Steve - She’s a solid wee motor. You’re getting there bit by bit. Don’t forget, cars from that era only lasted for about 50 thousand miles and 5 to 10 years. Cars now are only really run in at 50 thousand miles and last for 10 to 20 years plus. It’s a different world.
Nothing wrong with a bit of fiberglass, remember replacing the floor under the driver's feet in my Renault 6 in the 80s, drove it all round Europe after that with no Flintstone effect whatsoever. Main thing is to keep the water out. Welding sounds over ambitious to me especially if you tend to melt everything !! Keep up the good work, it's great to see and hear the Viva sounding just like I remember from the 70s.
Ah yeah, those that'll do for now jobs, had plenty of those, never did get around to learning to weld, that's something I still wish I could do, and I had one of those moments when I got to work this morning after a week off lol. great vid mate.
Changed the wiper blades on my father’s Viva and ended up in hospital with a skinned middle left finger, loving the improvised body work true 80’s style 😆👍🏻
Corner holes are indeed drainage channels, & when you get around to welding, tape thick cardboard on the screen & add a welding blanket for good measure! Mine was the same there! And my bonnet had rotted in the same areas on both sides!! Cheers. Leigh.
Always entertaining, that's why I like this channel. Stick to the Viva project, only get a new one AFTER the Viva is done, otherwise it never will be, been there myself...
See you are doing what everyone else is doing... But they won't say they are lol.. All good.. Enjoy your video all the time.. John from Lisburn northern Ireland
Awesome!! The nitrosilvia channel on UA-cam has a couple of really great welding instruction videos; he restores Rovers, mostly the Rover SD1, and it's an excellent small restoration channel. He talks through welder settings etc for car panels.
Entertaining video as ever Steve. Brought a mini over on the ferry to Belfast years ago with a fibreglass floor in that I'd made . Just to stop the flintstones effect . Square of plywood with fibreglass over . Got The idea from a plastic bath! Thats how the bottoms are strengthened.. Wonderful stuff is fibreglass. The two channels are drain holes they stop water collecting and being blown through your rear vents back into the car . Do yer brake light!! We should all tell you in the comments every week till u remember..
Liking the new wipers, I think those wiper arms are chrome but painted black. Might look good if you removed the paint? Good work on the boot surround, fiddly area to work at. I would stick to one project at a time. Thanks for sharing, always enjoyable.
Hi Steve, is the Viva fully registered? If not can you show the process of getting it thru rego inspection. Here in Australia it’s a real pain so would be good to see how it’s done in England.
Hi, mate, the viva is registered in my name but also with it being over 40 years old it's tax and mot exempt here, it must be different to Australia, that's a good idea I'll explain it in next vid mate 👍
Carry on man your doing good good advice fiberglass that the way to go for that type of repair - I used to have a viva bright blue HC wish I still had it it was my first car.
Any youtube funds back into the Viva for now, she deserves it 😁 anything to stop water getting into the car is worth it in the short term or longer term in my opinion. 👍
Haven't realy got space for another project where I'm living at the minute, so keep having to talk myself out of it 😄, too right mate she should be water tight soon! 👍
Not sure if you've used Rain X before but it reduces drag on the wipers and still keeps the screen clear if/when the wipers pack up! I use it on all my old motors..
Ive been a subscriber for quite a while now and this channel has become one of my favourites, great content and not too serious, the vivas getting there now its be good if you could get that electronic ignition to work properly
Nice job mate... you're braver than I am! I'd never attempt any bodywork for fear of making it worse! Top notch video as always...take your time and it'll look fab when its finished! - Steve
Back in the 1960s / 70s drivers had smaller heads and their eyes were closer together 👀 so could get away with shorter blades of 11inch 😉, it’s true bro and our generation was first to have normal eyesight 😂. Sorry I know you missed my comments last week 😞 but did watch vid 👍🏻 and it was awful 😂 so thought best not to comment 😂, kidding Ofc and nothing wrong with fibre glass for a rain channel fix 👌🏻 keep up the good work 😁.
Those leads coming lose seemed to be common on GM cars - happened to my Mum's Kadett C (the Chevette based model with the 1200cc engine) - we towed it home and I had it sorted before my Dad got back from work.
