1975 Chevrolet Vega GT Prototype 350/370 HP in the Bob Marvin Collection at “The Shed” Warroad, MN.

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  • This 1975 Vega GT Prototype is a Chevrolet engineering test and development vehicle. It is powered by a 370 horsepower 350 cubic inch engine with a Turbo 400 transmission and includes Prototype air conditioning by Harrison Radiator, and modified core support with a 4-core radiator. Underneath, there’s a 12 bolt rear end with 3.73 Positraction and prototype Monza V8 front suspension. There’s also an 18 gallon fuel tank with a relocated left side fuel filler, and a drive shaft tunnel that is raised 3 inches. This totally original survivor has only 392 miles!
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  • @bigcurt011
    @bigcurt011 2 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    I would love to see a complete video on that car with documentation…very interesting

  • @zorak1704
    @zorak1704 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    My dad worked at the Lordstown Plant from 66-06. He used to tell me about these prototypes. I remember touring the plant in 86 and they had a custom in house built Cavalier El Camino. It was a station wagon that was damaged and couldn’t be sold. So they made it into the El Camino and used it for a parts shagger.

    • @louf7178
      @louf7178 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      👍

  • @usa1676
    @usa1676 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I've built 2 V8 vegas in my younger years. Loads of fun and speed.

  • @Popwarner-x1w
    @Popwarner-x1w ปีที่แล้ว +3

    All you need is a 283 with a mild camshaft and turbo 350 transmission and a 12 Bolt posi rear end

  • @dw8840
    @dw8840 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Doesn't exactly look like something GM would've dropped in, but something that a gearhead painstakingly built in their garage.

    • @vegavairbob
      @vegavairbob ปีที่แล้ว +1

      why not its a 350, cant get more common that that.

    • @dw8840
      @dw8840 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@vegavairbob has nothing to do with being a 350.

  • @tonyricketts5569
    @tonyricketts5569 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Having owned a v8 Monza with a 262,110 hp. This would be absolutely unreal. I love the Rallys.

    • @markg7030
      @markg7030 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I had one too! It was a dog off the line but once you got moving it pulled strong. I used to race the new Monte Carlo SS cars (1980's) from a roll and it was a tie.

    • @rctopfueler2841
      @rctopfueler2841 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I had one also 4.3 262 V8 stock with sagina 4 speed but we replaced 262 with sb400 what a rush

  • @scottinbr
    @scottinbr 3 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    How is it that it’s a “392 mile survivor car” but the flowmaster muffler (founded in 1983) has rust holes in it? This car is definitely not Chevrolet Motor Company modified or even a prototype. This is a home built job

    • @BuzzLOLOL
      @BuzzLOLOL 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Exhaust systems rust out quick in Michigan...

    • @YellowDogWelding
      @YellowDogWelding 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@BuzzLOLOL Because of all those "shovel ready" jobs didn't do the trick like Brandon will.

    • @BrilloBush
      @BrilloBush 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@BuzzLOLOL "392 mile" quick?? I don't think so. 😂

    • @BuzzLOLOL
      @BuzzLOLOL 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Flowmaster mufflers had no rust protection... just bare steel... daily condensation on the metal rusts them out...

    • @BrilloBush
      @BrilloBush 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@BuzzLOLOL 👌

  • @corvetcoyote443
    @corvetcoyote443 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Man your the luckiest, I miss my old Vegas,my mom had a 75 GT she bought brand new,they had their engine issues but they still remain one of my favorite cars and they had the best 4 speed manual ever made!

  • @ericburns2421
    @ericburns2421 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    When I heard about a Vega V8 prototype I was shocked and I didn't even know that that car existed now that I see it I'm like wow 370 horsepower with a 400 trans and a narrow 12 volt posi rear end this car is the ultimate sleeper now I see it now I believe it holla if you hear me

  • @richardwallace133
    @richardwallace133 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    V8 your Vega common kit in back of magazines back in the day

  • @NorthernChev
    @NorthernChev 3 ปีที่แล้ว +25

    I have very serious doubts as to the authenticity of this being THE GM factory, “prototype”. As a 30 year builder of V8 Monzas and Vegas, there’s too much about this (especially under the hood) that hints to this, most likely, not being authentic. Although, if they were able to produce authentic paperwork to back it up, then I could be swayed. The prototype used a three-core radiator, not a four. As well, the prototype used a 10-bolt posi not a 12. The prototype did not use a 370 hp 350, it actually used a 250 hp V8. This has aftermarket Hooker headers, of which you can’t tell from the shots, but the driver’s side should have one primary that goes over the frame and through the wheelwell before coming back under the car. The prototype used stamped steel valve covers, not these aluminum (?) covers.

