[ilvtofu]

http://vancouver.en.craigslist.ca/cto/1223769548.html

Check out this lada first car featured on this episode of Top Gear
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oND7TewWLtU

For only $450 you can own this running example, Not egyptian built, Lol fastforward to 1:00 in the video and you can see how tough it is, when clarkson takes a rubber mallet to it!

If you have $500 laying around and would rather have a Lada than a pair of true religion jeans, this is the car for you!

[!Tigger]

aahhah that ep was good.. RS chip in buy, that should be the RS Commie Mobile

[ilvtofu]

RS Pimp my ride crew? or RS something like this?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NtsM3eFA7iE

[Yura]

check this out :thumbsup:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vyzbmcdt2VI&feature=related

[ilvtofu]

That's tight! picked a lada... just because

[The_AK]

lmao someone actually selling one here, thats awesome
it would be a pretty sick car to have here just for laughs but good luck getting parts

[ilvtofu]

i think they still make this car, along with the lada suv.

[bcrdukes]

That Lada for sale is actually in pretty good aesthetic condition. If I didn't have the MR2, I would've gone out to buy this already.

[ilvtofu]

Looks like a simple restoration, just some rust on the floorboards, maybe this guy thought he could make a ice fishing hole like the other one on top gear!

[nickmak]

is there anywhere to get parts locally? when i was a kid, i remember there was a lada dealership in winterpeg. my friend wanted to buy that lada on craigslist and swap a SR20 or 2JZ into it hahah, he's russian too!

[ilvtofu]

Lordco?

Theres also a decent looking Niva on craigslist
http://vancouver.en.craigslist.ca/cto/1253711508.html
The blue hood scoop I can do without...

[AVS_Racing]

SHITTT lol so tempted to buy this !!!!

[maxx]

someone know where to service this?

i'm down to buy this as long as theres a shop that can install front brakes lol

[shenmecar]

Any hatch to go ice fishing in though?

[ilvtofu]

The brakes can't be too hard, it's 4 drums I think, and it's based off a peugeot sedan so it's probably similar stuff

[tofu1413]

4wheel disk conversion from a civic should do.. xDDD


you put it on by using huge pins and sledgehammers !

[ilvtofu]

duct tape? crazy glue?

[Levitron]

Saw many Trabi's in Berlin...I would have loved to try out one of those! Many were restored and kept in great shape too!

[thumper]

New Lada ad is being aired.
title says: “The Legendary Lada 2107, Quality. Traditions. Safety."

see link for video:

http://englishrussia.com/?p=1932

[Shun Izaki]

+$20 towards group buy

[nickmak]

my friend bought the car hahah, we're picking it up tomorrow.

[ilvtofu]

Oh nice, I'm sure it'll be great fun :thumbsup:

[!Aznboi128]

^^ pics!!!!

then drop a k20 in it :D

[shenmecar]

my friend bought the car hahah, we're picking it up tomorrow.

PICS PLEASE!!!!

[nickmak]

hahah pics will come soon, we're leaving now to get it. plans are to beat on it for a bit and possibly swap something into it

i'm bringing my russian hat for the drive home too

[tofu1413]

forget the russian hat! ill lend you my winter communist hat with the red star! LOL

[nickmak]

well we got it..

http://i282.photobucket.com/albums/kk271/micknak/19-08-09_1929.jpg
http://i282.photobucket.com/albums/kk271/micknak/19-08-09_2023.jpg
http://i282.photobucket.com/albums/kk271/micknak/19-08-09_1930.jpg
http://i282.photobucket.com/albums/kk271/micknak/19-08-09_1931.jpg
http://i282.photobucket.com/albums/kk271/micknak/19-08-09_2024.jpg

i burst out laughing when i saw the car. it leaks a shit load of oil so it stinks up everywhere it goes and it leaves puddles when you park it for a couple minutes! drives pretty straight too! tomorrow we're gutting it, and then in goes the roll cage..

edit: sorry the pics are sideways

[thumper]

wow. well.... um, at least it's the right color (ie. matches the rust)?

how much was it to insure? was it more than the car is worth?

[sonick]

i burst out laughing when i saw the car. it leaks a shit load of oil so it stinks up everywhere it goes and it leaves puddles when you park it for a couple minutes! drives pretty straight too! tomorrow we're gutting it, and then in goes the roll cage..

edit: sorry the pics are sideways

Start a journal! :haha:

[ilvtofu]

How long of an insurance term did you guys get?

will u go get a maaco paintjob?

lol i came across this, and felt ... their marketing guys are such liars!
http://staging.motorbase.com/pictures/contributions/20000317/std_1984_Lada_Signet_canadian_advert-mwb-.jpg

It's in french though

[shenmecar]

i burst out laughing when i saw the car. it leaks a shit load of oil so it stinks up everywhere it goes and it leaves puddles when you park it for a couple minutes! drives pretty straight too! tomorrow we're gutting it, and then in goes the roll cage..

edit: sorry the pics are sideways

Make a build thread dude!!!!

What motor are you planning to put in it?

[ilvtofu]

Buy my VG30E!!! so i have an excuse to swap in something bigger keke,
165hp is more than enough for a lada :D

[El Bastardo]

Nik you ass! lol. I emailed that ad to buy it for almost the same purpose!

[nickmak]

hahaah we only got a permit to drive it home last night. over all, it cost more than the car was worth i'm sure. as for the paint, i don't want to get into the details (my friend and i want it to be a surprise to the poor people driving around richmond who have to see it), but i'll give you guys a hint.... paint roller. my friend doesn't know what motor he wants to put in. it's actually a pretty tight fit under the hood, you can't really tell by the pics but the engine is only about 1" or 2" away from the firewall. if it was my car, i think a F20C or 4age with itb's would be the shit! we're going to pull the motor and transmission soon, pics once that is done!

[thumper]

c'mon guys do it right!

inspiration (from another post):

http://englishrussia.com/images/vaz_2105_tuning/2.jpg
http://englishrussia.com/images/vaz_2105_tuning/12.jpg

[El Bastardo]

Honestly man, those cars are virtually indestructable. When I was in Cuba I saw tons of them all beanered out. And most of the cars I saw in the poor villages in Slovakia were patched together Samaras or Signets.

They just don't die

[nickmak]

my friends dad had like 4 or 5 ladas when he was in russia, all of them had different problems! one had a transmission or diff seize on the highway, another one rusted out instantly and the others had random problems. anyway here's a couple pics from some work (gutting) we did today but mind you we didn't do much since we were both beat from putting an engine in my winter beater. we should start a build thread

http://i282.photobucket.com/albums/kk271/micknak/23-08-09_1811-1.jpg

the gas tank is on the right

http://i282.photobucket.com/albums/kk271/micknak/23-08-09_1819.jpg

rust hole in the right rear floor board. the left rear has some surface rust but it's not too bad. we haven't checked the fronts yet though.

[asian_XL]

^ is that the fishing hole? lol

[nickmak]

hahah we DID go fishing after, but not through the hole in the lada!