I bought an old Vega - Page 2

Dennis P Chapman · 06-14-2017, 01:50 PM

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Originally Posted by danoone

I have Googled images. I stripped the paint off the trim tag and it is a 1973 body in white. It is hard to load pictures on this site. All I have are taken with my phone. The front suspension looks similar to pictures I found of Ronnie Manchesters. Car

I know one of Ronnies cars was and SRD I talked to him way back at etown and that car was SRD

MAURICE BLENDHEIM · 06-14-2017, 01:57 PM

If you show a picture of the actual car someone may recognize it and help you to track some history, which could lead to the Fabricator. Rear wheel openings, suspensions and housing brackets often can be indicators to narrow your search. MB

Charlie A · 06-14-2017, 03:16 PM

Charlie A · 06-14-2017, 03:21 PM

Charlie A · 06-14-2017, 03:23 PM

Charlie A · 06-14-2017, 03:30 PM

Pics of the car today would as stated be helpful.

Here is what Draglist says:
SRD Racecars for all the Vega's they have listed for Ronnie Manchester.
Also shows them all as 331c.i. and 4 speeds.

Link to a bunch of Grumpy XI chassis pics from SRD below. Built to Grumpy specs they might have some similarity to your car that helps identify it. From the pictures something as simple as hood pin location or mounting holes for cowl gauges can be a start:

https://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl...&iact=c&ictx=1

Charlie A · 06-14-2017, 04:36 PM

danoone · 06-14-2017, 08:36 PM

Sorry for my pictures. I'm struggling with a resizing app. If you want to see a picure of anything specific, I will get pictures of it. My number is 7 one 7 two 5 zero 5 eight 8 five. Dan

Steve Stasko · 06-15-2017, 01:12 PM

That is definitely an early SRD Vega! The front suspension and bars coming out of the firewall are a dead giveaway.

danoone · 06-15-2017, 08:29 PM

Ok. So who had a white front suspension with a red Dana 60? It was updated to 77. It had updates to the cage. The steel floors were removed and square stock was put in with aluminum interior. Is there some one still around from SRD I can get in touch with

06-14-2017, 01:57 PM	#12
MAURICE BLENDHEIM Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Langley (no igloos), British Columbia, Canada Posts: 569 Likes: 311 Liked 284 Times in 87 Posts	Re: I bought an old Vega If you show a picture of the actual car someone may recognize it and help you to track some history, which could lead to the Fabricator. Rear wheel openings, suspensions and housing brackets often can be indicators to narrow your search. MB

06-14-2017, 03:16 PM	#13
Charlie A VIP Member Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Mississippi Gulf Coast Posts: 2,483 Likes: 68 Liked 87 Times in 63 Posts	Re: I bought an old Vega

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Charlie A VIP Member Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Mississippi Gulf Coast Posts: 2,483 Likes: 68 Liked 87 Times in 63 Posts	Re: I bought an old Vega Last edited by Charlie A; 06-14-2017 at 04:26 PM.

06-14-2017, 03:23 PM	#15
Charlie A VIP Member Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Mississippi Gulf Coast Posts: 2,483 Likes: 68 Liked 87 Times in 63 Posts	Re: I bought an old Vega

06-14-2017, 03:30 PM	#16
Charlie A VIP Member Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Mississippi Gulf Coast Posts: 2,483 Likes: 68 Liked 87 Times in 63 Posts	Re: I bought an old Vega Pics of the car today would as stated be helpful. Here is what Draglist says: SRD Racecars for all the Vega's they have listed for Ronnie Manchester. Also shows them all as 331c.i. and 4 speeds. Link to a bunch of Grumpy XI chassis pics from SRD below. Built to Grumpy specs they might have some similarity to your car that helps identify it. From the pictures something as simple as hood pin location or mounting holes for cowl gauges can be a start: https://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl...&iact=c&ictx=1 Last edited by Charlie A; 06-14-2017 at 04:21 PM.

06-14-2017, 04:36 PM	#17
Charlie A VIP Member Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Mississippi Gulf Coast Posts: 2,483 Likes: 68 Liked 87 Times in 63 Posts	Re: I bought an old Vega

06-14-2017, 08:36 PM	#18
danoone Junior Member Join Date: Oct 2015 Posts: 66 Likes: 0 Liked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: I bought an old Vega Sorry for my pictures. I'm struggling with a resizing app. If you want to see a picure of anything specific, I will get pictures of it. My number is 7 one 7 two 5 zero 5 eight 8 five. Dan Attached Thumbnails

06-15-2017, 01:12 PM	#19
Steve Stasko Member Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Western PA Posts: 455 Likes: 13 Liked 274 Times in 143 Posts	Re: I bought an old Vega That is definitely an early SRD Vega! The front suspension and bars coming out of the firewall are a dead giveaway.

06-15-2017, 08:29 PM	#20
danoone Junior Member Join Date: Oct 2015 Posts: 66 Likes: 0 Liked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: I bought an old Vega Ok. So who had a white front suspension with a red Dana 60? It was updated to 77. It had updates to the cage. The steel floors were removed and square stock was put in with aluminum interior. Is there some one still around from SRD I can get in touch with Last edited by danoone; 06-15-2017 at 08:32 PM.