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Been slow on the progress of the Lada but put in a bit of a spurt in the last week and thought I would post some pics up for those that are interested. Basically we have things back together and I am just tidying up some paintwork. I have an order of new lenses and the donut coupling between...

Too bad - undoubtedly they will just rust away. I can never understand why people would keep cars that they obviously are never going to do something with.

Running well after valve clearances done and new plugs. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQAhsbrtIPA

Take a few pics and I will let you know what you are looking at to get tings going (if possible!!!!).

These are some pictures of my first niva that seem to not be viewable now (cheers imageshack!). What it looks like prior to roller paint job and after.

Kojack, go and have a look at them. If they are not completely rusted out you can everything new from Russia or the Ukraine. They are a great little cat to tinker with. As they are fiat based you have a weird combo of Russian and Italian idiosyncrasies but that is something I love about them.

It lives. Need to adjust valve clearances, and flush oil and coolant but fired up well with fuel that was at least 5 years old. Just a quick run to make sure that all had gone back together OK and then get everything back together properly including fan shroud and air cleaner housing.

Moving along...

A while since I posted here as I broke a top off a valve guide when pulling down the head. This brought a halt to proceedings and as I was working on my Valiant, did not get going again until recently (also I brought trooper for family expo duties). Brought valve guides and removal tool for...

OK, have needed to replace the inlet valves on this baby due to cam chain coming off sprockets. With head off, the bottom end is fine but will redo head from here with a mild port job, skim of head to increase compression and match this to a good exhaust system.. Cylinder head pics. Note how...

Just about to really start cracking into the Niva after needing to finish another car I have been working on. Have sourced some parts I need and over the Australian summer will be going hard on the Niva. Expect an update soon.

I have done a lot of motorycle touring in the outback and find that the Niva has plenty of room for two people touring if you have the right attitude (only take what you really need and keep weight to a minimum). I usually just sleep in a simple swag when touring or a small two man hiking tent...

Great photos Inter - I have never seen these before. I greatly appreciate your interest. Any other cool Niva photo's or info always welcome:).

Hi Inter, everythng is in very good condition. This is a low miles car which has never been too far away from where I live in central victoria, australia so it is in very original condition. Like all lada's I have seen in australia it has a few litte area of under paint rust that seems to be...

Spent a couple of hours this am checking out a few things and starting a bit of a parts order and work plan. Fixed the bonnet catch which was broken and glued a bit of a crack in the dash. Decided to pull a wheel off and check brakes (good) and to to have a look behind the splash gaurd (very...

I am going to replace the chain and tensioner and pads as a matter of course. It had dropped its pads which happens when the cam chain gets enough slack that it starts flapping around. The parts are cheap and worth replacing as a job lot. Plan is to have another crack at the simpson mid year...

Im Back Long time no update with the Niva. Thats because I sold it. Why? Because I could see that starting with a more sound base, in particualr a 1.7 injected model - GM mono point injection with electronic ignition, made more sense. Low and behold my search of the country over the last 12...

Niva's often get flak for not being big enough and hence not being able to carry much gear. This is my niva with the following behind the back seats in preperation for shipping it off the island : - Spare gearbox - Spare transfer case - Spare steering box and idler arm - Spare starter motor...

Had another adventure on the weekend, where we found a track heading down to a really isolated beach. Anything bigger than a niva would not have made it down the track, but it was very sandy so you needed a good 4wd. . Uploaded with ImageShack.us Uploaded with ImageShack.us Uploaded...

One thing I can tell you is that it is great being able to work on the thing with only the most basic tool kit. You can just about pull the whole car apart with 17mm, 13mm, 10mm spanners and a phillips head screwdriver. The standard tool kit that I posted earlier has all of these and I have...