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@jonheddleston5515 4 күн бұрын
My first new car--a '73 Vega hatchback--$2,300. Three on the floor 24 mpg. Loved it, but traded it for a beautiful new Monte Carlo in '75.
@tonybosworth5382 3 күн бұрын
@@jonheddleston5515 nice!
@loganjamey4032 13 күн бұрын
awesome video mate 😎
@mihawkdawg 2 ай бұрын
Hello sir i just bought this car out of IL, and she made it to its new home in Texas :)
@tonybosworth5382 2 ай бұрын
@@mihawkdawg Glad someone finally bought it from Gateway. They bought it from me almost three years ago. I hope you enjoy it. I had thought about buying back from them a few months ago.
@tonybosworth5382 2 ай бұрын
@@mihawkdawg email if you like. [email protected]
@mihawkdawg 2 ай бұрын
@ well thank u for not buying it lol. i plan on full restoration and eventually re paint. As well as many car shows being my first car. Glad i could find your channel as well as details of steps you took to make the car better.
@mihawkdawg Ай бұрын
@ mind me asking which oil u put in it?
@tonybosworth5382 Ай бұрын
@@mihawkdawg Valvoline VR1 10-50 or 10-40. I like have high zinc oils in the older engines.
@stevenbaker5099 3 ай бұрын
Just Dashes does superb work. Had both my dash board and console. VERY happy with the results.
@evanpatterson7098 5 ай бұрын
BEAUTIFUL CAR!!❤❤
@TomSteiner-n5h 6 ай бұрын
Had a 1976 Vega in the mid eighties. It was my winter car l bought for three hundred bucks.Needed an engine and some minor work .After fixing it up and a real good cleaning, the guy l bought it from said,l'll give you back what you paid for it. No fat chance of that happening. Had that car for almost 4 years. Served me well.
@SteveD328 7 ай бұрын
Put a black interior and an automatic transmission in that and I had the exact same car. I sold mine in 1982, at the time it had 45,000 miles on it and I was in the process of putting it's 4th engine in it. It was a really fun car though.
@scotto1432 7 ай бұрын
no help at all for a fuel pump install... waste of time
@ackack612 7 ай бұрын
Wow...one butt ugly car.
@GregHutto1 8 ай бұрын
Thank you for the nice video. I have a leaky gasket on my 1991 928 S4. The dealer wants 1800$ to do the job. Looks pretty straight forward. Does the torque converter refill itself during the transmission refill? Also, when you shifted into gear momentarily did you leave the engine in idle? Lastly, did you leave the engine running the entire time during refilling? Thanks again.
@tonybosworth5382 8 ай бұрын
I believe the 91 is the same transmission as mine, with some upgrades. It’s the S Class Mercedes trans ant it is very good! As you can see from the video, it’s a very simple maintenance procedure. Remember to drain the torque converter. The plug is hard to see. Fill it non-running, then top it off while running. The torque converter will fill. Before I changed the fluids and filter on the transmission, it did seem bit of a lag to engage, but it. Was fine after. Unless your car was beat on, I am sure the transmission just needs serviced. Good luck! See you when I get back.
@BradySmith-vi4mt 9 ай бұрын
Where did you get the lowering kit? Your car looks awesome!
@tonybosworth5382 9 ай бұрын
I put autocross springs from Van Steel on the front and just put longer bolts on the back that I also got from Van Steel. It was pretty cheap and easy! I think paid about $300 for the springs and bolts and the shipping was free.
@thebasswicker6294 10 ай бұрын
Looks great
@MrSFSTUDIOS 11 ай бұрын
That is a beautiful Vega! I had a 1974 GT like that as my first car, except ours was Starburst Bronze metallic. I still run the rebuilt engine from it in my '72 convertible Vega today! Can't beat that later-style HEI Distributor. Much more powerful and reliable than the original points and condenser type. Just imagine if they had continued making Vegas how advanced they would be today! The Cosworth was really ahead of its time!
@theariesexperiment4642 11 ай бұрын
WOW!!! Year I was born. Super clean. Would've been nice if it was a Yenko.
@geraldscott4302 11 ай бұрын
Back in 1974, when I was 15, my neighbor bought a new Vega GT. It was dark blue with white stripes. They are beautiful cars. I don't see any rust on that one.
@tonybosworth5382 11 ай бұрын
It’s a really tidy car!. He takes great care of it.
@wallacehatchett1340 Жыл бұрын
I owned a 1974 Vega gt.
@adriandelaat2905 Жыл бұрын
I had one the same , in dark blue
@roberthampton8682 Жыл бұрын
Excellent find! I've had several Vegas (2x72 GTs & 75 GT), a Monza (V8) and a 1976 Pontiac Astre stationwagon, that I put a V6 in. I'd love to come across something like you did. I hope you were able to buy it and will get it road worthy!
@tonybosworth5382 Жыл бұрын
It is in excellent condition and more than road worthy. The owner is unlikely to sell it!
