The Viva Lives...the Art of Starters

[mnde]

Love it Rab, nice purchase! I've got a secret thing for Vivas I think...As regards first car material, every so often I see a young lady driving hers as a daily round where I live...OT: Rab, did anything come of the Teretonga pictures and C&SC?Mark.

[AnthonyG]

Very nice, you are getting quite a Viva collection going!My mate has just finished doing the body on a very rusty 2 door, he would have given his right nut for a underbody that clean

[fotorabia]

Love it Rab, nice purchase! I've got a secret thing for Vivas I think...As regards first car material, every so often I see a young lady driving hers as a daily round where I live...OT: Rab, did anything come of the Teretonga pictures and C&SC?Mark.

Mark..actually nothing came of the images..they said their was no story..uhm..how about amateur photographer recording all vehicular activity nationally NZ 1962...but nope..NZ Classic Car magazine have picked it up tho and ill get a feature nxt year....i thought the photos of the Lister Jaguar would be of some importance...but nah...NZ is to small and insignificant..

[fotorabia]

Salvation was ours today...picked the Pearl..a slightly rough one..took her for some air and gas and drove home...makes my other HC seem like a complete dog..tho some fine fettling will sort that out..

Pearl seems faultless..had a towing life...AM radio...which we may swap for something modern...theres not a rattle or squeak..we did buy her off a meticulous cherished owner..the guy deserves another Salvation Army medal for rescuing and counselling an old heap!..we got a txt from him later saying how sad he was to see it leave..cute eh..

Stopped in Fielding for lunch at the funniest cafe around..and in Marton we scored a Raleigh Cruiser from the Salvation Army..served by a guy wearing a Motorhead T-shirt...!..

Then home just a mo ago..

 

 

 

 

 

 

So now work has started on the 71...

[retrogeezer]

Love the viva(s)

we scored a Raleigh Cruiser

Pics please!!

[fotorabia]

Love the viva(s)

 

we scored a Raleigh Cruiser

Pics please!!

 

NZ Cruisers we built by Healing thats what their refered to as here ..so we now have 2 of these..i restored one..we ve got 2 Raleigh 20s rideable and 2 wrecks..i also just got a Hercules ladies bike with all the bells and skirtings..plus we just got a mint purple Loline...as below

 

the 20s..Bronze one is a Mk1 NZ with original tyres...the orange one is a wreck potential custom bike donor

My BMX GT with modded mudguard..not pretty but i was sick of getting drippy bum..

late 70s 10spd bought locally for $30

[fotorabia]

Bought the carjam report-history on the Viva..its a funny read..for some reason the Viva sat for nearly a year in 1979 and didnt turn a wheel..and then on average did sweet f all miles per year ..!

https://www.carjam.co.nz/report/?ref=86093379

[retrogeezer]

ah, so the Cruiser is like the UK Raleigh 20. I have a huge collection of 70's & 80's bikes, mainly BMX's but a few Choppers, Grifters, racers and some nice early mountain bikes.

[fotorabia]

so..typically after a few weeks..the Pearls starter jammed..so i took it off..cleaned it..put it back on..nothing..funny that..so off again..oily man on bicycle enters auto electrician..nice old man says..its stuffed..so oily man finally goes to the resting place of his dead Viva..his mates yard..armed with handful of tools...much wrestling with jack to get the bastard up in the air so oily man can fit his anorexic frame underneath without being crushed...after some muffled screams and the use of an extra hand...now got another starter motor..

 

Oily man in clean stage..

 

Fucked off with the price of air filters..use old mattress foam and some wire netting!

i can still taste the sump guard..

A small reward for a minor effort..

what the fuck is he doing under there?

 

And theres the 1977 orange Magnum that is now totally rotten..the bonnet detached itself when we opened it..im going to offer scrap price to my mate for it..what does a Viva weigh?

 

so tomorrow back to auto electrician to see if my new starter is ok...

[VWPowered]

love your viva dude, great to see an survivor out of all those junkers

[fotorabia]

well..thank god for mates with junkers who can help me keep survivors alive..thanks bro..

[fotorabia]

The age joke is on me!..all the NZ assembly plates are No.1!..which i think is quite funny..look mate..we're just sticking them together..how many more bloody crates are there?..im a plonker..this is for sale and its a May 1971..my two door is Sept...

a lil bit to expensive..

http://www.trademe.co.nz/Trade-Me-Motor ... 934829.htm

[VWPowered]

i doubt there are many around europe in as good nick as that one.. or yours in fact.

[fotorabia]

Dont know if there be a big demand for them!..altho..an Ascona A in Germany is worth about 5k euro now..

http://www.oldtimer-info.de/

 

according to this..go to Marktpreise..

[VWPowered]

Mk1 Sciroccos are fetching top dollar to, sadly i let mine go to early, fer 200 notes, bugger

[pbottomley]

Nuffin like an old Viva to lift the heart. Starter motor you say, bit late for me to suggest that the first part on the production line was a starter motor, and the rest of the car was built around it, bloody stupid job to remove one.

[fotorabia]

Sheet..now u tell me..ive been working in reverse then...so should i have started removing all the panels first...would have made it a damn sight easier to locate!..glad i did it yesterday cos its pishing doon today!

[VWPowered]

quick get the sponge out

[fotorabia]

hohum..one nut is not always the same as the other nut..so stripped thread on power contact!.soooo..hacksaw off 1cm of bolt n try again!

[VWPowered]

hacksaw off 1cm of bolt n try again!

[fotorabia]

Running up and downstairs report: hacksaw worked..nut on...u guessed it..starter doesnt!..wish someone had said to bench test it!..anyway..went to the Classic Car Club across the road and old Keith has provided me with an Anglia starter which he tested in front of me...back onto again tomorrow..

[VWPowered]

i was about to say 'what about today' but just realised its near 10pm fer you

[fotorabia]

I am your future..be warned..

[VWPowered]

could of told me to expect 2 inches of snow this morning....

[fotorabia]

Thats the thaw point of my premonitions..

[VWPowered]

 

please warn me next time

 

 

 

tis quiet shitie here atm, in the middle of a bizzard the misses is about 30kms away doing animals, hope shes ok

[fotorabia]

Jings..i did read all u nthrnrs were up for another coldspell..i cant sleep cos its to warm...does your lady have snow chains...parts of down sth here wont let u into places without them...

[AnthonyG]

Running up and downstairs report: hacksaw worked..nut on...u guessed it..starter doesnt!..wish someone had said to bench test it!..anyway..went to the Classic Car Club across the road and old Keith has provided me with an Anglia starter which he tested in front of me...back onto again tomorrow..

Is it an AC Delco starter or a Lucas? - a lot of those 1960s/70s electrical bits would be shared across several cars/manufacturers.

[VWPowered]

yes she carrys chains, i'm dead kinky me

[Rusty Pelican]

Running up and downstairs report: hacksaw worked..nut on...u guessed it..starter doesnt!..wish someone had said to bench test it!..anyway..went to the Classic Car Club across the road and old Keith has provided me with an Anglia starter which he tested in front of me...back onto again tomorrow..

Count the teeth on the bendix , some are 9 ., some are 10 , not good to get it wrong