1987, Lada Riva Estate, £425, Tunbridge Wells

[lmfiat]

Model: Lada Riva Estate-21046
Year: 1987
Mileage: 60k
Tax: 01/13
MOT:07/13
Pics: s885.beta.photobucket.com/user/Fiat-mad-lad/media/Lada%20Riva%201300/1.jpg.html?sort=3&o=7
Location:Tunbridge Wells
Price:£425
Contact:07538302300

For sale our Lada Rive Estate. It`s a 1300 with a 4sp. gearbox.
The car is generally in good condition and is TAX-ed and MOT-ed.
Bodywork is pretty good, but there are some rust spots as you would expect. Quiet unusual colour for a Riva.
The interior is tidy with that authentic Eastern Block smell.
It has done 60k mls with a fully stamped service book(15 stamps) and a cambelt change at 55k.
Not sure what else to say about it. It is what it is. It`s a Lada and it drives like one. I love it, but need to sell to be able to feed my hungry family(of Fiats).
It was one of those not really thought through eBay purchases with the vision of possibly using the engine out of it in my OHV 131. I scrapped this idea now in a favour of a more sensible twin cam.

The Russian pedal car is not included in the price, but could go with the Lada for an extra £75. I think it would be a great addition for the shows, or the little ones. It fits in the boot just perfect.
The roof rack isn`t included either, as it`s already sold.
I`ll upload the photos directly on here later on today.
L.

[keithrg]

What cc is this mate. My G/F mayby tempted by this

[xbo11ox]

it says 1300 in the ad

[rijmij99]

i want this! then i have something to do with that twin spark out of my 75

[AB car pix]

Like it!

Also liking the 131 as well, I was very tempted by this when it popped up here for sale briefly few months back too! Did you have second thoughts about selling, or was it you who bought it?

[keithrg]

Dec 6, 2012 13:25:44 GMT xbo11ox said:

it says 1300 in the ad

;D My F up thats what happens when I view on phone

[keithrg]

Dec 6, 2012 14:55:50 GMT keithrg said:

Dec 6, 2012 13:25:44 GMT xbo11ox said:

it says 1300 in the ad

;D My F up thats what happens when I view on phone

Soz man no go if it was a 1.5 think temptation would have been to much.

[lmfiat]

Yeah it was me selling the 131. Bit of both really, second thoughts and the curse word bent a pushrod due to a sticky valve.
As to the Lada, if I find some moneys, I might just keep it. Quiet tempting to go down the Fiat twin cam route with it. It`s such a cheap car and hardly cost us anything to insure.

[murdock]

Why do I like this? I think it is just inherently cool and totally different now....

What are they like? Reliable/unreliable? MPG? Spares availability? I know virtually nothing about them, but I can see myself learning!


Ian

[gary1998]

would love this but flat broke
this would be easy

[DavidB]

These are ultra reliable and MPG on the 1300 is about 32 - 40. They feel totally solid, I would never own one but my mate has one and they're interesting to drive. It really needs to be in good condition as things like interior trim come off easily.

[sambaman]

Like the man says ultra reliable, had a saloon version bought brand new in 1983. Reg A 73 NTR(sad I know that I still remember the plate) fitted it with chrome 8 spokes, thought I was the mutts nuts...it was a mid orange colour and had a black vinyl roof.Blue velour interior...factory wipers on the headlights ...only Mercs had those ! I drove it every day from Portsmouth to Oxford for a year, it never once broke down and nothing fell off it. But it was like driving a car from the sixties even in the eighties..would I have another one ? Yep

[volvo740]

Shame you don't fancy swaps

[DavidB]

Remember these were specced to run in very cold climate conditions under a communist regime - they had to work. My mate's engine starts instantly with the choke out in this weather even though it hasn't been run all week.
Also, avoid gym membership by driving it in traffic - the steering is very heavy.

[lmfiat]

Yeah these are very comfy, as were designed for rough Russian roads, but not great going round corners very fast.
The heater is a bit noisy until it gets warm, but it works a treat. It`s like a Soviet sauna.

Sorry no swaps as I`ve got too many cars as it is and need the moneys. That is the only reason for selling this.

[beanis]

I'm in manchester but my girlfriends in guildford this week. i'm sending her photos and trying to persuade her!

is it ok underneath, any rot? I'm here because i'm tired of welding my 1990 fiat panda! - swap for a 1990 fiat panda with rusty inner arch?? ;D

[lmfiat]

Sorry guys, but I decided to keep the Lada after all as I managed to sell one of my other toys.
Apologies to anyone who was seriously interested in buying it!
Moderators now informed to remove this thread.