PBK’s 1987 Lada 1200s

[bezzabsa]

Ah memories ......went to my 2nd wedding in a White M reg 1500 Estate....

[purplebargeken]

More pictures. Cleaned and used some medium cutting compound, just used hand power and a cloth. Bit of polish to protect the paint (Ripple).

[purplebargeken]

Result with the petrol cap, bloody thing just unscrewed normally. Two cans worth of petrol added.

 

[purplebargeken]

I go through all the stress of posting pictures.............. 🤣🤣🤣

[Jenson Velcro]

8 minutes ago, purplebargeken said:

I go through all the stress of posting pictures.............. 🤣🤣🤣

I think everyone’s in shock.

good work though

[dave j]

Good to see some progress, and it's especially good to see pictures! 

[purplebargeken]

I forgot to mention that i did try ans start the Lada but the battery wasn't up to more than a couple of turns before it gave up. I will lob the jump start pack on it this morning and see what happens.

[uk_senator]

Good to see this is in my neck of the woods now, I was tempted, then I realised it wouldnt be suitable for the upcoming ULEZ, so left it.

I`ll have to bring my bunch of 25+ year old petrol cap keys down Ken, would be nice to have a locking cap in the interests of completage.

(Edit: I should have gone a page backwards, I didn't realise you`d left the ends Kenith!)

 Well saved sir! (Coupe created by me)

[Fabergé Greggs]

Love this car- it's great to see it getting some of that legendary JFKennethy care and attention.

Now we've got pics,  next step is video of the starting efforts please! 

[purplebargeken]

A what? A......................... video.

Are you taking the bloody mickey, I've only just got the hang of posting bloody pictures apparently. 🤣

[purplebargeken]

That Coupe looks ace, reminds me of a Daf 55.

[purplebargeken]

Disappoint. Just lobbed the starter pack on, the car just went wrrrrrrrr, wrrrrr, wrrrr, wrrr, wrr, wrrr bleh,

New battery time then. 

[SiC]

Sounds like me in the morning when I've just woken up

[St.Jude]

On 1/30/2021 at 12:03 PM, Fumbler said:

http://www.lada.co.uk/index.htm

This man might be your answer. Largest UK stockist of parts and services.

There is a whole story about the chap who runs that website and the rest of the Lada fraternity in the UK. Very odd situation, and a very odd man from my own dealings with him. 

Anyway, Lada Power are shipping to the UK, although it's a 1-2 month wait. I got all the bits for my Lada through them, very knowledgeable and good with the parts availability and prices for them. 

[camryv6]

19 hours ago, purplebargeken said:

I go through all the stress of posting pictures.............. 🤣🤣🤣

Presumed your account had been hacked 😎

[Minimad5]

Yeah don't order from Lada UK otherwise known as Tom.

He's a stuck up prick that binned a load of folk off the forum, won't answer emails asking why, won't answer his phone and no longer replies when you ask for parts. I asked him to remove all my content, which hasn't happened.

Pissed me off more knowing I've spent £Alot£ in panels and other bits, for him to just turn around and ban / bin us. GR8 customer service. 

Years of knowledge, build threads and references down the drain.

So if you need parts- Give me a shout, I might actually have what you need on the shelf, or can send you to the right person.

[brownnova]

Regular picture updates? 
 

Who are you and what have you done with the real PBK 😆😆

[vulgalour]

That's scrubbing up right good, PBK.  Nice job.

[DoctorRetro]

14 hours ago, Minimad5 said:

Yeah don't order from Lada UK otherwise known as Tom.

He's a stuck up prick that binned a load of folk off the forum, won't answer emails asking why, won't answer his phone and no longer replies when you ask for parts. I asked him to remove all my content, which hasn't happened.

Pissed me off more knowing I've spent £Alot£ in panels and other bits, for him to just turn around and ban / bin us. GR8 customer service. 

Years of knowledge, build threads and references down the drain.

So if you need parts- Give me a shout, I might actually have what you need on the shelf, or can send you to the right person.

Yep. He got fussy about people being on the Lada Facebook page, and banned anyone from the forum who signed up to the FB page. 

Including me.

Tom didn't start the Lada.co.uk site either, he took it over from someone else. 

All very odd. 

[Minimad5]

^He bought the domain and business from some bloke, didn't he ?

[St.Jude]

1 hour ago, TheDoctor said:

Yep. He got fussy about people being on the Lada Facebook page, and banned anyone from the forum who signed up to the FB page. 

Including me.

Tom didn't start the Lada.co.uk site either, he took it over from someone else. 

All very odd. 

One day I will get on to that forum, and I will liberate it's content. 

[purplebargeken]

Mote pictures bitches. Jusy removed the old battery and I will charge it once I find my charger. The enginr bay nd stuff will get cleanrd up over the weekend, all electrical bits will be cleaned up, same with earth points.

 

[RED2stroke]

Back in the mid eighties wifey person had the estate version in a fetching shade of bright blue, it was used as the school run bus and started on many freezing mornings with the starting handle which it still had, I seem to remember it being stored under the bonnet somewhere? Must say it never once failed to start or even thought about breaking down, it even carried on after being smacked in arse by an inattentive driver at a pelican crossing. Only got rid of for a rather smart? FSO estate in an equally fetching shade of orange.

[purplebargeken]

Bits turning up in stages from that there Russia.

[HMC]

Sounds like Someone’s business partner in the aftermath of a gangland “altercation”

[purplebargeken]

I put the new battery on in the vain hope that something would happen. It certainly spun the engine over quickly enough. However, there was no catching at all. I am going to clean the connections, earth points and so on anyway. 

I have new plugs to go in, I will also change HT leads, rotor arm, points, dizzy cap and coil. I will try a direct fuel feed too. 

[SiC]

Probably the points all dirty. Always the points on an engine that stops it running if you've ever watched mustie1 😂

I do like his trick of putting oil and/or 2 stroke mix down the intake though. Gives the engine a bit of lube if it hasn't turned over for a good while. 

Does it catch on easy start and/or have a spark?

[Zelandeth]

Clean the points, check the gap is sensible and if there's a bloody huge spark when they're opened change the condenser.  Bit of fuel down the carb and she'll be off I'd bet.

Probably the biggest barrier to the engine actually running properly will just be a gungy carb.

[HMC]

When Les of BL transverse fame dropped it off at my car park it started and ran off the trailer but then wasn’t started or run since. Jollyfkr told be at the time it was low on petrol and electricity from standing.

[purplebargeken]

Cheers guys, well at least it has new fuel and electricity.  Always a good starting point.

Will order the bits and I have a nice fresh tin of carb cleaner.