Could you do this with Model A?

[M2M]

I think with the all steel Tudor body this might be possible. I wouldn't do this with a Fordor!

And personally, I would have put a second tyre or a piece of lumber just in case. You can never overdo things when it comes to safety.

[M2M]

Is he welding a crack in the gas tank?

[Purdy Swoft]

I wouldn't dream of it .

[woofa.express]

There may well be no hoist available in this town and he's used his initiative. In Australia he would be called a "bush mechanic". I don't recognise the type of vehicle nor the number plate of course but I would guess it is in Eastern Europe. Is that correct M2M? cheers, gary

[CHuDWah]

Originally Posted by Purdy Swoft

I wouldn't dream of it .

x2 - at least when the tire gives way, the car probably will roll away from him rather than onto him.

Wonder why he left the back door open?

[katy]

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just because...

[The Master Cylinder]

IF you did it with your model A, I'm sure the spoke wheels would bend as you rolled it on it's side.

[DBrer]

The back door was left open to use as a kickstand.

[M2M]

Originally Posted by The Master Cylinder

IF you did it with your modal A, I'm sure the spoke wheels would bend as you rolled it on it's side.

So you suggest the changing over to later 16" v8 wheels?

[M2M]

Originally Posted by woofa.express

There may well be no hoist available in this town and he's used his initiative. In Australia he would be called a "bush mechanic". I don't recognise the type of vehicle nor the number plate of course but I would guess it is in Eastern Europe. Is that correct M2M? cheers, gary

Africa has some great bush mechanics, give them a pocketknife and a piece of hardwood and they'll crave you out a perfect Stipe cam or SCAT crank.

Number plate looks like Bulgaria. Car is Russian made Lada Zhiguli. They were made in RHD form for the British market and now have cult status there. In Australia we got Lada Niva and Samara but not Zhuguli

USA missed out !!!

BUT...

On Facebook I recently saw this following post:


"Apologies if this isn't allowed here but thought it might be appreciated. Was watching a Mardi Gras parade here in New Orleans when I noticed that all the parade floats were being pulled by tractors made at the Minsk Motor Plant. How they ended up in Louisiana is beyond me."


Reply from another guy:


"I thought it was very strange. The main company called Kern Studios that takes care of most parades has many modern American tractors but also has many of these soviet tractors mixed in. Or in the case of this parade exclusively Soviet tractors, this particular parade had 18 floats so they own at least 18 of them."

[Kurt in NJ]

Originally Posted by The Master Cylinder

IF you did it with your modal A, I'm sure the spoke wheels would bend as you rolled it on it's side.

one of Fords stunts at the introduction was to prove the strength of the wheels
---cut out 1/2 the spokes, hire a stunt driver to drive around the city on 2 wheels

[Synchro909]

One of our club members has just put a Lada Niva back on the road. He loves taking it to 4WD rallies and it shows the Toyotas and Nissans etc how to do it. The young guys with those and other more expensive 4WD cars are too young to have ever seen a Lada and can't believe that such an old especially Russian made vehicle can do that. They are actually a Russian made FIAT.

[M2M]

Originally Posted by Synchro909

One of our club members has just put a Lada Niva back on the road. He loves taking it to 4WD rallies and it shows the Toyotas and Nissans etc how to do it. The young guys with those and other more expensive 4WD cars are too young to have ever seen a Lada and can't believe that such an old especially Russian made vehicle can do that. They are actually a Russian made FIAT.

Those Niva are very good off-road despite being under powered. I was thinking of buying an olive green one with standard issue Russian nobby tyres in the late 1990s! Australia actually received some unique body styles of these such as a pickup and cabriolet. They are still made in Russia more or less unchanged:

https://www.motor1.com/news/388306/2...-4x4-facelift/

What a car ! They'd sell like hot cakes in the USA. Pity they don't meet US EPA standards otherwise I'd ship a few over in a 40ft container

[Synchro909]

Originally Posted by M2M

Those Niva are very good off-road despite being under powered. I was thinking of buying an olive green one with standard issue Russian nobby tyres in the late 1990s! Australia actually received some unique body styles of these such as a pickup and cabriolet. They are still made in Russia more or less unchanged:

https://www.motor1.com/news/388306/2...-4x4-facelift/

What a car ! They'd sell like hot cakes in the USA. Pity they don't meet US EPA standards otherwise I'd ship a few over in a 40ft container

They are rebadged FIATs. How far ahead of the game was FIAT when they brought out the originals? FWIW, and I don't know if they were sold in the US but the Simca (French) of the 1960s had a fantastic reputation for a rugged, almost indestructible engine. It was a 1930s FIAT engine, one they used in their Ballila range. They must have been giant killers in their day!

[updraught]

"Marketed largely to rouble-strapped Russian bogans, this utilitarian 4x4 owes more to obsolete Fiat designs than either rust-prone Renaults or frequently-failing Land Rovers. As such, the rugged little Russki manages to combine obsolescence, rust-lust and unreliability in a uniquely well-rounded package. Thus it has a special appeal to garage masochists and those with an appreciation of noise, vibration and harshness."
https://www.tradeuniquecars.com.au/s...-niva-our-shed
"Nivas have driven to the North Pole, to Everest Base Camp and have claimed several podiums at the Paris-Dakar. So there."

[cpf240]

Originally Posted by CHuDWah

...Wonder why he left the back door open?

Balance

[The Master Cylinder]

Originally Posted by Kurt in NJ

one of Fords stunts at the introduction was to prove the strength of the wheels
---cut out 1/2 the spokes, hire a stunt driver to drive around the city on 2 wheels

As I emphasized, do it with your Model A, not mine.

[old31]

OK, lets vote for the biggest idiot. My vote is for this guy.

[katy]

When I worked on a job in Romania about 25 years ago, I saw a set of huge hinges that were bolted onto one side of a car in place of the wheels, then the car was jacked up as in post #18. I was told it was quite common there.

Then there's:

[The Master Cylinder]

Originally Posted by katy

When I worked on a job in Romania about 25 years ago, I saw a set of huge hinges that were bolted onto one side of a car in place of the wheels, then the car was jacked up as in post #18. I was told it was quite common there.

Then there's:

Your picture; Poor mans body rotisserie, KOOL!