    • @brianhiggins4832
      @brianhiggins4832 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      And another point out under the hood, that A/C compressor, I'm pretty sure that model didn't exist until the 80's

    • @kennydemartini2169
      @kennydemartini2169 2 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      We didn't have those annoying sounding Flowmaster mufflers in the '70s either.

    • @bigcurt011
      @bigcurt011 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@brianhiggins4832 right GM was still running A6 compressors until 79 and this car has a 1980 and up R4 compressor

    • @mikef-gi2dg
      @mikef-gi2dg 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      The Vega is sharp no doubt. I have to call hold up on GM Prototype???? The A/C and alternator ect is just like my 79 v8 Monza. GM doesn't sell prototypes, they have crushed thousands of prototypes, don't see them making a special exception for a Vega, but I wish they would let me buy THIS ONE. The exhaust is a question also. It is a nice VEGA none the less.

    • @NorthernChev
      @NorthernChev 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@brianhiggins4832 good eye!

  • @Dave-sw2dm
    @Dave-sw2dm 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I remember when the Monza, Sunfire, Skyhawk, and Starfire were popular. My girlfriend at the time bought a new 1980 Chevy Monza base model. We kept that car 14 years. It was the last of the rear wheel drive cars. I hated parting with it but a growing family required moving on to 4 door vehicles. The available V6 and V8s for those cars made them move really well.

    • @cuzz63
      @cuzz63 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I had a 78 Olds Starfire with a 305...it was fun as hell and even more so after I put the torker and holley 4 barrel on it.

    • @ToyKingWonder
      @ToyKingWonder 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Different memories here. My best friends mom had the Monza with the V8, so my friend drove it a lot. That thing would not get out of its own way. It felt like a bad 6. There was absolutely no joy in driving that car, which was and felt like a bloated Vega.

    • @corvetcoyote443
      @corvetcoyote443 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      No Sunfire yet,I think you mean Sunbird then was the J2000 for the 82 model year then back to Sunbird for 83 then the Sunfire in the late 90s,but I still like the78-79s far better plus I just prefer rear wheel drive and a four speed.

    • @Dave-sw2dm
      @Dave-sw2dm 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@corvetcoyote443 , my bad. Long time ago. Monza was the big seller in our region.

  • @bunk-bn9eo
    @bunk-bn9eo 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    18 gallon fuel tank?! Wow, that's huge for that car. Makes sense with that gorgeous sounding V8.

  • @brucekitchura3680
    @brucekitchura3680 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Love that cam lope always screams look out I'm not what I seem

  • @bluevalkyrie2517
    @bluevalkyrie2517 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    2:30 Rust holes in the exhaust system. This super low mileage car was no doubt started and run for many short times without being driven. Most likely allowing H2O vapor from combustion to condense and settle as liquid inside [ and rust ] the low points of the cold pipe and muffler. If a car is driven normally this would allow the exhaust system to reach it's maximum temperature, hot enough so the water can remain vaporized and exit the system with other vapors and gases.

    • @stevekim7d2
      @stevekim7d2 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      saw that...

    • @vegavairbob
      @vegavairbob ปีที่แล้ว +1

      thats from not running it long (until water stops dripping out of tailpipe).

  • @jeffhartwig5283
    @jeffhartwig5283 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Nice! Noticed some holes in the exhaust lines.. I’ll take it!

    • @markg7030
      @markg7030 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I noticed the exhaust system is rotting away. Seems he is too poor to fix it? Not really, he wants to show its original but I think this car is a fake.

    • @rsprockets7846
      @rsprockets7846 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@markg7030 yeah rimcolor is wrong not original

  • @spoonfixer3387
    @spoonfixer3387 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Nice holes in the exhaust pipe before the rear axle.

    • @MrXerxes415
      @MrXerxes415 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      They are getting people ready for the body rot in the rest of the Vegas hysterical! It’s only a guess but I think it may be due to the fact it’s been parked in GM since like 1976 or so and not been started once.

    • @brianstewart5380
      @brianstewart5380 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      It makes you question the 392 miles claim.

  • @x-man5056
    @x-man5056 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Nice lumpy cam. Love it. 370HP might be enough to merge on the freeway in that little car. LoL Hope they put rear disc on it with the V-8. That's a good bit of more power and weight for those itty-bitty 4 cyl brakes.

