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Post by lalunette on Apr 8, 2009 3:25:17 GMT
Good day to all!! I discovered this forum while perusing the Lada USA Discussion Forum. This is a perfect forum for me as I love Ladas, i.e., the quintessential Eastern Bloc cars. My First car was an ‘86 Lada wagon, bought second hand in ’87. Anyhow, here are a few pics of me back then, cleaning the car a few days after buying it. Pardon the weird pics... I essentially laid the pictures flat and took pics of them with the macro setting on my new camera. Anyway, I got married, had kids, sold the Lada, bought a minivan, got divorced… and found another Lada, in Calgary, Canada, 1,300 kms from my home but I knew I had to have it !!! The ad read: 1991 lada signet 1.6 carbed 5spd, in good condition in the process of getting it mobile, windsheild cracked shows 75,000 kmAnyhow, I have a cousin who lives in Calgary and her husband went to see the car. He gave me a positive report which, along with the pictures below, was enough to cinch the deal. So, in September 2008 my son and I flew to Calgary to collect the car. The drive back to Winnipeg took a day and a half but the Lada is now safely in my driveway, waiting for some TLC !!!
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Post by Alan on Apr 13, 2009 8:45:12 GMT
Nice Lada! Welcome to the forum!
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Post by lalunette on Jun 3, 2009 13:07:06 GMT
Nice Lada! Welcome to the forum! Thx Alan! The other day I got a call from a buddy who drives a Niva to let me know there was a 2105 at a local boneyard. Last Sunday we spent 5 hours stripping it of anything useful. Someone else had beat us to it so the engine mechanicals and headlights were gone already. However, the haul was pretty good. I got a 99.9% good windshield, a fancy hood and grill, wheel well liners, 100% good dash, parcel shelf, instrument cluster, rear drums, wheel caps, sundry interior stuff like mouldings, handles, etc...
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Post by lalunette on Jan 19, 2010 17:21:53 GMT
Update on the 2104...
Got some really good used studded winter tires (as well as the rims) from a busted-up Sagona just before the Holidays. I cleaned up the rims andrepainted them. The 2104 handles way better now !!
The big news is the addition yesterday of a personalized plate for the Lada. I opted for "ABTOBA3" just to make sure the plate really stood uot !!
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Post by trabdriver on Jun 10, 2010 20:44:10 GMT
Nice looking car mate but this has become a very quiet board......
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