Popular Post doullama Posted September 26, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted September 26, 2021 So I got another jalopy, I was searching for a decent triumph sedan when I saw this Lada for sale on marketplace. I thought "Hell, I haven't seen one of those for years!" so promptly went and got it to ensure I wouldn't miss out on the soviet driving experience. My impressions of the car are that it is great - for a car from 1970, by the time this one was made in 89' it was woefully obsolete. I understand they kept making them until 2010 in russia, and 2012 in egypt! The car had been in one family from new, and had been outside most of the time - very little rust and the interior is fine, but the paint was sunbleached to almost white from its original dark beige. I am rather enamored with its factory tool kit, with the tools all stamped cccp. I scoured the oxidation off a bit of the paint and found a good match, repainted it in the driveway, now just need to paint the windowframes black, swap the tyres onto a sweet set of fiat ward rims I found, then have some sweet proletarian adventures. 38 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post doullama Posted November 16, 2021 Author Popular Post Share Posted November 16, 2021 Have been driving this fine automobile daily just for a change, has been pretty neat. important upgrades such as a new radiator cap and hatch struts have been performed - I was a bit sad to remove the o.g hatch struts, while useless they did have "indecipherable Cyrillic CCCP" on them which is always a redeeming feature. Am yet to figure out how to turn on the headlight wiper/washers. Found another Lada in the wild today, no owner nearby but if I see it/them in future i'll let them know I have 2 rattlecans of mixed paint for their car! 27 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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