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This beautiful 1974 Chevrolet Vega GT belongs to Anne and Ray Davis of Ormond Beach, Fl. They’d taken over the payments on it from my middle sister who could not handle them and the Vega was ultimately the replacement after they gave her the ’72 Gold Duster that my Mom drove from ’76-78. with Roof Rack! You can own this classic for only $1,750.00 ... Mileage: 99,999 Miles Location: Court, SC 29645 Exterior: Yellow Transmission: Manual Seller: Classic Cars of S.C. Inc. Gray Court SC Living in Massachusetts and having been four years old when the Vega Panel Express went out of production, I don’t think I’ve ever actually seen one in person. I only had to run one light. Worst case of sun-faded red paint ever seen. I may sale it some day,but like some of you had sade I may regaet letting it go. I was still young enough in the early 1980s to think that way. It was a green ’71 2dr sedan. I had decided after paying storage the first year, it would have to be parked outside (covered) – a huge savings that has amounted to $14k (200. per mo) over a seven-year period. No block heater. It was fun to drive but with 24,000 miles, it burned a quart of oil every 150 miles. The Vega was produced in hatchback, notchback, wagon, and panel delivery body styles. Too much to list. It had been sitting at a gas station with a sign on it, and I was able to negotiate the sellers (a couple who had bought it for their son new, but he had moved away to a job after college) down to $900 from their asking price of $975. Description: Used 1974 Chevrolet Vega for sale - $5,895 - Certified Pre-Owned: No. I drove it for a couple of years and probably sold it at about the right time when I received orders to Germany in spring of 1975. Will you ever sell your vaunted and famed Millionth Edition ’73 Vega? Wow, that’s a nice find there, even if through the cohort. 1974 Chevrolet Vega Pictures: See 33 pics for 1974 Chevrolet Vega. and I had to reconnect it before it would start. I wish there was some way I could’ve kept my black ’72 Kammback and stuck another engine in it…but there was already structural rust issues and the car was only four years old. Learn how your comment data is processed. As one might imagine, it consumed boatloads of oil, but otherwise ran and handled OK and was mostly rust-free, a true rarity for an older car in western PA. My main knock on it was that it was yellow: not just yellow, but an especially bilious pale yellow that GM seemed fond of at the time. It was at a repair shop, with a V8 conversion performed by the subsequent owner. No, I’m not being sarcastic. This 1974 Chevy Vega Kammback Wagon was pulled from the behind a barn in western Colorado. Never a problem. When I was a kid I went to a Chevy dealer who had a Vega Panel that had been completely carpeted inside right up the walls and over the panels. And even thow the engine is shot I steel like it. The GT package had an upgraded interior with a full instrument panel instead of lights (including tach), four-on-the-floor with a nice little console, a smaller four-spoke steering wheel, and a little bit better suspension. I had a Vega, and I don’t need to curse. The rear windows were blanked out, only the Pinto used a fiberglass panel instead of a metal panel filler. I bought the car in the winter. If the first Vega had been the 1975 car…well, like someone said, if your aunt had different equipment she’d be your uncle. It is amazing that one of these has survived in this condition. It had that really nice fat GT steering wheel, but the wheel was off centre so the spokes were up and down instead of left and right. I would have liked to have one…a low-buck drive-in sinmobile. 1974 Vega GT Wagon....Kammback....."Real Deal" for sale - … 1974 Chevy Vega Wagon Kammback Rear Quarter Emblem 9885757 Badge Ornament Trim. From United States +C $32.27 shipping. Drop a blown Chevy big block in the engine compartment, throw on some drag tires, raise the rear, blank in the side windows, paint it glossy black and maybe you`ll have something. This prestigious accolade represents the continued growth of the company, and ClassicCars.com's dominance as the world's largest online marketplace for buying and selling classic and collector vehicles. The Woodgrain dash is … I believe it had a “low coolant” light as well as the oil light. Bought the older style emblem for the back hatch because the Chevrolet script was cooler. We owned four “gen 1” Vegas (flat face grill) – two Kammbacks (’72 and ’73), a ’71 notchback (my first car) and a ’72 hatchback bought for parts. 