Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/03/14
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Yes the Russians bought the complete Fiat 127 production line. The Lada was not a bad car by sixties standards; poor materials and poorly finished mind you. Brand new Russian bearings sounded like ones I would throw away. Lots of sharp unfinished edges so my hands and arms would get all lacerated like Kyle's friend (Emily?) of a few years back. Lada gave the term sample variation a whole new meaning. The casting and machining of the manifolds varied by such a great a amount that sometimes an intake port would be half blocked! It took us a while to figure out why some cars went like Vamps out of Stalingrad and others plodded along like the disenchanted proletariat. Good samples would easily spin up to 7000+ rpm and absolutely NO other car had as good a heater. -30F and you had to turn it right down to keep from boiling you out of the car. John Collier On Friday, March 14, 2003, at 08:34 AM, SonC (Sonny Carter) wrote: > I've only had the pleasure of riding in a Lada taxi in Cuba. They > looked very much like a Fiat 127 to me, is that the case? - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html