Car Thread

[v8vega]

Hot Rod magazine years ago wanted to put the biggest engine in the smallest car. They put a 500 " Cadillac in a Chevette, had to cut the firewall out.

[Tom Dempsey]

I had a yellow 1971 Vega. I'd take that car over a Sh*tvette any day of the week.

[healey36]

I always thought the styling of the Vega was pretty sharp, but I remember hearing horror stories about the aluminum block/steel-sleeve 4-cylinder GM dropped into it. I think they bagged that engine when they replaced the Vega with the Chevette, going back to cast iron.

[webenda]

What is it?

[MurphOnMillerAve]

Wild guess: Volkswagen "Beetle" convertible ?

Or, maybe, Karmann Ghia convertible (circa 1969-ish) ?

[MYmoo]

Wild guess: Volkswagen "Beetle" convertible ?

Or, maybe, Karmann Ghia convertible (circa 1969-ish) ?

VW, convert, or Karmann Creeper, it is NOT.

It does have lots of what appear to be VDO gauges, which VW did not have 'lots of'...

VW was
a 'KISS' car, easy to work on, more so than ANY other car I've had the opportunity to work on.*


OPINION of a former VW 'technician', AKA 'wrench'...

MY 'guess' is a remotored MG or Triumph.

It's times like these I realize how much I have forgotten, or how much other 'stuff' has 'erased' past 'tracks'...


*This statement applies to VW's air cooled models (pre 1975) & certain non-US later models.

[healey36]

Looks a bit like an AC Ace cockpit, but doubtful with an automatic...

Healey

[Rufus T. Firefly]

What is it?

A hole in the road that you pour money into..........

[MurphOnMillerAve]

Wild guess: Volkswagen "Beetle" convertible ?

Or, maybe, Karmann Ghia convertible (circa 1969-ish) ?

VW, convert, or Karmann Creeper, it is NOT....

OPINION of a former VW 'technician', AKA 'wrench'...

MY 'guess' is a remotored MG or Triumph.
...

I was going to say MG or MG-B, for some unfathomable reason, my having seen such cars maybe once or twice in my kidhood and college-days, but thought it was ill-advised. So, it feels good just knowing that somebody with your obvious car-expertise has said MG.

The reason I did not say so was the round shape of the whole dash and front-ish area. I do not recall having that impression of MGs as they passed by. Yet, there was something about those black bucket-seats that seemed MG-familiar.
Murph

[Big Jim]

I thought the COBRA emblem on the steering wheel was a dead giveaway.

[rogruth]

I thought the COBRA emblem on the steering wheel was a dead giveaway.

I wish I could see that emblem better.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

I thought the COBRA emblem on the steering wheel was a dead giveaway.

I wish I could see that emblem better.

Me 2.

[webenda]

Here is the emblem:

The automatic transmission is a BIG clue. Only two of these were built. Bill Cosby bought one. => https://youtu.be/YotlNRCrFbQ

[healey36]

Looks a bit like an AC Ace cockpit, but doubtful with an automatic...

Healey

Well I was sorta close...

[rogruth]

Thanks, Wayne. I can see it now.