Ive been floating round here for ages not posting much, so Id better put some pics up of the Viva. Plans are to restore the shell, escort back axle (easy to get an LSD), C20XE with R1 carbs and megajolt, type 9 gearbox and whatever else comes up along the way...
Superbe car fella, love classic Vauxhalls. Should be great with a carb'd XE in there.
Roll on Billing 2012 the dodgems are coming!!
looking good keep up the work
cheers guys, heres a few pics of the last viva I built, same engine Im putting in the HB.I regretted selling this as soon as it was gone! If the HB drives as well as this Ill be a happy chappy!!
theres a restored sky blue one rallied up around here and it looks the nuts
we must get some car stickers made:
'Gordon scrap this u gonad'
loosing weight is the only modification for fellow fat bst'rds
super projects keep us updated
The peacock blue HB in Edinburgh? I built that one aswell....Heres when it was mine.....
Man you got some talent! Going to keep this one?
They're there, in their room.
Yup, keeping this one. say that every time though!!!
Seriously though, I cant butcher every viva. Someone else needs a go...
Scott
I particularly like HB Vivas.
They're there, in their room.
Dude they are both very cool .. the green one is totally excellent .
I remember my Grandad taking me to the hospital in his bronze Viva - MOO 157P .
Cut my head open and needed stitches and stuff .
I canny invest in ya and for that reason , I'm oot .
What is one like that green one actually worth ? it's hugely cosmic .
I canny invest in ya and for that reason , I'm oot .
I love the engine bay on the green one, awesome work dude!
I'm louder than gods own revolver and twice as shiney.
i have never seen the blue one in edinburgh,any idea what end of town it`s in and i`ll have a gander,grew up with my dad having viva`s.
i hate the world
specks, Im not sure where it is now, I think the guy took the engine out so its probably tucked away in a garage somwhere...
got a bit more done to the Viva, started to repair the hinge panel. It had 2 patches over it and then a layer of fiberglass....awsome repair.
cut it all out and put in some new steel. Still got the reinforcement plate to make for the back but thats the hard bit done. Ive still got to repair the front bit around the headlight but I need a repair panel for that as its a bit much to bash out os flat steel!!!
Mate of mine has 3 or 4 HB's i think one real sleeper with Rover V8 looks mint, keep the updates coming.
good manshipwork!! Excellent cars man!!
if it wasn't for the earth , there wouldn't be any universe, mother earth gave birth to all the creation! and without the earths gravitational pull, the sun and the moon would have long gone adrift!
great cars looking forward to seeing your progress
This is my kind of project, looking forward to seeing it evolve.
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Subscribed! This is gonna be abuild.
I'm gonna run R1s on megajolt (eventually!). What was the spec of the engine? Any chance of sending me your map? lmao
im gonna keep my eyes peeled for the blue one,maybe it`s a summer use only car for the guy.
wish i had time and patience to build one myself.
i hate the world
lovely
that green one's engine bay - oooff
78 Kadett C 2.0 8v turbo
those others you have built are fastastic looking cars! looking forward to seeing this one progress.
pardon my ignorance but what does HB stand for? going by the pics id guess it means high back or something, but would like to know.
facking hell that green one was awesome. going to be watching this on
I've fixed this for you. Benn
Not trying to hijack this thread but it has awakened a long lost memory of how we had in our household this Vauxhall Viva HA, I remember how we had to really push it to get it going as it had no bigger than 1100 cc engine if i can recall correctly oterwise it was just under a thousand cc.
and here is another image of it obtained from google images
and also had a Vauxhall Victor 101, which was aparently the worst car we had ever owned, but still it has brought some menories from the late 60sand early 70s
you can say i am a bona fide Vauxhall fan!!
if it wasn't for the earth , there wouldn't be any universe, mother earth gave birth to all the creation! and without the earths gravitational pull, the sun and the moon would have long gone adrift!
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