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Jul 17, 2011 20:48:14 GMT
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Only recently joined this site so i thought i would put up a build thread of my HB viva. Its all copied from another site so sorry for now if it doesnt all make sense. So here is my HB Viva Deluxe, Its a 1970 1159cc engine and its not to bad nick but i have plans for it and here is where ill show you it all. Anyway Pics from when i first bought it;     |
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Jul 17, 2011 20:48:48 GMT
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so i picked up my winter wheels from joe and have given them a try on but need some wobbly nuts not bolts now so only just lightly tightened them up tyres have no air in them so not sitting right but still had to try them on  Look better than i was thinking tbh, still will probs paint them gloss black.   |
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Jul 17, 2011 20:49:13 GMT
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Painted 1 wheel today Will paint the others when i sort out dishes for the fronts, gona look at 7" on the front and rears are 8". And will also paint the center rings some time aswell so i can get them all together. I'm happy with the way its looking at the moment;  |
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Jul 17, 2011 20:49:38 GMT
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Jul 17, 2011 20:50:18 GMT
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Left work early today to pop over to the local avo to pick up these    they fully adjustable dampening so should be good to get nice and low but super hard Gona fit them and chop the springs to see how much i can lower it with out any problems and then order my springs from coilsprings.co.uk who will do me a set for £150 |
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Jul 17, 2011 20:50:52 GMT
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UPDATE: 23-08-2010 - PAINT. So in 4 weeks from friday i go to belguim so i thought i better get on and paint it. So on saturday morning i went into work and one of the panel beaters did the panlel work for me then i primed it all down and painted it. Whats its been painted with before is curse word and is like rubber  So after alot of feathere it out and getting down to a good base i degreased it, masked it all up, etched it and then primed it with a good few coats of 2k primer. Over the next week ill block it all down and then get it ready to hopefully paint it next saturday. On the ramp so didnt have to bend down  All Buzzed down:  Masked up:   Etched:  Primed:  Should be all good for 4 weeks time and ive got so much to do before then  |
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Jul 17, 2011 20:51:38 GMT
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Its painted Went for a standard ish colour, its lighter but basically i couldnt find the colour on the paint system at work so used a machine called a spectrometer which looks at the colour and uses a some kind of vodoo magic to look at it and find the closest match. The closest was a Merc colour but i decided to go a little lighter with this GM colour. Should look nice with the black wheels i hope. Got the week off next week so may try get some bits fitted up, not gona have chance to get the stuff re-cromed or the interior died and carpets died. But will still be low and different which is my kind of thing So here it is all masked up in the booth:  Put a black basecoat down to help with the coverage to use less paint:   Forgot to get some pics of when it was in green basecoat but here it is all lacquered up, has a few good coats on it so will block down easily and polish up very nicely:    |
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Jul 17, 2011 20:52:21 GMT
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started to fit a few bits up, the lacquer has pulled in on a few places but should be ok and may need to blow in the front wings a bit where its reacted badly but that will be a later date job or if i have time.    bumpers will be going on this week and then springs next week, then install. |
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Jul 17, 2011 20:52:52 GMT
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Jul 17, 2011 20:53:58 GMT
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Bought a new steering wheel, try to sort a boss out for it now as they don't make them anymore  |
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Jul 17, 2011 20:54:26 GMT
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Jul 17, 2011 20:58:20 GMT
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Simply manly Beautiful
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Current retro - 1996 Alfa Romeo GTV / Daily - 2016 Nissan Qashqai
Previous retros - Prelude, Integra, XR2s, XR3s, Orions, CRXs, Sylvia S12, S13, Pulsar, ZX 16v, 205 Gti, MX5, MR2 etc
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Jul 17, 2011 21:07:42 GMT
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Steve
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Making progress in small, easy to handle chunks of awesome
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Jul 17, 2011 21:12:20 GMT
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Nice to see you finally got a build thread up on here dude Met you breifly at PVS last month.....i was the weirdo in the white hoodie with the camera  Look forward to seeing how this go's Steve  |
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Jul 17, 2011 21:15:37 GMT
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Thanks, still got alot of plans but time and money will depend on that. Doubt i will be doing alot more untill about november this year to it.
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v8jim
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Jul 17, 2011 21:34:29 GMT
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Nice to see you on here,i've loved this car since i first saw your thread on the Viva owners club my favorite car at the retro show to.
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Max sig pic size: 80px
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Jul 17, 2011 22:05:36 GMT
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Stunning .
Loved it when I saw it at Billing ; my car of the show.
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Jul 17, 2011 22:39:11 GMT
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It's great to see more photos of it, I spoke to you at Billing about it the other week, Don't change the colour though, I think it suits it perfectly!
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rodney
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https://www.facebook.com/RD-vehicle-transport-and-recovery-services-525622614268010/
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Jul 17, 2011 22:49:37 GMT
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such a transformation slammed on them split rims,.
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facebook: rodney dean / rd transport  |
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lovely! More Vivas! More Vivas! woo hoo. Keep that colour- its perfect.
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