Buckskin 65

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0014
Sun Jan 06 2013 05:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
According to a January 6, 2013 email, D. Button wrote: Back in the day I worked at a Chevy dealer and
was the main technician for Vegas, rebuilt a ton of engines! and was sent to Cosworth training so I have
the training books and special tools that were sent to the dealer. I would like to sell them to someone
who can use them. Is there a way for me to list the items for sale without joining? By the way at the
training we worked on car #14 and my dealer sold car #234, this one sat in the showroom for over 2
years, I always wondered if they are still out there?
Sun Jan 06 2013
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Wed Apr 17 2024 04:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
I have a friend that has car #19 according to tag on the dash. It has been sitting for 20 years. It’s complete and in decent shape. What would it be worth? I know pics are needed to be close but just a ball park. Thanks
He’s had it forever and thinks it’s not worth anything and has talked about putting a 350 in it. I hate to see it destroyed that’s why I’m asking would like to see someone that is into these cars buy and restore it
Listed On Facebook on 4-16-2024. By a Steven Hill in Georgia
Wed Apr 17 2024
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Thu Feb 14 2002 05:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Has #46 EFI sticker on it. Black, naturally, located in NJ. Vinyl, swingouts, posi. The whole car is there.
The body is solid, the interior is still good, but the outside is rough.
Made it to eBay in February of 2002 from Egg Harbor Twp. near Philadelphia. You are bidding on a 1975
Vega Cosworth # 0022 very rare the lowest # I’ve seen. This call came from Texas. The body is sound. It
has a lot of surface rust. but no holes. The hood got dented up but I have a very good hood for it. I was
going to redo it but could not find much info on it. The car ran when I got it but I have not had it running
in about 6 months. This car is #22 off the production line for 1975. The interior is new and in good
shape, the body has only surface rust as you can see from the pictures. A parts car also will go with the
sale that has a lot of good parts. I was told the engine and trans on the parts car are in good shape. The
VIN is 1V77E5U190682.
Thu Feb 14 2002
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Thu Nov 13 2003 05:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
November, 2003. Offered for sale by Mike Pratt, formerly of Ohio, but now living in Santa Ana, CA. It is
a black/black vinyl car stored inside for its entire life. It has very low miles, having been seldom driven
since his marriage in 1977. 714 558‐1055. gasmixer@pacbell.net
VIN‐ 190775 Black/ Black vinyl
Thu Nov 13 2003
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Sun Aug 31 1980 04:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
According to an August 31, 1980 letter to Richard L. Pracht, the owner of this car, Lee Penn (Cincinnati,
OH, 513‐232‐7761), had the EFI checked by the dealership, but the problem turned out to be badly
fouled plugs. He wanted to sell the car for $2300. In the accompanying description he wrote: Basic
Description: Black with gold stripes, black fabric interior, rear defroster/defogger option. New Michelin
radials 165SR13's. AM/FM radio and tape deck installed by former owner. I do not think the latter is
original.
Sun Aug 31 1980
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Thu Sep 15 1977 04:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
I purchased this car second hand with less than 10,000 miles on it in the Fall of 1977
from a dealership and have driven it daily until the summer of this year. It is currently garaged.
Mechanical Condition: The car now uses about 1 quart of oil every 500 miles. There has been no
change in this since I purchased it except for an oil leak which required thepulling of the head to fix. The
cam carrier and head were milled so that they would mate properly. A washer had been left between
the two surfaces and the carrier was slightly warped. There has been no problem with oil leakage since.
At one point I thought that I washaving a fuel injection problem. I finally had the car examined using
the test unit. There is no fuel injection problem. A new set of plugs had the car running well again.
