am i allowed to post these here? no idea if these are lada, skoda, moskvich or something else...

I took them mainly in estonia and bulgaria:

http://www.butterpeanut.com/ee/imagepages/image4.htm

http://www.butterpeanut.com/ee/imagepages/image5.htm

http://www.butterpeanut.com/ee/imagepages/image6.htm

http://www.butterpeanut.com/ee/imagepages/image10.htm

http://www.butterpeanut.com/ee/imagepages/image34.htm

http://www.butterpeanut.com/2/imagepages/image10.htm

http://www.butterpeanut.com/bg/imagepages/image3.htm

http://www.butterpeanut.com/bg/imagepages/image9.htm

oh, and I have no idea what this van is. Any ideas?

http://www.butterpeanut.com/bg2/imagepages/image3.htm

Nice photos.

You might have some luck identifying them here

http://www.abc.se/~m9805/eastcars/index.php?lang=en

Nice photos.

You might have some luck identifying them here

http://www.abc.se/~m9805/eastcars/index.php?lang=en

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Love this one from that site' date='

http://www.abc.se/~m9805/eastcars/showcar.php?car=1178〈=en

I think there might be one of those in my Skoda dealer in Malmo, Sweden, so next time I am there I will take my camera...

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Good looking car isn't it.

I wonder how much a good condition one is worth

None of those are Skodas...they are either Ladas or Polski-Fiat/FSO pics.

All Ladas except from the second from last link. My Grandad use to have a Lada exactly the same as the first one in Orange!

Ohhh and the van........aint got a clue......

Mostly all look like Lada's to me (I used to sell them many moons ago!)

Why do some of the pics look like they were taken in a model village?

Mostly all look like Lada's to me (I used to sell them many moons ago!) Why do some of the pics look like they were taken in a model village?

It is a photoshop effect I have been using quite a lot recently. It makes normal sized photos look like models. There is another example pic here that I took from a bridge in Copenhagen:

http://www.butterpeanut.com/temp2/images/IMG_1806b.jpg

There is a tutorial here that producse a similar effect:

http://recedinghairline.co.uk/tutorials/fakemodel/

Ohhh and the van........aint got a clue......

I am going to be going back to Bulgaria for a snowboarding trip in Feb. so I will try and spot some more of these vans...

on a similar theme, i just found these:

http://knuttz.net/hosted_pages/Ricers-Must-Fear-the-Russians-20060802

no idea what these are (eastern europe autos..), but there is an odd looking BMW M series wanna-be that makes me wanna-cringe : (( [12th pic from top..]

THe first ones are Lada's for sure (the lada sign is something like a sailing boat or something)

Image3 looks like a lada but seems to have skoda's lights fitted

Image 9 is a Fiat 125p

I seen such a Fiat the other day in Italy. I never knew Fiat where also making cars in such a 'standard' shape also...

image 12 is a bit confusing. i see it has the Bulgarian flag but says LT in letters, which means Lithuania (or Latvia? I get confused between these 2 countries : ( ) so I am pressuming someone is using their Photoshop skills here : )

This moskvich from bulgaria IMG_7670b.jpg

This van is "UAZ" IMG_7656b.jpg russian van, very tough machine. Can go in places where no other vehicle can go

From this link http://knuttz.net/hosted_pages/Ricer...sians-20060802 all "tunning" Most russians

1st one Opel Kadett

2nd Lada from the first ones

3rd Lada newer model

4th moskvich

5th Lada

6th Skoda Favorit or Lada Samara

7th Moskvich

8th lada

9th lada

10th moskvich model IZ

11th moskvich

12th Lada with BMW badge

13th lada

14te Lada samara

15-16-17-18 - Lada

19 - ZAZ (model 965 i think)

20-25 - lada

this bulgaria registration IMG_7656b.jpg

Blagoevgrad city

Blagoevgrad - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia:P

how much one moskvich in uk?

am i allowed to post these here? no idea if these are lada, skoda, moskvich or something else...

I took them mainly in estonia and bulgaria:

IMG_0052d.jpg

IMG_0055b.jpg

IMG_0176b.jpg

IMG_1888b.jpg

IMG_8603b.jpg

IMG_8456.JPG

IMG_7670b.jpg

IMG_7719b.jpg

oh, and I have no idea what this van is. Any ideas?

IMG_7656b.jpg

Hi Andrew, and thanks, as you are bringing back good memories for me here as image 5,6,10,34 are same model of very early production Lada, which I had as the first ever car here.

Main problems I was having are chain tensioner componants are needing constant replacement, and bad weathering on sparking plugs in damp wet conditions, which means bad starting of the engine. Needing to put oil in to engine, as would be burnt away, low compression I think.

Good things were that all componants are easy to get to, for maintanance, which is not so normal with some modern cars now I think.

Mine of this model here, was orange, with roof with fabrik cover of light brown colouring.

Thank you as you have brought back good memories for and Mrs Soviet, and I.

Soviet:thumbup::)

Edited 14 August, 200817 yr by soviet
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THe first ones are Lada's for sure (the lada sign is something like a sailing boat or something)

Image3 looks like a lada but seems to have skoda's lights fitted

Image 9 is a Fiat 125p

Viking long ship I think here!

Good looking car isn't it.

I wonder how much a good condition one is worth

There are still a few running tourists around Prague. I think they go for pretty good prices if you can find one over here.

Phil

Good looking car isn't it.

I wonder how much a good condition one is worth

One recently fetched

Wow. Some amazing photos in there.

I wish i had the eye to be able to take the smallest of things, such as sitting on a bus, and turn it into a work of art!

see ??????? ?? ??????? / Vbox7

Thats a Lada 2101 (zhiguli) i did 3000 miles across europe in one a couple of months back. including the Nurburg ring.

Very rare cars now.

There used to be Fiat 124's before Russian comunists bought the rights to build them.

wow, this is an old post - revived )

I'm still taking photos of cars, but hardly Lada's/Moscvich anymore as there are none where I currently live (Sweden). I used to go to the Baltics and Bulgaria a bit which is where I took most of those photos.

This one reminds me of 'KnightRider' > http://img84.imageshack.us/img84/403/01ladavaz2105tuningol1.jpg ?? KIT??

There is a section on the left of my webpage called 'moscvich' that contains a few more if anyone wants to see: butterpeanut - photos by andrew crighton and then click 'moscvich'.

Thanks for all the stories and comments. Always good to read..

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Woof.