Jun. 6, 2006 - What I just posted in the Porsche Forum
There is a thread on what was your first car and what was your best car. Well, this is what I typed in (more or less): I miss my 1973 bronze Chevy Vega. It had that Camaro grill with all the grey plastic rectangley openings (or did those Camaros have a Vega grill?) Anyways, it also had a hooker header (not headers--- only one) and a Holly 2 barrel. I drove it from the dealer to the shop and had the aluminum block sleeved with steel so the pistons wouldn't destroy the cylinders right away. Since I was in there I did a thing or two to the guts of the engine. Then I cut out the factory curve above the rear tires, put on fender flares and changed the tires and wheels. I also monkeyed a bit with the suspension. By risking life and being VERY stupid I once beat a Corvette in a 50 mile mtn race -- all twists and with no real straights until the end. Well, at least I WAS winning until the %$#@# rubber clamp mounted rad blew back out of the mounts (combination of engine compartment heat on the rubber and the wind blowing in against the rad on the final bit of road (the straight bit) - the Vega was moving at a speed no Vega should ever even have approached). Then the rad hit the fan and I was done. Sigh. I fixed it and wired the rad so it couldn't 'pop' out anymore. That Vega was a PIG though considering the thing was 2.4L. I probably only miss it cuz of the fuzzy dash!! Which reminds me...... Whatever happened to 1974 anyways? I miss IT more than the car. It wasn't so bad!! Anywho..... Then I bought my first P-Car. '79 targa. It was better. No radiator and the fan is in the back!! bill ps. Street racing is bad now and it was bad then and I don't endorse it. In fact, it looks pretty darn stupid from the vantage point I have now; that of being able to look back on it from more than 30 years later.But then, Mazda seems to advertise in ways that promote it. zoom zoom.
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