I had one! We got a '71 GT hatchback when it was a few years old, passed it around extended family, then I got it back after I turned 16. My dad had already replaced its engine (himself) after finding out the hard way how easily that aluminum-block engine would overheat.
It served me well; it wouldn’t go more than 65mph (or, whatever rpm that was) without the oil light coming on. (Which was probably just as well, for me.) Though by the time I got rid of it, the oil light would come on at around 50.
But I’d take another Vega over the Laser I replaced it with…
