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fuel's 1973 Vauxhall Viva


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yeah it rides pretty well, steering has gone a bit funny though due to the increased offset of the wheels - you turn in and it just keeps turning, the steering doesn't self-centre itself anymore. rear is really bumpy due to the airshocks it has bottoming out before the diff hits the bumpstops, will change back to original shocks to fix that.

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surprisingly not too bad - was the main reason I chose the 175/60s over something like 175/50s etc. With the speedo bouncing between 50-60 it feels like you're doing about 50. Driven it to work and back on 80km/h stretch of the road and it seems sweet, but it's not the sort of car you'ld want to keep travelling at 100km/h in.

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Shit that looks lush Phil.

With your black plate at the back, is that silver paint or bare metal on the letters? Because with careful sanding you can bare metal them to look sweet.

Think it might be time you hams boes had a car photoshoot somewhere?

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cheers guys!

jase - am keeping it 1256, can't be bothered with another full-blown project like the Eterna

lee - I scraped off the plastic-like covering over the letters, sprayed the plate satty-b and then took the paint off the letters with thinners, and gave them a quick sand

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