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I thought removing the dashboard from my Lada 1200/2101 would be easy. It was anything but! However, I wrote down the steps I took so that you can save yourself my pain and follow an easy, step-by-step guide!
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Part of my restoration of this Lada 1200/2101 involved me removing the windscreen and rear window. But how do you do that? I show you the right and wrong way!
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There is one thing I haven’t really done since getting hold of my Lada 1200, and that’s show you what it looked like under neath it. While the underside of a car is always mysterious, I didn’t know what a Lada 2101 looked like underneath, until now…
In the second “Russian Metal” video, I go underneath the Lada and see how does a 44 year old Lada 2101 shape up. The results surprised me!
In this episode I continue to go through the process of modifying and repairing the rear bumper and spoiler of Paddy the Corolla, as well as dealing with unexpected rust issues.
In this video, the first of Paddy the 1998 Toyota Corolla E11, I start to repaint the rear bumper as well as use fibre glass to fix a hole caused by a slipped exhaust.
It’s time we start to peel back the layers and see what state the metal is on Nikita the Lada. It means removing some sound proofing using a fire extinguisher. It doesn’t go well I’m afraid…
The Lada Zhiguli is home, so work can now get started properly! But first, we need to clean. There’s more mold on here than 12 week old bread. There is, obviously, more lurking behind the dirt though…
Finally after 14 months Nikita, my Lada 2101, finally arrives home! Watch the video tour and introduction of this beautiful Lada Zhiguli.
Nikita the Lada 2101 should be in the garage next to where I’m writing this. But it isn’t. It’s a funny story of miscommunication and a whole heap of mold. Or Coronavirus, I’m not sure.