Vauhall Viva HB
Rally Cars for Sale
Vauxhall Viva HB 1968 2 door, citrine yellow, modified for tarmac rallying, hillclimb and sprint use. Tax exempt, MOT to June 2010, MSA competition rally car logbook.
Bodyshell: Plated, strengthened and seam welded in usual places with full cage. GRP arches, bonnet and boot. Lightened steel doors, laminated screen, plastic front windows, buckets, Willans seatbelts, plumbed-in fire extinguisher system. Petrol tank, dry sump tank, battery, washer reservoir in boot. Four headlight conversion and Viva GT dash. Shell is in very clean condition with no rot.
Front Suspension and Steering: Strengthened cross member solid mounted to shell, Ventora uprights and lower ball joints, Ventora hubs, rose jointed adjustable camber and castor, coilover adjustable dampers, modified roll centre, 2.7 turn quick rack with universal.
Rear Suspension: Strengthened 4.3 axle with ZF LSD, diff skid plate, coilover adjustable dampers, fully rose jointed.
Brakes: Discs all round, vented front with 4 pots, 2 pots rear, aeroquip hoses, bias bar pedal box with cockpit adjuster, hydraulic handbrake.
Engine: 2.1 Pinto, Arias pistons, steel rods, twin scavenge dry sump system, 4:1 custom exhaust and system, Dave Bishop big valve head, bronze guides, Iskendarian springs, titanium caps, cross-drilled Kent RC1 cam, vernier pulley, 45DCOEs with cold air feed, 160BHP at wheels at 6500RPM. Engine has only done 1 rally and 1 hillclimb since being built.
Transmission: Straight cut close ratio gearbox with quickshift lever, alloy bellhousing, competition clutch (hydraulic actuation), one-piece prop.
Wheels and Tyres: 8x13 Superlights with nearly new 215/50 road-legal soft compound intermediates (plus unused spare). Also included are five 6x13 Alleycats, four part-worn very soft compound wets and four 5.5x13 eight spoke steels.
I have owned the car for 25 years and it has always been kept in a dry garage. It could easily be changed to meet MSA historic spec if desired. Please call 07789-926763 weekdays before 7pm, otherwise 01453-884190. Further photos on request.
