Car appreciation... the aesthetics, the engineering, etc

LADA NIVA

I thought of these earlier this morning, then saw one only on eBay for £18k..

@skinny is in Spain £1500 tops.

Uk ones are all the new ones.

Yeah would be 2k euro.
I need to see if it'll go up my road, I discounted it as I don't think it will. Will check dimensions to a samurai. I'd rather spend a little more and get something that'll go up road than less and not.

Original Nivas are proper tiny, although yeah kinda wide.

Upside is they love forever and the 1.3 engine is pretty fool proof for working on. They’re having a massive comeback here with the hipster and middle age crisis crew. Thankfully I fit in both camps and are seriously tempted in a restored one.

Mk1 RAV4 3 door. Zingy 2 litre twincam, small and fun. Reliable. Appreciating. A great bit of design.

Panda 4x4 are silly money.

The new ones? I thought they were pretty cheap.

Other than nostalgia, idk why you'd want an OG one in reality.

I remember some French dude lifting a 5 door 205 diesel and driving all over Corsica so I'd be tempted to do something like that. Cheap old diesel hatch, offrode tyres and a DIY lift. Or try and get a susuki jimny.

Edit here it is

https://youtu.be/afdo-AWcc3c

Loving the nostalgia and memories triggered just by seeing the keys, great find.

And I saw this today, never heard of one before, a trials car apparently, a Dellow Mk2. Reckon this is just what @skinny needs and unlike the jacked 205 above, if it gets stuck in a ditch you can lift it out on your own.

nostalgia

This.

Also it's only to be a mountain car, so no need for something nice.

Skoda Octavia TDI Tour de France 4WD, 2.0, £9.4k - looks good to me and ticks my boxes but the mot history has me thinking twice....thoughts?
https://www.check-mot.service.gov.uk/res­ults?registration=Hj64fzd

10 days is probably right for getting parts delivered. Looks alright

saw this lifted bentley in camps bay, cape town. thought you would all appreciate

Definitely in the so shit it's good camp.

That's got to be a youtube car.

I BOUGHT THE CHEAPEST BENTLEY IN AFRICA AND CONVERTED IT FOR THE ZOMBIE APOCALYPSE SEE WHAT HAPPENS NEXT!!!

Must be bulletproof as well

To be entirely truthfully I’d love that.

That's cool. Proper model specific overfenders as well as they follow the bumper contours.

Originals are really good off road.

Yeah! Do it to a Flying Spur. 200mph off-roading for all the family.

I don't doubt it.

But it doesn't seem like the economically choice when a modern one is something like £1,300 on the modern version.

Although it looks as though you can source OG ones from Italy for as little as three and a half grand.

Is it possible to acquire a 912 for 30k? Asking for a friend(brother) project it's fine.

Seems a Vitara is the best option. Jimny too much and samurai a bit old.

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Yep. Easily if it’s an impact bumper 912E.

If he wants an early car it’ll need to be a project, probably not matching number. A sound one is £40-50k.

I wouldn’t bother though. When there was £20-30k between an 911T and a 912 it was money worth saving, now it’s nearer £10k it’s just not worth it, the 911 is so, so much better. It’s totally different experience with 6 cylinders, even with a breathless T. Go halves with him on a £50k 911, never look back.

Thank you for the information, I will pass it on. Unfortunately my wife would divorce me if I was to drop 25k on half a car that she won't drive!

Keep it at his house, don’t tell her.