Black wheels, chrome hubcaps, maybe not highlight the writing in white. But that's just me, she's your baby. Either way, it's a great look. Can't wait till you start the body work. My dad had a '69 HB estate when we were kids. Came with the old style buff logbook showing the previous owners. First owner, a Mr. Black, second owner a Mr. White, I kid you not. Anyway, I can still hear that Viva coming up the driveway, bringing Dad home from nightshift. Great car, never let him down. Another great video, keep 'em coming.
Steve I love your videos! How jolly you are, how good you are at troubleshooting any problems! So patient and collected! Loving how she’s coming along - it’s a labour of love! Keep them coming, fella!
Rustoleum "Trim and Bumper" is a satin black(they call it semi gloss) I have used on my truck wheels. Very durable on a clean smooth surface, the salt from winter and rocks tend to chip it, but you will find that of any paint. I would touch it up every year after winter, always looked nice after :) Also, love the "cop" style wheels you are going for, at least here in the US thats what they had on all the Crown Vics! I am partial to white lettering on tires, as well as white walls :D
My first car was a viva hc . I painted my wheels black then put the hubcaps back on plus chrome trim rings which covered the outer rim. So it looked like the wheels on a GLS .
yeah you go for the white lettering on your tyres. I got the white tyre pen and I am going to doing my wheels when I get a new set of tyres for my land rover. Keep up your good work on the car as well as your videos.
Hi Steve i can sleep better now u've fixed the brake light 👍👍 Love the way its starting instantly now. They didnt do that when they were new . V5 we all became registered keepers in 1975 when registration was taken off councils and DVLA was set up. Put a bit of something over the undercoat temporarily undercoat is porus , either a bit of clear lacquer or ( near enough ) gloss. Just to stop trapped moisture Great video as always
Have the same reverse lights on the Sunbeam and they have rubber gaskets in there, as for wheels I rubbed them down inside and out then oxide primed them then 3 coats of smoothrite using brush, they look like new inside and out
The replacement one i bought has a full rubber gasket in it but the 2 original ones on the car only had little gaskets around the screw holes , I might make a gasket for the other one, nice mate I'll check out that smoothrite stuff 👍
First turn of the key and away she went, nice one . Steve if you get a white board for jobs to do, I think you might need quite a big one lol 😂😂. Great video, keep em coming mate 👍💯
Keep plodding on man 😎👍 halfords do decent covers that will keep her dry. Had loads of different low price ones over the last five years or so... which have fallen to bit eventually and let water in... this one has lasted the winter intact and kept my mk2 that lives outside dry 👍🙂 weather wild where i live and strap it down with clips and bungee cords underneath
From what I've understood in the past , when it says Registered keeper" it's referring to the registration number is owned by the dvla, the car is yours. With the wheels they look nice in the satin black with the chrome center cap, would possibly look even better with the outer chrome rings too. But I put on JBW steel pepper pots. 13x7, they look pretty chunky. I clean my chrome with brillo pads with the pink soapy stuff in them, seems to clear stuff off nicely. Where was it you got your chrome wiper blades from? Keep up the good work, it fires up spot on now. 👍
Thank you mate, I know the exact jbw wheels you're talking about I've always fancied a set of them too, I got my wipers from holden vintage and classic website, there's some canny stuff on there 👍
Wheels look good for the sleeper style. White lettering would look a bit “Carlos fandango” I think for the mighty Viva. Great video mate keep them coming please 👍🏻😊
You got through a right lot in this one! Liking the look of the wheel, you could try the aluminium foil and water trick for the pitting you mentioned. I like the letters highlighted on the tyres, you could try gold to match in with the bodywork. Great vid, once again, thanks for sharing. I'm away to paint my kitchen window.
Nice to get those little jobs sorted, wheels great painted black, hubs caps came up a treat, I done the lettering on the Mk 1 Cortina when I had it, great vid mate.
Route master for hire is a good channel . Shame they aren't going to post any more the owner bought a yacht and went sailing sold the company . Brilliant to watch them do engine work ect.
