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Sweet thanks, might be a bit far but will see what I can get in before the weekend, if not will give you a bell. You don't do Sat mornings do you???

If by some strange combination of me organising shit, and getting a WOF without repairs required, I will have a White Viva at this. Someone giz WOF plz? Have fixed the 264726 things it failed on but don't want to take it back to the same place. *waves fist angrily at said place* Failing that will be in a Toyota based car as always.

Really need a few more details to help diagnose, but could be any number of things. Battery - is it charged and connected - how long has it been sitting, may have gone flat? Negative lead - connected properly at both ends? Have you modified the chassis loom, or simply added the 4AGE loom to run ECU/motor? Does anything else work i.e. radio, lights? Chuck a multi-meter across the main power feeds at various places and see where you lose voltage.

PM me if you want. I've got one you can borrow for some beers. Might just have to check the WOF. Single axle, unbraked, but perfect size for 1200.

Too much upholstery in your car... needs to go on a diet. Can sell you a set of fibreglass bumpers and bonnet. The interwebs say a 12A with gbox is 375 pounds so roughly 170kgs which is quite a bit, I imagine the turbo kit parts would add a few more kilos to it. At that weight it wouldn't be far off a 2300 slant motor.

IIRC a GT weighs about 950 (claimed) so I would suggest yours would be 900-925kgs. Depends how much gas you've got in it! Never weighed mine but with plastic glazing and fiberglass I would have thought about 850kgs.

This looks like it's gaining some interest - cool. Security is a bit of a concern, more so because it's peoples houses, not only the cars/tools side of things. Maybe do a "register your interest" then get invited if you're a known / GC? No mates on the day spec. /nobody knows me...

This would be sweet, maybe as a OS pre-xmas run thing? Could go through the Hutt on way to Masterton. Would be okay to open my shed up for a laugh at my projects...

I had thought about going to see Melbar. Could do with replacing the cable too so they seem a logical choice. Was hoping someone would be instantly "oh go see xyz"... Borg: tell more about time machine/vauxhall parts dept - sounds awesome!

Was thinking about getting a normal one and welding a washer on the back. Drill and tap is waaaay to hard.

Tried to make the tilting seats in my Viva work properly and the mechanism in one was no longer attached - pretty much explained why it didn't work. After peeling back the seat upholstery I see the cable had snapped and was missing a part... I think it's called a cable barrel. It has a flat on the back of it so it sits in a lever, which is different to most designs I've seen on the internet which don't have the flat - i.e. used in carb throttle linkages etc. Anyone got any good sources for these types of things? About 5mm diameter (or imperial equivalent) In position (at the good end, not the difficult inside the seat bit)...

Far out, that package from Auckland had a few bits in it!!! Can't you just cut and shut that backwards facing manifold to make it correct? Also, looking at those heads there are far more valves than you would be used to. In fact valves haven't been the Viva's strong point so far...

I had a similar thing once, double check the earth leads - both battery to chassis and block to chassis had really poor connections where they bolted to the chassis - whipped them off, scuffed up the metal underneath and all good. May or may not be the same.

KK - ta, will make telephonic communication on the day.

Any OS plans for spectating at this? I'll probably just go on Sunday but keen to catch up with others there.

Looks like you're making some reasonable progress with the planning and development of the V6. Pretty handy how it looks as though everything will bolt together and fit nicely. Almost as good as Toyota stuff Also, where the hell do you get so much time from to fiddle with projects? What's with the novelty over-sized cheque hanging on your wall?

12A would go better in a yellow one with a tunnel chop and big flared arches... Oh, and I've got a 4AGE Celica deteriorating before my eyes so that may be a donor for a RWD 4AGE for a Viva, and then get stripped and repowered.

I just left work on the Esplanade and it was pretty mild, I would expect it to stay that way. But who knows in 5 hours time.

LOL typo "new lockup is much less substantial than the new one" - is it shrinking on you? How does it compare with old one? Looks like a decent place. KNOW

Have done plenty of procrastination with online OS, maybe some real life OS would work.

Won't see me there. Having my knowledge examined the next morning so will be cramming/panicking Had actually thought the meet was the following Thurs

Oh yes, I have had a long standing wanted ad on Trademe and never found one that doesn't need a lot of work. I know of about 3 that are still alive. I can't imagine there are many left in NZ. Pic reposted because it's just so awesome.

I work around the corner from Racetech, so I might buy something for myself... Can also assist with your procurement needs.

BBQ on the roof rack of your City hooning down motorway would be lol I have nothing useful to add really.

I approve of this method. Top tip though, if you 'manipulate' it far enough over, you should run a brace over to the inner guard to hold it in place because it will try to revert back to original alignment under braking and rub against the engine. I speak from experience. I got rid of the servo in the current setup and use a dual circuit Nissan master cylinder - awesome for engine clearance, and developing leg muscles...