505plus5 Posted November 24, 2014 Author Report Share Posted November 24, 2014 I shall post pictures. I have them on my cell as I speak but aren't able to due to no internet access at this time from home and a tripping cell phone. The Lada is presently a clunker but when I last parked it it was running a strong engine sounding like a trac racer! It had a leaking break cylinder but, I remember I once too a drive with it, almost as it sits right now 2014, up a very long road up a mountain carrying 4 adults. When we reached the top, a gentleman had his heavy 80's Mercedes Benz sitting on the road with his ride broken down so we also pulled him sitting in his clunker, altogether! Hahahah. I was happy with the 1600 Russian which left me in awe! Lol. Thanks, Flatcat19... Quote Link to comment
flatcat19 Posted November 25, 2014 Report Share Posted November 25, 2014 Kill it. Quote Link to comment
datzenmike Posted November 25, 2014 Report Share Posted November 25, 2014 Canada imported the Lada(trouble) back in the '80s? I forget but they were tough, but also shitty. How they passed entry with hardly any emission controls, I don't know. Lada is on bricks right now, in Central America, of course! Would live to have one here in So.Cal, though!Ok. Gonna try Full Editor, thisismatt... Or just leave as is! It's an attention getter! Hahahahahahah! If they are like the Canadian ones you'll NEVER get one. Quote Link to comment
505plus5 Posted November 25, 2014 Author Report Share Posted November 25, 2014 Datzenmike: Very true. Suspension (las tijeras- spanish for scissors) snapped and you'd get your front wheels layed out flat on the road, is how the story goes. So, you had to reinforce them. But these, I definitely believe, arrives straight from Russia and were strong chassis/frames and engines. Early ones had a single round headlight, and todays latest ones are rectangular- WHICH... HAHAHA, I'd like to use to make a conversion for this one particular 510! [WHOOOOLE different thread/topic]. Lol Quote Link to comment
Komeuppance Posted November 25, 2014 Report Share Posted November 25, 2014 Don't drink the kool aid. -Robert 4 Quote Link to comment
505plus5 Posted December 4, 2014 Author Report Share Posted December 4, 2014 I'm back! But... Lets keep something in mind, y'all: OBVIOUSLY we deviated from the MAIN TOPIC ((Lol))- Why Ratsun.net is an Addiction! With that being said, well, I thought I'd take the time to post my Lada goon's flix, or at least the last ones I took but, are pretty much how it looks right now as it stands. Can it be saved? Yes, with little $$. AND... ... ... Not only that. I actually went on eBay just to see what they had for Ladas and found one, AN ACTUAL ONE, imported from Russia being auctioned in Hialeah,Florida! Common place where them Nicas live. At $8K! :thumbup: Hahahahahah! Any ways, here's the link for that! http://www.ebay.com/itm/Other-Makes-Lada-2106-4D-1981-lada-2106-imported-original-from-russia-/181585715946?forcerrptr=true&hash=item2a475a22ea&item=181585715946&pt=US_Cars_Trucks One nice sunny day when I went for a ride with the fam: [/url]">http:// [/url]">http:// On bricks, after the cousins moved it from another location on their property: [/url]">http:// Custom Yakima luggage bag: [/url]">http://http://s1237.photobucket.com/user/mitarrodefotos/media/Cars/130324_002.jpg.html'> ...enjoy. 1 Quote Link to comment
505plus5 Posted December 4, 2014 Author Report Share Posted December 4, 2014 Here's a fun story about the Lada and my fam. See how badly uneven the bottom of the driver and passenger side looks, underneath the doors?: Well, one day we decided to visit some of my half sister's relatives located upon a hill in Managua. It was my sister (about 140lbs), bro-in-law (about 165lbs), young nephew (~30lbs), myself (~150lbs) and a friend of my sis' we found on our way who decided to come with us (on the heavy side, about 180-210lbs!). Well, when we got off the main paved road and drove up a dirt road heading up that hill, I decided I really wanted to test the guts out of the Lil Lada-goon! So, I smashed on the gas pedal peeling out with my 4 bald tires, and jetted upwards the really bad and broken dirt road, with deep heavy rain tracks, very loose dirt gravel, and very rocky trail!!! About a quarter of the way up, I realize: I can't go that fast with all those obstacles in the way UNLESS I took the left shoulder, which looked flat, but had very tall green grass; and so I did! And, as soon I got upon that grass, KABOOOOOM!, goes everybody screaming, and flying up in the air inside the wagon when I hit a couple of huge boulders that were hid in the way by the tall, green grass!!! HAAAHAAAA!!!! :rofl: That thing flew up side ways up in the air and landed flat on the road AND KEPT GOING! :rofl: I just played it very cool and tried to calm everybody down and told them it was all part of the act- not to panic at all! That thing HAD GUTS... and fortunately, they weren't spread all over that road at all! :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: Haahaaa! Quote Link to comment
MicroMachinery Posted December 4, 2014 Report Share Posted December 4, 2014 ... I smashed on the gas pedal peeling out with my 4 bald tires... AWD Lada? Quote Link to comment