They still tested the fuel injection and found no problems. In my lack of knowledge, I did not have the
fast idle valve or the air pulse tubes reinstalled then the head was pulled. The car has been run without
them for less than 1000 miles and not hard running either. All the parts are available and should be
installed by whomever purchases the car. Body/Paint Condition: The car was rustproofed when
purchased as evidenced by the presence of plugs in the door frame and elsewhere, plus the tar like
coating to be od8und everywhere underneath. As a result, there are no rusted through spots on the
body although there are places where the paint has peeled and surface rust is present. The car was
washed thoroughly before being garaged to arrest further progress. There is a fairly large patch on the
left rear bottom of the quarter panel behind the exhaust pipe exit. There is also one very spall spot on
the lower left windshield juncture. The paint is in good shape on the right side. The left front fender
shows a slight amount of primer bleed through and the rear deck has some amount of crazing, as does
the roof. Personally I have enjoyed owning and operating this car. I no longer have time to maintain it
as it should be. I would hope someone who has interest to work with this car and enjoy it will contact
me concerning its purchase.
Thu Sep 15 1977
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Thu Jan 14 1993 05:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
I own CV #0025 that I bought from Tim in 1/93. Rich Vegagtman.
Well, #0025 made a nice 600 mile round trip. The speedo is a bit off but I tached between 4‐5K most of
the time. The car drives very well and the engine actually seems very happy at the cruising speed. I
averaged about 25‐ 27MPG. When I did stop, I noticed a small amount of oil under the Weber intake. I
tightened all clamps but still there was some oil when I arrived. My folk’s neighbor is a mechanic and
told me how the Webers tend to spit at high speeds. I took off the air cleaner assembly and there was
oil in there so I cleaned it all up and made better time and mileage going home. This engine does like to
be driven at high RPMs. I had the A/c on and off but really noticed no difference. The amount of oil
used was 1/3‐1/2 quart. I sure I would have broken 30MPG if I went 65MPH, but 4500 RPM was much
more fun 5k even better. I lost cars in the curves. So At 49,500 miles the car is still running strong.
Never a hint of a problem. I do think that I need a new muffler. Thanks Guys Rich # 0025.
Rich: Weber's don't spit oil, just gas, and usually at idle not under power. What you are experiencing is
the crankcase pressure, caused by excessive blow by, pushing oil up the crankcase vent tube and into
the air cleaner assembly. Tim
Tim: Can you simplify this a bit? Is it possible it was due to too much oil being added at Jiffy Lube? I may
have topped her off a bit too much as well. I heard that low oil can really kill your Vega motor. I
thought a little extra would be ok. The car does not blow any black smoke on startup or acceleration.
You guys talk way over my head sometimes, but I have learned a great deal. Thanks. Rich.
Rich: Blow‐by is combustion gases leaking by the piston rings into the crankcase instead of exiting
through the exhaust. Blow by is present in all engines even new ones that's why there are Positive
Crankcase Ventilation (PVC) systems on engines. As an engine ages, blowby increases as a result of
wear. Duke has mentioned the problem with too much crankcase pressure forcing a small amount of oil
up the crankcase breather tube and into the air cleaner assembly. The same problem exists in Weber
equipped Cosworths. Regarding over filling, you should NEVER overfill the engine oil, Duke could better
explain what happens. Overfilling the crankcase with oil can increase the amount of oil forced up the
vent tube. The Cosworth has been know to burn a little oil (too much for my liking) primarily because
the exhaust valves had no seals causing oil to leak down the valve stems and sucked into the exhaust
system and cylinder [I respectfully disagree—the primary cause is excessive clearance in the valve
guides. Ed.] I think I have confused myself enough for now. Tim
Tim: One of the reasons not to overfill an engine with oil is to avoid aeration. The spinning crank on
some overfilled engines will whip the oil into a froth, sapping horsepower but, more importantly in
extreme cases, resulting in oil starvation as the oil pump pumps frothy oil or just froth rather than oil.
Air doesn't lubricate as well as oil. Beware. As for the blow by, we just removed the crank and pistons
from an engine. The compression and second ring on one piston were carboned in place in the ring
lands. Have you encountered this much, do you know or suspect why it occurs, and how much does it
affect compression (I didn't do a check before I dismantled the engine)? I pulled the top ring off another
piston, and squared it in the bore. End gap was about .031". What is the stock spec? Are gapless rings
preferable and worth the additional price? Mark
The CV PCV system is poorly designed. Crankcase windage and dynamic chassis loading forces oil up the
PCV fresh air line in the crankcase into the air cleaner, and some oil is pulled past the PCV valve. My PCV
system now consists of just venting the cam carrier (with a liquid trap) to the air cleaner through air
cleaner nipple that formerly supplied crankcase fresh air. The crankcase fresh air tube is now plugged.
