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Old 01-11-2005, 12:44 AM
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Also what contest was this one given away for and is it still around??


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Old 01-11-2005, 01:54 AM
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id imagine both the car and the girl are in pretty rough shape by now.
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Old 01-11-2005, 03:38 AM
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It was a giveaway for Group7 Filters... i don't think the company exists anymore either! I have some pics of what I believe is this car being "given away" to a hippy...I mean HAPPY young couple by Donna Mae Mimms at Yenko Chevrolet... I'll dig up a couple and post em later.
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Old 01-12-2005, 03:54 PM
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the yellow Vega may have been some type of prototype built at Chevy. The stripe is done a little different and I have other pictures of it that show it with GM manufacter plates on it
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Old 01-13-2005, 01:09 AM
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Group7 Filters are still in business. They are a division of Purolater, which is owned by Arvin-Meritor.
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72 yenko Vega Wagon currently under -resto, will be released soon, one of one known left!!!?
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Old 02-15-2005, 06:14 AM
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Hey Kev, you should bring that thing to SCR8...would be going full circle, since it attended SCR1 in unrestored condition!
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How's about posting a pic of the wagon?
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Rob I can see it now SCR8 A Covair/Vega/Chevelle/Nova/Camaro pic would make for a mean Magazine Cover shot linged up across the starting line at Gateway!!!!
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