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Member ID: bugdewde

Location: East Tennessee, TN

Vehicle Info

1972 Chevrolet Vega

Bragging Rights

  • 1/4 Mile0 sec @ -1 mph
  • 0-600sec
  • Top Speed-1mph
  • HP-1
  • Weight-1lbs

Major Upgrades

  • turbo
  • nitrous
  • bore increase
  • port and polish
  • supercharger
  • extrude honed
  • stroke increase
  • engine swap

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    • Currently 3.0/5 Stars.

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Dwight’s Chevrolet Vega

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Here's the Pontiac Astre conversion parts I've acquired so far.
The '73 Canadian-only offered Astre specific parts are:
-Split front grille
-Black tail light bezels (the tail light lenses themselves only have one inner chrome ring... the Vega's have 2 chromed rings... one one the outer ridge as well as the inner ridge.)

bugdewde's 1972 Chevrolet Vega This is a quite rare piece. It's a one year specific item. It's a grille from a Canadian-only '73 Pontiac Astre(Vega clone). Most all Pontiacs are known for their split grille design.. which is carried over with the Astre.
The Astre wasn't offered in the US until '75 (using the '74-'77 later body style Vega as the base platform).
BUT... GM Canada offered the Astre in '73, which uses the early '71-'73 Vega body style(my favorite style). This grille has a body colored center piece that creates the split grille Pontiac design.... and the mesh is a bit tigher than the Vega grille.
bugdewde's 1972 Chevrolet Vega
bugdewde's 1972 Chevrolet Vega

Here's the black tail light bezels. They are metal.
Left Bezel and lense.
bugdewde's 1972 Chevrolet Vega
Right Bezel and lense.
bugdewde's 1972 Chevrolet Vega
Backside

bugdewde's 1972 Chevrolet Vega


Lenses.... notice the lack of chrome ring on the outer ridge like the Vega's have.
bugdewde's 1972 Chevrolet Vegabugdewde's 1972 Chevrolet Vega

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97cavie24ls  

Posted by: 97cavie24ls

10/17/2009 03:21PM

love the 73 astre parts

AudiobahnV8SHO  

Posted by: AudiobahnV8SHO

02/17/2009 07:08PM

Sweet man. neat little car, love the engine choice.

1988montecarloss  

Posted by: 1988montecarloss

02/16/2009 10:42AM

cool vega. i really like that astre grill. the 215 swap is pretty awesome too. 5 stars

madchiwawa  

Posted by: madchiwawa

01/27/2008 10:53AM

cool project im assuming you know of D&D fabrication they have been making this vega 215 convertion for many many years. im putting a 215 in a datsun 510... hay!!!! kennady makes an adapter to put one in the bajha :)

72Vega_91S-10  

Posted by: 72Vega_91S-10

09/15/2007 05:34PM

LOOKS LIKE YOU HAVE SOME WORK FOR YOURSELF, KEEP IT UP, ABOUT TO RESTORE MY 72 VEGA I GOT, BUT HAVE TO FINISH MY OTHER PROJECT FIRST, CANT WHAT TO TAKE IT APART

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Vehicle Owner

Member ID: bugdewde

Location: East Tennessee, TN