Sam Glover Posted July 19, 2014 Share Posted July 19, 2014 Khello! My Great Purge continues. Does anyone fancy my 'lower than a dog' Lada 5-series? I'm very fond of it, but I can't see myself being arsed to raise a spanner to it any time soon. It needs minor work to achieve roadworthiness – but the light of Songun politics glows brightly within it. It's done 20-something thousand miles and it's fundamentally good mechanically. It's been off the road for a couple of years, though. It certainly needs a brake master cylinder (included) and an easy-to-fit front balljoint (also included... if I can remember where I put it). The Ozone carburettor is due its biannual taking-apart-and-putting-back-together-again/replacing with a Weber. I welded a high-quality filing cabinet to its underside not that long ago. It may need a further trifling patch-or-two now – but certainly nothing major. The 'cruising' rear wheels are Fiat Multipla items, fitted with racy Taiwanese van tyres. Speeds above 90mph can be achieved, unless there's a hill or some wind. Standard 'sprint' wheels are also included. The multi-beige patination has been lovingly developed through the mediums of corrosion, accident damage, shit repairs and carefully-nurtured calcium deposits. Girls love calcium deposits. All of this – and more – could be your problem for £300. Here it is being driven responsibly: www.youtube.com/watch?v=G26msdhuB1k Tolyatti is a clean city where there are no beggars and everybody studies! Sam outlaw118, Skizzer, Junkman and 13 others 16 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DodgyBastard Posted July 19, 2014 Share Posted July 19, 2014 No!!!! My dream car for £300, don't suppose you'd be interested in a swap for this? Strapped up by srblythe, on Flickr Leyland Lawrence 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonathan_dyane Posted July 19, 2014 Share Posted July 19, 2014 Gorgeous! If only I had the space/money etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UmBongo Posted July 19, 2014 Share Posted July 19, 2014 My Grandad had a white Riva which, although it had rusty wings, was not quite as knackered looking as this. But...for £300 it's a bargain! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam Glover Posted July 20, 2014 Author Share Posted July 20, 2014 Forgot to say... it's near Chippenham, Wiltshire – SN14 6GU. No Allegro exchanges, I'm afraid. Owning one Allegro is bad enough. Sam Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eddyramrod Posted July 20, 2014 Share Posted July 20, 2014 That takes Grimness to a whole new level. I can say that, as I've owned the same model in the past. GLWTS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonathan_dyane Posted July 20, 2014 Share Posted July 20, 2014 Don't suppose you fancy a swap for a partly dismantled Citroen GS estate? Didn't think so... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cms206 Posted July 20, 2014 Share Posted July 20, 2014 Shitting norah Sam, that is glorious. Pity it is without t&t or I'd be beating a path to your door armed with an RAC card and bourgeois levels of hope. Sadly all I have spare is a T-5 and a Montego... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trigger Posted July 20, 2014 Share Posted July 20, 2014 That looks quite rapey. I like it. Semi-C, cms206 and Cavcraft 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pandamonium Posted July 20, 2014 Share Posted July 20, 2014 Not surprisingly, I love it. Going to attempt to shift the Prairie! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fairkens Posted July 20, 2014 Share Posted July 20, 2014 would flipping love this, but other priorities at the mo, GLWTS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trigger Posted July 20, 2014 Share Posted July 20, 2014 eddyramrod, outlaw118 and KruJoe 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rml2345 Posted July 21, 2014 Share Posted July 21, 2014 That has party approved levels of win. If I had off road parking (and €$£300) then it would be whisked away to Scotland, the spiritual home of many a Lada. But I haven't.Bumhats Have a well deserved bump instead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pandamonium Posted July 21, 2014 Share Posted July 21, 2014 I have the off street parking and the £300, but I don't have the means to collect it and I have a Nissan Prairie taking up the space it would go in! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wilko220 Posted July 24, 2014 Share Posted July 24, 2014 I'm in love with the decals... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minimad5 Posted August 6, 2014 Share Posted August 6, 2014 Good luck with the sale Sam.Would be all over this, if i didn't already have one in a state of disrepair Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KruJoe Posted August 6, 2014 Share Posted August 6, 2014 I caught our kid Will looking at Lada porn on ebay today, then he tripped over this one on there, and was sad to hear he'd missed it here last week. http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1985-Lada-Riva-1300-rat-look-retro-drift-Warsaw-Pact-etc-/321478082971?pt=Automobiles_UK&hash=item4ad996419b It's bid up to £310, so you're doing ok if nobody backs out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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