Eastern Bloc barn finds

[Guest]

Moskovitch must be unique. Not just eastern bloc, other cars and trucks as well. Posted on another forum a lot of us use

 

 

£1200

£1200

£500

 

Two trabants for a grand

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[nigel bickle]

Too dear for me.

 

I'm out (sadly)

[Guest]

Same here Nigel, but if I had the money I think I'd need a transporter

[Vin]

WOWSERS The Moskvich van and pick-up must be incredibly rare.

 

I would have thought they are most likely the only UK market survivors...

[Torsten2001]

That'd be my old chum Ken, I must have a chat with him!

[Guest]

Wonder how much the FSM Syrena is? They always struck me as the sort of thing a Communist Mr Benn rip-off would drive.

[Torsten2001]

Oh, that's just the tip of the iceberg!

[Guest]

The Syrena is 1.5k apparently

[RedSparrow]

 

If the Moskvich van and pickup are RHD they must be literally the only ones left in the universe.

 

What else has he got then?

[Wilko220]

Interesting stuff. Have you had a close look Benno and, realistically, is most of it restorable? Much of it looks a bit far gone to me!

[Andrew353w]

Oh dear..... I've never been this excited.... Ooops!!! Too excited!!!

 

I need to get the full story of these cars & will check out the other website to find out more. I would commit serious bank fraud for those Moskies! And a Daf... And a Wartburg...

 

Clearly I've just died and gone to heaven!!!

[Sam Glover]

Gosh!

 

I, too, would invest actual money in one of those Moskviches. A collective rescue effort has already been discussed between myself and Comrade Andrew353w.

 

I'm not well-versed in the other forum, though. Can anyone extract some contact information?

 

Yours in the name of democratic socialism,

 

Sam

[Gompo]

Wow.

[morris_ital_lover]

Have you managed to get the contact details or do you still need someone to fish them off the blue forum?

[purplebargeken]

Oh Andrew, what have you done now! Don't forget to clay the rest of the Lada (stunning car by the way, love the dash layout).

[YugoLada]

Where is this?

[Guest]

Essex I think

[YugoLada]

Essex isn't too far away from me - you don't know the exact location do you?

[Guest]

No sorry you would need to speak to dez on retro rides.

[YugoLada]

Thankyou for letting me know!

[Sam Glover]

I thought it was about time I reported back on this shitehoard.

 

The Moskvich 434 raper-van has been added to the Museum of Ideological Alignment - and it's very good indeed (reflected in the ludicrous sum I spunked on it).

 

Observe:

 

 

 

 

 

The 434 redneck pickup is far beyond restoration, but will shortly be heading to Moscow for cutting and shutting. The side not pictured on the previous page of this thread has dissolved entirely.

 

Most of the cars here are in a very bad way. The Skoda van is definitely saveable - but at £1000, I'm out. There's also a Wartburg Tourist in eminently restorable condition for £750 (not the one pictured - this is a complete shitbasket).

 

Let's energise the strengthening and development of the party and the revolutionary ranks and spur a fresh upsurge in the construction of the Socialist economy!

 

Sam

[Sam Glover]

...oooh, and the Syrena is reasonably good - and working. Yours for a relatively reasonable-sounding £750.

[nigel bickle]

That looks absolutely ace. Much better preserved than mine -sterring wheel & dash panel on mine dissolved.

 

So -keep as is , heavy customising or return to new?

[Vin]

Epic work comrade

 

My uncle ran a brand new one of these as a builders hack in the early seventies. It was the start of a succession of second hand Escort vans...

[michael1703]

Is everything sold now? would have snapped up a lorry at the right price

[michiel]

Wow, nice purchase. Those Syrenas are pretty er, pretty, not a bad price for a working example I guess.