I'm begging you, please give the bodywork a good deep clean. It will give you a good idea what other bodywork issues are lurking in the shadows. That apart, I love the channel, keep up the good work.
It looks like what you could do with are photographs of other similar Vivas showing any drainage tubes or channels, so you can cross-refer to your own.
I would think the gap is a drain channel from the screen aperture. If you take the screen out you can bung a rubber plug into it as the rubber hose that may be behind it has probably long gone... Same on the BL cars.
Hi Steve , another job ticked off mate.. the repairs you have done today could have been the cause of the water ingress in the fuel tank a few weeks ago..? And you said to suggest the next job … have you considered how you’re gonna paint her in the future? I watched a UA-cam video where a guy brush painted a mini in coach paint and it looked amazing! Just a thought for you 🤷🏻♂️ .it would save you masking up as much plus obviously no overspray and neighbours to consider haha …awesome as always mate, we always get a laugh from from you😊 looking forward to next weeks as always ❤👍🏻
Hi mate, thank you ! yeah it definitely was the cause of the water in the tank, I was gonna get some paint mixed to paint over the repairs I do, and then rub it down to look aged, but I'll look into anything I'll give that a watch 👍
Love the honesty with your videos. Can’t wait to see the Viva go through this transformation process. Very enjoyable. Have you seen the ‘Rusty Love’ UA-cam channel? He’s restoring an old Capri - he shows how to weld metal work and stuff.
Let's get the Viva finished before moving on. And yes, I played in bands and quite often got home about 01:30 in the morning and couldn't be arsed getting out of the car. I know it doesn't need one, but I think you should get it MOT ready. What's left to do for that?
We’re waiting for you to cram the wife n kids in it with bucket n spade n everything. Spin it out to the coast n chuck in some wild stealth camping. Arguments over the directions the lot.
Unless your looking for concours I wouldn't bother with welding the channel its not scukturul struktorel structural (how do you say that?) as long as you get it to bare metal treat the rust and use fibreglass as the main base to bare metal then fill prime with something like Bonda Rust red oxide then topcoat it will last and then no need to worry about welding near that petrol tank?You could if you really wanted to fill with metal using the new panel adhesives out these days but well done fibreglass will work fine :) Which reminds me I have very similar rust in the corners of my Cortina boot lip.............
Spend any money you make off youtube on the viva (probably enough to buy some tyre valve caps lol) i wouldn't start another project , finish the one you have first . When you have 2 on the go, one tends to be left by the wayside , horn you skills on the viva .
😆 I haven't got room where I am at the minute so I shouldn't buy anything else, what you hear in the vids is me talking myself into it, then talking myself out of it 😆
The number one rebuild channel.......... for yellow vivas. You are wrong. The number one rebuild channel.......period. (as Americans would say). 15 year old filler......still ‘new’ as seen from the little HCs point of view.
Nice one Steve still working on the old girl bad boy filler good stuff cheers mate
Thanks mate, yeah it's canny stuff!👍
I recon I might be getting a set of those wiper blades. Looks pretty mint.
Yeah nice bit of kit mate 👍
Steve - She’s a solid wee motor. You’re getting there bit by bit.
Don’t forget, cars from that era only lasted for about 50 thousand miles and 5 to 10 years. Cars now are only really run in at 50 thousand miles and last for 10 to 20 years plus.
It’s a different world.
Very true mate, that's why it's nice seeing the ones that have survived on the road 👍
Nothing wrong with a bit of fiberglass, remember replacing the floor under the driver's feet in my Renault 6 in the 80s, drove it all round Europe after that with no Flintstone effect whatsoever. Main thing is to keep the water out. Welding sounds over ambitious to me especially if you tend to melt everything !!
Keep up the good work, it's great to see and hear the Viva sounding just like I remember from the 70s.
Very true mate, 😆 will do ,thank you👍
Gets more interesting each week, keep it up 😊
🙂 thank you mate, will do 👍
Thanks for the boot gutter fabrication repair, I also had my eye 👁 on the boot lamp switch two parts, hard to get downunder in New Zealand 🇳🇿 🔦💡🍻📸👌
Love the chrome wipers Sod’s Law she conks out on a drive !
