Itsfrom Click wrote:
> OK - the STB arrived (factory one) and when I saw how little to it
> there is (just two bolts on each side) I didn't expect much, but I'd
> estimate that it reduced cowl shake by more than 50%....fewer
> rattles.....gives the car a more solid feel, and is all that's
> needed for m kind of driving.
>
> I agree that it should be standard equipment.........and I can't
> believe that all those magazines wrote that they were impressed
> that the new model had no cowl shake ----- they sure must have been
> paid plenty. Oh well, wasn't Vega Care of the Year?

Yes it were. Motor Trend sent me a dozen stickers to put on it, and
anything else that held still long enough.

Actually, I owned four Vegas. The only problems I had with them were
created by the driver(s), one of whom I refuse to identify. The early
ones (1971-72) were better than the later, heavier ones, for my
autocross and road-racing uses. Strange that the ones I used on the
tracks had what seemed to be bullet-proof engines, while the
daily-driven ones failed in notorious ways. Maybe a contribution in
the 1971 configuration was the one-barrell carburetor, acting like a
restrictor plate to keep it from turning too many revs. It would reach
its theoretical red line before the ends of the long straights at
Ontario Motor Speedway and Riverside Intrenational Raceway.

I really liked the looks, especially the Kammback wagon, and still
think the majors are missing a bet by not offering two-door wagons in
the traditional proportions.

See he
http://home.san.rr.com/fsheff/wagon.htm

One of my friends tells me he thinks I have a thing for underdogs:
Vega cars, TR7 convertibles, S197 V6s ...

--
Frank ess