Bought a NEW 1976 Chevette for $3600 and ran it daily until 1982, saving enough to be able to purchase our first Mercedes (1973 280) for $4,700, which I sold a year later for $4850. Those were the days of inflating European car prices... I got $300 for the Chevette. Only problem with that car was that the brake shoes wore out regularly and were Expensive to fix.
On Sat, Feb 7, 2015 at 3:55 PM, Craig via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > On Sat, 7 Feb 2015 14:06:55 -0500 archer75--- via Mercedes > <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > > The Chevette had the aluminum cylinders, didn't it? When they first > > came on the market, few mechanics thought the aluminum cylinders would > > last. Gerry > > No, it definitely did not! > > I have a Chevette engine powering our generator set and it has steel > cylinders. > > The Vega was the one that had the aluminum cylinders. > > See > > http://www.popularmechanics.com/cars/a6424/how-the-chevy-vega-almost-destroyed-gm/ > > Oct 19, 2010 @ 6:17 AM > > How the Chevy Vega Nearly Destroyed GM > The Chevrolet Vega turns 40 this year, and it's a car worth > remembering — for all the wrong reasons. > > > Craig > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those > individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner > has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