Thank you mate , a na! 😄
My Sunday treat !!! Another great video
Thank you mate, appreciate it 👍
😂😂 I once repaired a hole in my 1.2 nova Sr lookalike with a piece of old perspex and some windscreen glue .
😆 now that's using your initiative mate, I've used the grill off a disposable bbq to make a repair before 😆
Ah yeah, those that'll do for now jobs, had plenty of those, never did get around to learning to weld, that's something I still wish I could do, and I had one of those moments when I got to work this morning after a week off lol. great vid mate.
😄 me too , it's never too late mate, go get welding 😁 tell me about it, it's a downer going back after some nice time off! Thanks mate 👍
Hi mate take the rear screen out so you can check the frame that the glass/rubber sits in.
Beauty.
Chas👍
Hi mate, thank you! it will be coming out at some point because I want to replace window rubber 👍
Nice one Steve gaffa tape and fibre glass get it boshed 😂
Thanks mate ,😄 👍
Changed the wiper blades on my father’s Viva and ended up in hospital with a skinned middle left finger, loving the improvised body work true 80’s style 😆👍🏻
Ouch! Thank you mate, 😁 👍
Corner holes are indeed drainage channels, & when you get around to welding, tape thick cardboard on the screen & add a welding blanket for good measure! Mine was the same there! And my bonnet had rotted in the same areas on both sides!! Cheers. Leigh.
Thanks again for the info leigh, it's a bit of an odd place for it to go on the bonnet ain't it! 👍
Hah, think I'm the first view! Getting sweeter by the week. Let's call this preservation work. You can weld her anytime.
Nice one mate, thank you, exactly that's right don't get it right get it going 😄
Always entertaining, that's why I like this channel. Stick to the Viva project, only get a new one AFTER the Viva is done, otherwise it never will be, been there myself...
Thank you mate , I keep talking myself in and out of getting something else, I shouldn't realy haven't got space here 👍
Remember fixing my old man's viva with one of my mum's glass fibre curtains
Happy days 😁
Keep up the good work 👍
😄 will do mate, thank you 👍
See you are doing what everyone else is doing... But they won't say they are lol.. All good.. Enjoy your video all the time.. John from Lisburn northern Ireland
😄, thank you mate, appreciate it 👍
Love it. It makes a good day better.
Thank you mate 👍
Had a knopper on your recommendation yesterday. What a treat for the tastebuds... Keep up the good work, funny content.
😀Ah brilliant mate, they delicious! Thank you, will do 👍
keep on going. love the Sunday episodes!
Will do mate , thank you
Always entertaining and a genuine UA-camr, keep the video's coming.
Thank you mate,appreciate it, will do 👍
Awesome!! The nitrosilvia channel on UA-cam has a couple of really great welding instruction videos; he restores Rovers, mostly the Rover SD1, and it's an excellent small restoration channel. He talks through welder settings etc for car panels.
Thanks mate 👍 yeah I normaly watch those vids, when I get a chance I'll catch up!
Entertaining video as ever Steve.
Brought a mini over on the ferry to Belfast years ago with a fibreglass floor in that I'd made . Just to stop the flintstones effect . Square of plywood with fibreglass over . Got The idea from a plastic bath! Thats how the bottoms are strengthened..
Wonderful stuff is fibreglass.
The two channels are drain holes they stop water collecting and being blown through your rear vents back into the car .
Do yer brake light!!
We should all tell you in the comments every week till u remember..
Thank you mate, 😄 awful stuff to work with but it's tough stuff like, 😄 brake light is getting sorted in next vid I promise 👍
Great video as always mate.
You could cut the crimp end of a spade terminal off and solder the cable on the spade bit
Thank you mate, thats an idea, I wouldn't even need to bother if I could get my electronic ignition running right 😄 maybe a future vid 👍
Liking the new wipers, I think those wiper arms are chrome but painted black. Might look good if you removed the paint? Good work on the boot surround, fiddly area to work at. I would stick to one project at a time. Thanks for sharing, always enjoyable.