  • @jewetts
    @jewetts 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    My brother and I built our own using a Pontiac Starfire and our trusty Hollander interchange manual. No posi rear so endless single tire burn outs!

  • @yoboi01
    @yoboi01 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    My mom had a 74 vega GT , bright orange with a black stripe on the bottom with GT in it . Never seen another 1 like it. But sadly a tractor trailer pushed us up to 90 mph until my mom lost control and we went flying thru 13 guard rails , down the side of a steep embankment and smacked into 2 trees. Luckily we survived

    • @markg7030
      @markg7030 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Sounds like murder.

    • @rctopfueler2841
      @rctopfueler2841 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      i had exact same gt wagon ,it was a automatic orange/ black and black interior ,loved it when muffler fell off

    • @BuzzLOLOL
      @BuzzLOLOL 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Still have my '77 Pontiac Astre Formula Safari (kammback) Station Wagon... in silver... FORMULA in black stripe along the bottom and in other places... came with Iron duke 4, 5 speed, posi... never seen another like it... no pictures of one available online... it is real, I've seen that they were available...

    • @432b86ed
      @432b86ed ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Sounds like Spielberg's DUEL movie. Yikes! Glad you made it out alive.

  • @paddle_shift
    @paddle_shift 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    This was never intended as a production vehicle. It may have been a "prototype", but no way GM was going to produce a Vega with a 350 engine not less one with 370hp. No way, not in 75 or 76. Most likely it was a mule for engineering studies or a one off to test suspension components or other chassis components. GM would build these for testing failure points. They needed to do this because computer modeling was not at the level as it is today.

    • @BuzzLOLOL
      @BuzzLOLOL 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      By '75 GM had the H-body engine compartment set up for V6 and V8 in Monza with heavy duty crossmember, front suspension, heater and A/C hoses relocated from near center to outside area, and dimpled HVAC box so any small block Chevy V8 was just a bolt in... even BBC...
      Early 1970 Corvette sales literature listed a 370 HP LT1 350" but as far as I know only the 360 HP was ever actually installed in production 'Vettes/Camaros... a few 370 HP ones may have been lying around GM Engineering on pallets... they used the Duntov 30/30 cam from 365/375 HP 327's...
      I couldn't make out the rear suspension design on this car... my '77 Pontiac Astre Formula Safari Kammback Station Wagon has a torque arm like later F-bodies/GNX's...

    • @paddle_shift
      @paddle_shift 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@BuzzLOLOL Well, you do make a great point here. GM definitely would put into production vehicles that would conform to homologation rules or to make the car more competitive, such as the Grand Am with the kamback rear window to make it perform better in NASCAR. My point was more to the engine package in the Vega. In 1975 or 76 there was no way they could or would put a 350/370 hp engine in a Vega production vehicle. Especially when you still had a Trans Am and Z28 still selling.

    • @BuzzLOLOL
      @BuzzLOLOL 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@paddle_shift - They prolly should have put the smooth quiet Chevy 262 2 bbl. V8 as an option in Vega and Astre to increase interest in the economy and all versions...

    • @bobbrinkerhoff3592
      @bobbrinkerhoff3592 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@BuzzLOLOL the LT -1 in the Vette was rated at 370 hp , in the Z28 and the COPO '70 Novas it was rated at 360 hp . Same engine , different exhaust manifolds .

  • @fiveo9127
    @fiveo9127 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    If you see this car come to a red light you'll probably look beyond it to see what machine is making that sound.

  • @Bigskyguy56
    @Bigskyguy56 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Great video on an extremely rare car. KILL the Music. It makes it hard to hear the commentator.
    I am interested in the car, not the music.

    • @KDawgFilmz
      @KDawgFilmz  3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      The music is 20 dB softer than the voice of the narrator. There is no problem hearing the commentator. The music also fills the void when the narrator is not talking. Notice how the music fades up and down. Music is an important element in a professional video. Notice that I used the same technique at the end of the video, but replaced the music with the sound of the car idling as I walked around it. The sound of the idling is 20 dB softer than the narrator. When the narrator is finished talking, the sound of the idling engine increases.

    • @1982MCI
      @1982MCI 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@KDawgFilmz best explanation I’ve ever heard anyone use on this debate, well said KDawg!! Never ceases to amaze me that you guys are out there spending your time and money to bring top notch info to us that we may never in our lives be exposed to if it weren’t for the free content you give us and folks have the nerve to bitch about it like they paid you to produce the video just for them!! I think you’ve probly figured out by now tho that you can’t make everyone happy all the time but you have succeeded in making most of us happy and for that entire group I’d like to thank you!! I think your videos are better than many professionally produced documentaries and videos and hope you continue.
      Take care and be safe out there!

