1970 Viva gt - Banded steels FOR SALE

[yoeddynz]

Oh you're lucky..well at least with the front. From what ive been told its common for them to leak through the front and tricky to stop. Ive certainly had no luck so far at stopping it. I want to get a new windscreen too but ive also read that there is no decent proper profile rubbber for the front. the rear is even harder to get?

NZ weather varies around the country but where I live, top of the south, its very hot in summer and mild in winter. If its a hot day it will be clear and sunny. But boy- we can certainly get rain! Weather patterns certainly changing and getting much harsher storms.

But back to Vivas... are you planning to inject this in the future?

[v8jim]

I would love to put throttle boddies on it but they're so expensive plus if I did I'd want them on an angled manifold so they sit level which would give me room for a decent airbox but to do that I need to move the battery and servo/master cylinder

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Cant see pics.
Only that greedy bastards ad trying to force you to buy more bandwidth from photobucket.
Switch to flikr mate.

Far Far easier.

[v8jim]

Never tried it

[yoeddynz]

Or tinypic or postimage.Org

TBs would be great. You could move battery into boot. Easy as and makes engine bay so much tidier.

[v8jim]

Just fitted some stronger springs 450lbs ones and it has completely transformed the car it drives so nice now and it probably 10mm ish lower so a tiny bit of arch work was needed as I didn't want to raise it any

And here's a teaser of my other project I've been working on this week

[Deleted]

Nice wheels. Need a brighter colour
Is that a Model A?

[v8jim]

Yep 1928 model A

I had thought about orange wheels on the viva

[madwelshman]

Cool! 300 Tdi should make it go nicely as well, especially if the pump and wastegate have been altered. Can't wait to see more of progress on this one.

[Mark]

I think the Viva looks perfect on black rims. It's a cracking car and the current ride height is spot on too.

[donSpeed]

I also think the black banded steels look great. I happen to run a set on my Imp

[yoeddynz]

Yeah I too like the black steels.

What springs are you running in the back? What poundage? I think I might need stiffer springs to stop it squatting so much under hard acceleration. I'm running Holden Torana springs all round but have no idea what rating. Just stiffer/lower than standard.

[v8jim]

Thanks everyone, it was up for sale a while ago but I'm loving it again now and I'm slowly improving bits and making it a better car to drive

I don't know what poundage the rears are, they're corsa lowering springs with adjustable platforms that I brought new on eBay for £20

[itspaul]

Love your work on the little HB, it's great to see you guys over there playing with these cars as over here in Oz people just put V8's in them and race them down the 1/4, I also have a little HB, I posted it a while back, I too have made some widened steelies 11x13's just gives it that old school mod look

[v8jim]

11x13s! Wow you must have some wide arches to cover those, put a photo on please

[Deleted]

Mine look small suddenly :-)

[v8jim]

They're huge! And god knows what's size tyres you'd put on them lol

[v8jim]

[sciclone]

Aug 29, 2014 11:47:04 GMT itspaul said:

Love your work on the little HB, it's great to see you guys over there playing with these cars as over here in Oz people just put V8's in them and race them down the 1/4, I also have a little HB, I posted it a while back, I too have made some widened steelies 11x13's just gives it that old school mod look

Is that an A9X kitted Torana I see in the background?

[darrenh]

banded steels came out great.

p.s i spy LR discovery 200tdi engine in the model A