1971 - 1977 Chevrolet Vega Wagon RH Passengers Taillight Bezel Astre #2. They contacted me but car was already sold. That’s because by ’76, GM put sleeves in the Vega’s aluminum block, offered a 40K warranty for the engine, but by then (in typical pre-bankruptcy GM fashion) was way too little way too late. Purchased in 2004 from a classified listing, the Vega was Ray’s answer to lifelong dreams of building a hot rod. A crappy Mustang followed, then when that was disposed of after graduation, I found another “creampuff” ’73 GT, again with factory air and a 4-speed manual. Don’t ever put a V8 in that Vega! Original 4-cyl. Even put the Monza turbine-style wheel covers on the front. It lasted at least a couple of years before succumbing to some sort of terminal mechanical fault. Worst car I have ever owned. He presented the program to GM's president in 1967. This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. In spring, moved the wide GT fronts to the rear and bought some regular Vega rims and tires from the junkyard for the front for that big ‘n’ little cool look. Fortunately by that time GM had worked the bugs out of the Vega, and that Estate was a reliable car for them. V8, turbo trans.,Dana rear,roll cage. As for the Panel Express, sales kept trending downward. Ray and Anne Davis in front of the Vega. Fun car to drive and I regretted having to sell it when I went overseas — until I started reading about the Vegas dropping like flies as engines quit. Chevrolet and Pontiac divisions worked separately on small cars in the early and mid 1960s. Your email address will not be published. That little thing got me through college though, commuting over some ferocious WV mountains and never leaving me stranded once! That Vega had the 3spd auto and AC no less and other than the carb going bad in I think ’79, it ran great and was reliable until it was replaced by the FWD X body Buick Skylark they bought new in ’83. Hmmmmm, lets see. My father had a ’77 hatchback with automatic. A set of BFG Radial TAs and some firmer shocks actually made it a decent handler, too. The resemblance is interesting, as I think the inspiration for Chrysler building the Volare/Aspen as a wagon was looking at the sales figures for subcompact wagons (where the wagon body style made a lot of sense in terms of maximimizing cargo space in vehicle with small exterior dimensions) and saying, “we don’t have a subcompact, but maybe the same thing would work one size class up, too”. A close friend in college received a new 1971 from her parents for her birthday. When the oil pressure light flickered going around a corner I just poured in 2 quarts and was good for 500 more miles. One drunken evening at the shop, et voila! The Vega story has been told many times (full story here), but it really was a shame that such a sharp looking car could have so many problems. MotorMax 1:24 1974 Chevy Vega Metallic Green Street Racing Sweet Cherries. A question for our Canadian correspondents — was there ever a Pontiac Astre Panel north of the border? Some years after I’d sold it, I was offered a chance to buy it on a lien sale (not sure how that worked, but the DMV at the time would find prior owners to see if they were interested). While the ready-made kits would get the V8 into any Vega, the Panel Express was the preferred version because of the lack of a rear seat, as well as, ironically, ‘increased’ rear-biased vehicle weight which would help traction somewhat (something that was really needed when a high-horsepower engine was stuffed into a small, lightweight car). Oh, how I wished I could have bought it directly from them instead of paying what seemed like it must have been an exorbitant dealer markup at that time! Very rare cars here Vegas were not sold new in NZ but we did have the stripped van versions of Vivas and of course the Holden Falcon Valiant panel vans could be obtained though they are high roofed. go to http://www.motortopia.com/vegavairbob to see my other two Vegas. Then, in 1971, GM decided to offer a panel version of its attractive Kammback station wagon. Wow! Engine was last rebuilt in 1992 with 10:1 pistons and mildly ported head so it is a little quicker than most. I actually do cram my kit (and associated electronics) into my Sunfire for every gig, but man, my back sure doesn’t like it. Copyright 2011 - 2020 Curbside Classics. In the early eighties, I had a Pinto wagon; the last couple of years the Pinto had a Cruisin’ Van option that basically did the same thing. If I didn’t already have two projects…I’d be looking out west for one to