Chevrolet Vega and the Vert a Pac system

carchaeologist

Does anyone know of any Vegas in Ireland. These were built from 1970 to 1977.

What got me thinking is that i was reading up about the 'Vert a Pac' railcarraige system of transport that they used, 30 cars vertically as opposed to 18 cars in a normal carriage. Each car was fitted with four removable, cast-steel sockets into the undercarriage. Plastic spacers were wedged in beside the powertrain to prevent damage to engine and transmission mounts and were removed when the cars were unloaded. The rail car ramp/doors were opened and closed via forklift.
Chevrolet conducted vibration and low-speed crash tests to ensure the suspended, nose-down cars would not shift or incur damage in railroad collisions.
Chevrolet's goal was to deliver cars topped with fluids and ready to drive to the dealership. To do this, engineers had to design an engine oil baffle to prevent oil from entering the No. 1 cylinder; Batteries had filler caps located high up on the rear edge of the battery case to prevent acid spilling; the carburetor float bowl had a tube that drained gasoline into the vapor canister during shipment, and the windshield washer bottle stood at a 45 degree angle. Alot of hassle to go to to transport more cars per carriage.




I quite like the look of the Wagon and Panel van.

Kevin_Herron

There were several Vegas in Ireland. A friend of mine owned a green one- OZM201.
It was a '71 car imported in '74.

Max_Damage

There was a UK reg one on Donedeal a while back, in rather rough condition.

Big Nasty

Max_Damage wrote: »

There was a UK reg one on Donedeal a while back, in rather rough condition.

One of our lads bought that as a resto project - haven't seen it in the flesh yet myself.

Bigus

G Luxel

I saw one in Galway about 20 years ago, was a pastel green colour,,like this:D, must have been on irish plates.....There was a yellow Ford Pinto in the same area too.....Looking at the pictures, it looks very Camaro at the front but the rest of the car looks like a large Opel Kadett C....

G Luxel

Bigus wrote: »

are they cadillacs in the top corner.....looks like the rear of Fleetwood/Devilles?