If you remember last summer went out to Poland and bought a Nysa and attempted to drive it home but ended up leaving it in Poland to be rebuilt- well here is an update.
WARNING 56K – lots of pics.
I’ve eventually got round to sorting out my holiday snaps from when I went to Poland in February so sit back, relax and enjoy.
We started the holiday by staying in a Travel Lodge right next to the A1, but north of Luton. We went out in the morning and in the car park, parked next to our car was this lovely duo.
We still had time to kill so we went to see the Shuttle Worth Collection. It’s a collection of planes ranging back for many years. Most are kept in running condition and most are also flown, which is really cool imo. Anyways, here are a few of the pics I took while I was there.
A Czech built plane engine!
These parts are huge!
Notice the 16 cylinders…8 on top, and 8 underneath!
This thing was some guy’s brainchild and was sold as a kit to be built at home!! It’s not very safe, and needless to say, HSE wont let it be flown!
And here is a pic of me and favourite plane of all times – a Spitfire! ! I built a 1:43 Spitfire for my sister and this was the first one I had seen since building it. It was good to compare the two.
Here’s a pic of the Octy that morning…it really is loaded…the front is starting to lift up due to all the weight! To be fair, along with luggage for 4 people there were also 2 big boxes full of Skoda parts.
We then drove off the airport and left the car in an unofficial airport car park because of the ridiculous parking prices in the proper ones.
It was good from the beginning though, because on the run way outside the plane was this
I’ll know just post up my ‘spotted’ pics taken throughout the holiday.
I didn’t actually manage to get a pic of the car, but the wheels were cool!
This looked like it had just been re-sprayed and looked gorgeous! ^
^ Arch rot!
^ Such a cool pic!
^ another Nysa!
^ Early Sierra love!
^ Check those rims out!
^ New sills anyone?
^ You often now see Trabants and Fiat 126s being used solely for advertisement in Poland now
^ Look at the police cars not the surrounding shops!
We went to a little car museum too and most of my pics didn’t come out, but a few did.
And here are some pics of the Nysa.
^ We were driven round in that fiat
They’ve taken the floor out and the engine. The engine is being rebuilt and mated up to a 4-speed box to replace the 3 speed that we got when we bought it. I assume they’ll be putting in new floorboards too. The whole brake system has been checked over and new master cylinders and brake pipes have been fitted. The van is now at a body shop where it will have all the rust treated. There isn’t that much rust, and the worst is on one of the rear cross members. That’s all going to be welded up though. While we were there we had to choose what colour to paint the van and have chosen on a dark blue bottom half and a creamy white colour for the top. I’m sure it’s going to look ace!
The mentioned fiat belongs to the guy organising all of this rebuild. He is at university studying to become a social worker and has a great interest in old polish cars. He has an early nysa that he is restoring, and last year when we were there, he was doing some pretty extensive welding on someone’s Wasava. He’s also just got a Wasava pick up to weld for someone. Not to mention his girlfriend’s restored Wasava. That fiat is his daily.
He took us to see the college where the engine is being rebuilt. College students are rebuilding it and they also striped the nysa and did the brakes. We went inside and it really was different to the colleges in the UK. For a start, we went into the lecturer’s office and there was no computer on the desk! Everything was quite different; if you’ll excuse the very poor quality I got some pics…
These two were taken while driving in this fiat…
We were walking round this sleepy little town where the Nysa is being painted and came across this.
It is actually were the first combat in WW II was. I can’t remember the exact details, but it actually started here.
These are just some other photos that I though might interest some…
^ I love this kind of communist architecture.
^ this was inside a train station.
^ Thought I might of seen some of your guys here!
Well that’s it. Update over. Hope I didn’t post too many pics and wasn’t too boring.
I don’t know when we are going over next, but the van should be painted by then
WARNING 56K – lots of pics.
I’ve eventually got round to sorting out my holiday snaps from when I went to Poland in February so sit back, relax and enjoy.
We started the holiday by staying in a Travel Lodge right next to the A1, but north of Luton. We went out in the morning and in the car park, parked next to our car was this lovely duo.
We still had time to kill so we went to see the Shuttle Worth Collection. It’s a collection of planes ranging back for many years. Most are kept in running condition and most are also flown, which is really cool imo. Anyways, here are a few of the pics I took while I was there.
A Czech built plane engine!
These parts are huge!
Notice the 16 cylinders…8 on top, and 8 underneath!
This thing was some guy’s brainchild and was sold as a kit to be built at home!! It’s not very safe, and needless to say, HSE wont let it be flown!
And here is a pic of me and favourite plane of all times – a Spitfire! ! I built a 1:43 Spitfire for my sister and this was the first one I had seen since building it. It was good to compare the two.
Here’s a pic of the Octy that morning…it really is loaded…the front is starting to lift up due to all the weight! To be fair, along with luggage for 4 people there were also 2 big boxes full of Skoda parts.
We then drove off the airport and left the car in an unofficial airport car park because of the ridiculous parking prices in the proper ones.
It was good from the beginning though, because on the run way outside the plane was this
I’ll know just post up my ‘spotted’ pics taken throughout the holiday.
I didn’t actually manage to get a pic of the car, but the wheels were cool!
This looked like it had just been re-sprayed and looked gorgeous! ^
^ Arch rot!
^ Such a cool pic!
^ another Nysa!
^ Early Sierra love!
^ Check those rims out!
^ New sills anyone?
^ You often now see Trabants and Fiat 126s being used solely for advertisement in Poland now
^ Look at the police cars not the surrounding shops!
We went to a little car museum too and most of my pics didn’t come out, but a few did.
And here are some pics of the Nysa.
^ We were driven round in that fiat
They’ve taken the floor out and the engine. The engine is being rebuilt and mated up to a 4-speed box to replace the 3 speed that we got when we bought it. I assume they’ll be putting in new floorboards too. The whole brake system has been checked over and new master cylinders and brake pipes have been fitted. The van is now at a body shop where it will have all the rust treated. There isn’t that much rust, and the worst is on one of the rear cross members. That’s all going to be welded up though. While we were there we had to choose what colour to paint the van and have chosen on a dark blue bottom half and a creamy white colour for the top. I’m sure it’s going to look ace!
The mentioned fiat belongs to the guy organising all of this rebuild. He is at university studying to become a social worker and has a great interest in old polish cars. He has an early nysa that he is restoring, and last year when we were there, he was doing some pretty extensive welding on someone’s Wasava. He’s also just got a Wasava pick up to weld for someone. Not to mention his girlfriend’s restored Wasava. That fiat is his daily.
He took us to see the college where the engine is being rebuilt. College students are rebuilding it and they also striped the nysa and did the brakes. We went inside and it really was different to the colleges in the UK. For a start, we went into the lecturer’s office and there was no computer on the desk! Everything was quite different; if you’ll excuse the very poor quality I got some pics…
These two were taken while driving in this fiat…
We were walking round this sleepy little town where the Nysa is being painted and came across this.
It is actually were the first combat in WW II was. I can’t remember the exact details, but it actually started here.
These are just some other photos that I though might interest some…
^ I love this kind of communist architecture.
^ this was inside a train station.
^ Thought I might of seen some of your guys here!
Well that’s it. Update over. Hope I didn’t post too many pics and wasn’t too boring.
I don’t know when we are going over next, but the van should be painted by then