another car joins the fleet1995 Lada riva

[paulisa]

well my Skoda estelle seams to of ground to a halt at the moment waiting for parts so trawling through ebay i found a Lada riva and bought it she has 1 owner and 46,000 on the clock. got it home last weekend and started stripping it down


its solid as a rock in the boot so we stripped all the interior out and removed all the sound deadening tar like stuff
most of the car is very good only bit of rot is in the passenger side footwell and inner cill
this will all be cut out and repaired . the plan for the car is wide rims i have some 9x15 rim barrels that will just fit under the rear arches so just have to find some centers now

then the plan is lower it and give it a new heart i was thinking of either a BMW 318 is motor as a mate has a whole car cheap

or buy something else maybe mx5 or a SAAb turboanyhow thats as far as wee got this weekend will update as things move on

[Therider10]

Good project! I follow this.

[kustomkriss]

just come back from turkey and I saw loads of fiat 131's and Turkish topas murats slammed ,I so want a project like this

[paulisa]

some progress engine and box out of the bmw complete with its wireing harness

and all the front suspension and steering going to see if we can graft the whole lot in

[recarouk]

oooo this looks like fun, keep up the good work

[andyw]

looking forward to seeing this progress. I had two Ladas (1200s and a Riva 1300e) back in the early 90s - great student transport.

Always fancied putting a Fiat twin cam in mine but a Beemer engine will be a whole different ball game!

[grifterkid]

This looks like things could get very interesting indeed...!!! I like this alot...

[paulisa]

well progress is a little slow had to work all weekend hopefully will get the old lump out through the week and engine bay cleaned up removing everything that wont be needed ready to try its new heart in

[morgann]

Love these, some great potential in them. Bookmarked

[paulisa]

well little progress today engine box all removed . battery tray removed all electrics from under the bonnet removed to make way for the bmw harness will post some pics when photobucket finishes uploading from my phone

[aj7]

Very cool....

[generaldogsbody]

Good God, this is mad scientist stuff! Keep going!

[paulisa]

Well some progress at last first off the front brakes are done it now has bmw front discs hubs and calipers . The way we did it was strip down the original to the bare hub I then had the stub machined off leaving a small stub then the back of the bmw hub machined flat and a spigot machined to take the Lada stub . Both parts then pressed together and welded


IMG

[paulisa]

[paulisa]

all fitted so now she should stop well

[paulisa]

and with wheels they are 16s so to big but all i had

[paulisa]

and the engine and box are in place need to do quite a lot of fabrication but it will all fit . have also narrowed the bmw power steering rack so need to make mounts for that

[paulisa]

little bit more done narrowed bmw e36 compact power steering rack fitted. mated to a e30 uj section then the e36 column which will allow me to use all the switchgear and steering lock



also engine mounts half made so comming along now

[steveo3002]

any updates - enjoyed it so far

[paulisa]

sorry no updates at the moment been on with my ratrod thats also on here i do hope to get it back on the ramp this weekend and carry on with it pics will follow. thanks for the interest