    • @KDawgFilmz
      @KDawgFilmz  3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@1982MCI Don, You made my day with your kind words. Thank you.

  • @davidkerns723
    @davidkerns723 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Frigging awesome 👌

  • @ericstrengell1420
    @ericstrengell1420 6 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Did anyone else notice that the fuel filler cap is on the left side? The cap was always on the right side on standard Vegas.

  • @franklyspeaking4480
    @franklyspeaking4480 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    For anyone wondering ~
    Yes, you can fit a 396 big block in these cars.
    Get the panel wagon, easier to cage.
    But yes, it can be done and its a total handful !
    I miss that car. 😏😎

    • @bricefleckenstein9666
      @bricefleckenstein9666 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I liked my 1973 GT with a Olds (higher compression 4V Buick variation) 215.
      Engine was about the same weight as the original junk 140, car was dropped about 2" and big Goodyear gumballs all around.
      Original 4 speed was plenty strong to handle the engine, and I never did find the cornering limits, while it had PLENTY of power in such a light car to get up and move.

    • @franklyspeaking4480
      @franklyspeaking4480 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@bricefleckenstein9666
      They were actually fun little cars.
      It didn't matter what motor was dropped in it.
      It was always ~
      Ok, you ready to go have some fun ?
      They were a blast.

    • @markg7030
      @markg7030 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      MOTION in Long Island put 454 big blocks in them. Then sold them to the public at a nearby Chevy dealer.

    • @franklyspeaking4480
      @franklyspeaking4480 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@markg7030
      Motion did a lot of insane stuff.
      I looked up to Baldwin Motion builds.

    • @jameskrys5286
      @jameskrys5286 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@bricefleckenstein9666 I still have my 73 GT with a 67 Buick V6 in it. It has the Vega Saginaw 4 speed too. If i ever change the engine I'd put in a Turbo 4 out of a Camaro with a 6 speed. (Like that NoCal Garage Vega)

  • @garymckee8857
    @garymckee8857 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Bob's collection must rival the Brothers collection.
    Nice.

  • @JBO3022
    @JBO3022 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Damn that sounds good.

  • @ChrisDIYerOklahoma
    @ChrisDIYerOklahoma 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Pontiac slapped a small block V8 in the Fiero back in the day (my neighbor was a GM engineer) and track tested it. The car wanted to take off like an airplane at about 135 mph do to bad aerodynamics. And, it crushed the Corvette's performance of the day. Pontiac made some really fun cars...but, no more. GM rarely gets anything right or stops production when they are onto something special. Fiero, Trans Am, G8/GTO, and even the 1987/88 Grand Am two-door with a 5-speed.

    • @jameskrys5286
      @jameskrys5286 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I went to a car show once and there was a guy who had Fiero with a Cadilac Northstar V8 in it.

    • @BuzzLOLOL
      @BuzzLOLOL 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Looking at the base C8 mid engine Corvette do 2.8 sec.s to 60 shows that a V8 or even hot V6 Fiero would have killed Corvette sales...

  • @wildman510
    @wildman510 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Pretty sure this is a conversion lol. The only V8 they tested was an aluminum V8, not a normal factory engine

  • @daviddennison4287
    @daviddennison4287 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Outstanding

  • @shortchange26
    @shortchange26 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Not sure what the big deal is/was. We were doing V8 Vegas and Pintos in 72. Motion Industries sold a kit. If you're not familiar with it check out Grumpy Jenkins.

  • @jamesglavich1426
    @jamesglavich1426 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    With "392 miles" when did it get the Flowmaster muffler, that wasn't manufactured until the mid 80's, and it looks like has a hundred thousand miles on it? All that silver looking paint don't look like it was factory either. I would think that someone would remember this being built, even as a experiment. The make believe 4 cylinder engine had a tough 4 speed transmission, why the 400 auto, if they were going to try to aim for the sport car crowd? Looks like someone is trying to sell "Wolf Tickets" did you get any buyers?

  • @alvan4080
    @alvan4080 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Very cool

  • @oldsaerotech1167
    @oldsaerotech1167 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Stock Vega front spring rate: 490lbs./square inch
    Stock Monza front spring rate: 720 lbs./square inch
    LONG LIVE THE CHEVROLET VEGA!

  • @donwest5387
    @donwest5387 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    how was it in the rain?