I did the white lettering on mine back in the 1980s and it stayed white for all of a week 😂 then turned to purple lettering 🤔, purple & black not a great combination 😉. Nice fix on the reversing lights 👌🏻 and yeah my dad often had his car washed in the rain , sleet , snow by me 😂, 9 years didn’t have many options back then ☹️ it was either work down the Mines or wash Dads car 😂.
Rustoleum Hardhat would be the paint to go for imo, great colour blocking coverage,great finish,really durable ,and sprays a lot nicer than smoothrite ,looked great on my vw .
Hi Steve great vid mate. Love the black wheels and the shiny chrome, really suits the car well. Definitely would benefit from some deep dish steels at some point ! Glad to see the brake light fixed haha . Looking forward to next weeks as always mate ❤️👍🏻
steve, the black wheel with chrome caps, reminds me of ford crown vic. not a fan of the white lettering on tyres, but it's your car at the end of the day!
Cracking video as always mate...keep going! As with everything, it's the little jobs that mount up...glad you got those reverse lights sorted! Just a question, you've got that other Viva at your Dad's place...are you ever going to restore that one? Or is that simply a donor car if you get stuck for parts for the yellow one? 😂 - Steve
Thank you mate! 😄 once I get moved house and have space I'd like to get the estate to mine and then take a good look at her on the channel and take it from there, I'd love to restore it on the channel money and time allowing, I'm just borrowing parts off her for now 😄👍
Good vid👍🏻. Nice to see all those little jobs such a brake & reverse lights being done, means your getting there, That proper test drive can’t be far off now👍🏻😁
It says on the V5/V5c Registered keeper, as the registered keeper is not necessarily the owner. A couple of examples are if it is a company car, the car is owned by the company and the person who has the car is the registered keeper and responsible for it. Another example is if you buy the car on finance, H P etc, You are only the registered keeper as the finance company actually own the car till you make the final payment. Of course if you buy the car outright with cash you own it, hence say "Not necessarily the owner". Of course this is an old video, and you may already have been told that lol..
Mirror 🪞 Mirror 🪞 on the wall, that hubcap polished up well, those late HC's also occasionally came with embellisher rings behind the hubcaps, about three different versions. Don't know whether any second hand being available ex breakers yard, a bit long in the tooth now those Viva's. I would be tempted to put whitewall on those tyres, thats ring stencil heat pressed onto the tyre, once popular in Canadian export models, if I recall correctly, the HC was the Pontiac Firenza, and the HB ( & GT ) was called Envoy Epic in Canada. The problem with those reverse lights ( Wipac ) is there is no return ( earth ), you were heading in the right direction with an aftermarket earth to say the RWD ( rear window dimist ) earth in the boot 👢 Great to see your boot light working 😊 I had the same problem with my mk1 HB headlights parker ( side light bulb ) in the end I just soldered a wire to the side of the bulb to the radiator mounting bolt 🔩 to achieve satisfactory grounding. Vauxhall remedied this from 1969 onward with the mk2 HB rectangular Cibie / Lucas units with a return on the harness. Don't forget to elaborate more on Car Verticle ( UK style ), as we in the colonies are more perplexed with car compliance specifics. I did like the bit about once a classic is forty years old, not requiring the standard "M.O.T" Looking forward already, to the next installment Steve, thanks, Vernon ( New Zealand ).
