6T-FinSeeker Posted November 20, 2022 Share Posted November 20, 2022 (edited) For sale ob Craigslist: 1973 Chevy Vega 2-door Estate Wagon in Alhambra, CA - $12,000 - No phone # provided. Reply to Seller through Craigslist email to: b75a654a2ea4359aafc19cb5cecad254@sale.craigslist.org On 11/20, Seller reduced price to $10,000 Link: https://losangeles.craigslist.org/sgv/cto/7558770201/1973-Chevy-Vega-Estate-Wagon Seller's Description: 1973 Chevy Vega 2-door Estate Wagon condition: excellent cylinders: 4 cylinders transmission: manual odometer: 135,108 title status: clean Selling for a friend...1973 Chevy Vega Estate Wagon. One owner. 135,000 miles. 4 cylinder motor with 4 speed manual transmission. Very good to excellent condition. Records/receipts for all work done to the vehicle throughout the years. Rare find...No Lowballers, dreamers or time wasters will be tolerated. Contact for appointment for viewing. Edited December 14, 2022 by 6T-FinSeeker update status (see edit history) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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JACK M Posted November 20, 2022 Share Posted November 20, 2022 WOW ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plymouthcranbrook Posted November 20, 2022 Share Posted November 20, 2022 I suggest despite how nice this example is that you really would have to love Vegas to pay $12,000 for one. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deac Posted November 20, 2022 Share Posted November 20, 2022 (edited) I don't think the seller is going to get a flock of buyers at his front door for 12 grand! This is a plain jane Vega wagon and they weren't the best cars that GM ever put out Edited November 20, 2022 by deac (see edit history) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John_S_in_Penna Posted November 20, 2022 Share Posted November 20, 2022 31 minutes ago, deac said: I don't think the seller is going to get a flock of buyers at his front door for 12 grand! This is a plain jane Vega wagon... I agree that it's not worth $12,000, but this would likely be considered the highest trim level of Vega. They weren't good cars overall, but to find one today-- unless it's a Cosworth--is a rare occurrence. I'm glad this one has survived to help tell Chevrolet's history. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
6T-FinSeeker Posted November 21, 2022 Author Share Posted November 21, 2022 On 11/20, Seller reduced price to $10,000. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TAKerry Posted November 21, 2022 Share Posted November 21, 2022 Neat car, it would make a good beater. Def not many of those around but I dont think I would drop more than about 6500 on it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John_S_in_Penna Posted November 21, 2022 Share Posted November 21, 2022 34 minutes ago, TAKerry said: Neat car, it would make a good beater. Please make "beaters" out of the common models, so the cars that are now rare are preserved! Maybe some Camaro, since there are plenty of them... 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gearheadengineer Posted November 21, 2022 Share Posted November 21, 2022 I was around (although not driving yet) when Vegas came on the market. Had friends and neighbors who bought them. One of them had the Pontiac version (“Astre”). They were cheap cars not designed to last long. I question the 135k mileage claim. I am not aware of any Vega reaching 135k! I like this one. And you never see them any more. Maybe an occasional Cosworth or a V-8 conversion. This survivor is cool and I hope someone buys it and enjoys it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EmTee Posted November 21, 2022 Share Posted November 21, 2022 1 hour ago, Gearheadengineer said: I question the 135k mileage claim. I am not aware of any Vega reaching 135k! Must have had the cylinders sleeved at some point in its past... 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plymouthcranbrook Posted November 21, 2022 Share Posted November 21, 2022 I only knew one person who owned a Vega and it was a Cosworth that seems to me he had a long wait to get. He was 65 at a time I was in my 20’s. My only real memory of it was at a club event he went out to start it it wouldn’t go. It was under warranty but I know it didn’t have many miles on it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suchan Posted November 21, 2022 Share Posted November 21, 2022 Vegas were popular (later infamous) when I was in college. Lots of college students bought them as used cars, and soon realized why they were so affordable. I don't so much remember them being driven as I recall them sitting in off-campus housing's driveways with their hoods removed and engines partially disassembled. I wouldn't touch one of these even as a beater. 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EmTee Posted November 21, 2022 Share Posted November 21, 2022 Three things I remember about them: 1. Overheating 2. Oil burning and 3. The 'hermetically sealed' throw-away paper air filter/housing assembly... 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry Harper Posted November 22, 2022 Share Posted November 22, 2022 I will admit I owned a 1971 Vega back in 1981… mine had a small block V8 stuff into it. It was the ultimate sleeper with only the dual exhaust, chopped front bumper hinting that it was different. Fun car when your a high school kid. My dad said no to the 65 GTO but yes to that? I sold it back to the person who built it after it got seriously T-boned in a parking lot. He rebuilt and as of a couple of years ago it and it is still around somewhere. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leif in Calif Posted November 22, 2022 Share Posted November 22, 2022 3 hours ago, EmTee said: Three things I remember about them: 1. Overheating 2. Oil burning and 3. The 'hermetically sealed' throw-away paper air filter/housing assembly... Right! the original idea by GM engineering was that they wouldn't need a radiator because the aluminum engine conducted heat so well. Overheating was their down fall. There was an excellent discussion on the Hemmings blog: https://www.hemmings.com/stories/2020/06/23/ask-a-hemmings-editor-what-gave-the-vega-engine-its-bad-reputation 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brooklyn Beer Posted November 22, 2022 Share Posted November 22, 2022 In 81-83 we used to buy these things for 300 bucks or so with crapped out motor's and stuff in hot rodded small block 400's. After about 6 weeks they would twist so bad the doors wouldn't open and close right. Weld in everything possible to keep it from twisting in half till something finally broke in a catastrophic manner. Push it out back and remove the trans, engine and rear and go out and find another. Ford guys were destroying pinto's in the same manner. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Cocuzza Posted November 22, 2022 Share Posted November 22, 2022 6 hours ago, EmTee said: Three things I remember about them: 1. Overheating 2. Oil burning and 3. The 'hermetically sealed' throw-away paper air filter/housing assembly... 4. What about "You could hear them rusting in the showrooms" 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimy Posted November 22, 2022 Share Posted November 22, 2022 Was the Monza the same platform as the Vega? I seem to remember that. Jim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EmTee Posted November 22, 2022 Share Posted November 22, 2022 Yes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
avgwarhawk Posted November 22, 2022 Share Posted November 22, 2022 19 hours ago, EmTee said: Three things I remember about them: 1. Overheating 2. Oil burning and 3. The 'hermetically sealed' throw-away paper air filter/housing assembly... Rust like no ones business. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TAKerry Posted November 23, 2022 Share Posted November 23, 2022 Grumpys Toy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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