This system does not have a valve and none is needed on a EFI engine. Many modern EFI engines have
similarly designed PCV systems. A carbureted engine needs some kind of anti‐backflow device to
prevent an inlet backfire from propagating to the crankcase, and this is built into PCV valves. An EFI
engine does not need an anti‐backfire device or flame arrestor because the flame cannot propagate far
enough up through the inlet system to reach the PCV line and migrate to the crankcase. You can design
a PCV system without a valve for a carbureted engine, but you must have a surefire flame arrestor to
guarantee that a backfire won't propagate to the crankcase and cause an explosion. I've run my
crankcase oil level up to a quart overfull with this new PCV system with no problems, but if you overfill
with the production PCV system it will just push more oil up the crankcase fresh air line from crankcase
windage and cornering. Overfilling the pan was a trick that Corvette racers learned back in the fifties.
Duke
Thank you Doctor. I thought my motor was going bad. I was reading up about these spouts. I am
always stopped and asked about my car. People can't believe that it’s a 75. I am going to sell Fiero # 2
to try to buy Vega # (well I know it won't be #3449). But they really do like to be driven fast. My next CV
will have the EFI. I just hope that it is as reliable as the Webers have been. Much less wind noise thanks
to the new rear window swing out rubber seals. Only broke one window doing that project. Thanks to
both Duke and Tim
I’m planning to have the Cosworth repainted with a good prepping to celebrate 10 years of ownership in
Jan/03, (Thanks Tim). With the help of the CVOA guides I hope to get the best paint job for the car. I did
have it painted 4‐5 years ago at Maaco and it still looks good but there are some small spider cracks and
a bit of rust below the right taillight (underneath where the gold stripe passes now) and on the bottom
side of the passenger door. The rust is quite minor given the cars age and compared to how I remember
the "Early" Vegas up on Long Island after a few winters. I just plan on having that project completed
within the next six months. First the driver’s seat is being re‐done with what I believe is an exact match
of the black perforated vinyl and black vinyl for the back area. Thanks Guys. Rich, CV#0025 ‐52k miles.
Still shaken by the thought of doing this but I have made up my mind. I have been the happy owner of #
0025 since 1/93. With 52K, the engine runs great. I had the 18 month coolant flush and what you see
compared to just changing the antifreeze is amazing. My plan is to sell # 0025 minus the A/C since I plan
to use the 76 very often. The 76 is a 4‐speed with low mileage and has all the documentation. Still I’m
worried about it. Should I keep the FI, since the Webers have been trouble free? Rich
VIN ‐190986 Black/ Black vinyl
Thu Jan 14 1993
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Fri Apr 19 2024 04:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
1975 Chevy Cosworth Vega. Number 27th of the line in 1975. All original paint, engine, transmission, and interior . 16,471 original miles. It has been garaged since 1993. Very good to mint original condition. It starts and runs. Never been rusted or wrecked and has no noticeable damage. Beautiful limited run car with low mileage.
Listed for sale on Facebook Marketplace in Dayton, OH by a Cody Shiveley on 4-18-2024. Asking $25,000
Fri Apr 19 2024
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Sun Oct 02 2005 04:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
According to a meeting sign‐in sheet of the Northern Ohio Twincammers, probably circa 1980, this car
was owned by Jay Krasne of 32380 Tracy Lane, Solon, OH, 44139.
Did anyone notice this San Antonio car go up for sale a couple days ago? $1500 is not a bad price ‐
especially considering the extras given with the car. Check it out:
http://adcache.collectorcartraderonline.com/10/2/5/1909525.htm :
1975 CHEVROLET COSWORTH VEGA, 1975 Cosworth Vega #0030: 67,166 original miles with 1,000 miles
on engine rebuild with steel sleeves and Arias pistons, rebuilt trans with new synchros, Hutton Weber
carb setup, air conditioning, dealer installed Skytrends sunroof, swingout rear windows, Pontiac Astre
rear spoiler, front and rear sway bars from 1978 V‐8 Monza Spider, complete original engine, complete
stripe set, complete factory tool set with manuals, large valve shim assortment, six original wheels. Has
been garage kept for 6 years, runs, but not driven. Has original paint with some light surface rust, but
no rust‐through. Contact 210 509‐4108.