505plus5 Posted December 4, 2014 Author Report Share Posted December 4, 2014 AWD Lada? No, the tires were simply bald! I just needed a car bad, when I was down there so it actually became my very own, first car in Nic. I bought it that way! Hahahahahahah! Not sure if they have an AWD version, and I never thought of that, actually! It'd be interesting to know. But, I do know that they make the Lada Niva, which is 4X4. Suzuki Samurai hardtop style, you can say. Quote Link to comment
datzenmike Posted December 4, 2014 Report Share Posted December 4, 2014 Seems like the title of this thread should be... LADA is not a car. It's an Addiction! Quote Link to comment
MicroMachinery Posted December 4, 2014 Report Share Posted December 4, 2014 Seems like the title of this thread should be... LADA is not a Datsun. It's an Addiction! Quote Link to comment
505plus5 Posted December 5, 2014 Author Report Share Posted December 5, 2014 Hahahahah. I've driven both, and there's nothing like a 510. But, weren't there a couple of rap addicts back in 1985 who sang a song about them Ladas called, "LaDa Da Di," a hit rap song performed by Doug E. Fresh the beatboxer, and MC Ricky D (later known as Slick Rick)?!! Lol!!!!! 1 Quote Link to comment
Just Joel Posted December 5, 2014 Report Share Posted December 5, 2014 I'd rock it... Quote Link to comment
Komeuppance Posted December 5, 2014 Report Share Posted December 5, 2014 Even though antifreeze tastes and looks like Kool aid, don't drink that either. -Robert Quote Link to comment
Fat510 Posted December 5, 2014 Report Share Posted December 5, 2014 I'd rock it... The 4 door is way cool Quote Link to comment
505plus5 Posted December 6, 2014 Author Report Share Posted December 6, 2014 :confused: Seeing all this is really making me consider this: Datsun= Poor man's BMW Lada= Poor man's Datsun?? :angel: But then, something else came to mind, again- "How Low" can you go?...- Ludacris. :thumbup: Hahaha Quote Link to comment
q-tip Posted December 6, 2014 Report Share Posted December 6, 2014 Lada=poormans Fiat, its is a DIRECT copy, all be it a shitty one. 1 Quote Link to comment
505plus5 Posted December 6, 2014 Author Report Share Posted December 6, 2014 Lada=poormans Fiat, its is a DIRECT copy, all be it a shitty one. True, 'dat' Lol :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: Quote Link to comment
505plus5 Posted December 8, 2014 Author Report Share Posted December 8, 2014 So, there's some FORUM addicts on here. I've been one lately- reading informative, fun stuff that we perhaps will never get elsewhere. Why HERE? :-) ME, personally, I feel at home here and after posting an ad a while back, I actually finally decided to start my own thread (not intended for the Lada, lol) but to partake of the comm with an interesting subject to talk about-thus adding to the addiction: checking threads more frequently than ever b4, etc, etc... And, I actually have other neat stories up my sleeve for a later, rightful time. Hahahahahahahaha! Just interested in knowing y'all at a deeper, personal perhaps, level- know'umm sayen'?! Lol Quote Link to comment
MikeRL411 Posted December 8, 2014 Report Share Posted December 8, 2014 :confused: Seeing all this is really making me consider this: Datsun= Poor man's BMW Lada= Poor man's Datsun?? :angel: But then, something else came to mind, again- "How Low" can you go?...- Ludacris. :thumbup:[/size] [/size] Hahaha[/size] Yugo is poor man's Lada! 2 Quote Link to comment
505plus5 Posted December 8, 2014 Author Report Share Posted December 8, 2014 Yugo is poor man's Lada! I had totally skipped that one, Mike. Barrio brand, is what it sounds like: "Yugo buy some frijoles!" -'In guattt?!!' "Yugo now, Chancho!" Quote Link to comment
Komeuppance Posted December 9, 2014 Report Share Posted December 9, 2014 Soo... based on your calculations: Ratsun = poor man's Datsun?? -Robert Quote Link to comment
505plus5 Posted December 9, 2014 Author Report Share Posted December 9, 2014 Soo... based on your calculations: Ratsun = poor man's Datsun?? -Robert No waaaay... To me, Ratsun= Tight community of people who share a common goal/cause in bringing/ keeping/ restoring gold (Datsuns) finds with concern and interest, in their own/ specific/ unique way, etc... Etc... And, Datsun= A REAL CAR- WHAT A CAR IS SUPPOSED TO BE AND DO (but, particularly the 510 as a reliable daily driver. The Z as a sports car. The rest I haven't driven). I own 3 Datsuns. I know I only mention 1, the Z which has been the first and longest, but I also own 2 510s. One for about 4 years now, and another one in Nicaragua; which are stories I've been reserving for later in the community... and even if I got to choose one car out of all I own, I'd keep the 510 I have here in the States due to its faithfulness, the way it's built, overall, looks, etc., as it is now: in stock, out-of-the-factory condition--- and STILL, would not consider myself a poorman, but rather very FORTUNATE! Their relation to other cars are really pointless to me because they don't offer an endless number of things, some of which I just mentioned. So, no... Lol A Datsun= a real SMARTMAN'S CAR!!! Quote Link to comment
MicroMachinery Posted December 9, 2014 Report Share Posted December 9, 2014 So... Datsun=Smart Car? Quote Link to comment
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