Good morning from Portugal. I'm bad with English so I'll be doing my comment in Portuguese. Passei as últimas 2 semanas a ver todos os vídeos. O HC não é o meu preferido, aprendi a conduzir numa HB Estate de 1968. Estou a gostar de ver o que vai acontecer com este projecto. Em relação ao vídeo de hoje a minha opinião é que as rodas não deviam ficar em preto mas sim como o original na cor cinza, claro que é a minha opinião. Continua com o mesmo entusiasmo. Fico aqui à espera pelo próximo vídeo. Abraço a partir do Porto em Portugal. 👍👍👍
Try using Google translate - put your comment in and it produced this "I spent the last 2 weeks watching all the videos. The HC is not my favourite, I learned to drive in a 1968 HB Estate. I'm enjoying seeing what will happen with this project. Regarding today's video, my opinion is that the wheels should not be black but like the original in gray, of course it is my opinion. Continue with the same enthusiasm. I'm here waiting for the next video. Hug from Porto in Portugal." Makes perfect sense in English
You can tell from the way the car starts and sounds, that your in the ballpark with your ignition and fuel settings. Cheap trick to clean chrome, bit of CIF ,solvo also work well. Black satin rim with chrome caps, nice retro look, writing on the tyres, personal thing, but somehow Nano doesn't fit with a retro car! 😂 Hope your family watch, if they do, next time they see you playing with electrics, shout bang....🤣🤣
Some chrome trim rings might look good on the black wheels, and hub caps? Personally I hate black wheels they never look clean.! But as they say "each to their own"
Alright mate 👍 I'm back from holidays 🛫🌞🌞🇪🇸🍻🍻🥃🥃#magaluf!! ...and now all caught up with the Viva man's antics!! 🤣 I'm not really a fan of black wheels but to be fair with the shiny ✨ hub cab and the bright orange they look cool 😎 white letters are your choice 🤔🤷♂️ yeah as other comments don't leave it just in primer as its porous, dust some paint over the top 👌 also buy some etch primer 👍 fair play it fires off the button now 💪👏 typical North East weather 😐🌧️🌧️ could of cried getting off the plane 😢😭😂 have you seen the Chevette on market place?? 🤔 hope there's enough emojis for ya! 🤔🤣🤣🤘🤙🤟👍👌
Alright mate , hope you had a good hol, yeah I've seen the chevette, if I had space and time it would be mine 😄, I'm just checking out a place to get some paint mixed up, so it won't stay in primer, that's plenty emojis mate 😆👍👍👍👍
@barryscrotter👍 it has a little tuck in the arches because I've fitted higher profile tyres than the originals and lowered the car slightly, still plenty of turning room tho, the wheels are pretty narrow, when I fit with wider wheels I'll have to fit lower profile tyres tho, or they'll definitely interfere 😃
Hi mate the government doesnt own the car, you do. The receipt from where you bought it proves who owns it. Usually it'll have the sellers details, the car details and your details. It doesnt need to be owt fancy, it can be scribbled on a tab packet. The V5 proves who the registered keeper is. The registered keeper is liable for making sure its kept road legal (insured, taxed etc or in your case showing as MOT exempt and "taxed" at the zero rate). This is who they'll contact if yiu get a speeding or parking ticket etc. Its the registered keepers job to say who was driving if somebody else gets a ticket in it for example if you loaned it to your mate. You're doing a cracking job and you sound local-ish to me. I might pass you on the road some day I hope we can have a bit crack at some point
White lettering would look fab and the registered keeper may not be the owner i may be wrong but its probabably got something to do with all these finance deals you get these days where you don,t own it for 4 years or whatever after payingbit of
@Retro Rebuild yea , be good for a seasoned welder to fix but otherwise its pretty much done. Did you see the panhard video. Those cars fascinate me , not sure why.
Iv never understood the mot exempt cars over 40 year's old the mot is there for your safety. If anything the old rust buckets would to be more unsafe than today's cars 🤣
The thinking behind it is that an awful lot of classic cars are only used for shows or come out in summer . Classic insurance limits your mileage , and classic owners are more likely to maintain their cars and not leave maintenance till they are forced to by an mot failure
There's probably more cars with dodgy mot's on the road than there is unroadworthy classics mate, I've seen some states with 12 months test on them 😆 you've give me a good idea for a future vid tho 👍
Meh~ “registered keeper?” Sounds like some Equity bull💩😝 Registered Owner is better 🎉 the wheels would look good with white lettering, racy car touch for the wheels. Deep dish Watanabe JDM wheels would look awesome on the Viva. Not sure about the Viva PCD, most old JDM cars though are 114.3 PCD. But I think deep dish old skool wheels would just change the whole look of the Viva for the better!🏁🛞💨💨💨
Thanks for replying back to me,I'm so chuffed a real life RUclips star 🌟 has replied to little ol' me.I can't wait to get to work and let the lads know.They will carry me round shoulder high.cheers.
