I bought this Viva in 2009 and i am fifth owner. Years 1970->97 this were in Kuusamo Finland owned by woman. Seller was maybe around 80years old and first his son owned this car. Maybe his son chanced the engine from original to -73 Hc´s engine. I payd 200€ and i drove three summers with no problems. Lot of cleaning and i painted the rims. Paint looks nice in these pictures but in real live that isn`t that good.
Then i got sick with Strömberg. So i built 1. injection with Megasquirt 2.2 extra with Edis wastespark system. (what i have tried to sell in here and Finland) It worked pretty well, i didn´t have too much time to adjust cold cranking and acceleration setups.
I have planned Ford 2litre Ohc + type9 for two last summers and last summer (2012) i started my project. First i built rear axle. Volvo 1031 (or 1030) with disc brakes. Shock´s and antiroll bar still under construction. Maybe e30 or e36 Bmw`s springs (to get the rear little lower and stiffer)
And of course turbo is coming too some day. I left space front of Ford Transit`s cooler.
Front axle is Magnum`s with antiroll bar and bigger brakes than original Hb`s. Really low and stiff suspension (maybe too low and stiff) Have to think about those springs and dampers. I dont have brake calipers yet
Maybe someday technical things are Ok and then i have to think about the color. Really dark wine red is in my mind, any ideas of car`s with really dark wine red?
Also i need ideas of front + rear springs and shock`s. And when i paint that, i need new rubbers to windscreen and rear window
And the most important thing. More pictures: http://s1267.photobucket.com/albums/jj551/Juntunen/
And
http://vbcf.fi/forum/viewtopic.php?f=21&t=2242
- Juntunen from northern Finland
Now for winter this project will slow down because i life in another location where the Viva is. And for small vacations i have to make some hard snow works to get Viva in to the garage from backyard. About 30 meters and hopefully under 50cm snow