IN MAY 1973, CHEVROLET PRODUCED THE ONE MILLIONTH VEGA. A MILLION BUILT IN ONLY THREE MODEL YEARS! CHEVROLET CHOSE A GT COUPE FEATURING A BRIGHT ORANGE EXTERIOR WITH WHITE SPORT STRIPES, A NEUTRAL CUSTOM VINYL INTERIOR INCLUDING EXCLUSIVE VINYL DOOR PANELS, ORANGE ACCENT COLOR CARPETING, AND MILLIONTH VEGA DOOR HANDLE ACCENTS TO SHOWCASE THE MILESTONE CAR. 

CHEVROLET WAS SO SMITTEN WITH IT, THEY OFFERED A LIMITED EDITION OF 6500 "MILLIONTH VEGAS" (OPTION ZM5) BUILT AT THE RATE OF 10 CARS PER HOUR FROM MAY THROUGH JULY 1973. (TOTAL VEGA PRODUCTION WAS OVER 100 CARS PER HOUR BY 1973 AT THE LORDSTOWN OHIO ASSEMBLY PLANT) THE LIMITED EDITION VEGAS WERE ALL PRODUCED WITH THE SAME COLOR COMBINATION (NOT AVAILABLE ON OTHER VEGA MODELS) BUT DID OFFER ANY TRANSMISSION AND ADDITIONAL (RPO) REGULAR PRODUCTION OPTIONS NOT IN CONFLICT WITH THE ZM5 PACKAGE, INCLUDING AIR CONDITIONING, TINTED GLASS, SWING-OUT REAR SIDE WINDOWS, ELECTO-CLEAR REAR DEFROSTER, AM AND AM/FM RADIOS, BUMPER GUARDS, AND NEW VINYL-INSERT BODY SIDE MOLDINGS. 

THE BRIGHT ORANGE DESPERSION LACQUER PAINT WAS OFFERED AS A REGULAR PRODUCTION COLOR THE FOLLOWING YEAR ONLY, ON THE FACELIFTED '74 VEGA MODELS. THE NEW VINYL DOOR PANELS BECAME PART OF THE CUSTOM INTERIOR OPTION FROM '74 ON. 

MILLIONTH VEGA OPTION CODE ZM5 $497. INCLUDES - GT PACKAGE, POWER STEERING, BRIGHT ORANGE EXTERIOR, WHITE SPORT STRIPES, NEUTRAL CUSTOM VINYL INTERIOR, ORANGE ACCENT COLOR CARPETING AND MILLIONTH VEGA DOOR HANDLE ACCENTS.

RARE CHEVROLET MERCHANDIZING FOLDER SCANNED ABOVE.

                  2009 A.A.C.A. REGIONAL MEET..AFTER THE SHOW.. A VISIT TO GRUMMAN 

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