1974 Vauxhall Viva Panda car [HC]

1974 Vauxhall Viva [HC] in Challenge for a Lifetime, Documentary, 1975

Class: Cars, Sedan — Model origin:

00:02:27 Vehicle used by a character or in a car chase

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dsl ◊ 2015-05-13 01:40	This must be the winner of the "How Many Viva HCs Can We Cram Into One Film" contest. Leeds/West Yorkshire liked Viva pandas since HB times - /vehicle_794910-Vauxhall-Viva-HB-1968.html - and seem to have taken hordes of HCs as well 1]RWU 719M RWU 719M = BLUE VAUXHALL VIVA 1256 SALOON ✗ Untaxed Tax due: 07 August 1984 - MOT No details held by DVLA Date of first registration :05 March 1974 Cylinder capacity (cc) :1256cc Vehicle status : Not taxed Vehicle colour :BLUE 2] RWU 726M No plate info 3] RWU 733M Similar plate info to 719M, 1256cc again, died 01 June 1984 4] GNW 497N ✗ Untaxed Tax due: 01 November 1983, Date of first registration : 01 December 1974, Year of manufacture : 1974, 1256cc, Vehicle colour :BLUE Another/same white one earlier in film Am amazed that they could get regularly their Vivas to last 10 years And there are normal Viva HCs everywhere in the film - it's like West Yorks was some sort of sanctuary or there was a rampant local Viva fetish - a nice SL - 2 here - 2 more here - and another pair here - plus a Billy-no-mates and 3 other blurry sightings. What was going on???
Sunbar ◊ 2015-05-13 11:49	I think I remember Yorkshire having a large and prominent Vauxhall dealership at the time? They must have been doing something right!

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dsl

◊ 2015-05-13 01:40

This must be the winner of the "How Many Viva HCs Can We Cram Into One Film" contest. Leeds/West Yorkshire liked Viva pandas since HB times - /vehicle_794910-Vauxhall-Viva-HB-1968.html - and seem to have taken hordes of HCs as well

1]RWU 719M

RWU 719M = BLUE VAUXHALL VIVA 1256 SALOON
✗ Untaxed Tax due: 07 August 1984 -
MOT No details held by DVLA
Date of first registration :05 March 1974
Cylinder capacity (cc) :1256cc
Vehicle status : Not taxed
Vehicle colour :BLUE

2] RWU 726M

No plate info

3] RWU 733M

Similar plate info to 719M, 1256cc again, died 01 June 1984

4] GNW 497N

✗ Untaxed Tax due: 01 November 1983, Date of first registration : 01 December 1974, Year of manufacture : 1974, 1256cc, Vehicle colour :BLUE

Another/same white one earlier in film

Am amazed that they could get regularly their Vivas to last 10 years

And there are normal Viva HCs everywhere in the film - it's like West Yorks was some sort of sanctuary or there was a rampant local Viva fetish

- a nice SL