  • @jamesveach6918
    @jamesveach6918 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    This is the prototype they never built it because they knew it would just killed Corvette and Camaro sales

    • @chrislohr6169
      @chrislohr6169 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      I had a 1974 Vega GT with a 283 V 8

  • @ChrisHplusland
    @ChrisHplusland 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    V8 swapped Vegas are plentiful along with claims of factory prototyped lol

    • @markstegeman4337
      @markstegeman4337 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      A friend of mine dropped a 289 into a pontiac astro back in the day tore the rear end out glad I wasn't on that ride

    • @dezrat
      @dezrat 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@markstegeman4337 All the stock Vega rear ends blew if you got ever got on em, but this one has a 12 bolt. The real problem was twisted bodies

  • @DB-hr5xy
    @DB-hr5xy 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Yeh
    That's an engine swap Vega.
    Why would GM build a prototype Vega from the factory with an aftermarket cam?
    You can here it at idle !!!
    The engines worked !!!

  • @timpriddy349
    @timpriddy349 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Why do people need music.......tell me stories

    • @BuzzLOLOL
      @BuzzLOLOL 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      TH-cam requires music...

  • @jimmyjimbo61
    @jimmyjimbo61 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Does anyone know where to find the "sport" emblem that's on the front fenders under the GT logo?

  • @musclecarmaniacs9789
    @musclecarmaniacs9789 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    All original with that low mileage...and a chambered exhaust muffler? hmmmmm

    • @lic2kil007
      @lic2kil007 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Yea I'm skeptical unless there is paper to back it up.

    • @onepropertiesinternational
      @onepropertiesinternational 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@lic2kil007 How about the big ass headers? Is that something the GM guys would have done? Aside from the motor- looks authentic to 1975. Super sharp! Alway liked the Vega, and 78-81 Pontiac Sunbirds.

  • @stevenlewis8676
    @stevenlewis8676 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    That year the car went down the tube, body change. Wow, I didn't know Chevy put one like this together.

    • @HEHE-dx9og
      @HEHE-dx9og 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Chevy NEVER built a V8 vega. The closest you could get was the Monza with a 305.

    • @vegavairbob
      @vegavairbob ปีที่แล้ว

      The built a 302 Vega GT in 1972 (July 1972 Hot Rod) (overbored aluminum 283)

    • @HEHE-dx9og
      @HEHE-dx9og 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@MrHighAnxiety63 I know gm never made a v8 vega to be sold to the public. I did pay attention. I was just saying the prototype is a poorly done car. Maybe you should read my comment again. It appears you have a hard time reading. Bless You`re Heart.

  • @krystalstarrett6760
    @krystalstarrett6760 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Factory or not...nice Vega.

  • @jimmywitman7943
    @jimmywitman7943 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    GM must have had inside track to Don Hardy.. those are his headers and motor mounts......

    • @normhodgkinson6965
      @normhodgkinson6965 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      you are correct, good eye. i have Hooker's, they come straight back.

    • @bobbrinkerhoff3592
      @bobbrinkerhoff3592 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Also Don Hardy supplied the kits to Motion Performance .

  • @drew8256
    @drew8256 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thinking they did go into production due to diverting sales from Corvette and Camero buyers, which would have greater margins.

    • @CFITOMAHAWK2
      @CFITOMAHAWK2 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      WTF you mean contrary? That it lowered the Corvette and Camaro sales numbers?? . Is that?

  • @geeman509
    @geeman509 ปีที่แล้ว

    very cool!!

  • @cyclhed
    @cyclhed 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Fake. Chevrolet did build one, but this is not it! It was an early body style with an all aluminum 302 engine. It was in Hot Rod magazine. If Mechum sold thus as a prototype, they scammed somebody!

  • @inherentmirth5180
    @inherentmirth5180 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Narrator just said it's "uncommonly rare" lol. How accurately inaccurate!

  • @kurtlemderman2032
    @kurtlemderman2032 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Boy's with toys awesome 😎

  • @frez777
    @frez777 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    I bet that's a handful to drive. I had two Vegas, none ever had any V-8's in them though

    • @gneric85
      @gneric85 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Just as fun as a V8 Monza. I have a 73 GT that I installed a 1985 Grand National drivetrain into. Quiet except for the whistle of the turbo.

  • @dougderby9454
    @dougderby9454 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Built a wagon with an L82. A hatch with a 400 sbc. Most fun was a 79 Monza Spyder 305 4 speed from original woman owner. Put an aluminum head 355 with a Nash 5 speed in. To find a rust free H body today.

