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New Zealand Mike
Years of rallying Viva's, what could be better!




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Mike contacted me last year and it's taken me this long to add him to the website. He lives in New Zealand and has been into Viva's for years, including rallying. I even think I met him at Billing a few years back because he knows Spot. He sent me the message below so it will give you all his background.
I have had Viva GT’s for ......oh my gawd 25 years, my current race one for 20 which is just getting a mechanical birthday and the attached photos of a Viva GT that raced here in the 70’s that I bought as a wreck just over a year ago (Guy would have approved it had a Chev 350 in it) but was built using a fuel injected Blydenstein built 2.3 which the original owner, Allan Boyle, still had under his bench 40 years latter! I’m also rebuilding 2 other Viva GT’s one that was used for rallying here and was completely stuffed but as I have so many spares we are well on the way and the other Edd may remind you about is a Black Viva GT that we bought in Oxford in 1993 and brought back to NZ minus the shell! It has a far better shell now, I think either Edd or a friend ended up with the original shell. I also bought 5 or so years ago, supposedly ex DTV Viva GT that was brought into NZ from the UK by Nick Chivers which I have since sold on. Oh one other ‘Vauxhall’ that we have is a Firenza that we are replicating as a Chev Firenza Can Am, a Chev crate engine will be fitted.
	Have a look and feel very envious!



Okay now start getting jealous.		And what about that for a garage.



I just love this. I wonder what SHW would look like?		The bottoms cleaner than most people's cars!
Mike John NZ
This is one of his mates cars, Adrian Rimmer.

Another mate, Craig Dawson.
		I've put New Zealand Ron in touch with New Zealand Mike, so I feel a bit like cupid!