@roberthampton8682 Жыл бұрын
@@tonybosworth5382 Bummer! ;)
@fritzmuller8246 Жыл бұрын
Snake skin shoes ? That's dodgy. Must be a 928 owner
@tonybosworth5382 Жыл бұрын
Nah…paisley! Now you gotta watch it again!
@fritzmuller8246 Жыл бұрын
@@tonybosworth5382 Paisley ? That's appalling . Just think , my white 928 has never seen anything other than quality, manly leather shoes and various sets of high heels ..... I battle with the clutch with the heels though if I'm honest .
@IsabellaNicoleZent-sc8td Жыл бұрын
1: Two different forms of Motorsport 2: The 2017 Pocono Crash left Jimmie Johnson with some hidden injuries and you cant convince me otherwise. He won 25% of races before that wreck and then never ever once won again. 3: He's old (for a racecar driver) unfortunately.
@ClassicInvestments1 Жыл бұрын
I am new to the 928 world......nice job on the video!
@robb8773 Жыл бұрын
WOW!
@martingbusa Жыл бұрын
Love it. Factory AC too
@jimmymcmullan1300 Жыл бұрын
I had a powder blue GT with black interior, wish I'd kept it , been about 45 yrs. ago
@Mark-wb1vl Жыл бұрын
Any Issues with front lift failure?
@tonybosworth5382 Жыл бұрын
No issues. I have done three now. I have heard of people not topping up the fluid and having issues.
@conormac9056 Жыл бұрын
That’s one race other than that he did good in Indy and even lead some laps
@tonybosworth5382 Жыл бұрын
One of many races…. …and one reasonable finish at Indy.
@dalecordova Жыл бұрын
Hi Tony, I have a 69 with a 400 also and my engine has a fluter in it and one mechanic told me I needed a exhaust gasket which didn't work, could it be the manifold that is leaking and causing it? Hope you can help, thank you. Good job on the work your doing on your GTO, and I like that you keep it clean.
@tonybosworth5382 Жыл бұрын
Dale, I had a similar problem on the passenger side. Changed the gasket and still did it. I ended up getting a better quality gasket and it seems to be okay now. The exhaust manifolds on Pontiac suck! Mine leaked on the center part. They need another bolt to hold them from the factory. Good luck. Let me know if that fixes yours.
@dalecordova Жыл бұрын
@@tonybosworth5382 Thank you so much I'll try it and let you know, hope I can find a better gasket the others are so thin.
@dalecordova Жыл бұрын
Put a set of those RemFlex gaskets and they are working good, Thanks tony
@tonybosworth5382 Жыл бұрын
@@dalecordova Glad they worked. I know your pain!
@ELVIEJONSHINOLAZ Жыл бұрын
Nice job.
@charlesdjones1 Жыл бұрын
He missed his line of course they are going to pass him.
@dansanders7578 Жыл бұрын
Thanks for this, looks great. Couple questions about the fuel pump install, please: 1.) What kind of grease is good on that FP arm? 2.) Regarding the sealer davidpatrick mentioned, do you put gasket sealer between the block and gasket, between the FP and gasket, or both? 3.) What's a good torque value for the bolts securing this FP to the block?
@tonybosworth5382 Жыл бұрын
Dan, I put a finger full of wheel bearing grease on it to get through the first starts just to protect it a bit. I didn’t use any gasket sealer on it. The colored gaskets have some sort of sealer impregnated on them, so I don’t use anything.
@dansanders7578 Жыл бұрын
@@tonybosworth5382 Excellent, thanks
@TheFreak111 Жыл бұрын
I was hoping you would show how you drained the fuel. I might dive into an adventure like this myself, with no experience however. What route did you take to drain it? Is there just a plug at the bottom or did you syphon it out somewhere?
@tonybosworth5382 Жыл бұрын
I have an electric pump with 5ft of hose on one end and 3ft on the other. It’s 3/8’s inch I believe. I just stuck it in there a s sucked out about 2 gallons.
@rickhurribans912 Жыл бұрын
Amazing car and the sound is out of this world,do you still have the R8?
@tonybosworth5382 Жыл бұрын
Thanks. I sold it last Spring and bought another C8 Corvette and a Camaro ZL1 1LE. I ended up selling the C8 as well before the bottom fell,out of the market. We do miss the R8 though.
@rickhurribans912 Жыл бұрын
@tonybosworth5382 ohh i see i was hoping you could make a outside acceleration video just to have an idea what it sounds like from the outside with the R8 with some nice downshifts the R tronic also has amazing upshift sounds and the stasis exhaust is one of the best out there for the R8 not enough proper exhaust videos of it on KZbin
@tonybosworth5382 Жыл бұрын
@@rickhurribans912 I wish I would have done more outside video. I have another R8 video up with some good outside mounted camera, but I should have done more.
