Sanfiddy Posted August 4, 2017 Share Posted August 4, 2017 Another project thats sat around for a while, got this mellow yellow viva a few years ago, brought it off a guy in blenheim, supposedly his grandmas, looks like it was a one owner car once. really tidy interior, i doubt granny had the red racing bonnet but everything else looks okay, few carpark dings. still had some retirement home cards in the back seat and a disabled card on the rear view mirror. she's a yellow 1300 manual, not exactly high spec but i took my chances and drove home to nelson one week night, had sat around for a while and had stale fuel, filled it up and put a battery in it, and it actually made it back okay, got a fuel block halfway up the whanagmos, turns out it had a custom fuel line from the tank as the old one was blocked too. luckily i had my follow car, left it on the side of the road and boosted home to get more fuel and more hose. since then, i rebuilt the carb, made a new fuel line, flushed the tank, had gravel in it! New filters, plugs, leads, coil, points, new rear brakes new front brakes ect ect and took a muffler out of the exhaust, runs real good now! took it for a wof, failed on a few basic lights, all 4 tyres, rear brake imbalance (since fixed) and the battery not secured. since then its kinda sat at home, needs to get on the road when i have time! might be past the 28 days for the of re-check Photo of the day i got it, in the guys driveway with a massive battery to compensate for the alternator not working 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sanfiddy Posted August 4, 2017 Author Share Posted August 4, 2017 trailered it between houses 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sanfiddy Posted August 4, 2017 Author Share Posted August 4, 2017 took it to work, tried out lowering it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sanfiddy Posted August 4, 2017 Author Share Posted August 4, 2017 and now it sits at home under the carport, till I clear more space at work to bring it in and wof it! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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