Instead of paying crazy halfords prices get yasel up to pelaw av taylors. Tha van is in all ya videos so by rights you want extra discount for advertising. Also your getting carried away with the Thing T impressions i was never a fan of the adams family lol.
Black wheels, chrome hubcaps, maybe not highlight the writing in white. But that's just me, she's your baby. Either way, it's a great look. Can't wait till you start the body work.
My dad had a '69 HB estate when we were kids. Came with the old style buff logbook showing the previous owners. First owner, a Mr. Black, second owner a Mr. White, I kid you not. Anyway, I can still hear that Viva coming up the driveway, bringing Dad home from nightshift. Great car, never let him down. Another great video, keep 'em coming.
Sounds like great memories, thank you mate, will do 👍
great fun as always! thanks Steve.
Thank you mate 👍
Steve I love your videos! How jolly you are, how good you are at troubleshooting any problems! So patient and collected! Loving how she’s coming along - it’s a labour of love! Keep them coming, fella!
Thank you mate, appreciate it, will do 👍
Rustoleum "Trim and Bumper" is a satin black(they call it semi gloss) I have used on my truck wheels. Very durable on a clean smooth surface, the salt from winter and rocks tend to chip it, but you will find that of any paint.
I would touch it up every year after winter, always looked nice after :)
Also, love the "cop" style wheels you are going for, at least here in the US thats what they had on all the Crown Vics! I am partial to white lettering on tires, as well as white walls :D
Thank you mate, I'll check out that rustoleum stuff 👍
My first car was a viva hc . I painted my wheels black then put the hubcaps back on plus chrome trim rings which covered the outer rim. So it looked like the wheels on a GLS .
Nice one mate! Very cool 👍
I'm a fan of Halfords black wheel paint, used it on various wheels and other parts, never bothered using any top coat on them and it's lasted fine.
Thanks mate 👍
yeah you go for the white lettering on your tyres. I got the white tyre pen and I am going to doing my wheels when I get a new set of tyres for my land rover. Keep up your good work on the car as well as your videos.
Nice one mate, thank you, will do 👍
Hi Steve i can sleep better now u've fixed the brake light 👍👍
Love the way its starting instantly now. They didnt do that when they were new .
V5 we all became registered keepers in 1975 when registration was taken off councils and DVLA was set up.
Put a bit of something over the undercoat temporarily undercoat is porus , either a bit of clear lacquer or ( near enough ) gloss. Just to stop trapped moisture
Great video as always
Thank you mate, it's about time I sorted it 😆 I'm in the middle of checking out a place to get some paint mixed so it won't be staying in primer 👍
Have the same reverse lights on the Sunbeam and they have rubber gaskets in there, as for wheels I rubbed them down inside and out then oxide primed them then 3 coats of smoothrite using brush, they look like new inside and out
The replacement one i bought has a full rubber gasket in it but the 2 original ones on the car only had little gaskets around the screw holes , I might make a gasket for the other one, nice mate I'll check out that smoothrite stuff 👍
She's coming along nicely, well done 👍
Thanks mate👍
From 1974 HC Viva had black wiper arms and blades, the SL (super Luxury) came with wheel embellishers which fitted around the hub caps
Ah thanks for the info mate 👍
Vivas look great with Rostyle wheels fitted like the Magnum
@Geoff Harrison yeah they nice mate, I actually have a set stored somewhere, think one of them needs a repair tho
Rhythm is a Dancer. Wheels look spot on.
