The 340 is the biggest POS V8 Chrysler ever made.

famous bob said

those were throw away cars, about 60,000 miles and they were junk, in most cases. The vega sure made a good hotrod w/ a big sbc engine tho.

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Thats about all they were good for. Drag cars or tin cans. They were so bad engine wise that junkyards had erected signs by the mid to late 70s saying NO chevy vegas. Nobody wanted em not even the junk yards when they started to break down lol. The sucky part was that was a car designed by committee. Nobody inside GM really wanted it. It was a corporate committe design thrown at chevrolet when they had their own idea already on the drawing board. Told to scrap their idea, and build this one. At that point nobodys heart was really in it. Because of this honestly the Vega really didnt have a chance.

They did ship them pretty uniquely by rail. Southern Pacific designed rail cars called vertipak cars. I think you could fit 30 vegas into one of them. Cars were transported nose down *** end up on the vertipaks 15 on each side. This meant their length had to be kept to a mimimum so the rail cars could clear tunnels.