UAZ 452
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UAZ 452
http://www.mortarinvestments.eu/vehicle.php?id=183
I know it is not a lada but this UAZ has got to be worth £3500 - but what the hell do I know ? One thing I do know is that a work friend of mine from Estonia has run one of these as a camper van for many years. He tells me they are extremely easy to maintain and parts are no problem - but you must be handy with basic tools. Any thoughts or comments on these vans - anybody ever owned one or drivern one?
I know it is not a lada but this UAZ has got to be worth £3500 - but what the hell do I know ? One thing I do know is that a work friend of mine from Estonia has run one of these as a camper van for many years. He tells me they are extremely easy to maintain and parts are no problem - but you must be handy with basic tools. Any thoughts or comments on these vans - anybody ever owned one or drivern one?
Skoda octavia scout 4x4
defender td5 modified for offrosd etc
LADA NIVA - Darn soon I hope!!!
defender td5 modified for offrosd etc
LADA NIVA - Darn soon I hope!!!
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http://www.milmac.se/fordon/14.htm
I found this is Sweden at £3500...... slightly better value perhaps?
I found this is Sweden at £3500...... slightly better value perhaps?
Skoda octavia scout 4x4
defender td5 modified for offrosd etc
LADA NIVA - Darn soon I hope!!!
defender td5 modified for offrosd etc
LADA NIVA - Darn soon I hope!!!
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I have also been in one and yes it was a little basic but I would not go as far as to say it was uncomfortable?? Could have been due to the fact that it was slightly modified and had volvo 360 seats in it. but the heaters were great and it did what it is supposed to do... off road in extreme conditions!
Skoda octavia scout 4x4
defender td5 modified for offrosd etc
LADA NIVA - Darn soon I hope!!!
defender td5 modified for offrosd etc
LADA NIVA - Darn soon I hope!!!
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Tin can? Are you talking about the van or uaz 269 (jeep) I seem to remeber the uaz469 jeep feeling rather solid. But as I say it was slightly modified and had decent seats!! The Uaz van I have never been in!
Skoda octavia scout 4x4
defender td5 modified for offrosd etc
LADA NIVA - Darn soon I hope!!!
defender td5 modified for offrosd etc
LADA NIVA - Darn soon I hope!!!
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Daily transport from accomodation to work for 2 weeks in a Belarus hospital. Not comfortable, fume filled, noisy and typically soviet! Fantastic as part of the experience, not so sure I'd want to be rushed to hospital as a patient. A 2 hour trip to Minsk left me with a sore ??? (got to be a joke there for the more depraved amongst you) and a near-death experience from the exhaust gasses. Excellent over rough terrain too, very well sprung. I'd have one.
Slowly (very) being phased out in Belarus in favour of a transit looky-likey. Still hundreds of them in use though.
Slowly (very) being phased out in Belarus in favour of a transit looky-likey. Still hundreds of them in use though.
I spent a lot of time this fall in one, driving back and forth to a camp at a former nuclear test site in Russia (before I irradiated my Niva.)
Parts are cheap, 4x4, easy to fix, durable, floats like a drunk butterfly over the worse roads (like the ones we were on), and is even better on the bare steppe. I'm thinking of buying one as a crew/equipment vehicle.
That price is waaaay to high though.
Parts are cheap, 4x4, easy to fix, durable, floats like a drunk butterfly over the worse roads (like the ones we were on), and is even better on the bare steppe. I'm thinking of buying one as a crew/equipment vehicle.
That price is waaaay to high though.