Practically Classics Forum

Loved reading this! Thanks for posting! I remember a customer of my dads loved the Lada Riva's and always had a fairly new one when I was a kid. I think the last one he had was an L reg red one actually. My best friends' parents at school had a Niva too, amazing pulling power! I'm currently classic...

Well I never really got as far as fully advertising the Skoda as a friend turned up who wants it. So as soon as the events of this weekend are out the way I'll be looking at getting a fresh test on it. This will make space however for the latest arrival. An unexpected one, but one I sure wasn't goin...

Skoda is now officially for sale... I'll add its own separate thread with a plethora of photos in the for sale section tomorrow time permitting.

It'll be getting sold with a fresh year's ticket and fixed clutch all being well unless someone makes me an offer I can't refuse in its current state...

Reliant Rialto 2 in glorious beige spotted yesterday afternoon in the Central Milton Keynes Sainsbury's car park.

Quick update! Somewhat to my surprise, Tom over at lada.co.uk has ascertained that the fuel tank, pump and fuel line set for the fuel injected version of the Riva are in fact available still. So my original fabrication plans have been put on hold, as buying the whole lot in ready made is going to be...

Now my background is in electronics and electrical engineering...so I'd not expected this sort of thing to send me on such a merry old dance... When you first turn the ignition on in my Riva, the indicator tell tale on the dash blinks once, accompanied by a click from the flasher unit. Nothing happe...

Given the undergrowth around it that Midget looks to have been there for quite a while, yet at least from the photos there it looks to be in remarkably good nick. Probably for the best that it's probably at the far side of the country of I'd go looking for another project when I've already got two t...

Only a quick update as I've been a bit under the weather the last couple of weeks so haven't really had much chance to do too much with the cars. Main achievements were getting over to the car show at the Brill Festival a couple of weekends ago. Was really surprised by the scale of the show there gi...

Not something silly like a loose rotor arm is it? Sounds like you've got a spark if it's spitting back through the carb and such nonsense. After checking the really obvious, try another condenser before wasting too much time...I took to just keeping a couple of spares on hand in one of my Skodas as ...

The timing chain tensioners do seem to be a weakness. It's not unheard of for them to totally disintegrate and the chain to then proceed to chew its way through the head. Must make the most horrendous racket while that's going on so goodness only knows how drivers claimed to be unaware that anything...