I love the twin headlamps.

Top man! Love the car! My first car was also a HC Viva 1256cc and I passed my test in it! It was rare even then in 1997. Special place in my heart, I ended up buying another one years later and still have it. Awesome man, well done for keeping her on the road!

@totrodder97

5 жыл бұрын

cheers dude! its an ongoing resto but my first car also, they make brilliant first cars i can now confidently jump into any car and drive it away whereas before i got mine i was taught to drive this modern seat ibiza and rely on all its electronic gizmos haha

Love the old Viva GLS brought back to life, a load of fun. A bit hard for parts, look to Canada 🇨🇦, New Zealand 🇳🇿 and South Africa 🇿🇦 ( the later known as Chevrolet Firenza Can-Am )❤

Great vid dude! Thanks for making me look somewhat videoworthy haha great fun to film too! :D

This car is gorgeous and I'm very envious. Great channel!

@retrodailys7183

6 жыл бұрын

TheGuitarGeek thank you pal. im getting there eventually!

@totrodder97

6 жыл бұрын

Haha cheers dude! :D

Awesome car.Nice to see something a bit different.

Those 1256 engines would crank out 80 bhp with a Bill Blydenstein stage h3 kit which is the highest stage you can get. That engine in your viva with the strommie cd150 side draught carb is good for 69bhp. Same output as a 90 series 1159cc unit. My apologies if that took the air out of your sails, pal. The engine and gearbox sound great for a car that age. The gearboxes are the weakest link with those Vivas.

@totrodder97

3 жыл бұрын

you sir would be correct! if i remember rightly (few years has passed now i can barely remember what i ate for breakfast haha ) 80bhp was a guess based off the other vivas and chevettes on the club pages turns out at the time of this vid it would have been making around 60bhp, now a few years on i did a full engine rebuild with new everything, had the head skimmed etc stage 1 race clutch and a nikki twin choke carb so its now pushing somewhere between 70 and 80bhp still not anything impressive but for a 700KG car it pulls well and keeps up with modern traffic and has been my daily driver since sept 2016 so has been a reliable old thing too haha

Love this car can I buy it please 👀👍👍👍👍👍

Lovely car . sounds great , and Darryl is a cool guy . nice video liam 👍

@totrodder97

6 жыл бұрын

Haha Cheers dude :)

@retrodailys7183

6 жыл бұрын

cheers Gaz. need to sort my mic out

Brilliant vid, we'll done Darryl she's a beut.

@totrodder97

6 жыл бұрын

Ben Gibbons cheers dude! :)

A V8 in a viva have you had an insurance quote.

"Nice paint job!" ....said no one ever!!

@totrodder97

5 жыл бұрын

where are the videos of your car? oh wait.... i know its not perfect and its not meant to be, its an ongoing restoration used snow, rain or shine so when i'm doing bodywork the matte paint is easy to touch in, oh the whole car was also painted using rattle cans through winter in a open driveway in freezing conditions so if you can do better be my guest.....and for the record it has now been featured in magazines such as street machine so the "Nice paint job!" must not be that bad

@Timemachine74

5 жыл бұрын

Darryl Williams just ignore the tit 👆sweet viva bud 👍

@totrodder97

5 жыл бұрын

@@Timemachine74 haha cheers dude! 😎👍

@Timemachine74

5 жыл бұрын

Darryl Williams no worries dude I drive a 72 viva daily 👍

@totrodder97

5 жыл бұрын

@@Timemachine74 ahh no way thats awesome! If youre on facebook search for RPM365 thats our car club run by myself and a few other likeminded car nuts who all use old motors daily 😎👍

Yet again another great video! Realy like this car not something you see very often now. And I can definitely tell that you are getting better already at making these videos! Good on ya mate keep up the good work

@totrodder97

6 жыл бұрын

banjo bob cheers dude i appreciate that :)

@retrodailys7183

6 жыл бұрын

trying to improve as i go along

Why is it so hard to find a Viva with 4 doors?????

58BHP. Be careful what wheels you fit. The Viva HC takes 4” PCD wheels , so 100mm PCD wheels will cause the studs to come out eventually. I had loads of Chevette / Viva spares but I threw them out in 2016, sorry. You could have had them.

@totrodder97

5 жыл бұрын

appreciate that cheers dude! yeah aware of the pcd differences so do keep an eye on them however no problems as of yet, rear drums slide on and off really well, currently running slot mags on it and switch between those and a set of cragar ss wheels :)

@nogginozzy6710

3 жыл бұрын

It's funny how hp can vary between markets! In Australia, the 1256 engine was used in the Holden Torana from 1972 to 1975. Holden quoted 62HP with the Solex downdraught jug. I dunno where they got their figures from, 58 sounds more like it!

Great but.... When will word get out that music on these videos is annoying and detracts from them?

wow where has the time gone? if anybody would like to follow the progress on the viva (still going strong and still in daily use) i post plenty of progress pics on my instagram page @DarrylWilliams97

Is that you Colin Grigson?

@totrodder97

5 жыл бұрын

Shhh! You'll give away my identity 😂

@louisjames1062

4 жыл бұрын

Mum? Could you take some library books back for me?

Modern cars are all shit.