tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4438559177675541367.post7709492178248398052..comments2024-03-28T11:38:44.676-05:00Comments on Phil Are Go!: 1975 Vega - Smokin!PhilAreGo@gmail.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05719815455502184849noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4438559177675541367.post-70580809222673958112021-08-11T00:27:20.976-05:002021-08-11T00:27:20.976-05:00Why does that say it's a '75? That pictur...Why does that say it's a '75? That picture is of a '74. The '74s' and 75s' front bumpers were different. I owned a '74 in that same color (light gold), for several years. It looked exactly like the one in these pictures. It's still my favorite car of all those I've owned, and I've been driving for 50 years this coming December.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4438559177675541367.post-84350484647234074242017-04-26T10:54:09.340-05:002017-04-26T10:54:09.340-05:00Yes, I was throwing the linked article's use o...Yes, I was throwing the linked article's use of "silicone" into question by putting it in quotes. It seems the author of that article was confused regarding silicone and silicon. It's a pretty common confusion. Silicone burns at somewhere around 430 degrees celcius, and wouldn't last long anywhere near a combustion chamber.PhilAreGo@gmail.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05719815455502184849noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4438559177675541367.post-88632368254690935922017-04-23T06:40:59.503-05:002017-04-23T06:40:59.503-05:00"Silicone" in the engine block? NO! It w..."Silicone" in the engine block? NO! It was "siliCON", the element that was alloyed in the aluminum and then ETCHED to provide on the surface of the cylinder a more resistant bore. Keep the siliCONE for Carol Doda!Linneahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16618561269435162024noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4438559177675541367.post-60781797851304071632014-02-06T00:34:23.731-06:002014-02-06T00:34:23.731-06:00When i was in high school, one of my friends had a...When i was in high school, one of my friends had a Pontiac Astre, which was a Chevy Vega by another name. This friend of mine was bit of a terror on wheels. One of his favourite pastimes was driving over lawns and knocking over garbage cans. There was in particular one garbage can he simply went out of his way to run over. It was always a bit further out in the street than the others, an easy target on the way to high-school. This was in the days of metal cans, mind you so running over a garbage can meant that a new can had to be bought the next day. Every week, the home owner would put a new shiny can out, and every week my friend would mow the thing down. This went on for about a month. Then one morning, my buddy came in to the school parking lot, with half the front end simply wiped off his car. Anti-freeze dripped from the shattered innards, the light hung down from it's wire. Plastic bits were all that was left of the passenger's side. <br /><br />What happened? we asked.<br /><br />The guy had set his garbage can out as usual, except this time he'd filled it with wet sand. <br /><br />Believe it or not, my buddy went on to buy a pinto wagon. Orange with fake wood siding. Really. Ermottnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4438559177675541367.post-4530623557090431402012-04-13T08:39:51.225-05:002012-04-13T08:39:51.225-05:00Always loved this burnt orange and I do agree with...Always loved this burnt orange and I do agree with you this was a good looking car regardless of color. Which oft times was rust. (Know what else was a good looking car? the original iteration of the Camaro, but it had its own problems -- like staying on the road when it was wet.)<br /><br />Worst damn car I ever owned was a Volvo wagon this color, but it sure looked great. Shed parts all over the place. So maybe it's not the mechanicals, but the color that's problematic.Steve Millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00450550786810074858noreply@blogger.com