Went off roading for the first time south of the mason dixon line

So yeah, stereo types work down here. Beer, no helmets on quads, lots of mud, and chromosomes were in short supply.

oh and some videos, i don't have much of the samurai because it's hard to take your own picture.



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TKAvRAMoNS8

Awesome - those Toyotas look pretty extreme.

Did they point and make fun of you because you weren't driving a Toyota?

actually no, the guy with the orange 4-runner had a Zuk in high school.

and plus you know, i am a toyota owner

Arthur Dent wrote:Awesome - those Toyotas look pretty extreme.

actually they are pretty much budget rigs, still cool and they work.

If anything I'd imagine that chromosomes would have been in greater supply there, then elsewhere.

I bought a new 4x4 - needs some tires and some fixing but I love it.

what the hell is that thing?

Honor wrote:what the hell is that thing?

It's a Lada Niva

Yeah - its a 1995 Cossack model with fuel injection AND a crank handle start!

Fuckin Awesome Dent.

put a hammer and sickle on the front..

Umm hi Dent, Can you please tell me when you sell that Niva (Because you will )

I may actually want to see what it would take to get one in the states, but i think i have to go older than 25 years.


That thing is bad ass

I traded my crap LeBaron for it - straight across I might even keep it a couple years - wanted one for the longest time (since '88 when I tried to get my Dad to buy one - he got a Tempo instead )

Zuk - there are a couple old enough to get into the US but they can be hard to find. A few people have - there is even a forum - http://ladausa.net/forum/index.php

some more pics: http://www.flickr.com/photos/daveseven/sets/72157624167832684/

here is a 82 - looks rough

http://lethbridge.kijiji.ca/c-cars-vehicles-SUVs-trucks-vans-SUV-crossover-Lada-Nava-4X4-W0QQAdIdZ213593831

I think i'm really only after one for the body,

I'm thinking simple drivetrain that i can find parts for and use it off road.

Surely you could get a body and mount it on a Suzuki Tracker frame or something then. No registration hassles as it could retain the Suzuki VIN!

Arthur Dent wrote:Surely you could get a body and mount it on a Suzuki Tracker frame or something then. No registration hassles as it could retain the Suzuki VIN!

Actually i was thinking more along the lines of Toyota, but i'm not sure on the vehicles actual size.

Not sure a 22R, or GM 4.3L, or maybe one of those small suzuki V6's, etc.

But i'd really like a garage. :jay:

Its slightly larger than a two door Tracker - but close. I suppose a cut down early 4Runner frame might work.

Good timing, Dent. I saw one the other day but thought it must have been another Eastern Euro Fiat Licencer because the badge didn't look like Lada. But your pics confirm it was indeed a Niva. Not sure why I thought myself an expert on Lada badges...