re-do…and a wrecked Solstice/Sky to donate its Ecotec drive train. Always liked the look of the Vega, especially the earlier ones. If you have owned one, let me pause for a moment so you can finish cursing. The photo was during a day trip to Seguin TX for an airshow. However, when he met my Aunt Lori at the University of Iowa in the late Seventies, she was driving a ’75 or ’76 Vega Estate, so in a way, he did eventually get a Kammback. First car: 75 Vega GT Estate wagon. That made it one of the best used car buys I ever made, though I cannot say it was exactly trouble free motoring. Where I grew up, the tinwork thrived; and the Vega had a notably short lifespan. . But as it turns out, the Vega was the first of the many cracks that would start to show in the GM fortress. 5. Never really had an issue with it, other than a starter going out – the only time the car really “failed” on me. These things had a cable actuator on the clutch instead of a hydraulic one. The same could not be said for the Panel Express, as sales dropped to 4,114. I got $1150 for it as it was a nice clean one. Not coincidentally, pickups were getting much more comfortable and car-like at that time. Notify me of follow-up comments by email. This was my experience with a 74 panel wagon somewhere in the middle 80’s. From United States Customs services and international tracking provided. While 42,800 Kammbacks were produced in ’71, only 8,700 Panel Expresses were made. Please note: We did NOT construct the car while intoxicated, we just brainstormed at how “easy” it would be to construct. It’s not the drums, it’s the stage monitor & etc. Okay. I have a 1974 Chevy Vega Station wagon. My ’73 GT was a ball to drive and ran just fine. or Best Offer. Even after three seasons of SCCA B-sedan autocross. The “secret” with any Vega is to put in an adequate radiator so it NEVER overheats and keep the oil in good shape. Top Rated Seller. But what do you expect for $750? Unfortunately, the car was totaled about a month after I bought it when I got rear-ended. $8,500.00 Call . Put about 50,000 miles on it running an insurance debit and paper route and 2 quarts of oil a week. I have no doubt that more than a few Panel Expresses gave their little lives in pursuit of a low quarter mile time. It has some minor rust spots but everything is good as a whole. It was white and had a luggage rack on top. The most effective change Chevrolet made to the Vega was to reskin it and call it Monza. It was in great shape, but I liked to joke that it used more oil than it did gasoline. I;ve always been a Vega fan. Stored in a Pole Barn for the last 30 years. Think I saw one or two on dealer lots when the Vega was news. GM’s fortress began cracking quite a bit long before the Vega hit the scene. “polishing a turd.”, It might be the pain killers they have me on talking but I’d rock one of those all day! Just kept adding oil. WRT to crappy Vegas: Growing up in the shadow of Lordstown, it was the official unofficial car of the Mahoning Valley. Loaded, including automatic and A/C. I think you could have gotten a Vega Panel with out a passenger seat too, one of these with no radio, air or passenger seat and a 3 speed manual has to be in the running for most miserable s***box in history. But back to the sedan delivery, or Panel Express, as Chevrolet called it…. That is my Elkhart green 74 Panel wagon in the photo. (Vega 1971-1977 production totaled nearly 2 million). Back to the winter. Get both manufacturer and user submitted pics. Ed Cole, GM's executive vice-president of operating staffs was working on his own small-car project using the corporate engineering and design staffs. Discovered this article not long ago. The fuel pump went out on it, necessitating removal of the gas tank. You know, it’s too bad that GM used its customers for beta testers in the first few years of Vega production. 1974 Vega GT Wagon. And yes, I think a lot of us bought them because they did kind of look like a “baby Camaro.”