This RARE V8 Economy Car DESTROYED Everyone - The Motion Vega

I still own a 1974 Vega GT with a 68 L79 327 (now 331 cu in) and a T5 5-speed

I have owned my 1971 Baldwin Motion Camaro for the past 42 years. Absolutely a beast, I have 2 nephews chewing a bit to get it.

Put a 409 chev in a Vega in 83 still have it. It ran 10.02 at Gainesville regularly.😊

Back in 1980, my buddy put a 327/325 hp engine in a 1975 Vega wagon. rear end out of a V8 Monza and a Muncie 4 spd tranny. I believe it had 373 gears. No hood scoop or big tires. Looked totally stock. My dad at the time had a 1969 GTO with a 400 ram air IV 4spd car and this little Vega would be neck and neck with my dad's car at the drags and sometimes came out on top. Really pissed off the old man and my bud who built this car was 17 at the time.

There was a guy down the street who had one when I was a kid. He use to rip down the road... wheels 3 feet in the freaking air. It had wheelie bars. Craziest thing I've ever seen.

Motion never failed to amaze and you're doing a good job at showing what was available back in the day when everyone wanted to be "King of the Connecting Hiway".

Vegas, Pintos, and Gremlins. Those kind of engine swaps were fun to do. It would be nice to go back in time, the 70's and Woodward Ave, summer nights in Detroit. Great video, thanks for the memories!

In the early 80s, I ran a 1969 340 W2 head Dart Swinger at Indpls Rainway (no typo) Park, high 11 sec car on street tyres. A failed oil pump windowed the block. It was replaced with a 1977 Vega with a Chev 302 roller motor with a tunnel ram & a pair of Holley 600CFM DP. Tube front chassis, subframes out to the back & 4 link. It was too heavy but still turned low 11s. Absolutely savage streetfighter.

My friend had a 68' Sport Satellite with a Road Runner 383 and a 4spd, the 8 3/4 rear had 3.55's with a SureGrip limited slip. The car was pretty quick We were driving up Rt. 23 in Wayne, NJ back in the mid 70's doing about 60 or so when he says there was a Vega gaining on us. He laughed and said something about "showing this little Vega something" and he nailed the throttle. Well the "little Vega" went by us like we were standing still. The Motion paint scheme with the radiator hanging down by the front valance was all I needed to see. I explained real quick he just got smoked by a Motion Performance Vega.

Back in 75 I had a Pinto with a 289 v8 and my best friend had a Vega with a 350! He beat my ass every time we ran! My 289 ran really good but just couldn’t compete with the Chevy 350! That was just a whole lot more motor! But we had tons of fun! Times are different today!

I have sitting in my garage right now a 73 Vega with an Aluminum 215 V8 in it , the thing is a beast !

I knew a guy who put a 400 in a a Vega. The original Vega engine used to warp and leaked oil like a sieve from the head gaskets.

I had two Vegas back in the day. A yellow 72 Vega that was stock and an Orange 71 GT with a 300 HP 327 under hood, a 10 bolt rear with 4:11s and a T350 with a 2200 RPM torque converter. It was fast enough to have fun with. 😉

And I thought they were only rumors. I love my red 72 GT Vega with a 385ci sbc with 2x4 tunnel ram. It was built by Terry Walters Racing and made 480 hp on the engine dyno at Terry Walters Racing Engines. Th350 trans with 12 rear end housing 373s. I've owned this car for 20 yrs and it a blast to drive

Had a 72 vega w a 350 punched out 60 over w a BnM shift kit, 2500 stall, man i wish i still had that car!

I know at least one of these made it to the U.K. because I saw one in Sheffield when I was around 7 or 8 years old (1977-8) I remember it because it reminded me of the Starsky and Hutch Gran Torino which I loved at the time. Can't remember seeing the "Motion" but I can remember it being called a Super Vega. I just thought it was a name someone had put on it, I didn't know that it was actually called that. Always remember it because it sounded so different to the cars we had here at the time. Thanks for bringing back a memory from my childhood.

Had one...... Wish I still had it..... Went into the army left it with my family in L.A. went to Germany for 8 years ( Don't ask ) told them to sell it and I would get the money when I go back...... 1983 went back and was handed $22,000..... For a car I paid almost $8,000 for....... It only had about 2,700 miles on it...... Took the money bought some land up in Gig Harbor WA..... Never thought about till this video..... But it was a good deal in the end as do you know what 5 acres of waterfront land was worth in 2000.....? LOL a lot more then that car could ever be worth today.... went from young and dumb to very well off....... thanks to my Baldwin Vega..... and my family said it was a waste of my money......LOL

Now I want a Vega❤

My very first car was a '71 Chevy Vega. White with black interior. I bought it from a family in Napa for $500. There was a semi-famous guy in town named Roy Onesti. He had a pro-street modded Vega in hugger orange. That car was insane and was the influence (or at least I wished it was) for my car. I drove it with the 4 banger for about 6 months before I decided it was time for an upgrade. I was 18 and worked at the Grand Auto in Napa, so I got a discount on parts. I didn't have a huge amount of money so I had to go with a V6 at the time. I bought a Buick V6 from a guy for $75 complete with transmission. Roy did the swap for me and I drove that car like that for about a year before eating the transmission. I pulled the engine and transmission out of a wrecked Iroc Z and ended up stabbing that in there. I finally had some hurspurs and took it to what was called Sears Point at the time and commenced to driving that car right into the wall. Not a day goes by that I don't wish I still had that car for a new project in the garage with my kid. Vegas are getting harder and harder to find these days.

An Airforce buddy back in the late 1970s put a warmed over 427 V8 in it, and heavy duty trans and rearend. But he didn't reinforce the chassis. When really romping on it, he twisted the chassis, ruining the car. 😮