tigran
Club Retro Rides Member
In rust we trust. Amen.
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1976 Viva Coupe - The Judge.tigran
@tigran
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May 24, 2012 19:41:12 GMT
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So picked up one of 'our' cars. You know, what i keep thinking of a car of retro rides. Synonymous with the place. It was put together originally by our very own Somerset Sizzler Simon and his bro, fettled by the northern traveller that is Slammed 66 and is now in my hands (mwahahaha) Picked up the car from our lad Ross, who hails from Grimsby, whereas i currently call Bournemouth home Here goes 600 miles of roadtrip. The weapon of choice was Al's e90 320d (msport dontyouknow) Which was a fine hauler all the way up. Managing this, whilst not hanging about: I also decided that my usual look needed a bit of modification, just for our northern cousins, just to keep those lecherous northeners of Grimsby away from my sweet sweet face: Usual trick of planning to arrive for 9pm, turned into turning up at midnight at Ross' (sorry again dude). More in a bit peeps.
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1964 Rover P5 i6 1987 BMW 525e - The Rusty Streak 1992 Micra K10 2001 BMW E46 316i 2002 BMW E46 330Ci 2013 BMW F31 320d 2018 BMW G31 530d
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tigran
Club Retro Rides Member
In rust we trust. Amen.
Posts: 6,444
Club RR Member Number: 142
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1976 Viva Coupe - The Judge.tigran
@tigran
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May 24, 2012 19:58:17 GMT
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1964 Rover P5 i6 1987 BMW 525e - The Rusty Streak 1992 Micra K10 2001 BMW E46 316i 2002 BMW E46 330Ci 2013 BMW F31 320d 2018 BMW G31 530d
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tigran
Club Retro Rides Member
In rust we trust. Amen.
Posts: 6,444
Club RR Member Number: 142
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1976 Viva Coupe - The Judge.tigran
@tigran
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May 24, 2012 20:07:29 GMT
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Whereas it should and do this Here's it's northern keeper taking good care of it Ahem General cool picatchurs
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1964 Rover P5 i6 1987 BMW 525e - The Rusty Streak 1992 Micra K10 2001 BMW E46 316i 2002 BMW E46 330Ci 2013 BMW F31 320d 2018 BMW G31 530d
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tigran
Club Retro Rides Member
In rust we trust. Amen.
Posts: 6,444
Club RR Member Number: 142
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1976 Viva Coupe - The Judge.tigran
@tigran
Club Retro Rides Member 142
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May 24, 2012 20:13:52 GMT
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I've been doing boring maintenance stuff on this. Stuff like fixing the leaky fuel cell, Sorting out the boot mounted battery mount as it was a bit bodgey so i got the isolator box thing all wired up and sealed up and insulated. Did a service on the CA18DET to treat it surviving the 300 mile slog home without incident. In reply to giving it some tlc it has decided to spit it's Head Gasket into loads of places. What a curse word. So it's currently SORN'ed whilst I gather up some bits to make it...well...better. Better in my world means more cylinders, bigger turbo etc etc etc...that's where i'm at at the moment, more updates as it happens. It will be at RRG 12 and it will be kick ass up the hill. Athankyou for reading.
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1964 Rover P5 i6 1987 BMW 525e - The Rusty Streak 1992 Micra K10 2001 BMW E46 316i 2002 BMW E46 330Ci 2013 BMW F31 320d 2018 BMW G31 530d
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1976 Viva Coupe - The Judge.Robinxr4i
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May 24, 2012 21:17:42 GMT
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Like, like, like, like, like! Always loved this car, even with my hatred of the aids infected CA engine. It just looks so badass and mean. I'm glad this is in good hand, can't wait to see what happens to it now
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Sierra - here we go again! He has an illness, it's not his fault.
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Steve
Posted a lot
Making progress in small, easy to handle chunks of awesome
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May 24, 2012 21:54:22 GMT
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Duuuuuuude! looking' funky! Much love from this direction.....as you already know Hope to get a full line-up of modified Viva's this year at RRG, lets make that happen!
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Good to see you back in ownership of a Viva and one of the great ones at that! Plenty of updates please, really looking forward to getting a look over it at the show Tigran
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I remembered this coming up for sale on here and going ouh I like that thinking remebering am poor
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Some days you just need to take a grinder to an inanimate object, just to make your day a tiny bit better!!