    • @jameskrys5286
      @jameskrys5286 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      I have a 1973 Vega GT. I took it to Ziebard as soon as I got it. It has a full cage and a Don Hardy Dana 44 with 65 Impala drum brakes.

    • @BuzzLOLOL
      @BuzzLOLOL 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      I still have my '77 Pontiac Astre Formula Safari (kammback) Station Wagon... in silver... FORMULA in black stripe along the bottom and in other places... came with Iron duke 4, 5 speed, posi... never seen another like it... no pictures of one available online... it is real, I've seen that they were available...

  • @wlc1980
    @wlc1980 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    My biggest question is how did this car escape the crusher and get offered for public sale? I had a friend that worked for then, Sam Allen Salvage in metro Detroit and they crushed cars Like this for GM and other manufacturers. My family worked for GM for 63 straight years among them and I used to hear about all the vehicles and parts that went to the crusher, and trust me many of those drive trains made it out to the street. My friend gave me a Quadra jet carburetor from there and when I went to get it rebuilt later nobody could figure out the numbers on it for a carburetor kit, because they didn’t exist. I would like to know how this car escaped the crusher, it’s too bad they didn’t mass produce that car because it’s a good looking car with a reliable drive train!

    • @BuzzLOLOL
      @BuzzLOLOL 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      This car could get out the way your Q-Jet did... or like the only '83 Corvette still in known existence did...
      Anyway, by 1975 GM was putting SBC V8 engines in Monzas so all the H-body cars (Vega, Astre, Starfire, Skylark, LeMans, Sunbird, etc.) were then already set up for V6's and V8's! Better front suspension, stronger crossmember, HVAC moved out of the way... 5 speed... posi...
      You could save 100 lbs. putting a SBC 400 like this in one:
      www.dailymotion.com/video/x3rfhrk

  • @Peter-hg5qd
    @Peter-hg5qd 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I Need to see some real documents. If that was a real prototype GM would never have made it sound like that. and the headers no way sorry. In 1972 GM did make a v8 Vega all aluminum 283cu punched to a 302 stock Vega rear end

  • @scottweatherman3266
    @scottweatherman3266 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I painted my 1972 Vega this color. It sucked !!! However, my Vega GT was the underpowered 4-140 engine. I rebuilt these Vegas with a steel sleeved block from S & S in California. The block was over bored and had 4 Ford tractor sleeves installed. Took a special KD tool to remove the stock cam and lifters. Without steel lines the all aluminum block walls had a Teflon coating that the ductile iron rings just destroyed. Not done yet. approximately 1/2 of all pressure tested iron cylinder heads would crack in the oil passages cast in the heads. So, there NEVER was a factory steel sleeved Vega sold to the public. I was rebuilding these engines while several more years of Vegas were produced through the 1977 model year. The Vega was replaced in 1975 with the Chevrolet Monza. The Monza had an iron 4 cylinder engine and offered a pitiful low horsepower 350 cubic inch V8 that had less than 150 HP. Also the V8 motor mounts were pitiful. After market V8 engine mounts were better ( in my opinion ) than stock GM engine mounts. After doing these V8 modifications expect the body to warp as the unibody would flex permanently.

  • @mikef-gi2dg
    @mikef-gi2dg 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    By the way if anybody knows where I can get some V8 Monza front coil springs please holler, thanks.

  • @mustangmike4078
    @mustangmike4078 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Should repair the holes in the exhaust.

  • @steventhibert9531
    @steventhibert9531 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Proto type my ass I was a kid 16 in 76 we did that to Vegas astra celeca's and we called. It customized and this happened and happens now.

  • @buzzedalldrink9131
    @buzzedalldrink9131 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    wow v-8 in a vega in 1975? prototype???never heard of such a thing😂😂😂😂 real find here😂😂😂😂😂 A sucker born every minute at the auctions!!

  • @oscaracosta6976
    @oscaracosta6976 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Sweet!

  • @gregorybetteridge8943
    @gregorybetteridge8943 ปีที่แล้ว

    All that work and they can’t even get it to idle right 😉

  • @davidsmith1268
    @davidsmith1268 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Too many nonbelievers about this. I don't believe it either. Not authentic.😣😣😣😖😖😖

  • @charlesdavis7441
    @charlesdavis7441 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    I do like this car, only one problem I can see, it's not mine! 😭👍🤟
    If I had owned it then , there would have been a lot of sad singing and slow walking... and I don't think that I'd be around ...
    I would have been happy, though.

  • @Voiceinthewoods
    @Voiceinthewoods 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    nice find too bad cound'thave seen her in action.

