BangShift reader Ron Ward tipped us off to this really interesting Craigslist Ad from the Kansas City area. This 1971 Vega looks all the world like an old school drag car from the early 1970s at first glance. Once you start looking at the details though, the picture changes. This car was an ISCA-type show car rather than a racer. According to the ad, it has been in storage for 37 years and is just now seeing the light of day again.
The engine is a small block Chevy mill that is supercharged and alcohol burning. Because this was a show car we’re not 100% sure the blower has any guts in it or if the engine runs. It would obviously need to be pulled apart for inspection (at minimum) after sitting for nearly four decades. The car looks to be in pretty immaculate shape with the paint and interior seeming to be dusty but pretty well preserved.
If we were buying this thing, the brakes and driveline would get a clean up, we’d get it running to make a couple of eighth mile squirts at the track and then get it back on the show circuit. There are LOTS of horrendous old show cars from the 1970s that are sitting in basements and shops which should remain in slumber forever. This ain’t one of them!
Scroll down to see photos and the ad link for the War Wagon 1971 Vega Wagon show car!
CL AD LINK: THE WAR WAGON 1971 VEGA WAGON SHOW CAR
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