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peester
30-06-05, 12:10 PM
anyone going to this?? if u are take a digi cam and take good pics..lol, wish i cud go but i have to work.. - at the pod, sunday 4th.. much better than max live.
the kinda shizzle u shud expect to see:
(p.s the black LET'd viva - hopefully it'll run the 1/4mile and hopefully someone will video it)
Karmann Ghia's
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v11/peester/low.jpg
Reno's
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v11/peester/480938.jpg
Miafioris
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v11/peester/641109.jpg
HSR's
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v11/peester/560054.jpg
That Firenza/viva
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v11/peester/421661.jpg
all good shit.
scott.parker
30-06-05, 12:18 PM
Humm might pop down as it looks like a goo devent,i missed it last year..
This syco lives in the midlands mate,i have seen this car run down at shakespeare race way loads of times,it never use to have a let though a few years back it was juast an XE running huge amounts of Nos.. :P :D
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v11/peester/421661.jpg
Scott
mad-driver
30-06-05, 12:18 PM
isnt that the viva/firenza from total vauxhall that can do an extremely quick quarter mile?
Philsutton
30-06-05, 12:19 PM
i might take a trip down, that viva is an absolute animal. Also go an see whats for sale if anything
Oh I get in
That black Viva at the bottom was featured in a mag a while ago, its crazy.
scott.parker
30-06-05, 12:20 PM
more then likely,think last time i saw it run it was 12 or 11's?
Philsutton
30-06-05, 12:21 PM
last time i saw it run it was against the justnovas van which it beat by about 5 seconds lol.
scott.parker
30-06-05, 12:22 PM
LMAO i recon the guy must have broke something then hey phil as that car is a lot faster then any xe nova! :lol: :wink:
mad-driver
30-06-05, 12:22 PM
lol! Is that a slightly larger engine it has in now?
Philsutton
30-06-05, 12:23 PM
nah i meant the viva battered the nova :D
scott.parker
30-06-05, 12:28 PM
nah i meant the viva battered the nova :D :roll: doh :wink: :lol:
that looks cools might hav to try and get there with a couple of mates :D
love classic cars they always show where we started if you know what i mean :D
1400_sri
30-06-05, 06:37 PM
the guy with the viva is from brierley hill and lives 2mins away from me, hes names mick and owns wacky racers http://www.tmmuk.com/wackyracers/
It also runs 11.1 quarter mile!
ive got a small vid of it http://www.uk-srs.co.uk/photos/albums/userpics/wacky4.wmv
http://www.uk-srs.co.uk/photos/albums/batch/sr1a/P4020583.jpg
http://www.uk-srs.co.uk/photos/albums/batch/sr1a/P4020641.jpg
http://www.uk-srs.co.uk/photos/albums/batch/sr1a/P4020661.jpg
and heres one of his mates cars, runs 11.7 also LET
http://www.uk-srs.co.uk/photos/albums/batch/sr1a/P4020646.jpg
scott.parker
30-06-05, 06:47 PM
Nice one mate i know he was a fellow midlander but never got to speak to him,and never knew about the company,might have to make a visit to him in the futur as it says he's bit of a wizz with nos :P
Scott
http://www.uk-srs.co.uk/photos/albums/batch/sr1a/P4020583.jpg
Somehow I could just invisage Phil Sutton sitting in that, chasing french cars up the strip :lol:
1400_sri
30-06-05, 06:54 PM
yep mate he does resprays as well and does resprays for the top dragsters in the uk so nows his stuff, so if you need a respray and guaranteed top job his your man :+:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v11/peester/641109.jpg
looks a bit like a fiat arbath... NICE!
that viva is great, i think i've seen it on tv
Philsutton
01-07-05, 11:31 AM
so could i actually, only thing is i was expecting a dirty great V8 under the bonnet when i first saw. Still quick though. Oh im actually on the look out for a viva at the moment :D
peester
01-07-05, 06:31 PM
Oh im actually on the look out for a viva at the moment :D
great cars... :roll: lol.
had 2 still love em. Never see any about at all. most dead now.
STE Novavanman
01-07-05, 06:35 PM
I like those type of cars thats why the retro cars magazines are so much better than those boy racer magazine
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v11/peester/low.jpg
That is sex!!!
Looks like a early version.
:+:
scott.parker
02-07-05, 01:18 PM
Yep when i was 15 my mates bro had a beatel and i alway either wanted a bug or a karmann ghia,i found this 58 on a site
http://web.telia.com/~u31614134/Minabilar/Ghia58a.jpg
http://web.telia.com/~u31614134/English/myghiastart.html
Scott
Adam Moran
03-07-05, 12:33 AM
That viva is the bollocks!!! Seen it loads of time sdown the pod.. hes proper old skool lol
Philsutton
03-07-05, 05:36 PM
quite disappointed really, the viva wasnt there, an i dont think i actually saw any at the show
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