    • @KDawgFilmz
      @KDawgFilmz  3 ปีที่แล้ว

      I was lucky to video it running.

  • @peterk73
    @peterk73 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Single exhaust??? What were the engineers thinking???

    • @doomman700
      @doomman700 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Single exhaust with a flowmaster in the 70’s, yea right. Rusted out pipe at 395 miles 😂😂

    • @BuzzLOLOL
      @BuzzLOLOL 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Not much room in there for duals...

  • @louf7178
    @louf7178 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Just a sporty Vega here. Don't pay any attention to that engine sound.

  • @secondthought2320
    @secondthought2320 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Oh, ya man.

  • @dezrat
    @dezrat 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I worked in R&D at GM and lemme tell you we beat the shit outta this car.

  • @napoliansolo7865
    @napoliansolo7865 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    2:28 The exhaust pipe is rotted out.

  • @lindsaybartch1579
    @lindsaybartch1579 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Sorry, I am crying foul here. No way this car has less than 100 miles judging strictly by the rust holes in the exhaust. Calls the credibility of this channel in to question.

  • @Jim-ic2of
    @Jim-ic2of ปีที่แล้ว

    LT-1 ?

    • @bobbrinkerhoff3592
      @bobbrinkerhoff3592 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Yep , back in 1970 Chevrolet changed the engine codes from a single letter, two digit ( L88 ) to two letters and a single digit code ( LT 1 ) . They also had LS 5 , LS 6 , and LS 7 big block 454s .

  • @mikef-gi2dg
    @mikef-gi2dg 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    The Monza came out in 1975, the Monza chassis and rear end configuration were significantly
    different than the Vega. The Monza torque arm handles V8 weight, and torque much better than the Tri 4 link rear Vega. The handling of a v8 Monza at speed is much better than the Vega, even with the extra weight up front. Those headers would never be used by GM, especially since the Monza exhaust had been developed and approved for production. The decision to end the Vega came in 1974, at the end of 77. Why prototype a v8 Vega when the Monza was IN production for 75 release. This Vega is very nice, I would be proud to have it, but prototype, well.........

    • @HEHE-dx9og
      @HEHE-dx9og 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      The 75 vega also had the torque arm. It`s missing on this car. This is a 74 vega. The 75`s had different tail lights.

    • @mikef-gi2dg
      @mikef-gi2dg 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@HEHE-dx9og Well either it's a torque are or a 4 link...there is no in between, the floor pan has significant differences, as does the drive train, I have two Monza's...the rub is convert away from the torque arm, which has no H-body aftermarket support, with a custom back half, or fabricate custom torque arm/chassis/drive train upgrades. Like I said before, It's a nice Vega, I would like to have it, but prototype.....I ain't buying it.

  • @trevorthefilthyrat3742
    @trevorthefilthyrat3742 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I think the 327 would have been a better candidate for a vega.

    • @vegavairbob
      @vegavairbob ปีที่แล้ว

      what the hell is the difference.

  • @leafforever9174
    @leafforever9174 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    The absolutely worse thing you can do, let them sit. They need to be driven. People with too much money, and don't know what to do with it. Unbelievable...

  • @navvet4518
    @navvet4518 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Chevrolet prototype? Why does it have replacement floor pans and not well installed pans at that. Not buying it...

    • @chrispulieri9543
      @chrispulieri9543 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      The hell you talking about?

    • @navvet4518
      @navvet4518 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@chrispulieri9543 it has tacked in floor pans. Look at it.

    • @josephlalock8378
      @josephlalock8378 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@navvet4518 thats the first thing that i noticed! they did say shit was raised 3 inches but somebody cobbled the shit out of that. was probably a mechanic, not a bodyman that did it

  • @JamesDunlap-g6i
    @JamesDunlap-g6i ปีที่แล้ว

    Not a GM prototype Monza was already scheduled for production by 1975 nice build but definitely not a GM prototype

  • @TheProgrammerGuy
    @TheProgrammerGuy 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I'm calling BULLSHIT on this one!! :)

  • @marionthompson7482
    @marionthompson7482 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    If GM would have built and sold these cars they would have been more popular and sold more of them. it is supposed to be fuel efficient to compete with other car manufacturers .but in the end it went down in history as a flop because of the engine they used.

  • @robertwheeler5125
    @robertwheeler5125 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    must be an lt1 350... tight.

