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Nov 16, 2010 21:09:10 GMT
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I'm just playing with an idea here, and the plan may well fizzle out before it starts. (Like most of my crazy schemes!) However, I'd like an opinion or two from the good folk who frequent this forum. This is the car in question.   Now I have a couple of options. 1 Big wheels at the back, high front - 'gasser' style.  2 Big wheels at the back, slammed front, 'drag' style.  |
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Nov 16, 2010 21:15:31 GMT
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Either option would be fruitless without an v8  |
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joe90
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Nov 16, 2010 21:43:44 GMT
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Gasser it or drop it low, fiat twin cam engine a box and a suitable back axle, toyota celica was a good fit but their probably a bit thin on the ground now.
Bryan
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Nov 16, 2010 21:48:31 GMT
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Either option would be fruitless without an v8 ^^ THIS ^^ Without some serious power it'll be silly to attempt to make it look like a gasser or drag car. Do you ever wince when you see a 1.1 Pug 206 dressed up as a full rally car? I rest my case. [edit] As discussed on Saturday, this car would really suit some appropriate treatment. Eastern Bloc.....concentrate on that. Maybe a diplomatic theme? KGB or Ruskie polie car? Something far more suited to the motor than a US influence. [/edit] |
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Nov 16, 2010 22:01:25 GMT
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I would suggest that neither style would suit it without substantial work as they're just not straight-line cars and the body style isn't reminiscent of any kind of popular drag racing car. It is, however, ripe for the classic 1970s rally car treatment. If you squint it's almost a Datsun 1600! You're already half way there in the first photo with the white steel wheels, all you need now is a decent pair of big old-school spotlights like Cibies, then continue as far as you choose into the rally theme. A couple of centimetres of lowering wouldn't hurt it either. I'd be tempted to just do the spotlights and lowering and leave it at that, but you could go for arch flares, a vinyl sun strip on the windscreen, maybe even full rally-replica stickers if you wanted to get excited. Although I think if you went to the extent of stickering it up then you would also be obliged to fit rally tyres and mudflaps.
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Nov 16, 2010 22:01:42 GMT
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how about a salt flats style low smooth simple and would work as a follow on from your last one sort of taking it to the next level  |
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Just deck it Alan, scrape the sills off the thing!! You ain't got that many speedbumps round you  OR...... jack it up! Suspension lift, Big chunky 4x4 tires, landrover defender arches, MONSTER LADA!!!! ;D |
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Remember the days when sex was safe and motorsport was dangerous. Vintage bling always attracts pussy.  |
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Nov 17, 2010 10:04:41 GMT
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Count 'Fonzie' Pandamonium>> for any of these styles you MUST redo the Lada. That means a lot of changes on engine, gearbox, diff and suspension because original sucks as hell... You can use Lada sport parts for upgrading it or find implants from Fiat's 132, 131 as the cheaper option ... The BMW e36 1.8is engine can be used too. I had an opportunity to see it in 2105 and be as a passenger on that rocket. Here is a pic of it.  If anyone need more of them send me an PM, there is a short video too. For me there is nothing better as making 2105 look and run like VFTS. |
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Last Edit: Nov 17, 2010 10:06:16 GMT by motorhead
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dbdb
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Nov 17, 2010 10:24:35 GMT
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Option 3 leave it as is - its cool enough allready ;D Definately, definately leave it as it is!!! |
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Nov 17, 2010 15:16:09 GMT
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fiat twin cam engine a box and a suitable back axle, The axle in there from the factory is a pretty strong old thing. Many years ago when I was a slim hairy lad, I remember reading about a 2.8i Capri engined Lada (may have been an FSO but same difference) in Street Machine that had eaten several Ford gearboxes but the original back axle was still going strong. |
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Dom
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Nov 17, 2010 15:48:39 GMT
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 Bumperless works. With a bit of rake maybe?  Murdered out  Nice!    Ignore the grill, bit cleaned lines and shiney looks great IMO!  Retro-styled  But is yours too recent to pull this off?  You'd need serious muscle to justify this job  "You givin' me lip??"  Top marks! I've never seen one with really nice whels. Maybe that would be a good start. |
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Last Edit: Nov 17, 2010 15:51:24 GMT by Dom
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Nov 17, 2010 17:03:06 GMT
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It looks utterly fantastic as it is. Don't change it as it will just get ruined. What are the wheels from?
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1953 Austin A40 Somerset
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Nov 17, 2010 17:28:42 GMT
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il leave this here.  |
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Nov 17, 2010 19:22:29 GMT
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In the Netherlands is also an 210x with a Ford 5.0 V8 in it. Looked preety stock on the drag strip.
I believed that Rover v8 swaps also have been done.
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Nov 17, 2010 20:17:02 GMT
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I see 14 entirely different levels of WIN going on here.  And this WINs in ways which cannot be defined by mortal man. |
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1941 Wolseley Not Rod - 1956 Humber Hawk - 1957 Daimler Conquest - 1966 Buick LeSabre - 1968 Plymouth Sport Fury - 1968 Ford Galaxie - 1969 Ford Country Squire - 1969 Mercury Marquis - 1970 Morris Minor - 1970 Buick Skylark - 1970 Ford Galaxie - 1971 Ford Galaxie - 1976 Continental Mark IV - 1976 Ford Capri - 1994 Ford Fiesta
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Nov 17, 2010 20:22:31 GMT
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Lada / Gasser / Drag = bad idea (IMHO) - pretty much everything else in this thread = much better idea (IMHO)  |
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Nov 17, 2010 21:26:46 GMT
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Lada / Gasser / Drag = bad idea (IMHO) - pretty much everything else in this thread = much better idea (IMHO) Bizzaro Amazo thinks different ;D- as the Lada is basically a FIAT 124 and therefore from the sixties, it bears a resemblance to a fair few 60's yank saloons:    Or do a Junior T-bolt:   Not a T-bolt (its a Mercury Comet), but it's still square as a barn. ;D  |
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Nov 17, 2010 21:29:41 GMT
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All this is academic now as current running issues are driving me to the point of torching the stupid thing
(I seem to have picked up some dodgy fuel which keeps blocking the jets, not matter what I do to clean/filter it)
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Nov 17, 2010 22:19:37 GMT
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Doubt its dodgy fuel. Probably dodgy russian fuel tank doing it... Get the tank empty and drop it out. Rattle it around/flush it out, Then blow the fuel lines out and run a filter... Simples..... (ISH) lol..
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