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1. RE: GM going down, no LBC - Now Vega (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Thu, 24 Nov 2005 10:27:03 -0500; Like any vehicle, it is all on how you take care of it. Regular oil changes, maintenance, washing it, etc. My '77 Vega was one of the best cars I ever owned. Pretty quick and fun to drive. I got bett; /html/spridgets/2005-11/msg00821.html (7,982 bytes)
2. Re: GM going down, no LBC - Now Vega (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Thu, 24 Nov 2005 11:06:42 -0500 reply-type=original; I had a urine yellow Vega station wagon in the '70s. It was given to me, free, and it STILL was the worst car I have ever owned. Among it's many endearing traits was blowing the oil filter right off; /html/spridgets/2005-11/msg00824.html (8,639 bytes)
3. Re: GM going down, no LBC - Now Vega (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Thu, 24 Nov 2005 11:33:14 -0600 reply-type=original {sentby:smtp 24.15.214.89 authed with dbl@chicagolandmgclub.com} with any abuse report; Yeah, but not always intuitive... Someone gave my sister a 1976 Vega. It ran. At least it ran until we changed the sludge it had for oil and the sparkplugs with no detectable electrodes. I guess it; /html/spridgets/2005-11/msg00830.html (7,868 bytes)
4. Re: GM going down, no LBC - Now Vega (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Thu, 24 Nov 2005 13:49:50 EST; Was Vega the ALL aluminum block creation with aluminum cylinder bores as Kirk; /html/spridgets/2005-11/msg00838.html (7,318 bytes)
5. Re: GM going down, no LBC - Now Vega (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Thu, 24 Nov 2005 14:30:50 -0600; Don't know about the block, but the cylinder head was aluminum. Freind had one in the Air Force. In the 4 months we were stationed together, I helped him put two new cylinder heads on it. Both warped; /html/spridgets/2005-11/msg00842.html (8,436 bytes)
6. RE: GM going down, no LBC - Now Vega (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Thu, 24 Nov 2005 15:56:14 -0500; The earlier ones had aluminum cylinder bores. The later ones had aluminum blocks with cast iron sleeves and cast head. - That was a great engine. --Original Message--; /html/spridgets/2005-11/msg00844.html (7,616 bytes)
7. Re: GM going down, no LBC - Now Vega (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Thu, 24 Nov 2005 16:53:23 -0500; The only aluminum head Vega engine was the Cosworth. The others were a cast iron head which weighed more than the rest of the open deck die cast high Silicon block even with the reciprocating assembl; /html/spridgets/2005-11/msg00846.html (8,136 bytes)
8. Re: GM going down, no LBC - Now Vega (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Thu, 24 Nov 2005 18:23:04 EST; I recall the almuminum cylnder bored early designs - what were they thinking? Has there ever been a successful engine that ran on aluminum cylnder bores - historically? Did they have something that t; /html/spridgets/2005-11/msg00848.html (7,831 bytes)
9. Re: GM going down, no LBC - Now Vega (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Thu, 24 Nov 2005 16:09:39 -0800 reply-type=original; A good history of the Chevrolet Vega: http://h-body.org/library/vegabob/vega-history-complete.html "Vega's most unique feature was its 2.3 Liter (140CID) OHC four-cylinder engine. Unlike previous GM; /html/spridgets/2005-11/msg00850.html (10,730 bytes)
10. Re: GM going down, no LBC - Now Vega (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Fri, 25 Nov 2005 01:07:29 GMT jAP18Ci0019236; Chevy/GM trucks have been reasonably good products for many, many moons. My Dad ran a newspaper biz using Chevy and/or GM 1 ton trucks exclusively for over 30 years. Even back in '53, he got well ov; /html/spridgets/2005-11/msg00853.html (7,701 bytes)
11. Re: GM going down, no LBC - Now Vega (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Fri, 25 Nov 2005 23:19:43 EST; Absolutely fascinating to me - thanks for sending! Kirk; /html/spridgets/2005-11/msg00886.html (7,317 bytes)

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