pbottomley
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If at first you don't succeed, then skydiving isnt for you
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Apr 19, 2008 15:26:45 GMT
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"Its not a bloody Escort" I shouted this morning as the steward at the Ace Cafe told us to park the "escort" over there waggling his finger. We ignored him and parked right in front. Went in for breakfast. (egg and bacon sandwich cuppa tea if you must all know) Anyways I digress:  Once back home I washed off 30 years of dust and Volla, one MK1 GT in very clean good condition bar a few dents and minor welding (I hope).  The interior needs cleaning and one or two odd bits sorting out  Note the last tax disc 1978 :shock:  and the nice engine department (all be seized solid)  Ohhh the sleepless night this one will give me LOL. This is why I needed to sell the HA this week and make room ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D Loads more pictures here www.annteak.com/viva/?page_id=384 |
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Apr 19, 2008 15:49:05 GMT
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WOWZERZ, now that is cuper cool. RESTECP
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Apr 19, 2008 15:58:40 GMT
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waweee what a find, well done
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Apr 19, 2008 16:25:48 GMT
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Stunning!
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B-8-D
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down to one car!!
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Apr 19, 2008 16:30:06 GMT
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that looks really nice love these...
and the ha is great cheers!
si
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1968 Viva GTarthurbrown
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Apr 19, 2008 16:32:13 GMT
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Now that's pretty spesh!  When it's done it will literally urinate all over any nearby "fat-bum-builder-tax" Mk1 Escort. |
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Lopez
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Apr 19, 2008 17:02:37 GMT
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Love the Viva, would definitely have been my classic Vauxhall of choice had I not needed a hatchback.
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Apr 20, 2008 14:16:00 GMT
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Lovely Viva buddy, what are you doing with the engine? I'm sure you have something stashed away to slip in its place??
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carmad
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Apr 20, 2008 15:29:06 GMT
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lmao at the tax disc i am sure the dvla will have a few questions
cracking find mate all the best with it
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pbottomley
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Apr 20, 2008 15:37:21 GMT
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Its not listed with the DVLA as its been off the road since 1978, but I still have the registration retention certificate. It will be fun I am sure doing all the paperwork to re register the car, its never easy working withe DVLA. Engine wise, no idea what to do just yet, It will remain slant four 2 litre to all intetions, albeit filter changes to some nice ones my mate in Norway has promissed me ;D the very ones on his Firenza here. Its been sat 30 years so I am in no rush to try and balls it up, its going to be a slow process to get it up and running |
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carmad
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Apr 20, 2008 16:07:10 GMT
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aww man thats one of them
do i keep it standard with suttle mods ? or do i ?
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pbottomley
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Apr 20, 2008 16:19:38 GMT
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well i think mods might happen, but only in terms of things like electrical arial, better tunes (hidden) and maybe a few engine tweaks
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tigran
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In rust we trust. Amen.
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1968 Viva GTtigran
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Apr 20, 2008 16:32:41 GMT
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Very nice, this will rock when its up and running (even more so than it does now)
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carmad
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Apr 20, 2008 20:06:16 GMT
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should have said TASTEFULL mods
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pbottomley
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Apr 20, 2008 20:24:40 GMT
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one has to have Taste in the first place i think LoL , but i can only think of a few small items I would add... not going slamming, big alooys red top etc before anyone asks  ;D |
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1968 Viva GTDeleted
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Apr 20, 2008 21:12:46 GMT
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looks good. I want to try and get a set of gt gauges and dash for mine as I don't have a single bit of my dash that works how it meant to  ;D |
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stealthstylz
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1968 Viva GTstealthstylz
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Apr 22, 2008 10:27:44 GMT
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Thats gonna be brilliant. What about dropped a couple of inches, chevette hs wheels, a rorty exhaust and a bit of engine tuning.
Matt
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DutyFreeSaviour
Europe
Back For More heartbreak and disappointment.....
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Apr 22, 2008 14:23:31 GMT
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That looks a pearler ...... amazing what a good wash can do for a motor! - Looks to have been well stored, hopefully not gonna surprise you in the sills/floorpan area  Good luck with it - gonna be a peach with such a good ( looks it ) base. ;D |
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Back from the dead..... kind of
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pbottomley
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Apr 22, 2008 18:29:39 GMT
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chevette hs wheels, a rorty exhaust and a bit of engine tuning. Matt HS wheel's don't fit, all VIVA are 4" PDC not 100mm. As for exhaust its a twin pipe system anyways! what more do you want! |
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psl
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Apr 23, 2008 17:29:22 GMT
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;D
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