. It has a 4 core radiator to cope with AC and Texas heat. Then again, maybe not. Sounded like a diesel engine when we took it to trade. It had very low miles (-40,000), factory A/C, 4-speed, and since it was in SoCal, not a bit of rust. (This is from the guy that took the front “bumper” off his 73 Midget so it looked more like a mini Cobra, don’t take it too seriously.). I finally ruined the engine and had it rebuilt with sleeved pistons. I actually ventured over to the shop just to see it, but the current owner had come in and settled up with the place and got his car back. 1974 - 77 Vega Wagon Weatherstrip KIT (liftgate seal on body) (Standard - for Vegas with NO chrome exterior beltline moldings on the doors) This weatherstripping kit contains the right and left door seals, liftgate seal, right and left door window channels, window felt … And maybe once or twice on the road for delivery services. I remember hanging out in the back of that thing thinking it was one of the coolest vehicles I had ever been inside of. I’d give anything if I still had it. That one put me off Chevrolet for about twenty years. Corporate management made the decisions to enter the small car market and to develop the car itself. Unfortunately the technology had not yet been perfected and it spelled trouble for Vega owners. One day got tired of the oil and dropped a junkyard 327 in front of a turbo 400 tranny. 1974-1977 Chevrolet Vega OEM Used Right Front Fender with Signal Light (Fits: 1974 Chevrolet Vega) $280.99 For 71-77 Chevy Vega/75-76 Pontiac Astre SBC V8 Aluminum 3-Row Cooling Radiator (Fits: 1974 Chevrolet Vega) Pre-Owned. As you might expect, sales did not exactly take off. I’ve never seen the panel express version. All Rights Reserved. My experience with Vegas consists of having driven the ’73 fastback that my Dad bought arond 1980, for $200, as a go-to-work beater. Didn’t know they actually referred to it as a truck. I’ve fantasized about a Kammback with a blown 3.8 from an Ultra or Bonnie mated to a built 200r4 in one often. All they had to do was take a wagon, blank out the rear quarter windows, remove the back seat, and voila! 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To be fair, Chrysler wasn’t the first one to think of this. 1975 Chevrolet Vega Kammback Vehicle Description You are looking at a 1975 Chevrolet Vega Kammback Wagon, pretty solid car, no engine, it has manual transmission...Make a great little race-car! I knew a huge number of people who had them back in the day. My first car (at age 16) was a 1974 Chevy Vega Kammback. It's hard to find a Vega in this nice. Funny thing is that in Europe you can still get stuff like this, like an Opel Corsa with the rear windows blanked out and no rear seat. Actually, any clean, running Vega is quite a find today! Regardless, that Vega is a fond memory for me! Beautiful car, Deloran should have been proud. I loved that car, and it saw me through some lean years– might still have it if it wasn’t for the sheer dullness factor of the automatic transmission and the tired, panting squirrel under the hood. C $33.47. Hi, I on A 74 Panel express. Ran like a top. https://classics.autotrader.com/.../chevrolet-vega-for-sale Sorry, not cursing. It got hit twice. The condition of the car overall is very good. All of them I was familiar with suffered from a premature demise. Find this 1974 Chevrolet Vega wagon for sale in Exeter, NH for $5,000 via craigslist. It was one of the best cars I’ve ever had. Willys Jeep CJ2A Custom Hand Built Resto Mod Show Car, 1947 Willys Jeep CJ2A Flat Fender 4x4 All wheel drive 1946 Running Driving Jeep, 1973 Volvo P 1800 ES Hatchback Yellow RWD Manual P1800 ES, 1976 Volkswagen Beetle Karmann 44183 Miles Convertible Manual, 1975 Volkswagen Beetle Convertible Maroon Convertible 1585cc 4 Cylinder 62248 Mi. V8 Vega. Second, most little trucklets like this would eventually be worked to death. The factory color was “Chamois” while my dad called the color an unprintable name referring to the contents of the diaper of a mild-fed baby. I haven’t seen a Vega Panel in thirty years, for sure. 1974 saw 4,289 Panels, a slight improvement to 1972’s total, but after a mere 1,525 ’75s, the Panel was finally done. It’s not too hard to imagine why GM did this. My theory explains why only thousands of sets of fenders were replaced by Chevrolet (under warranty) instead of a million, or more. Of course it snapped one night when I was coming home from work. I don’t know why they didn’t catch on up here in Canuckistan. Three were expected: two door sedan, a hatchback and a wagon. I don’t possess that luxury, only a 1-car garage. I had one. I had a favorable impression of it till I drove it. Dare I say that the last year of the Vega was more reliable than the Citation? Another selling point for building a wagon that size was that there would be no direct competition from GM and Ford. I bought a used 1974 Vega Estate wagon in 1977 for $1550 including two snow tires, which I never had to use. One of the reasons the Vega Panel Express is so rare today may be the legendary hotrodder’s SBC engine swap. They removed a section of rad hose and installed the in-line heater in between the