hi

[xevivahc]

hi im jason i live in southampton with my partner claire we have just bought a green 1972 2door viva HC with xe 16v vauxhall engine fitted the car was in retro car mag in june 2010 it wasnt built by me it was built by a guy called ian from scotland then sold to a guy called darren i bought it off ebay iv owned it a wk and the car is awsome hope to meet lots of you guys at billing

[oli8925]

Trying to remember, is it green? Post a pic up.

and see you at Billing.

[ian24ian]

This one????

[xevivahc]

yep that our pride and joy i must cofess iv always been a ford man but im converted to vauxhall now lol has anyone got a front bumper local to southampton as i want to take off the spot lights but bumper has been cut

[pbottomley]

Blimey someone bought it in the end, must of been put up for sale for nearly a year... hope you didn't get bent over too much for it? I know seller was asking silly cash for it.

welcome by the way, hopefully you will enjoy it

[xevivahc]

hi i payed 5 grand for it mite sound a bit on the exspensive side but you couldnt build it for that i doubt i didnt want a project as my garge is only really big enough to keep a car in it not work on it iv built a fair few fords over the yrs and i just dont have the paitents anymore time to drive somthing diffrent lol but thanks for your comments

[viva power]

Welcome to viva ownership!. It is a lovely car and well done for taking the spots off as I think they spoil it. Others my not agree its just my opinion.

[pbottomley]

Spots off is good, i would imagine the "its a mexico honest" look has worn off lol. And switching them on will stall the engine anyway lol

needed as we couldnt realy make a lot out from the ebay add.

[ian24ian]

The reason I had that pic was I had put it in a photo file as "A Good Looking car" especially on 15" MLs,
I tend to keep a small files of Ideas and looks for my projects. With or without the Cibes the car has presence, in my opinion, all down to stance and the wheel to arch fitment, its a simple formula but normally works on most cars.
You are right, the sum of parts will exceed the price of the selling price of the car, sometimes a good reason to buy a Built car, the one downside is it will allways be known as the "BuildersCar", I still get calls telling me of the whereabouts of my old cortina, I sold that nearly a year ago, even the buyer of the cortina, freely admits it will always be "my car"

BTW,------NICE CAR

[bluemoontezza]

Go to the old restoration posts etc on this site, found its progress there under HC Resto---16 pages of your car Terry