Anyone selling a cheap Lada Niva?

badabinbadaboom

Hello, wether this belongs in classics or not is a matter of opinion but......
Ive been looking around on the net for a lada niva and cant find any on this Island.
I really want one as something small, tough and cheap to fix but its hard to find them, so if anyone knows any for sale for less than 2,000 I'd be grateful for the knowledge.
Thanks a million

Max_Damage

There is a guy in Mountnugent in Cavan that has a one, 1990 model. I've only ever passed it, but it seems to always parked opposite a garage on the road out to Oldcastle. I don't know if he would sell it or not.

aravan

cheap to fix

I don't think so. Parts would be impossible to get.

Your best bet would be Suzuki.

BeardyGit

I'll second the recommendation for the zuke. Great little machines and well tough.

carchaeologist

I only have the badges off one...havnt seen one in years...

Max_Damage

There was a '01 model for sale on Carzone a while back. Don't know if it's still there though.

superboy

Check out this thread!

http://z8.invisionfree.com/EveryFord_Ireland/index.php?showtopic=6298

Hermy

There's a very clean Hungarian registered Riva in Fairview if anyone is interested.

Volvoboy

Hermy wrote: »

There's a very clean Hungarian registered Riva in Fairview if anyone is interested.

I know the one, it's very clean. Early one too.

Max_Damage

The Niva is meant to be one of the best off-roaders ever built.

As for the Riva, they were good cars, it's just many owners never bothered to take care of them properly. Same goes to the Yugo.

badabinbadaboom

superboy wrote: »

Check out this thread!

http://z8.invisionfree.com/EveryFord_Ireland/index.php?showtopic=6298

Briliant thanks for that.

Yes Ive heard that the Nivas have exceptional ability off road and are actually very reliable compared to other Ladas.
Parts are damned cheap to
www.lada.co.uk
about 300sterling for a whole gearbox isnt bad by my books.

Agreed that they'll last forever if looked after, my uncle had one and maintained it religiously for at least 20 years anyway(I think??)

Max_Damage

Look at it this way, people in far eastern Russia are still driving around in 20+ year old Lada's, that says something when it comes to reliability.

unkel

Max_Damage wrote: »

Look at it this way, people in far eastern Russia are still driving around in 20+ year old Lada's, that says something when it comes to reliability.

That says a lot more about the craft of the people that keep those cars going than about the reliability of the cars

Why do you think there are still so many 50-60 year old utter heaps of US sh1te driving around in Cuba today?

Hermy

Hermy wrote: »

There's a very clean Hungarian registered Riva in Fairview if anyone is interested.

First time I posted this comment I put it in the wrong thread cause I was drunk.
Now I realise that I've messed up again cause the OP was talking about a Niva.:o

milod

They're VERY popular in France. You could pick a up a clean left hooker - they're high off the ground so it wouldn't be that much of an issue...

see here:

http://www.lacentrale.fr/listing_auto.php?SS_CATEGORIE=269&prix_mini=&marque=LADA&prix_maxi=&modele=NIVA&cp=&energie=

10-10-20

You're correct about France - they are quite prevalent there.
As far as I remember, all of the Ladas were repatriated in the late nineties.
There was a huge ship chartered by Russians to return them from Ireland and the UK for parts in the home-markets.
Hence the lack of them here now.

Edit: Ah yes - here we are:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lada#United_Kingdom_.26_Ireland
After Lada (UK) ceased operations in 1997, the remains of the British network of Lada dealers were serviced by Lada (France). Ladas rapidly disappeared from British roads. They had minimal second-hand value in the UK and a re-export market for Russia developed. Many UK and Irish-registered Ladas were sold back to Russia (especially by Russian trawlermen), to be stripped for spare parts or to be sold to Russian buyers who appreciated the superior export-specification cars.