc. The speed shop I frequented on a daily basis had a photo hanging behind the counter of a Vega drag car doing a hard launch and twisting itself in half right about at the windshield.
This reminds me of that photo.
My question is can you really call it a “convertable” if it has no top? I mean you could call it “converted” when you cut the top off, but it isn’t like you can put the top up w/o a folding or hardtop. Just a thought as my first bit of coffee trys to get my synapses firing.
Speaking of soft headed tacos, why would anyone think to streetrod a Vega? Just asking.
I don’t think you have a choice when you have the rare (and unknown) Vega ‘Streetmachine’ edition. Just saw a Kia sedan that was also an unknown special edition to me as the ‘Stan Da Man’ version