howe Posted May 30, 2020 Author Share Posted May 30, 2020 1 hour ago, TheDoctor said: That's one of the few cars I'd swap the BX for, obviously including its big sister the Riva. I'm 50/50 on what to do with it really, it's safe and being stored at the moment Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
puntopaul Posted May 31, 2020 Share Posted May 31, 2020 On 5/30/2020 at 2:10 PM, howe said: Just picked up this fine* automobile from @puntopaul Be a good daily runabout for a while, fingers crossed it makes the drive home  Was great to meet you, an hope you got back home all okay. And that the Punto does the job as a daily runner, forgot to say the city button. For extra light power steering, does work as well! And the radios box / packaging, and the books etc.. for it are in the car. The original Fiat handbooks, and Sony CD player facia plate box are in the glovebox. howe 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
howe Posted May 31, 2020 Author Share Posted May 31, 2020 Gave it a wash and bit of a wax, had to go over it a few times to get all the grime clean. Looks presentable now! Before and after pics for the interior are below, the passenger footwell was more than half clean by the time I got around to taking a pic but there was a lot to get through Feels like a fresh car now, I'll be looking in the scrapyard for a replacement drivers seat and doing the timing belt etc soon 53 minutes ago, puntopaul said: Was great to meet you, an hope you got back home all okay. And that the Punto does the job as a daily runner Cheers ? took me a while on the way home to figure out what the city button was for. Looks to be a good car and it's nice to give it a new lease of life BlankFrank, MKT, Kade and 7 others 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kade Posted May 31, 2020 Share Posted May 31, 2020 2 minutes ago, howe said: Gave it a wash and bit of a wax, had to go over it a few times to get all the grime clean. Looks presentable now! Before and after pics for the interior are below, the passenger footwell was more than half clean by the time I got around to taking a pic but there was a lot to get through Feels like a fresh car now, I'll be looking in the scrapyard for a replacement drivers seat and doing the timing belt etc soon Cheers ? took me a while on the way home to figure out what the city button was for. Looks to be a good car and it's nice to give it a new lease of life Stunning, looks almost new howe 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
puntopaul Posted June 1, 2020 Share Posted June 1, 2020 17 hours ago, howe said: Gave it a wash and bit of a wax, had to go over it a few times to get all the grime clean. Looks presentable now! Before and after pics for the interior are below, the passenger footwell was more than half clean by the time I got around to taking a pic but there was a lot to get through Feels like a fresh car now, I'll be looking in the scrapyard for a replacement drivers seat and doing the timing belt etc soon Cheers ? took me a while on the way home to figure out what the city button was for. Looks to be a good car and it's nice to give it a new lease of life Glad it's gone to a good home, and it looks a million times better for a marathon wash. And a very thorough hoovering inside, it's hard to believe it's the same car now!! Hopefully you'll find a good drivers seat soon as that's the only bit that let's it down inside. At least you worked it out what the city button was, does come in handy at times. The timing belt, and service parts are be fairly cheap in these. So well worth doing, as there not exactly big money items. chaseracer, bigmancaff and howe 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
howe Posted June 5, 2020 Author Share Posted June 5, 2020 Wired an aux cable into the head unit that came with the car, had to connect it to the left and right channels + a ground coming from the CD reader. I used a CD-RW with an 80 minute long silent track to trick it into playing, and the sound it picks up comes from my phone. Works well, I'll get a small grommet or something for the hole at some point. Also put "new" seats in, the only car with a decent interior at the scrapyard was all blue so I took the rear and passenger seats to match, was all v cheap and I don't have to sit on a non breathable cover now, they do need a bit of a wash though LightBulbFun, BlankFrank, loserone and 9 others 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MKT Posted June 6, 2020 Share Posted June 6, 2020 Top job, need some blue floor mats now. ? howe 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Split_Pin Posted June 20, 2020 Share Posted June 20, 2020 Great job on the Punto, good to see it getting a new lease of life. I did similar with an old Megane MK1 that I got from ebay, cleaned it up, new belts and it lasted another 3 years between me and another 2 owners. Burnside and howe 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaseracer Posted June 20, 2020 Share Posted June 20, 2020 Take it to PM please, lads. Won't ask twice. Posts hidden. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
howe Posted July 12, 2020 Author Share Posted July 12, 2020 Newest chod acquisition, a 2004 Lada 110 Bought it from a Russian fella around Thamesmead Mr Laurence, martc, 500tops and 17 others 20 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cort1977 Posted July 12, 2020 Share Posted July 12, 2020 Wow, is that a clean sheet design from lada? Or based on something else? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fumbler Posted July 12, 2020 Share Posted July 12, 2020 5 minutes ago, cort1977 said: Wow, is that a clean sheet design from lada? Or based on something else? I believe it's based on the Samara 2 but I could be wrong! 16 minutes ago, howe said: Newest chod acquisition, a 2004 Lada 110 Bought it from a Russian fella around Thamesmead That looks wonderful. Great buy! LightBulbFun and howe 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kowalski Posted July 12, 2020 Share Posted July 12, 2020 Oh wow, I like that! Never seen one here. Seen several on Russian dash cam videos though. What's that worth if you will excuse my vulgarity? howe 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
