When we left off last time, the car was running better, I had removed all of the trim, lights, locks, handles, and side glass, and it was headed out to Syracuse, New York, to spend some time at my un...
When we left off, the motor was in and the car was running, barely. I had collected most of the parts to complete it, but the body was pretty rough and needed significant work. Over the past year in ...
SBC-powered 1972 Chevrolet Vega GT for sale on Hemmings.com. From the seller’s description: This sporty 1972 Vega GT is finished in Bright Yellow and features contrasting Black sport striping. A Geor...
Period-look, 350 V-8-powered 1972 Chevrolet Vega GT for sale. From the seller’s description: The 1970s were a time of changes for the auto industry. As fuel supplies constricted, the chrome-laden, mu...
Fresh from a 1,000-hour sympathetic restoration, this 1976 Chevrolet Cosworth Vega is said to have amassed just 3,200 miles in 42 years. From the seller’s description: Cosworth #3283 is the lowest mi...
Initially, the Vega was to be released only as a notchback and as a fastback, no wagon. But thanks to one designer’s after-hours work and a fortuitous visit from Ed Cole, the wagon got added to the l...
Images are from the brochure collection of Hemmings Motor News, courtesy of Bruce Zahor Chevrolet’s innovative Corvair never caught on as a best-selling, economy-minded import fighter, and the last o...
Images are from the brochure collection of Hemmings Motor News, courtesy of Bruce Zahor Chevrolet’s innovative Corvair never caught on as a best-selling, economy-minded import fighter, and the last o...
Photo by Steve Reyes. Though it’s been 40 years since “Jungle Jim” Liberman died, the impression he left on the sport of drag racing – particularly among funny car fans – through his incessant tourin...
1971 Chevrolet Vega 2300 Hatchback Coupe. Photo courtesy GM Media. When I was 20 years old I was employed as an assembler at the Chevrolet Engine Plant in Tonawanda, New York. I started out working i...