new shorter sections. Has been inside on lift for last 10 years. I am amazed anyone has anything good to say about the early Vegas. We took the pretty little dark green car on a road trip when it was brand new. Done? . I had also driven the GT which was quieter and more fun. She told the salesman he may as well cut her throat. That’s one I’d love to catch in the wild, but I haven’t seen a Pinto of any kind on the road in many a moon. C $34.29. These were never common, so locating a Panel Express these days is quite a feat. It also burned lots of oil, and the choke linkage sometimes disconnected at the carb. To my eyes the wagon variants were always the best looking of the Vega/Pinto series, at least up to the era of Armco bumpers. (Is there something Freudian going on here?). C. ClassicCars 30+ days ago. This was a 3 am so it wasn’t that hard. Well, ’till the salesperson kicked me out. We called it The Pickle. The Vega was just so much better looking. I don’t know why they do that. The panel version seemed an odd choice for the Seventies. The second time did it in. Compared to a dirt track car, it was hard, but compared to some other street driven car builds I’ve been involved with, it was relatively easy. Even at 40+ years old I still think the Vega compares well in its core purpose to most of its modern counterparts and does not look like a generic jelly bean like most of them. IINM, the Astre was introduced a couple of years earlier in Canada than in the U.S., and was essentially a clone of the Vega up to the point when the U.S. Astre version was introduced. Deals & Savings. While a total of 395,792 Vegas were built for ’73, no model breakouts are available, but it’s safe to say somewhere between 3-5,000 came off the line. Real Deal! But by this time it was simply too little, too late. It became even more pronounced once the two door station wagons they were based on were discontinued. When did you last see another one for sale? Had to put Corvair wagon rear coil srings and Doug Thorley headers up front. Yeah, it was starting to use oil at the time I traded it in – on a ’76 Monza GT. Pre-Owned. A 74 green Vega Wagon. Our very dry climate has kept it in its salvageable condition. 1974 Chevrolet Vega 49601, Wexford County, MI . IN. Where can I find a good front clip for a 1971 or 1972 vega 2 Answers. Description for Chevrolet Vega 1974: 1974 CHEVROLET VEGA GT WAGON Up for sale is a rare original Chevy Vega GT wagon. The Vega had been warehouse stored in Alabama nearly thirty years through 2002 by the previous owner. By the early Sixties, the Falcon was about the only car-based delivery vehicle left, and it quickly left the scene. I later discovered it had belonged to our next-door neighbor, a lovely couple I’d known all my life and had grown up playing in the empty field that separated our house from theirs. A 1974 Chevrolet Vega GT Gets an Overhaul July 9, 2014 Gary Rosier Classic Cars, Hot Rods 0. After replacing the “one gallon of oil every two weeks” original engine with a sleeved, GT-cammed and tuned headered 2300, coupled with the optional four-speed Saginaw manual, it was actually fairly (read that “fairly”) reliable, and had gobs of torque for what it was (would easily chirp the tires shifting to second). Had I the cash to do it, I would have. Of course you do, especially if you owned one. Had a ’72 Pinto wagon which was actually one of my favorite cars, despite the weakness of the 2.3 motor and overall crappy build quality. Had snow tires on the back. AMT 1974 CHEVY VEGA PANEL WAGON FUNNY CAR 1/25 UNBUILT MODEL CAR KIT! My Uncle Dave was 13 in 1971, and he loved the Vega. The other Vegas would continue through 1977. Maybe the fact that these were so horrifically fragile worked in its favor. Now granted, I did not expose it to salt and mud, and it is undercoated, but I’ve come to the conclusion if these cars are not exposed to the worst conditions, they will not rust any faster than any other car. Until looking at the last photo, I had never noticed how much the Volare wagon looked like the Vega Kammback from the rear. Mar 12, 2020. Ed Cole, GM's executive vice-president of operating staffs, working on his own small-car project with corporate engineering and design staffs, presented the program to GM's president in 1967. It was much better, but it didn’t last me through college. Also a very good car, although he traded it off for something Chevrolet and bigger a couple of years later. Auto. I bought a used 1974 Vega Estate wagon in 1977 for $1550 including two snow tires, which I never had to use. Other than around