by megavega » Mon Mar 03, 2014 2:15 pm
no, its not possible to just switch the bodies, its a unibody car and the floorpan is the frame which is connected to the body. You can swap out the doors,and fenders,hood but the 71 is a differnt fender and front end all together, the bumpers are differnt as well.
the panel wagon will have no back seat just 2 tool boxs inside it, where as the 74 will have a flip down rear seat with passenger footwell area.
the front fenders from any 71-73 vega will fit as will the front nose panel above the grille, same grille also.
the 74 is a differnt body style front end,so thefenders,grille,bumpers,rear hatch are all differnt,and they mount up differnt.
Thats a cool story, I hope you guys get it restored, that would be a great suprise for him.
1972 hatchback, 28,000 orig miles, 427BBC/twin T4 turbo's/T56 six speed/big wheels, lowered down pro touring style-work in progress....
1973 vega wagon-under the blue flame knife.