written by zixxerboy on 25/08/2005
Good Points
Always started, cheap & cheerful.
Bad Points
All the white metal (dye cast) components were made of plasticine.
General Comments
I bought two Lada Niva's real cheap and fixed one. Including the small winch I mounted it was cheaper than a set of tires and rims for most anything else. I had a hoot bashing through the bush going places bigger truck couldn't get to.
Unfortunately they are of Unibody construction and a "consumable" rather than a collectable in our salty winter climate. Mine rotted through where the trailing arm for the rear axle mates to the body.