😆 it certainly is! Thanks mate 👍
First turn of the key and away she went, nice one . Steve if you get a white board for jobs to do, I think you might need quite a big one lol 😂😂. Great video, keep em coming mate 👍💯
😆There's some 8ft by 4ft ones for sale on market place 😆 thank you mate, will do 👍
It's cool how the license plate says "Kapitan!" Super cool car and super cool videos as well! Keep it up! Subscribed. 💪
Thank you very much, appreciate it! Welcome aboard 👍
Keep plodding on man 😎👍 halfords do decent covers that will keep her dry. Had loads of different low price ones over the last five years or so... which have fallen to bit eventually and let water in... this one has lasted the winter intact and kept my mk2 that lives outside dry 👍🙂 weather wild where i live and strap it down with clips and bungee cords underneath
Thanks mate, will do, I'll check out them covers, I've been through loads of them too 👍
Fairplay man doing up a viva E coupe myself any tips on were to get parts window rubbers ect 👍
Thanks nice one mate, face book clubs,ebay ,mev spares, east kent trim supplies , vauxhall green parts, just a few of the top of my head there 👍
From what I've understood in the past , when it says Registered keeper" it's referring to the registration number is owned by the dvla, the car is yours. With the wheels they look nice in the satin black with the chrome center cap, would possibly look even better with the outer chrome rings too. But I put on JBW steel pepper pots. 13x7, they look pretty chunky. I clean my chrome with brillo pads with the pink soapy stuff in them, seems to clear stuff off nicely. Where was it you got your chrome wiper blades from? Keep up the good work, it fires up spot on now. 👍
Thank you mate, I know the exact jbw wheels you're talking about I've always fancied a set of them too, I got my wipers from holden vintage and classic website, there's some canny stuff on there 👍
@@RetroRebuild cheers for that. I'll get them ordered. 👍
@@gordonhughes4603 👍
Wheels look good for the sleeper style. White lettering would look a bit “Carlos fandango” I think for the mighty Viva. Great video mate keep them coming please 👍🏻😊
😆 Carlos fandango! 😆 thank you mate, will do 👍
You got through a right lot in this one! Liking the look of the wheel, you could try the aluminium foil and water trick for the pitting you mentioned. I like the letters highlighted on the tyres, you could try gold to match in with the bodywork. Great vid, once again, thanks for sharing. I'm away to paint my kitchen window.
Thank you mate, I've never heard of the foil trick I'm gonna be checking it out now tho 😃, hope the painting went well 👍
@@RetroRebuild painting went well, but broke a double glazed window!
@@andyarmstrong1493 nightmare mate !
@@RetroRebuild My fault used a power screwdriver to replace the window handles. feel sick though!
@Andy Armstrong ah never mate, shit happens some times, prices for getting just the glass unit replaced aren't too bad tho, depending on the size
Nice to get those little jobs sorted, wheels great painted black, hubs caps came up a treat, I done the lettering on the Mk 1 Cortina when I had it, great vid mate.
Thank you mate, yeah I can't wait to get all the wheels done, nice ! you have good taste 😃 👍
Route master for hire is a good channel .
Shame they aren't going to post any more the owner bought a yacht and went sailing sold the company .
Brilliant to watch them do engine work ect.
I'll check them vids out mate, thanks👍
I did the white lettering on mine back in the 1980s and it stayed white for all of a week 😂 then turned to purple lettering 🤔, purple & black not a great combination 😉. Nice fix on the reversing lights 👌🏻 and yeah my dad often had his car washed in the rain , sleet , snow by me 😂, 9 years didn’t have many options back then ☹️ it was either work down the Mines or wash Dads car 😂.
😆 thank you mate 👍
your getting there takes time and you can only do 1 job at a time keep up the good work nice video
Thank you mate, will do 👍
Rustoleum Hardhat would be the paint to go for imo, great colour blocking coverage,great finish,really durable ,and sprays a lot nicer than smoothrite ,looked great on my vw .
Thanks mate, I'm gonna check that rustoleum stuff out 👍
Hi Steve great vid mate. Love the black wheels and the shiny chrome, really suits the car well. Definitely would benefit from some deep dish steels at some point ! Glad to see the brake light fixed haha . Looking forward to next weeks as always mate ❤️👍🏻
Thank you mate, yeah I like the look too, she deffo needs some wide wheels to fill those arches 👍
i dony know how to do emojies, but well done mate. Love the viva
😃 Thank you mate 👍
Good to see you back!. Been hanging for a new vid on the old girl!.... 🙂
Have you missed some like mate, new vid goes on every Sunday at 11👍
Good evening mate! I look forward to every Sunday evening for your latest video. How far has that car come along! Well done buddy. 😊
Hello mate! Thank you! she's getting there! Nearly time for a nice long drive 👍
steve, the black wheel with chrome caps, reminds me of ford crown vic. not a fan of the white lettering on tyres, but it's your car at the end of the day!
