night oppo

"ptak appreciates old racecars" (racecarptak) 11/25/2017 at 02:19 • Filed to: None

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pip bip - choose Corrour > ptak appreciates old racecars 11/25/2017 at 05:12

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GIB!!!!!

GIB!!!!!

GIB!!!!!

ptak appreciates old racecars > pip bip - choose Corrour 11/25/2017 at 05:55

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come 2 polan we have nezzas

RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars > ptak appreciates old racecars 11/25/2017 at 07:09

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Yay! More Polonezes for the win! I’ve considered importing one instead of a 126....Polonez Caros seem to be quite a bit cheaper as 126 values are going up. Then again, 126s aren’t as unique, so it’s a tough call... :(

ptak appreciates old racecars > RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars 11/25/2017 at 18:58

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Do it before I do, man.

Gotta be careful which Caro though. 25 year import rule (presuming you’re in the states). First Caro came out in ‘91 I believe 

RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars > ptak appreciates old racecars 11/25/2017 at 19:37

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In Canada, so 15 year import rule! :D

I would want one of the pre-Daewoo Polonezes...with the 1.5 or 1.6L engine, not the Rover engine though as I have heard it is a bitch to work on. Need the Lucas brake package too!

ptak appreciates old racecars > RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars 11/25/2017 at 20:22

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Yesss!!

I don’t know much about the engines, the cars are very reliable on the whole from what I’ve heard. My brother’s owned probably a dozen at this point and they’ve always gotten him home.

RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars > ptak appreciates old racecars 11/25/2017 at 20:49

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:D

Not that expensive to find decent ones either, then again, they are just everyday cars over there, so a lot of them have been used up...

ptak appreciates old racecars > RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars 11/26/2017 at 00:00

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Yeah, not a lot of them on the roads anymore though. Once Poland joined the EU in ‘04, people started migrating over to imported stuff. Nowadays even a Caro (not counting the Plus and Atu) is starting to be a classic.

Hey, do you have an email or an account somewhere else (FB, flickr)? I have a bunch of nezza-related stuff I can send you.

RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars > ptak appreciates old racecars 11/26/2017 at 07:45

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Sure man! That would be awesome! I keep a folder of info / lots of pics on cars I really like and I already have a Polonez Caro folder, so the more I can add to it, the better! :D

I can’t read Polish, but there is always Google Translate! :D

You can email me at darkstrike AT geemail dot com (but spelled the usual way you would write an email address with the obvious typo fixed). :P

ptak appreciates old racecars > RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars 11/26/2017 at 19:39

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Sweet, I’ll send you the good stuff.

In reply to your post in the other thread, that’s awesome that someone introduced you to this stuff. I know Jalopnik and especially Oppo have some people with weird tastes in cars, but this is special.

Pretty sure they sold Ladas in Canada for a while, right? Have you looked into those?

RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars > ptak appreciates old racecars 11/26/2017 at 20:09

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They did sell them here! Not sold by Lada themselves, but by a private dealer network....most of them found their way to Ontario and BC it seems, with some scatted across the Prairies. I don’t think many were sold here in Nova Scotia, but I have seen a few Lada Nivas here (though that was when I was a kid, haven’t seen one in person in years.)

In fact, I have this press image from the Canadian Lada dealerships in my files! :)

Long story short, Ladas are VERY rare here as most were used up or rusted away... :(

There’s a cool Youtube Channel of a some guys in Alberta who have a Lada wagon - Grand Touring Concepts - they have some cool videos if you’re ever bored. :)

Fun fact, Skoda was sold here for awhile too - again, mostly Ontario and out West in Canada and again a private dealer network, but still....it happened! :D

Still hoping I can import a 126p for myself in the next year or two. I have the money saved up, but my living and job situation have to change first to make it feasible! :(

I’ll keep an eye out on my email (btw, I wrote it as ‘geemail’ above, but I assume you know I actually meant ‘gmail’ - just wanted to check! XD The stuff you’re sending will be a nice carrot to dangle in front of myself to read after I get all my work done this evening!