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.
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There was a time, not so long ago, I fulfilled a boyhood dream to own a Subaru. I managed to bag it for the price of a bottle of whiskey too. The dream, though, was short lived.
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2007 F1 World Champion Kimi Räikkönen learned to drive like everyone else. But it turns out he learned in a Lada and it became his first car!
I blame James May for introducing me to the original Lada 2101. It’s been produced for more than 40 years, and over 20 million have been made. Now I’ve got one, and here’s the plan I have for it.