Yeah me too mate !
Cracking video as always mate...keep going! As with everything, it's the little jobs that mount up...glad you got those reverse lights sorted!
Just a question, you've got that other Viva at your Dad's place...are you ever going to restore that one? Or is that simply a donor car if you get stuck for parts for the yellow one? 😂 - Steve
Thank you mate! 😄 once I get moved house and have space I'd like to get the estate to mine and then take a good look at her on the channel and take it from there, I'd love to restore it on the channel money and time allowing, I'm just borrowing parts off her for now 😄👍
@@RetroRebuild look forward to seeing the estate making an appearance one day 😀
Good vid👍🏻. Nice to see all those little jobs such a brake & reverse lights being done, means your getting there, That proper test drive can’t be far off now👍🏻😁
Thank you mate, it shouldn't be😃, I can't wait! 👍
It says on the V5/V5c Registered keeper, as the registered keeper is not necessarily the owner. A couple of examples are if it is a company car, the car is owned by the company and the person who has the car is the registered keeper and responsible for it. Another example is if you buy the car on finance, H P etc, You are only the registered keeper as the finance company actually own the car till you make the final payment. Of course if you buy the car outright with cash you own it, hence say "Not necessarily the owner". Of course this is an old video, and you may already have been told that lol..
Tbh I miss you going ah ha ha then tipping the tea all over you lol .
Made me laugh.
😆 I was low on tea 😆
I think adding a chrome 'beauty ring' on the black wheels would be smart.
I've been checking out some different combos today as I have some beauty rings in the garage, I'll show them in next vid 👍
Wheels look good, reminds me of American police cars! White lettering will complete the look, awesome 😎
Thanks mate they will look good for now until I upgrade 👍😎
Mirror 🪞 Mirror 🪞 on the wall, that hubcap polished up well, those late HC's also occasionally came with embellisher rings behind the hubcaps, about three different versions. Don't know whether any second hand being available ex breakers yard, a bit long in the tooth now those Viva's. I would be tempted to put whitewall on those tyres, thats ring stencil heat pressed onto the tyre, once popular in Canadian export models, if I recall correctly, the HC was the Pontiac Firenza, and the HB ( & GT ) was called Envoy Epic in Canada.
The problem with those reverse lights ( Wipac ) is there is no return ( earth ), you were heading in the right direction with an aftermarket earth to say the RWD ( rear window dimist ) earth in the boot 👢
Great to see your boot light working 😊
I had the same problem with my mk1 HB headlights parker ( side light bulb ) in the end I just soldered a wire to the side of the bulb to the radiator mounting bolt 🔩 to achieve satisfactory grounding.
Vauxhall remedied this from 1969 onward with the mk2 HB rectangular Cibie / Lucas units with a return on the harness.
Don't forget to elaborate more on Car Verticle ( UK style ), as we in the colonies are more perplexed with car compliance specifics.
I did like the bit about once a classic is forty years old, not requiring the standard "M.O.T"
Looking forward already, to the next installment Steve, thanks, Vernon ( New Zealand ).
Thank you! thanks for the info Vernon, I think I have some wheel embellishers stored somewhere 👍
@@RetroRebuild thats great Steve, hope you received the 📧 email OK 👍 👌
@@vernonmatthews181 ill check it out👍
Nice project, maybe a Ford next time? 👍🙂👍
Thank you, Who knows mate, they will definitely be a ford on the channel at some point, I've got a long list of cars I'd like 😃👍
Love your videos and humour mate. Watch every week. Keep it coming.
Thank you mate, appreciate it 👍
New subscriber, love the channel. One day il own a car 😆
😃 Thank you mate, welcome aboard 👍
Good morning from Portugal.
I'm bad with English so I'll be doing my comment in Portuguese.