Thank you mate ,appreciate it, one definitely is painted, I'll check them out in next vid I think I do have a spare chrome one somewhere tho too👍
Hi Steve, is the Viva fully registered? If not can you show the process of getting it thru rego inspection. Here in Australia it’s a real pain so would be good to see how it’s done in England.
Hi, mate, the viva is registered in my name but also with it being over 40 years old it's tax and mot exempt here, it must be different to Australia, that's a good idea I'll explain it in next vid mate 👍
Carry on man your doing good good advice fiberglass that the way to go for that type of repair - I used to have a viva bright blue HC wish I still had it it was my first car.
Thank you mate, ah nice, I wish i still had my first car too 👍
Digi key uk do different spade connecters worth a go mate, and I'm still enjoying your channel definitely keep up the great work 😊
Thank you mate, appreciate it and cheers I'll check them out 👍
Any youtube funds back into the Viva for now, she deserves it 😁 anything to stop water getting into the car is worth it in the short term or longer term in my opinion. 👍
Haven't realy got space for another project where I'm living at the minute, so keep having to talk myself out of it 😄, too right mate she should be water tight soon! 👍
Keep’em coming 👍 as far as other projects, I think the other Vivas your dad has is the way. Those Vivas are bad ass lol simple and very cool 😎🏁
Will, do mate, I'd love to have the space to make a start on the estate, you never know hopefully in the not too distant future, 😎👍🤙
@@RetroRebuild Viva Estate, music to my ears 🏁 those Vivas would look awesome with Old Skool JDM wheels too 🛞💨💨💨💨🚙
Not sure if you've used Rain X before but it reduces drag on the wipers and still keeps the screen clear if/when the wipers pack up! I use it on all my old motors..
I've heard of it before mate, never used it tho,I was thinking about grabbing some tho 👍
I just stumbled across your channel and it's great . my first car was a red viva N reg I've always regretted getting rid of it
Thank you mate 👍, ah nice! Wish I still had my first car too
Ive been a subscriber for quite a while now and this channel has become one of my favourites, great content and not too serious, the vivas getting there now its be good if you could get that electronic ignition to work properly
Thank you mate, appreciate it 👍, yeah I'm going to have another go at that I'd like to get it running on that too
Grand set of wipers. The filler in d boot looks fine, least it won't leak, won't be fun grinding it out though 😎
Thanks mate, I know awful stuff to work with 👍
Nice job mate... you're braver than I am! I'd never attempt any bodywork for fear of making it worse!
Top notch video as always...take your time and it'll look fab when its finished! - Steve
He knows he will make it worse 😂 so has no fear of it 😉
Thank you mate 👍, learn by doing or learn by messing it up 😆
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Been there done it same as you ten years later still working on car but on road few year now
They're never done mate , ah brilliant! 👍
Back in the 1960s / 70s drivers had smaller heads and their eyes were closer together 👀 so could get away with shorter blades of 11inch 😉, it’s true bro and our generation was first to have normal eyesight 😂. Sorry I know you missed my comments last week 😞 but did watch vid 👍🏻 and it was awful 😂 so thought best not to comment 😂, kidding Ofc and nothing wrong with fibre glass for a rain channel fix 👌🏻 keep up the good work 😁.
😆 thanks mate 👍
Those leads coming lose seemed to be common on GM cars - happened to my Mum's Kadett C (the Chevette based model with the 1200cc engine) - we towed it home and I had it sorted before my Dad got back from work.
The old lead had a knot in it, so i think ill get thinner cable and knot it to to stop it popping out!
@@RetroRebuild if I remember correctly (and it was approx 40 yr ago) I think you are right.
I'm begging you, please give the bodywork a good deep clean. It will give you a good idea what other bodywork issues are lurking in the shadows. That apart, I love the channel, keep up the good work.
😃 clean coming very soon, thank you mate, will do 👍
It’s drain Chanel for windows under rubber
Thanks mate
It looks like what you could do with are photographs of other similar Vivas showing any drainage tubes or channels, so you can cross-refer to your own.
Thanks mate, a few people have confirmed they are drainage holes 👍
Hello,great video,wihat you dione with the boot sill edge will save water going inside the car,bit by bit it will be worth it in the end.
