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A few months ago my better half brought home an old, worn, faded orange car that I swore was a Pinto. And I insisted that I knew it was a Pinto because when I was young my parents drove from El Paso to Denver in a red one, in July, and guess who got to ride in the back seat? But, despite my skepticism, he proved that it was indeed an Cosworth Vega - one of only about 1400 made in 1976, and on top of that, orange was it’s original color, and there were only about 80-90 made of those! Check out the Cosworth Vega Owner’s Association to learn more about his pretty cool little car - you’ll even find Dolorian’s named dropped here and there …
After a lot of elbow grease, …and a glovebox, and shift boot, and center console…it was ready for it’s first carshow - the 2006 HarvestFest. Most people had no idea what they were looking at, and passed it by. (Like I did when he brought it home), even though we had printed all kinds of great information. But a few did know how cool the Cosworth engine was, and it was fun listening to Brian talk to them. It’s got the original gold rims, 8-track radio, and dash plate #2790. He’s going to be putting up a web site dedicated to the restoration of this car, and I’ll link to it when it’s up. It really is pretty neat.

Check out the full-size picture… that’s a second-place trophy sitting proudly at it’s side…booyah!!!