the front and rear glass lower trim (which was a water trap area), rust was never really a problem on this Georgia car. The garage installed an in-line coolant heater. A 1971 Vega was my second car. The panel wagon was popular site in Hot Rod magaziner with drag racers, and I think most ended up there. My favorite one is the one a friend of mine and his brothers converted into a drag car. This car is still used for commuting every day in Houston and gets close to 30 MPG doing it. Dealer. It still has the 140 cu in 4 cyl with 3 speed manual transmission. It was our first new car. Its a total badge job with a little divider in the grille. GM chose Cole's version over proposals from Chevrolet and Pontiac, and gave the car to Chevrolet to sell. Those later-year Vegas are very strange beasts, with their very un-Vega-like tendancy to not rust, especially up here in the Pacific Northwest where we say “hold the salt.” I got an Orange ’76 Hatchback with the aluminum engine and a 3-speed automatic in December of ’91, and I drove it for several trouble-free years. It was just the mechanics. Trending price is based on prices over last 90 days. 1971 Chevrolet Vega Wagon Drag Car Race CarIt's ready to race this weekend! I can see why Chevrolet decided to offer the car, though its sales potential was rather questionable. Panel trucks had been around for years, but starting in the mid-1950s demand began to go down. i picked it up for $1500 no motor or tranny, perfect V-8 swap. This car is a true survivor. Pre-Owned. It is A fun car to drive and it is steel in grate shape. But before long, all sorts of issues caught up with those initially happy owners. 1974 Chevrolet Vega You are bidding on a true survivor. Circulated the coolant as well as heating it. Don’t even bother pulling out the dip stick. My wife bought a new Vega in 75. That never happened, however, as his first car wound up being a plain-Jane ’71 Mustang fastback that was equipped like a Maverick. Instant heat when starting up in the AM. To this day, that basic body design holds up well believe it or not, just sad that the mechanicals were utter garbage up until the end when they finally got decent. It seems like this was Chevy’s response to the fuel shortage scare. 1974 Chevy V-8 Vega Wagon - $8500 (Union Beach) 1974 Vega wagon. Browse interior and exterior photos for 1974 Chevrolet Vega. AMC had already introduced a Hornet wagon early in that model’s run. 5 bids. 1974 Chevy Vega Wagon, Delivery, Hot Rod, Pro Street for sale - … I was reminded of all this after seeing this very clean ’74 or ’75 Panel Express on the Cohort, captured by frequent Cohort contributor, ggh06. Funny. (Locked-up tight). In San Diego, the US Post Office had a fleet of Vega panels, I had briefly entertained buying a retired one and putting an aluminum Buick 215 c.i. Transmission: 4-Speed Automatic. $68.00. And more, not less bling. For minimal cost, they had a niche vehicle that would easily recoup its costs. Astre stuck around through the ’77 model year; by then, it was using the OHV Pontiac Iron Duke four. I just bought a 1974 vega with 63,000 kms, it was a southern car brough tup to nova scotia 20 years ago and sat in a barn. I drove it for two years and sold it to a Chevy dealer mechanic who said he knew exactly what to do to fix the oil burning (new valve seals). First, it is a Vega. It’s just what GM always does, first they release crap, then they fix it and then they kill it for something ‘better’. Id buy one of these though in hindsight not. Why, gold shag, of course! We had a few laughs over that. Professionally built 357 CU. Exterior is nice only one minor rust spot that I'm aware of and it's just surface rust. Bought oil by the case load. To my mind, GM rarely did ‘pretty’ cars, a la ’56 Ford Fairlane, Mark 1 Scirocco, some of the ‘Forward Look’ Chryslers, etc. Exterior is pretty good. Don Hardy kit car. I bought a new Chevy Vega panel delivery in 1971 and drove the living hell out of it and had zero problems. Required fields are marked *. The running french gag for those gm product was simply to call them dégat ( damage ) and désastre ( disaster ) . Top Rated Seller Top Rated Seller +C $35.57 shipping. Nothing was cooler than to see the HHR Panel SS that showed up at Berger Chevy in Grand Rapids, Michigan a couple of years back. Decent speakers are heavy! Your email address will not be published. I changed my first timing belt on that car. The evil empire had done it again. Looked like the 70 Z28 with an early model though sell to racers for ’! 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