I still have the original Delco AM/FM stereo radio from my 1979 Chevette, I put in a cassette radio and saved the original when the car was new.

Our family car when i was in High School was a 74 Pinto wagon and then that thing fell apart and we got a diesel rabbit. The diesel rabbit was a great car but as you say, you had to be committed to pull out into traffic or go up a hill.

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We had a bunch of 'em, one of GM's greatest unsung, drive the wheels off cars!
Awesome w/ snow tires also tough mechanically but thin door bottoms/floors/inner fender shock mounts their worst problems here in the rust belt.
We used to retrofit HD Delco starters to them as the nosepieces fit w/ bracket notched for HD length also I remember one jumping the timing belt and roadside repair adding black tape to the idler pulley making it larger to offset stretched belt length and off to the races again!
Last was an '87 Acadian 5-Spd. Coupe Dad got from a Bingo winner for $5500, should've kept that one as it was Rust-Checked from new.
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~ Pete

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When I was a kid I had several Vega's and a V8 Monza.

The Vegas were tortured with peddle to the floor neutral drops but I could not kill them. Rust at the frame (where the lower passenger side control arm was mounted) finally killed each Vega and the Monza too.

Rust never sleeps.

Bought my 71' Vega new at Doc Stewart Chev in Clovis, NM. Separated from the AF and drove it back to Wisconsin. Found a Cortez Silver Yenko Deuce to drive and I gave the Vega to my Dad and he drove the hell out of it ... put 96K miles on it and the only things replaced were the starter and the throwout bearing ... it then went to my brother who dropped a 350 in it. Last I heard it is still on the streets in Green Bay.
IMHO the problems with the Vega where for the most part caused by the loose nut behind the steering column ...

My Factory V-8 Monza Build Sheet.

My favorite video with a Chevette. Not just a Chevette, but a Chevette Scooter.

(we used to refer to them as a "Shove it"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gdabt8Z661o

Back in the 80’s I’ll never forget this, I was getting a set of duals on my car under the table, when this gal pulls up and says her Chevette has been making a noise in front for a while, The owner of the place pops the hood, the top of the strut broke and it beat a huge hole in the wheel well/fender. We were cracking up
My bud Dan at Cincy classics has a mint one for sale, if anyone wants one. Lol