[charlie_the_tuna]

my 1st vega, purchased from original owner, 76 with 63k original on it. drove it home for $50. bucks. cleaner than sh!t. my buddy, jimmy bush had a t-type with the turbo intercooled 231 v6.
wrapped it around a pole one night racing a hemi cuda. we dropped the motor and tranny (not really dropped, it was a hell of a fight) into the vega and off we went.
swapped in a disc rear from a monza spider with 3:73's. took it out on the turnpike and took her up to 40 mph. cracked the throttle and the tires just broke loose and smoked forever.
broght it to the track on sunny sunday, dialed it in at 14.00 (looked stock so nobody said a word).
went through the water, staged and let er rip.
went up with a 71 big block camaro.
well, we got er up to about 25 mph and thats when all hell broke loose (along with the tires).
the tires just started spinning and got faster and faster.
had a 9 inch dot on there.
we ran the entire 1/4 mile blasting smoke from the rear tires and still peeled of a 10.80.
if we coulda got her to hook we were sure we woulda seen high 8's or low 9's.

my second vega was a 72 sbs th400 with a dana rear with 4:11's.
all throttle no bottle.
street tires and mufflers.
pump gas(sunoco 110 octane @ $7.99 per gallon).

this one may just be my third.