My Vega History

[Bacchus]

I don't have everything, but I'll post some history of what I do have on this computer.

[Bacchus]

More progress.

[Bacchus]

Cage and subframe connectors.

[Bacchus]

Don Hardy rearend. I bought this back in 1998 from a guy in New York. It was a housing and axles, that's it. It cost me more to ship it than it did for the rearend (those were the days). I bought a GM posi unit with 4.10 gears. I had it rebuilt by a friend of a friend. He rebuilt the posi unit, put all new bearings in it, and set it up. I then spent over 2 years finding 11" Impala backing plates, and built up the drum brakes with all new parts from there.

[Bacchus]

I had the car on a rotisserie and ground the car down to bare metal by hand. Then filled every seam with new seam sealer, and POR-15'd the entire underside of the car, the engine compartment, and the entire interior of the car. It took me weeks to get the POR-15 off my skin.

[Bacchus]

Here's it's latest home.

Since I bought this car, I've:

Graduated from college (BBA and MBA)
Gotten married
Had 2 children
Bought a house
Moved from Wisconsin to Rhode Island
Moved from Rhode Island to South Carolina
Had 11 jobs and 13 bosses

I think I'll keep it!

[HotfootGT]

I think you could rightfully claim.

THIS CAR BUILT IN THE USA!


Or at least

ALL OVER THE USA!

Would love to see your car someday. We are due for another Charlotte trip this year. (Have my wife's sisters family there as well as my God Brother)

Have you ever hooked up with bob Beck to see his collection?

Erik

[cjbiagi]

And to think you wanted to sell it so many times. Aren't you glad that you didn't? Keep plugging away, we want to se it done.

[Bacchus]

Yep, some days I still do want to sell it. It's a frustrating car.

[v8astregt]

Glad you at least kept it enough to see it through.



I know what you mean though. I've been tempted with the Astre several times, and probably will again in the future. I'm glad I finally got through it all though. I've just got detail stuff left over. But stay with it till the end. Then it pays off.

[Bacchus]

Here's the kind of detail I get myself tied up with. The old plugs that covered the access hole to the door latch mechanism had paint on them, so I bought new ones. New weatherstripping here. Those little door bumpers are also new. Not seen here is the new door striker as well. Oh, and new window sweeps and new window channel. That's just on a door...

[mldeolde]

the devils in the details man. you seem to have your masters in h-body renovation from the Clyde Biagi college of h body science, class of 2007. looks like you have job #14 in your garage. or maybe it's just your lifes work like some of the rest of us.................

[AusRs]

Here's the kind of detail I get myself tied up with. The old plugs that covered the access hole to the door latch mechanism had paint on them, so I bought new ones. New weatherstripping here. Those little door bumpers are also new. Not seen here is the new door striker as well. Oh, and new window sweeps and new window channel. That's just on a door...

ok
where do you get the door bump rubbers and the plastic covers ??
while we are at it
where do you get the hood and hatch bump rubbers ??

[mahoy78spyder]

Aaaaahhhhh the memories!... I miss that old garage in Wisconsin!.... Glad to see you still have it Brian. I know it gets frustrating too and there have been times I've almost sold my Spyder too, but after 23 years of ownership I still can say I'm glad I kept it.

Keep those pics and updats a comin'!