Hi folks.
having been a vauxhall nut for decades I'm looking now for an original viva to cherish. I've been advertising on our local classifieds website for ages now for a vauxhall viva in any condition and finally a chap got in touch with me to tell me he had one for sale. So a couple of evenings ago I met him on his farm and he showed me to an old container with a rotten door. We eventually got the door up enough to crawl in and to my suprised is a beautiful 1970 hb viva. 4 door in dark blue. And amazingly it's completely original. The old fella he bought it off really looked after it. Air still in the tyres, brakes are free as the owner has been running it up to 12 months ago. Clutch free and all fluids and levels are right although I can't get the master cylinder lid off by hand. But get this - the only rot on the entire vehicle is the front driver wing, drivers outer sill and both bonnet hinge to inner wing plates all of which he has panels for. The two front wings he has cost him £150 each apparently. Two sill panels and inner wing panels. That's not all - the dark blue interior is in perfect condition apart from the carpet. And also the most rediming feature is its taxed which means if I get the thing started tomorrow I can drive it home. It all sounds to good to be true now that I write it down. I've been restoring vauxhall since the mid eighties but I never thought I'd get the dream barn find. I'm away off up to get the car started tomorrow so I'll take some photos and get them posted.
Woo hoo!