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I bought a brand new Vega in 72. It was an absolute blast to drive. No rattles or clunkiness, sharp as a tack in tight cornering, very well balanced. I can see why it was highly regarded. The cost cutting BS problems from GM (thinned out the cylinder coating to save money, no rustproofing) showed up far beyond what any test magazine finds. If GM had sleeved those things and did any kind of rust proofing, they would still be highly thought of. BTW, a GM tech told me he never saw a warped block on a Vega with the proper amount of antifreeze in it. Even today that is a critical issue. It was not close to challenging a real supercar, tho, and I would never have made that claim.
Real hot rods have clutches . Dusty
Well my 2000cc Pinto had a clutch and rack and pinion steering.
Well , the 1600 CC OHC engine was used in thousands of FF race cars . Dusty
The 2000 cc OHC were cam eaters, very few made it to 30K miles without a cam replacment...But they and the 2300cc made their mark when modified for midget car circle track..I believe the 1600 cc engine standard in the early Pintos was the Kent OHV ? Same engine used later in the German built Fiesta....
..I believe the 1600 cc engine standard in the early Pintos was the Kent OHV ? Same engine used later in the German built Fiesta....
Yup, and in the Morgan 4/4 ....Lannis
I just read an article about ten or twenty muscle cars nobody wants to be seen in. ZZ
Well now I know I had a hot rod cause after I posted I remembered it was a 1600 cc. It was the engine that the timing belt could break and not wreck the valves. I had it break on me and pulled off the road. I was able to fix it roadside without much work. It really was a fun little car and got 30+ MPG if I wasn't "hot rodding" it.
The 1600 was an overhead-valve design, not overhead-cam, so no cam belt.
Yup, and in the Caterham Super Seven Sprint...(and maybe in late Lotus Sevens?...hafta pull the book)
A good friend has a Super 7 back in the 1970's...His had a 1000cc engine and was not very fast at all..He had sort of 1600 DOHC engine but he never got around to swapping it in.He sold the car in 1981 for $6800..Was the DOHC based on the Kent block?
1970 AMC Rebel MachineNot a beauty, but it would be fun to own.
Yes it would. I'm not sure if it was that model, ( I think it was), or a different one that made a a showing at a local car show this past year, but it had a V8, 4 speed, bucket seats, ram air and body graphics like or similar to your pic. Anyway, neat. I don't know anything about its performance though. My buddy has a '69 AMX. Green, white stripes, 390 4 speed, side pipes. It had its shortcomings but it was pretty fasy and really looked cool. At high speed, (breaking the law), the rear of the door windows would gap away from the quarter glass by about an inch.I suppose in '98 when the motorcycle world named the '98 Cali EV as the bike of the year, the motorcycle got rocked too. John Henry
My buddy has a '69 AMX. Green, white stripes, 390 4 speed, side pipes. It had its shortcomings but it was pretty fasy and really looked cool. At high speed, (breaking the law), the rear of the door windows would gap away from the quarter glass by about an inch.John Henry
Your example was likely a Hurst Rambler Scrambler , and yes , the early 390 AMX models were considered fast in their day . Dusty
It's odd , I simply don't miss the good old days at all . Of course not ever being a car guy , those cars didn't cause me any excitement even in 1970. Dusty
Dusty doesn't like cars? For a guy who just came up with this bit of trivia "Well , the 1600 CC OHC engine was used in thousands of FF race cars." Surely you jest.
There is an exception for open wheel racing cars Dusty
Take a load of this one, it didn't stay in one piece very long and dang near killed the Flyin' Hawaiian but it was a one of a kind.[/quote Penske ? Dusty