Thank you mate,appreciate it 👍
I would think the gap is a drain channel from the screen aperture. If you take the screen out you can bung a rubber plug into it as the rubber hose that may be behind it has probably long gone... Same on the BL cars.
A few people have confirmed it is mate, no wonder the corners of the channel are rusty😄 I will be checking it out more when the window comes out 👍
Hi Steve , another job ticked off mate.. the repairs you have done today could have been the cause of the water ingress in the fuel tank a few weeks ago..? And you said to suggest the next job … have you considered how you’re gonna paint her in the future? I watched a UA-cam video where a guy brush painted a mini in coach paint and it looked amazing! Just a thought for you 🤷🏻♂️ .it would save you masking up as much plus obviously no overspray and neighbours to consider haha …awesome as always mate, we always get a laugh from from you😊 looking forward to next weeks as always ❤👍🏻
Hi mate, thank you ! yeah it definitely was the cause of the water in the tank, I was gonna get some paint mixed to paint over the repairs I do, and then rub it down to look aged, but I'll look into anything I'll give that a watch 👍
@@RetroRebuild you’re welcome mate . Here’s a link to the UA-cam channel. Enjoy , it’s an interesting watch 😃👍🏻ua-cam.com/video/4GrbQ6HD-N8/v-deo.html
@John Gaskell nice one mate, thanks!
I could see air vents just above the boot seal, are they letting water in and if not why not? Enjoying your story, keep the videos coming!
They're not letting water in I think they're just air flow vents for inside the car, thank you mate, appreciate it, will do 👍
Great video to watch buddy
Thank you mate 👍
@@RetroRebuild anytime buddy
Good laugh as always marra, keep cracking on.
Thanks mate, will do 👍
Love the honesty with your videos. Can’t wait to see the Viva go through this transformation process. Very enjoyable. Have you seen the ‘Rusty Love’ UA-cam channel? He’s restoring an old Capri - he shows how to weld metal work and stuff.
Thank you mate appreciate it, yeah I watch that channel, when I get a chance I'll catch up on it 👍
Let's get the Viva finished before moving on. And yes, I played in bands and quite often got home about 01:30 in the morning and couldn't be arsed getting out of the car. I know it doesn't need one, but I think you should get it MOT ready. What's left to do for that?
👍just brake light and possibly a ball joint for an mot mate
We’re waiting for you to cram the wife n kids in it with bucket n spade n everything. Spin it out to the coast n chuck in some wild stealth camping. Arguments over the directions the lot.
😆 that may be a future video, you never know 😆
Great video. What’s your day job?
Thank you mate 👍, I work in a distribution warehouse for a big supermarket
Hated fibre glassing…..
It's awful stuff like!
Sort that brake light out mate. I twitch every time I see it :)
😆 next vid, I promise!
Unless your looking for concours I wouldn't bother with welding the channel its not scukturul struktorel structural (how do you say that?) as long as you get it to bare metal treat the rust and use fibreglass as the main base to bare metal then fill prime with something like Bonda Rust red oxide then topcoat it will last and then no need to worry about welding near that petrol tank?You could if you really wanted to fill with metal using the new panel adhesives out these days but well done fibreglass will work fine :)
Which reminds me I have very similar rust in the corners of my Cortina boot lip.............
😄 thank you mate 👍 good luck with the Tina!
Spend any money you make off youtube on the viva (probably enough to buy some tyre valve caps lol) i wouldn't start another project , finish the one you have first . When you have 2 on the go, one tends to be left by the wayside , horn you skills on the viva .
😆 I haven't got room where I am at the minute so I shouldn't buy anything else, what you hear in the vids is me talking myself into it, then talking myself out of it 😆
Sound advice, doing one is hard enough, why not do your viva wagon next, you know these inside out.@@RetroRebuild
No new project, you've enough to do with this one for quite a while yet 🤗
I know 😄 thanks mate
The number one rebuild channel.......... for yellow vivas. You are wrong. The number one rebuild channel.......period. (as Americans would say). 15 year old filler......still ‘new’ as seen from the little HCs point of view.
😁 thank you mate appreciate it 👍 😃
Take rear window out just incase better to be safe than sorry. Better off wth fibre glass won't rust again moses sandals lol
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Just cover up all vents problem solved