howe Posted July 12, 2020 Author Share Posted July 12, 2020 1 hour ago, Kowalski said: What's that worth if you will excuse my vulgarity? I paid a grand total of £400 RichardK, Kowalski, paulplom and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Split_Pin Posted July 13, 2020 Share Posted July 13, 2020 That's ace and it must surely be the only one in the UK? I have the Russian diecast model of it. How does it drive? 11/10 regardless. howe and LightBulbFun 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrumpiusMaximus Posted July 13, 2020 Share Posted July 13, 2020 10 hours ago, howe said: Newest chod acquisition, a 2004 Lada 110 Bought it from a Russian fella around Thamesmead Erith Morrisons? I can think of no more appropriately grim place! Well bought, that looks like an absolute cracker. LightBulbFun, CaptainBoom and howe 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
howe Posted July 13, 2020 Author Share Posted July 13, 2020 2 hours ago, Split_Pin said: That'sHow does it drive? Basically the same as my Samara, a bit wafty with a little more power I'm taking it back to Carlisle today and the seats are killing my back, practically no support whatsoever Split_Pin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kowalski Posted July 13, 2020 Share Posted July 13, 2020 £400 is a bargain! I would be interested in buying that when you are done with it howe 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
howe Posted July 13, 2020 Author Share Posted July 13, 2020 26 minutes ago, Kowalski said: £400 is a bargain! I would be interested in buying that when you are done with it Unfortunately it's destined to eventually become the donor car to give my Samara a spicier 16v and fuel injection to make it reliable enough for daily use. I was planning on buying an engine in Russia and bringing it back on a trip in the future, but couldn't pass up on this for the price. I'm suprised it didn't sell months ago when its ad was being shared! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fumbler Posted July 13, 2020 Share Posted July 13, 2020 45 minutes ago, howe said: Unfortunately it's destined to eventually become the donor car to give my Samara a spicier 16v and fuel injection to make it reliable enough for daily use. I was planning on buying an engine in Russia and bringing it back on a trip in the future, but couldn't pass up on this for the price. I'm suprised it didn't sell months ago when its ad was being shared! Didn't Lada Power sell upgraded camshafts for your engine? Pretty sure some 2109 tuning parts were on the site not too long ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
howe Posted July 28, 2020 Author Share Posted July 28, 2020 Finally scrapped the Punto yesterday I'll be getting a few bits together and hopefully before long the Samara will be in a state ready for daily use. On 13/07/2020 at 17:27, Fumbler said: Didn't Lada Power sell upgraded camshafts for your engine? Pretty sure some 2109 tuning parts were on the site not too long ago. I think so, I'm about to order some bits from a tuning shop in Moscow that I've used before because they have a far larger selection so I'll buy everything there, I'm set on getting the Samara set up with fuel injection, 16v etc. Fumbler, Burnside, Kade and 1 other 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
howe Posted September 23, 2020 Author Share Posted September 23, 2020 Borrowing @bigmancaffs Polo for a few weeks while I'm waiting on bits to fix the Samara after being in Europe for a while Once we've sorted a couple of issues... bigmancaff, MKT and doug 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
St.Jude Posted September 24, 2020 Share Posted September 24, 2020 On 7/13/2020 at 9:45 AM, howe said: Basically the same as my Samara, a bit wafty with a little more power I'm taking it back to Carlisle today and the seats are killing my back, practically no support whatsoever You, my friend, need to put a K-Series in your Lada. When I figure out how I'll let you know. But I love that Lada you got. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
howe Posted September 25, 2020 Author Share Posted September 25, 2020 On 24/09/2020 at 09:03, sgtberbatov said: You, my friend, need to put a K-Series in your Lada. When I figure out how I'll let you know. But I love that Lada you got. The 16v from the 110 will be going into the Samara ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
howe Posted September 27, 2020 Author Share Posted September 27, 2020 Mountain goat this one.. Went over Wrynose and Hardknott pass. Wipers stopped working on the way back from Scotland and I haven't sorted it yet. Got a bit hairy when it was pissing down on the way to Keswick @doug Was it often hammered up 1 in 3 gradients when you were driving it? 😄 MKT, ProgRocker and doug 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doug Posted September 27, 2020 Share Posted September 27, 2020 The wee polo is looking good in the photos! Enjoy! howe 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
howe Posted October 9, 2020 Author Share Posted October 9, 2020 Selection of parts from Russia have turned up, can crack on with the 16v conversion Soon MKT 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
howe Posted November 14, 2020 Author Share Posted November 14, 2020 I'm now the proud* owner of this 45 Club TD. The main plan being to have a useable car to drive while the weather is tits to hopefully save my Samara from disintegrating like a wet tissue... Bought from @bigmancaff, formerly owned by @wuvvum and @bramz7 I believe. Cleans up nice after a bit of effort and wax, changed a few bulbs, the oil and the very scuffed accessory belt. Also, this was turd was scrapped as nobody wanted a shit Lada 110 shell with an 8v engine, who would have thought. Note the crash damage to the front that we found hidden under the front bumper. 16v swap on the Samara is also about done, just need a bit of time free for the last stretch. bigmancaff, Fumbler, MorrisItalSLX and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigmancaff Posted November 14, 2020 Share Posted November 14, 2020 Hey that's my McDonalds coffee thing, it's got like 4 stickers on it! I want my free coffee dammit! howe 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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