Ruble is in free fall - where is my ?

"505Turbeaux" (505turbeaux) 12/16/2014 at 14:29 • Filed to: None

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I have always lusted after a UAZ-452, so with the Ruble currently going to hell, wouldn't this be a good time to start looking for one? Anyone know a decent auto classified site there? Anyone reputable so I don't get robbed? I have brought cars over from Europe and it has always been seamless for the most part. Hmmm

Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies > 505Turbeaux 12/16/2014 at 14:34

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DO

IT

!

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > 505Turbeaux 12/16/2014 at 14:36

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If you get a loaf before me, there may in fact be arson. Of poo bags. On your doorstep. Ignited by my jealousy.

SidewaysOnDirt still misses Bowie > 505Turbeaux 12/16/2014 at 14:36

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Answers in order asked:

Yes! Yes, it would!

No. It's Russia.

No. It's Russia.

505Turbeaux > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 12/16/2014 at 14:38

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lol damn.

It would make sense that is the Ruble has fallen 57% since January, it is probably a good time though, right?

Also I would so much rather have one of these than a syncro vanagon or DoKa. Where the hell are parts for them though?

505Turbeaux > SidewaysOnDirt still misses Bowie 12/16/2014 at 14:38

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about what I expected :)

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > 505Turbeaux 12/16/2014 at 14:41

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Parts are all over the place, I'd wager. Considering that you can buy them new from dealers in the Mediterranean still...

KnowsAboutCars > 505Turbeaux 12/16/2014 at 14:44

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No no no, these can be had for cheap anyways. Now is the perfect chance to get a ZIL limousine!

505Turbeaux > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 12/16/2014 at 14:44

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yeah, and I guess like with many Soviet vehicles too alot of stuff was designed to be fixed with scraps of other cars.

Rock Bottom > 505Turbeaux 12/16/2014 at 14:45

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According to Wiki, it can run on 72 octane gas... that's pretty awful!

505Turbeaux > KnowsAboutCars 12/16/2014 at 14:45

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I wish I could get into one. I have alot of shady ex-bloc characters in my town I would be trolling hard

505Turbeaux > Rock Bottom 12/16/2014 at 14:46

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holy crap, what is that anyways, mid stack distillate? Would take some very creative timing I would imagine. Lol from wiki "76 was preferred"

Mr. Ontop, No Strokes, No Smokes...Goes Fast. > 505Turbeaux 12/16/2014 at 14:49

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So many of those old cars were pretty much straight copies of cars made in the west. i've always wondered if a VW engine swap would be an easy way to get one of those you could drive without worrying about parts made of unobtanium.

Mr. Ontop, No Strokes, No Smokes...Goes Fast. > 505Turbeaux 12/16/2014 at 14:51

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We've got quite a few here too, so be careful, they're probably armed, and armed to the point of absurdity.

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > Mr. Ontop, No Strokes, No Smokes...Goes Fast. 12/16/2014 at 14:51

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The Bukhanka is water-cooled, but just about any small straight four-banger could be adapted.

Mr. Ontop, No Strokes, No Smokes...Goes Fast. > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 12/16/2014 at 14:52

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So.....Subaru Swap!

KnowsAboutCars > 505Turbeaux 12/16/2014 at 14:52

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All the UAZes! Dat opulence!

Rock Bottom > 505Turbeaux 12/16/2014 at 14:53

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I suspect it's made by combining 86 octane with ram's piss to stretch out limited supplies... maybe with a dash of borscht for a nice rusty hue.

505Turbeaux > Mr. Ontop, No Strokes, No Smokes...Goes Fast. 12/16/2014 at 14:53

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straight up big valve 1.8 from a mk1 GTI

505Turbeaux > Rock Bottom 12/16/2014 at 14:54

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lol delightful

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > Mr. Ontop, No Strokes, No Smokes...Goes Fast. 12/16/2014 at 14:56

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More like a 22R, really. These things are like a ChevyVan more than a VW one.

Mr. Ontop, No Strokes, No Smokes...Goes Fast. > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 12/16/2014 at 15:05

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That body looks pretty heavy, would a 22-R be enough to haul it up a hill at a decent pace?

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > Mr. Ontop, No Strokes, No Smokes...Goes Fast. 12/16/2014 at 15:07

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Well, Toyota pickups are quite heavy, TBH, and they do all right. That, and the original engine in these is just a little over a hundred horsies - kind of a joke. I don't think you want one of these going too fast.

NaturallyAspirated > 505Turbeaux 12/16/2014 at 15:24

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As someone who has actually wrenched on an UAZ before, I hope you have a good source of (lots of) spare parts.

505Turbeaux > NaturallyAspirated 12/16/2014 at 15:37

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ok this answers a question. Did you wrench on it stateside?

Mr. Ontop, No Strokes, No Smokes...Goes Fast. > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 12/16/2014 at 15:40

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Yeah, top speed wasn't really just what I would want to do, I just want enough power to get me over a decently steep incline and not stuck having to push it over.

NaturallyAspirated > 505Turbeaux 12/16/2014 at 16:53

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No, while I was visiting some friends on the outskirts of Moscow.

It ran fine, but my friend had a terrible time with the clutch, and the glass was broken out of the face of one of the gauges because the shifter knob came within a cm or two of the gauges in the odd-numbered gears.

505Turbeaux > NaturallyAspirated 12/16/2014 at 16:54

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gotcha, thanks