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tigran
Club Retro Rides Member
In rust we trust. Amen.
Posts: 6,444
Club RR Member Number: 142
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1976 Viva Coupe - The Judge.tigran
@tigran
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Exactly the same thought i had dude. A lot of ball ache, and selling of cool stuff ensued in a mad two week rush to raise the money. Ho hum all done and dusted now.
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1964 Rover P5 i6 1987 BMW 525e - The Rusty Streak 1992 Micra K10 2001 BMW E46 316i 2002 BMW E46 330Ci 2013 BMW F31 320d 2018 BMW G31 530d
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I wondered who'd be buying this car, looks like a proper rough curse word, in a good way Any chance of dropping a few hints for the engine upgrade, 6 pot turbo? Skyline? Supra? Or are you going all the way to 8...with a turbo Tell me more, tell me more
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Project Diary1975 Viva / 1988 T25 Camper / 1989 Mini / 1991 MX5 / 1992 Mini / 1994 Saab 9000 / 1997 Saab 9000 / 2008 Saab 9-5
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is this the same tigran who bought the red k 2 door saloon? that looks mean!
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tigran
Club Retro Rides Member
In rust we trust. Amen.
Posts: 6,444
Club RR Member Number: 142
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1976 Viva Coupe - The Judge.tigran
@tigran
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May 25, 2012 11:49:57 GMT
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Yeah Pablo that same one. Not been on Mig in a while though.
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1964 Rover P5 i6 1987 BMW 525e - The Rusty Streak 1992 Micra K10 2001 BMW E46 316i 2002 BMW E46 330Ci 2013 BMW F31 320d 2018 BMW G31 530d
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May 25, 2012 12:15:34 GMT
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Yeah Pablo that same one. Not been on Mig in a while though. me either, i can't remember....is yox 423k still alive?
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tigran
Club Retro Rides Member
In rust we trust. Amen.
Posts: 6,444
Club RR Member Number: 142
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1976 Viva Coupe - The Judge.tigran
@tigran
Club Retro Rides Member 142
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May 25, 2012 13:44:05 GMT
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Fraid not. Yox is in a better place. It was my first foray into retros and was just too much to handle. Although all the good bits off it live on in my VivaStash.
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1964 Rover P5 i6 1987 BMW 525e - The Rusty Streak 1992 Micra K10 2001 BMW E46 316i 2002 BMW E46 330Ci 2013 BMW F31 320d 2018 BMW G31 530d
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May 25, 2012 14:00:53 GMT
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vivastash! looking forward to seeing more of this one 8)
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May 25, 2012 20:56:00 GMT
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tigran
Club Retro Rides Member
In rust we trust. Amen.
Posts: 6,444
Club RR Member Number: 142
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1976 Viva Coupe - The Judge.tigran
@tigran
Club Retro Rides Member 142
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May 26, 2012 11:34:21 GMT
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That's so cool. South Africans got all the cool V8 versions of UK stuff. Not fair!
Manual Turbo Supra that i was going to use for running gear fell through though, so i'm making plans on doing stuff to the CA18 for powaahz.
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1964 Rover P5 i6 1987 BMW 525e - The Rusty Streak 1992 Micra K10 2001 BMW E46 316i 2002 BMW E46 330Ci 2013 BMW F31 320d 2018 BMW G31 530d
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May 26, 2012 15:03:40 GMT
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If I had a HC Viva sitting in my backyard over here, I think I would go with one of these bad boys- The infamous Olds Quad 4. The later ones were pretty good. High Output (H.O.) variants are good for 180hp, stock. I also like that it sort of looks like an Offenhauser- We never got HBs or HCs here in the States, our close (>5mi) neighbors to the south Canada did, here's a couple of them- They were marketed as just "Firenzas", and were the last Vauxhalls sold in North America. GM Canada was involved in a decade long legal battle with owners over a general lack of reliability and an abundance of corrosion. One day I'll find a rusty one, I'm sure.
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Last Edit: May 26, 2012 15:13:42 GMT by detroiter
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May 26, 2012 19:50:40 GMT
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thats proper kool!
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