jdc1 wrote:Sorry! but i am. To restore it to original would cost way more than im willing to spend and the hasell of locating orginal parts. it will be tastfully done. Im fussy that way im not a chop and hack type.
Much as I hate offending anyone, even though apparently I am quite 'adept' at it, there are plenty of the 'chop and hack' type cars within the club and have been for some time...including a couple of my own from time to time, (anyone still got DRY 148K by any chance? last time i had it it had a 2.3 shoehorned in on standard running gear and capri twin headlights fitted by just hammering back the tin snipped original mounting plates on the viva and a couple of self tappers holding them in
loved that car.... nasty brown piece of junk
) my point is you cant have a go at this guy for doing what he can on whatever budget he's got, he's still rescuing a rare Canadian GT, and from what I can tell from what he's said, he's not going to chop the tunnel out or rip the bulkhead to shreds, which some of our members have done...(yes yes including me in the past) which renders the car useless with out an IVA ( yes ok
that old chestnut again) .... but you know what...
EVEN if he does do that to it, it's still his car , He still paid for it, and fetched it... he could crush it if he so desires.... it's his. Hopefully he wont
but it's his choice...and at the end of the day it's just a piece of metal after all, it means nothing in the grand scheme of things.
I for one will be happy to see the progress made on this car, what ever the guy decides to do....
I joined this club back in '96/'97 because I had a viva... one which I still own in one way or another, and I was happy to see it didn't have all the snobbery of the MG/Triumph type clubs and other such 'proper classic' car clubs.... I'm sad to say that over the past few years it's been heading that way, which is why I'm no longer a paid up member, no offence to anyone specific, it's just the general feel of it all...also after so many years of viva ownership it all gets a bit repetitive i suppose, same old problems etc...
oh well..... feeling a bit down i guess ....must be these same old four walls.....