Ken: I looked at the car over the summer. I have known the owner for about 8 years. It is Cosworth
Vega #0030. The Skytrends roof is junk and needs to be replaced. There is a large dent behind the left
rear wheel from being shipped to England (the owner is in the Air Force) and a smaller dent behind the
right rear wheel from being shipped back. The paint on the upper surfaces is in very bad condition and
would need to be stripped before painting. However, it is an excellent restoration project with
numerous spare parts to complete the job at a very good price. If my wife and daughter had not given
the thumbs down (read as: you will be sleeping in the garage), I would have bought the car. Tim
Any interior water damage from the sunroof, or bad rust in the roof? JD
Sun Oct 02 2005
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Thu Jun 14 2012 04:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Offered again in June of 2012 out of Imlay City, Michigan. The ad reads simply, "1975 Chevrolet Vega
Cosworth car #31 a very nice car with one repaint this past winter (bace coat clear coat).NOS stripe kit
runs and drives great. Gold anodised bumpers done when the car was new by the original owner. Very
nice interior nice wheels. If you are looking at this add you know how rare these are with only 2061 built
in 1975 with the total two year production of 3508 ever built. It is ready to enjoy. For more info and
honest description please call (810) 790‐1812. Thanks Mike McFarland"
VIN – 191248 Black/ black vinyl
Thu Jun 14 2012
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Thu Feb 16 2012 05:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
This is the Cosworth with the gold anodized bumpers! See photos in the Photo Registry.
Offered for sale in February of 2012. Up for your bidding / buying consideration is this very nice 1975
Chevrolet Vega Cosworth car # 0031.I will describe it as accurately as possible but please ask any
questions you may have prior to bidding and as always, your or a second party inspection is welcomed
and encouraged. I have been working on this car all winter, it had very little rust when purchased so the
whole car was striped to bare metal, repaired the minor( with metal) rust spots, primed, sealed, then
painted in base coat clear coat, wet sanded and buffed to a beautiful shine. The Interior is original and
very nice as you can see in the pictures. It has a small crack in the dash pad not bad but it is cracked. It
has new Mastercraft radial tires with correctly restored wheels on it also. #0031 runs and drives very
well with no known problems. I have done this car with intentions on keeping it but other cars are
waiting to get done so I have decided to sell the Cosworth. It has the original Delco am/fm radio in it so
nothing has been cut up. As of now, the gas gauge is not working. I will try to look at it but assume you
are buying it non working. I have owned many collector cars and still do. I am a collector/ classic car
dealer and enthusiast. Many people have bought cars from me in person and on line no one has ever
said I misrepresented anything so you can bid with confidence (please see my feedback)Also I should
add the glass is all good but does have minor scratching. When the car was painted I used NOS stripes
and decals for the car, not reproductions, and the new owner will get the empty boxes if they want.
Michigan residents will be required to pay for title taxes and plate fees. I truly believe the new owner
will be very pleased. Mike McFarland (810) 790‐1812. Also I am not happy with the pictures at all they
do not do this car justice if you need more I will get them to you.
Thu Feb 16 2012
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Thu Feb 12 2004 05:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Listed for sale on the CVOA website in February of 2004 as follows: Almost perfect 1975 Cosworth Vega,
all factory, all original, 55,xxx pampered miles, always garaged. Runs great. Will deliver anywhere for $1
per mile. $4000 firm. Any questions, please contact me at jimrat@iowatelecom.net, or evenings at
(641) 933‐4881. Serious inquires only.
Thu Feb 12 2004
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Wed Jan 15 2003 05:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Listed for sale in January of 2003 by Jon Abrahamsen of Omaha, Nebraska. His e‐mail address is
jon.abrahamsen@dyess.af.mil and his telephone number is (402) 216‐8876. This car is advertised as
having only 16,000 miles and as being in perfect condition. It is also listed as having a black/gold
interior.
Wed Jan 15 2003
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