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General_Failure - December 8th, 2012 at 08:31 AM

G'day. It's a bit off topic but I hope nobody minds. There seems to be a whole pile of vehicles in a paddock being sold of in Ballarat.
http://www.gumtree.com.au/s-ad/ballarat-central/cars-vans-utes/a-collection-of-cars-boats-trucks-and-caravans-for-sale/1009039629#

It's a long way away from me but if anyone else is in the area and wants to check it out for their own reasons could you please have a look at the Lada Niva if it's still there?

My VW project is on the backburner for the moment and I thought I'd see if I could pick up a cheap Niva. It's always been on my short list. In fact it was almost a dead heat between my S beetle and a Niva. Niva only had two weeks rego on it so I went for the beetle. It was a good car and served me well for years.

Anyway if that Niva still exists when / if anyone is interested in going to take a look it's a one trip affair, so I can't go look beforehand.

If you are wondering what's going on with my camper, it's kind of complicated but it seems as though the easiest solution for me is to find a wrecked late bay or a couple of cuts from the C to D pillar section that I can poach the metalwork from the midriff to the roof. My bay lacks the metal that allows a 3 point belt to be mounted. Bit of a show stopper with a family. Besides that I'd say it's nearly blue slip worthy.


General_Failure - December 11th, 2012 at 02:43 PM

Nevermind he was asking way more than I was willing to pay.


donn - December 12th, 2012 at 08:59 AM

crikey, last I heard you couldn't give Lada Niva's away


vlad01 - December 13th, 2012 at 12:59 PM

I had a samara at one stage

1.3L ? 75hp :tu: