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Never seen this way of transporting cars before - whohasthisimagination.com/vert-a-pac-an-unusual-way-to-transport-automobiles/Like the Vega Stationwagons ![]() [http://whohasthisimagination.com/wp-content/blogs.dir/00/07/31/91/7319123/files//2013/01/vert-a-pac-12.jpg/img]     Can you imagine the pile of nuts, bolts and other parts that would have fallen out if they did that with a BL group car  Paul H |
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Granadaman72
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What a cool idea but what stops the oil coming out of the engines? I'm assuming they are driven on
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What makes you think the oil stayed in the engine even when it was on all four wheels! ;D
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Remember the days when sex was safe and motorsport was dangerous. Vintage bling always attracts pussy.  |
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I remember reading about the "vert-i-pack" Vega railcars. The Vegas were designed to be transported that way- the engine had a baffle in the pan to hold the oil with the car stood on its nose. Same with the trans, battery, washer fluid, coolant, etc.
I hope the Railcars were waterproof; otherwise the Vegas would rust away after a good downpour! ;D
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That is one of the most awesome things I have seen in a while! Love it.
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Tim
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Reminds me of the Subaru publicity stunt:  |
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Last Edit: Jan 10, 2013 7:01:02 GMT by Tim
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fred
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Thats just wild
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'79 Cossie ran Cortina - Sold
2000 Fozzer 2.0 turbo snow beast
'85 Opel Manta GSI - Sold
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I knew I had some more pics of these.   |
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Amazing! I absolutely love this kind of thing...
Is it me or is the styling of the hatchback 'coupe' (when viewed from the rear quarters) slightly reminiscent of the original DBS? Maybe with a hint of Manta A?
I LOVE the station wagon version.
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stealthstylz
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A pro street Vega wagon is on my bucket list. Such a nice looking car.  |
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The rail cars still look like that over here...only...with flat floors and the cars are horizontal  they leave the Oshawa and Oakville plants filled with Fords and Chevvies |
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Jan 20, 2013 19:20:47 GMT
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I thought the Oshawa plant was only making engines these days?
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Nope, they make a number of cars up there in Oshawa, including the Buick Regal, Chevrolet Impala, Chevrolet Equinox, Cadillac XTS, and for now, the Chevrolet Camaro, though when the new model cycle debuts production will be moved over to Lansing, Michigan. The Oakville plant makes makes the Ford Flex, Ford Edge, Lincoln MKT and MKX. They also made a number of the Panther platform Ford CROWN Victoria and Mercury Grand Marquis. Oooh, they just look so good. I want one like this with the formidable Vega Cosworth motor.  |
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Jan 21, 2013 20:33:16 GMT
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just found this one on a f/b page i frequent  |
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1984 Subaru GLF Hatch
1983 Skoda 120LE Super estelle
1977 Subaru DL Wagon
1978 Datsun 120Y Coupe
1995 Skoda favorit estate
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Just finished reading John Z Deloreans book about his time at GM. The Vega gets a whole chapter. Originally to be called the Gemini, it was overruled by its corporate champion Ed Cole to be the Vega which DeLorean described as sounding like a Virus. The alloy engine turned out to be heavier than a cast iron crossflow Chevrolet engineers had already developed. The long stroke it was saddled with proved unecessary to meet emissions regs. The car put on further weight after during testing the first prototype suffered a structural failure. There was an early recall for carburettor fires and after a huge expensive advertising campaign just in time for a UAW strike so they had no cars to sell. All pretty catastrophic.  |
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