Passei as últimas 2 semanas a ver todos os vídeos.
O HC não é o meu preferido, aprendi a conduzir numa HB Estate de 1968.
Estou a gostar de ver o que vai acontecer com este projecto.
Em relação ao vídeo de hoje a minha opinião é que as rodas não deviam ficar em preto mas sim como o original na cor cinza, claro que é a minha opinião.
Continua com o mesmo entusiasmo.
Fico aqui à espera pelo próximo vídeo.
Abraço a partir do Porto em Portugal. 👍👍👍
Try using Google translate - put your comment in and it produced this "I spent the last 2 weeks watching all the videos.
The HC is not my favourite, I learned to drive in a 1968 HB Estate.
I'm enjoying seeing what will happen with this project.
Regarding today's video, my opinion is that the wheels should not be black but like the original in gray, of course it is my opinion.
Continue with the same enthusiasm.
I'm here waiting for the next video.
Hug from Porto in Portugal." Makes perfect sense in English
Don’t worry. Steve’s terrible at English as well
Thank you friend , appreciate it, thank you for watching 👍
😆 jokes on you I'm fluent in Portuguese 😆
@@RetroRebuild well I expect you to address your Portuguese viewers in the language for the intro to your next video
You can tell from the way the car starts and sounds, that your in the ballpark with your ignition and fuel settings.
Cheap trick to clean chrome, bit of CIF ,solvo also work well.
Black satin rim with chrome caps, nice retro look, writing on the tyres, personal thing, but somehow Nano doesn't fit with a retro car! 😂
Hope your family watch, if they do, next time they see you playing with electrics, shout bang....🤣🤣
Thanks mate, they do watch 😆👍
Loving the updates mate, keep them coming. 👍
Thank you mate, will do 👍
Wheel looks great,nice look!
Thank you mate 👍
Those wheels will look proper smart
Thank you mate, I'm liking them too👍
Simoniz tough paint don’t need primer or lacquer
Thanks mate, I'll try some 👍
Sound job 👍👍
Thanks mate 👍
I’d do the same get them caps well polished up. Otherwise it would stand out against the aesthetic beauty of the body work.
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Does it ever stop raining in the toon? Some banded rostyles would look cool
😄 sometimes it does mate 😆 yeah it definitely needs some wider wheels to fill the arches 👍
if youre painting the car dont use any polish beforehand due to the silicones
Thanks mate 👍
had a maroon one of those in '77'/-'80'
Very cool 👍
Some chrome trim rings might look good on the black wheels, and hub caps?
Personally I hate black wheels they never look clean.!
But as they say "each to their own"
I've been trying out a few different combos today mate, more on wheels in next vid 😄👍
Nice project , from Miloshs V70 restoration 👍
Thank you mate 👍
@@RetroRebuild please check out me channel 🙏 mate , much appreciated
Will do mate 👍
Another great video, keep them coming mate.
Thank you mate, will do 👍
Another great Vid!
Thank you mate 👍
Alright mate 👍 I'm back from holidays 🛫🌞🌞🇪🇸🍻🍻🥃🥃#magaluf!! ...and now all caught up with the Viva man's antics!! 🤣 I'm not really a fan of black wheels but to be fair with the shiny ✨ hub cab and the bright orange they look cool 😎 white letters are your choice 🤔🤷♂️ yeah as other comments don't leave it just in primer as its porous, dust some paint over the top 👌 also buy some etch primer 👍 fair play it fires off the button now 💪👏 typical North East weather 😐🌧️🌧️ could of cried getting off the plane 😢😭😂 have you seen the Chevette on market place?? 🤔 hope there's enough emojis for ya! 🤔🤣🤣🤘🤙🤟👍👌
Alright mate , hope you had a good hol, yeah I've seen the chevette, if I had space and time it would be mine 😄, I'm just checking out a place to get some paint mixed up, so it won't stay in primer, that's plenty emojis mate 😆👍👍👍👍
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Yeah coolant good idea it's got rust inhibitor in.
Don't leave it in primer as it's porous, get some same colour yellow for now and do any repairs as you go.
