First of all, my english is a bit rusty so forgive me for all the strange spelling and word-mincing.
Last winter, i bought myself a old winterbeater to slide around in the snow with, and faith wanted me to buy a Vaz! It's a soviet tank really, a heavy, solid built car with no extra equipment at all. The later models were known as Lada but this is a early bugger! Time passed, the winter ended and the Vaz was still running like clockwork, 380.000 km and ticking. I was thinking about sending it to the scrapyard but decided to make something funny out of it instead.
I got the worlds lousiest garage, no heat or anything. But here it is! Russian beauty at it's best.
The standard engine comes from a tractor or something, 1500cc, 75 hp and it's completley impossible to kill.
Here is the new engine, a Fiat Twincam from a Fiat 131. A five-speed gearbox is also included in the plans.
The goal with the car is to get a sleeper, something that could scare newer and more expensive cars at the red lights. More will come when i get all the gaskets i need to the engine.
Coudn't sleep tonight, so armed with a bunch of spanners and a big mug of coffee, i attacked the interior, so now the car is completley stripped inside. Pictures will come when i can kick my camera back to life.
awesome, that snow really came down, its the first time i have noticed that picture :)
great progress!, how long do you think it will be before you have it running then?
Good question, more good questions? ;-)
I'm hoping that the new engine is ready for installation in another week or two, if i get the ignition parts and other stuff that i have ordered. I'm really tagged to get the car running now, and see how it handles on the road.
