Day 2 Vega

[Hemicolt]

I know around 1970 or so, Motion went to the Mark 10 box, but I like the way the Grant / Clifford style looks. What do you guys think?

[Hemicolt]

This is as close as I will probably get to the correct plug wires. They are 7mm, yellow ones. I refuse to pay 1000.00 for the correct ones..lol

[whitetop]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Chandler</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Thanks guys. I'm 99% sure the car will go orange, but can't decide on shade. Everyone keeps saying Hugger orange, but I'm thinking the factory orange for that year. What do you guys think?
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I would go with a a factory Vega color. The Lime green color on Vega's or factory silver would look nice accented with a Motion stripe of some sort

[Hemicolt]

I've struggled with the Motion stripe. Looks good on the hatchbacks, but I can't figure out how to transition onto the back of the car and have it look right. I've not ruled out panel paint with metal flake.

[PxTx]

You've got some nice stuff there Tracy. I've spoken to the Walboro engineer who was in charge of the duplex and triplex pumps. He did warn me that the rubber in them will not hold up to today's fuel and that rebuild kits are getting hard to find.

On the upside, it only seems to be the rubber bellows that fails and I did hear some talk at the MCACN show that somone may be producing an modern fuel friendly bellows.

The ignition parts are spot one and beautiful.

The cool can might be worth making a bypass, as they are a great place to develop vapor lock on a street driven car. I don't know how well a V8 Vega gets all that heat out of the engine bay. You can then have it for show, and with a switch of the valves, you can actually get the gains at the strip.

The Grant box is certainly the one I would go with. I've seen it on some older Corvette's and I beleive either would be correct, neither being more correct than the other.

Ignition wires are probably the lowest priority for me, and the ones you have look great.

[whitetop]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Chandler</div><div class="ubbcode-body">I've struggled with the Motion stripe. Looks good on the hatchbacks, but I can't figure out how to transition onto the back of the car and have it look right. I've not ruled out panel paint with metal flake. </div></div>

I just went back and looked at your pics again and noticed you started with a GT. I would put all the GT emblems/bottom moldings back on it, paint the bottom black etc and use a stock Vega Paint with the stock GT stripe on the hood and trunk.

Vega GT's look so clean. Plus I kinda like the idea of this is how Joel would have done either a new car or a used car conversion at this time and since the car would have been new(er) he probably would have kept the stock paint

I also like the panel paint idea but looks like you are trying to be period correct to a certain strict era, If this is the case I would use pearls and candies with ribbons stripes and scroll work etc. Metalflake was pretty much dead by the time this car would have been built..but hey my Mustang was flaked in 1974 but it was not the norm (and the original builder was mad at the painter). 1973-1976 WAS the era of pearls and candies and that is how I am going to redo my car.Plus flake is so bellybutton anymore.

I have some good pics I will post in the next few days.

Again please do what you like but this is how I look at it.

[Hemicolt]

That's another thing I was worried about. I may use a modern electric pump, hidden under the car, and mount the bellows pumps inside the car for looks. Either run dummy hoses to them or gut them and have fuel flow through.
The cool can will be mounted where the battery tray was, I've mounted new style plastic ones on customers street cars with no problems. But...you are right, we are talking about a big block Vega. So we will see.
Thanks for the input.

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: pxtx</div><div class="ubbcode-body">You've got some nice stuff there Tracy. I've spoken to the Walboro engineer who was in charge of the duplex and triplex pumps. He did warn me that the rubber in them will not hold up to today's fuel and that rebuild kits are getting hard to find.

On the upside, it only seems to be the rubber bellows that fails and I did hear some talk at the MCACN show that somone may be producing an modern fuel friendly bellows.</div></div>

[Hemicolt]

Thanks for the input. I see what you are saying on the paint. I'm trying to make the car look to be from the early to mid-seventies era. I guess I'm still learning about some of this stuff. The hillbillies were still doing metal flake into the late seventies here. So I guess they were behind the times like everything else..lol
But anything goes now.


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I just went back and looked at your pics again and noticed you started with a GT. I would put all the GT emblems/bottom moldings back on it, paint the bottom black etc and use a stock Vega Paint with the stock GT stripe on the hood and trunk.

Vega GT's look so clean. Plus I kinda like the idea of this is how Joel would have done either a new car or a used car conversion at this time and since the car would have been new(er) he probably would have kept the stock paint

I also like the panel paint idea but looks like you are trying to be period correct to a certain strict era, If this is the case I would use pearls and candies with ribbons stripes and scroll work etc. Metalflake was pretty much dead by the time this car would have been built..but hey my Mustang was flaked in 1974 but it was not the norm (and the original builder was mad at the painter). 1973-1976 WAS the era of pearls and candies and that is how I am going to redo my car.Plus flake is so bellybutton anymore.

I have some good pics I will post in the next few days.

Again please do what you like but this is how I look at it. [/quote]

[TheNovaMan]

SERIOUSLY digging the Hurst Ram Rod!

[Hemicolt]

Thanks.
I've been sending the reverse stick &amp; lift gate rod when having the shifter rechromed. Knox Custom Chrome in Knoxville, TN. will do all three pieces for less than 100.00.


<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: TheNovaMan</div><div class="ubbcode-body">SERIOUSLY digging the Hurst Ram Rod! </div></div>