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I've already been looking at getting some paint mixed today mate 👍
That front tyre looks like it going to interfere with the arch ?
It doesn't mate I'll show in the next vid
@Retro Rebuild no worries just something I noticed .
@barryscrotter👍 it has a little tuck in the arches because I've fitted higher profile tyres than the originals and lowered the car slightly, still plenty of turning room tho, the wheels are pretty narrow, when I fit with wider wheels I'll have to fit lower profile tyres tho, or they'll definitely interfere 😃
Hi mate the government doesnt own the car, you do.
The receipt from where you bought it proves who owns it. Usually it'll have the sellers details, the car details and your details. It doesnt need to be owt fancy, it can be scribbled on a tab packet.
The V5 proves who the registered keeper is. The registered keeper is liable for making sure its kept road legal (insured, taxed etc or in your case showing as MOT exempt and "taxed" at the zero rate). This is who they'll contact if yiu get a speeding or parking ticket etc. Its the registered keepers job to say who was driving if somebody else gets a ticket in it for example if you loaned it to your mate.
You're doing a cracking job and you sound local-ish to me. I might pass you on the road some day I hope we can have a bit crack at some point
Thank you mate, absolutely I'll talk to anyone, 😃 👍
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Great video buddy
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Personally I would have silver wheels.
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Love the content! Keep the videos coming :)
Thank you mate, will do 👍
aye, black n white with a toon crest on the hubs lol
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White lettering would look fab and the registered keeper may not be the owner i may be wrong but its probabably got something to do with all these finance deals you get these days where you don,t own it for 4 years or whatever after payingbit of
Thanks mate, I'm trying to remember the old log books, gonna see if my dad still has a one knocking about 👍
If you want white writing on your tyres why not put "Retro Rebuild" on them?
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Have a look at tasty classics .
He's got a mk1 cavalier in.
I know mate, watched it last night very cool shame about the rot in front of cab 👍
@Retro Rebuild yea , be good for a seasoned welder to fix but otherwise its pretty much done.
Did you see the panhard video.
Those cars fascinate me , not sure why.
@barryscrotter yes mate I did, they're a cool looking little motor!
Will viva restoration be delayed by tripod restoration?
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You've destroyed more camera stands than The Who have destroyed microphone stands!!!😀😀😀😀😀😀
😆 the rock and roll youtube car channel 😆👍
Think silver wheels look a lot better they brighten the car up.
Car is running like a mouse's heart 😊
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Don't paint the writing on the tyres it looks cheap and nasty,good video mate.
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Iv never understood the mot exempt cars over 40 year's old the mot is there for your safety. If anything the old rust buckets would to be more unsafe than today's cars 🤣
The thinking behind it is that an awful lot of classic cars are only used for shows or come out in summer . Classic insurance limits your mileage , and classic owners are more likely to maintain their cars and not leave maintenance till they are forced to by an mot failure
There's probably more cars with dodgy mot's on the road than there is unroadworthy classics mate, I've seen some states with 12 months test on them 😆 you've give me a good idea for a future vid tho 👍
Meh~ “registered keeper?” Sounds like some Equity bull💩😝 Registered Owner is better 🎉 the wheels would look good with white lettering, racy car touch for the wheels. Deep dish Watanabe JDM wheels would look awesome on the Viva. Not sure about the Viva PCD, most old JDM cars though are 114.3 PCD. But I think deep dish old skool wheels would just change the whole look of the Viva for the better!🏁🛞💨💨💨
Definitely need some deep dish wheels to fill those arches mate, viva wheel pcd is 4 x 4inch or 101.6 mm👍
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Thanks for replying back to me,I'm so chuffed a real life RUclips star 🌟 has replied to little ol' me.I can't wait to get to work and let the lads know.They will carry me round shoulder high.cheers.
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Silver looks better with the chrome trim I'd say 🤗
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Instead of paying crazy halfords prices get yasel up to pelaw av taylors. Tha van is in all ya videos so by rights you want extra discount for advertising. Also your getting carried away with the Thing T impressions i was never a fan of the adams family lol.
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