Videos, Nikita The Lada Project, Projects, The Fleet
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!
2020 has been a strange year, and we’ve only made it to May. But it continues to get stranger, as I find out that another F1 driver loves their Lada…
Has your power steering died on your Peugeot? Has it beome heavy or just completely gone away? Before you pay hundreds of pounds for a garage to fix it, read this first. It could save you a LOT of money!
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 isn’t just this website where videos of Nikita the Lada, Paddy the Corolla and Rocky the Peugeot 107 are shown. There is also a YouTube channel dedicated to these cars
Since mentioning the Lada project to people, a lot of them have wondered why I’m using a Rover K-Series and not another engine? In this post I go through my reasoning, no matter how mad it might seem…
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…
On 15th April 2005, MG Rover collapsed. I had wanted to do an apprenticeship there but it never happened. My life could’ve been different, as would have the lives of workers of MG Rover and the supply chain. What might have been?