  • @gordocarbo
    @gordocarbo 18 วันที่ผ่านมา

    "Experimental" AC was mentioned thats why it has the newer style compressor.
    So the exh was replaced, things get old and rot believe it or not.
    If the guy has papers, history whats with all the negative nancys? Think its a cool ride, probably better built than most garage builds.
    Juse raise the idle up where its supposed to be....and drive it!
    MIles arent going to change value. No way could I not drive this

  • @ENDTIMEsVideoLibrary
    @ENDTIMEsVideoLibrary 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I had a Vega for about a good minute in the 80s until the terrible Aluminum Engine blew.. Left it on the side of the road and never looke back!!

    • @ORflycaster
      @ORflycaster 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I had a red GT in the 80’s, and the aluminum block ended up bored .010” over on its own before I sold it. I really loved the car, and dreamed of having a great engine in it. Even a built V6 would have been a massive improvement in such a light little coupe.

  • @bruceh92
    @bruceh92 ปีที่แล้ว

    This car was meant for a V8

  • @pauleyplay
    @pauleyplay 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Nonsense, Not a chance

  • @odonovan
    @odonovan 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    3:04 - From the sound of it, they should fix the holes in the exhaust. Yeah, it likely has a racing cam in it, but still. And who in the EFFING Hell, at GM, decided to put that type of engine in and pair it with a GM three speed automatic transmission????? +facepalm+

  • @johnandersonjjr
    @johnandersonjjr ปีที่แล้ว

    Unfortunately after the 73 model year GM had to obey Democrat ordered 5mph battering ram bumpers and presto ,who wanted one anymore anyway.Not to mention production V8s that did appear in the likewise ugly Monza were 100 hp 305s.

  • @chriswilliams5133
    @chriswilliams5133 ปีที่แล้ว

    I guess they didn't produce it because they figured nobody would buy it?

  • @bradlausen1973
    @bradlausen1973 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Had more to do with the look than anything else .

  • @97warlock
    @97warlock 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    dont like the idle sound. Sounds all beefed up with cam & electronic ignition & extra stuff and headers etc ....the stock 350 is all the cars needs. why not make it quite & comfortable , not ready to go racing people . Its just such a nice car, to turn it into a souped up race car seems to take away from its niceness imo

    • @BuzzLOLOL
      @BuzzLOLOL 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      This may be a "stock 350"!

    • @doomman700
      @doomman700 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Stock LT1 had radical cam timing

    • @bluevalkyrie2517
      @bluevalkyrie2517 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      The rust holes in the exhaust system don't help.

  • @timetraveler6247
    @timetraveler6247 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    I am not ashamed to admit that I lost my virginity in the back of an ugly green 74 Vega wagon 😁

  • @HEHE-dx9og
    @HEHE-dx9og 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    The 75 vega had a torque arm from the rear to the transmission tail housing. This car does not. I see losts of tach welds on the transmission hump and floor as well, Probably due to rust repair. Chevy NEVER made a V8 vega. This is a backyard machanic build. That A4 a/c compressor didn`t come out till the 80`s. The 70`s used the A6 compressor. You can see the waves in the paint from poor bodywork. Just another home built V8 vega. Nah, Nice try. Pretty cool car but not a gm prototype.

    • @BuzzLOLOL
      @BuzzLOLOL 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Youse see by 1975 GM was putting SBC V8 engines in Monzas so all the H-body cars (Vega, Astre, Starfire, Skylark, LeMans, Sunbird, etc.) were then already set up for V6's and V8's! Better front suspension, stronger crossmember, HVAC moved out of the way... 5 speed... posi... torque arm rear...
      You could save 100 lbs. putting a SBC 400 like this in one vs all iron 262 V8:
      www.dailymotion.com/video/x3rfhrk

  • @robnamowicz8073
    @robnamowicz8073 ปีที่แล้ว

    Methinks they would have sent it to the crusher before they let it off the grounds at Milford. Lots of liability with this little outfit.

  • @karlmadsen3179
    @karlmadsen3179 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    ....and plenty of rust

  • @kepjames333
    @kepjames333 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎

  • @jamesbrand987
    @jamesbrand987 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    I want

  • @jamesmooney8933
    @jamesmooney8933 ปีที่แล้ว

    Vegas were a very bad car. I was looking at one in the dealership. .The car had paint dribbles on the grill.

  • @dougpearson4711
    @dougpearson4711 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Total BS! Never was! LOL!

  • @patriotjon8535
    @patriotjon8535 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    AI narrated videos Suck!! STOP MAKING THEM...!!!

  • @AndresFierroquezada
    @AndresFierroquezada 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Good motor but ugly carr

  • @QnRyche
    @QnRyche 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Bs