It was 75 and 76, found a old repair manual
Christopher McCann [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
not sure...think 75 and 76
Christopher
--- Harry M.) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Was it 74 and 75 or 75 and 76 they were made ?
Christopher McCann [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
My editor has a Cosworth Vega
not sure...think 75 and 76
Christopher
--- Harry M.) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Was it 74 and 75 or 75 and 76 they were made ?
Christopher McCann [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
My editor has a Cosworth Vega - there is a sizeable
Cosworth Vega following. I think only 4,000 or so
were
made
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Sent: Friday, September 02, 2005 8:40 AM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] LobstaQ
Oh man, I was hoping I read that right. Guess I shouldn't be embarresed to
say I owned a Vega. Seem to recall though there was one very desirable model
called the cosworth vega. Ah yes, the ford trilogy of geek mobiles the
pinto
Was it 74 and 75 or 75 and 76 they were made ?
Christopher McCann [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
My editor has a Cosworth Vega - there is a sizeable
Cosworth Vega following. I think only 4,000 or so were
made over two years.
CM
--- Harry M.) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Oh man, I was hoping I read
I suggest a picnic at CGAS Cape Cod. Sit under the HU-16E static display and
drink a toast to me, who put so many hundreds of hours inside that
particular airframe.
And then drink another toast to Darrell Barfield, the Coast Guard aircraft
mechanic who owned the old Benz diesel that always
Bet the zero to 60 time was a bit better on that ole Benz.Mike
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From: LT Don
To: Mercedes mailing list
Sent: Thursday, September 01, 2005 8:17 PM
Subject: [MBZ] LobstaQ
I suggest a picnic at CGAS Cape Cod. Sit under the HU-16E static display
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*Sent:* Thursday, September 01, 2005 8:17 PM
*Subject:* [MBZ] LobstaQ
I suggest a picnic at CGAS Cape Cod. Sit under the HU-16E static display
and drink a toast to me, who put so many hundreds of hours inside that
particular airframe.
And then drink another
Nuttin like fringe benefits ay? Mike
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From: LT Don
To: Mercedes mailing list
Sent: Thursday, September 01, 2005 10:38 PM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] LobstaQ
No ... if memory serves, it was pretty slow bit did smell a whole lot like an
HH-3F.
On 9/1/05
At the time, I drove a Vega and then a 1978 Pinto. Hey, I was a junior
enlisted guy so give me a break.
We were required by NATOPS (as if you don't know what that means) to drain
all of the tanks of their 145 Octane AvGas when we did an annual inspection.
Well, we could drain the tanks into a
At the time, I drove a Vega and then a 1978 Pinto.
Hahahahaha! My dad and I had Pintos which were the fun cars before I moved
WAY up to MB diesels. The first one was a '78 wagon with a primer
orange nose with the rest of the body the normal orange Pinto color. You
ain't gonna buy
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Well, for $200 4 years ago, we couldn't pass it up! That lead to a $500
Mercury Bobcat, another $100 parts car and a nice $1000 1980 Pinto wagon
with 80K original miles. Looking back, it was kind of like buying a nice
240D with 300K on it. We sold them wen I found the
Oh man, I was hoping I read that right. Guess I shouldn't be embarresed to say
I owned a Vega. Seem to recall though there was one very desirable model called
the cosworth vega. Ah yes, the ford trilogy of geek mobiles the pinto
Steve MacSween [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
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Harry M.) wrote:
Seem to recall though there was one very desirable model called the cosworth
vega.
Expensive anyway. 16 valve heads were pretty exotic things in 1975.
Seems like it had no bottom end torque, but could really rev.
My editor has a Cosworth Vega - there is a sizeable
Cosworth Vega following. I think only 4,000 or so were
made over two years.
CM
--- Harry M.) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Oh man, I was hoping I read that right. Guess I
shouldn't be embarresed to say I owned a Vega. Seem
to recall though
yep and electronic fuel injection.
CM
--- Mitch Haley [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Harry M.) wrote:
Seem to recall though there was one very desirable
model called the cosworth vega.
Expensive anyway. 16 valve heads were pretty exotic
things in 1975.
Seems like it had no bottom end
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Sent: Friday, September 02, 2005 8:40 AM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] LobstaQ
Oh man, I was hoping I read that right. Guess I shouldn't be embarresed to
say I owned a Vega. Seem to recall though there was one very desirable model
called the cosworth vega. Ah yes, the ford trilogy of geek
: Re: [MBZ] LobstaQ
Oh man, I was hoping I read that right. Guess I shouldn't be embarresed to
say I owned a Vega. Seem to recall though there was one very desirable
model
called the cosworth vega. Ah yes, the ford trilogy of geek mobiles the
pinto
Steve MacSween [EMAIL PROTECTED
To: Mercedes mailing list
Subject: [MBZ] LobstaQ
I suggest a picnic at CGAS Cape Cod. Sit under the HU-16E static display and
drink a toast to me, who put so many hundreds of hours inside that particular
airframe.
And then drink another toast to Darrell Barfield, the Coast Guard aircraft
mechanic
, 2005 9:50 PM
To: Mercedes mailing list
Subject: Re: [MBZ] LobstaQ
At the time, I drove a Vega and then a 1978 Pinto. Hey, I was a junior
enlisted guy so give me a break.
We were required by NATOPS (as if you don't know what that means) to drain all
of the tanks of their 145 Octane AvGas when
Yep, mid- to late-1970s.
On 9/2/05, Potter, Tom E [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
JP-5? That really dates us Don. I think they are up to JP-8 now.
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1977 240D
1972 Honda CB-500K motorcycle
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On Fri, Sep 02, 2005 at 12:56:20AM -0400, Steve MacSween wrote:
OMG, I seem to recall they were evil little cars on the road, tho. At least
the Vega had some semblance of road manners, albeit crude ones (though
someone told me later the sportier models were respectable on twisty roads).
Vega
must be something in the Vega that gets you on the path to diesel Benz
within a decade or so. I had a 72 Vega I got dirt cheap. Drove it
until the doors would no longer stay closed. That was a fun car to
deliver pizza in when you took a corner. Great for taking out peds on
the corners
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