@tonybosworth5382 Жыл бұрын
@@rickhurribans912 here you go. kzbin.info/www/bejne/m4jEYmOgbr6Xjc0
@Larsen76 Жыл бұрын
Looks great! They did my dash for my 70 GTO outstanding work.
@cubegears Жыл бұрын
how much did you pay larsen?
@tommyyancy3902 Жыл бұрын
What a beautiful example! One that I would love to own as-is. It is so hard to find one that isn’t essentially a clapped out parts car, or a cut up race car. My first car in 1989 was a 1971 Vega notch back. such a fun car even though it was not fast, I still loved it.
@davidsmith1268 Жыл бұрын
Tommy - Thank you so much for your comments! I'm the owner of this car too and a purist (like you seem to be). I just like a lot of vehicles to be kept and retained in their original condition. So many have commented, with many stating on what they would do to this car. But - I myself have done everything possible to keep it all original. Please read my other replies that have made about this vehicle. The car has been surely great to me. Again - thank you! Dave
@w41duvernay Жыл бұрын
Oh mN, this is begging for an ecotec or a Quad 4 swap...could be a sleeper.
@davidsmith1268 Жыл бұрын
No Way
@georgelevin6134 Жыл бұрын
Miss my 73 Vega GT Kamback wagon.
@wantapgt 2 жыл бұрын
Rob feretti rental Z06 is Mike ward as well
@tonybosworth5382 2 жыл бұрын
I'm beginning to think Mike Ward is the only engine builder Chevy has! That dude is busy!
@davebrittain9216 2 жыл бұрын
Do you know if your neighbor still has it?
@tonybosworth5382 2 жыл бұрын
He does
@davebrittain9216 2 жыл бұрын
@@tonybosworth5382 I wonder if he wants to sell it?
@tonybosworth5382 2 жыл бұрын
No sir.
@davebrittain9216 2 жыл бұрын
@@tonybosworth5382 really nice Vega! I used to have a 75 GT in green as well as an Orange 76 GT with black GT stripes. I do have an incredibly rare 74 Pontiac Astre GT in blue. Was only made in Canada that year.
@zero32700 2 жыл бұрын
My 2022 camaro ss 1le has his engine
@tonybosworth5382 2 жыл бұрын
Mike Ward has been a busy lad!
@jrockrsx1144 2 жыл бұрын
Wow, awesome video! Always loved the R8 and believ it's the best supercar. Could be biased haha. I also hear stuff about the R tronic being the least reliable, but after watching videos, and reading in the R8talk forum. I see what it actually is and honestly, haven't not learned manual. I would prefer the R Tronic over the S tronic, strictly for more engagement and I love the body style and looks of the 2008-2012 R8 V8 and V10. I think it's an awesome car and I can't wait to own those generations one day.
@solutionstudio9156 2 жыл бұрын
Hoovies Garadge got a new 23' C8 Z06 and his engine was built by the same builder
@tonybosworth5382 2 жыл бұрын
Crazy how many his name are on.
@michaelzent1412 2 жыл бұрын
LPM wasnt that good in Nascar. These are two different cars and there is alot to learn about them. Nascar drivers can win in open wheel just look at tony stewart
@gojiman1649 2 жыл бұрын
Jimmie Johnson Pocono crash 2017, this the exact moment Jimmie fell off, and for that reason yes he is the Danica Patrick of indycar
@tonybosworth5382 2 жыл бұрын
Got to agree with that. It sure seemed that was the moment things changed. Long rime since I posted this. He sure seems to be happy and in a good place with his driving now.
@unpredictable1809 2 жыл бұрын
Sounds really good..love the rumble
@GrimReaperFireworks 2 жыл бұрын
The old O'Charleys. We were just thinking about you have a great Thanks Giving 🦃
@tonybosworth5382 2 жыл бұрын
How are you stranger! Hello to you all!
@MikefromMOMichaelTurner227 2 жыл бұрын
Mike from mo. Here, mine was a 75 GT. My dad an i redid it made it all thru. High school and then some. The engine came from salvage..never used a drop of oil. Never knew why..lol. 2 barrel carb..saganaw 4 speed...thanks for sharing!! Mike t.
@shisida 2 жыл бұрын
That looks like the later blue engine paint. 66-70 was silver-blue metallic. Later engines were painted that baby blue known as "GM corporate blue."
@BigBird89Productions 2 жыл бұрын
You get this one from mini st louis? I swear I had my eyes on this car! Beautiful ride, thanks for the review.
@tonybosworth5382 2 жыл бұрын
No sir, got it at Plaza. The wife was looking for something to replace CTS-V and she fell in love with this. How could I say no!🤔😃😁! One of tHe best all around drive to work and perform on the weekend cars we have ever had!
@bbriann._. 2 жыл бұрын
Danica can probably clap jimmy now
@tonybosworth5382 2 жыл бұрын
Agree!
@DRUmBEaTTS 2 жыл бұрын
Yes he is.