I've Got LADA Problems In My Shop! What Did Mrs. Wizard Do Now? 

"110 is like 55" Famous last words before the speeding ticket

The Car is originally from Hungary At 6:10 the green lamp is the control light of trailer indicators and i know it because it was the law only in Hungary and the lamp is also from this land. It flashes only if the blinker works on your trailer properly The windshield was made in Hungary too 😂 (SalgóGlas)

Im from Poland and i had same Lada 2107 1500cc, was my first car, and it was great, simple reliable and comfortable car, it was not so fast, especialy with 4 speed transmission, but there were 5 speed versions. It will never let you stranded on a road :) Take care Wizard, Your wife have great sesnse of humor ;) God bless you both.

In Russia, such frets are popular with young people who want to drift, weld the rear differential, replace the cylinder heads, put other piston ones, put turbocharging, make a big turn with the front wheels, and your first car is ready to drift! There are craftsmen who install the BMW gearbox with gaskets

6:52 it's in hungarian. If it wasn't for me speaking the language, the giveaway is russians don't use the latin alphabet they print cyrillic letters. Anyway Rob says in the first video when he got it that it was imported from Hungary.

This car brings a lot of nostalgia to me. My mother and I left communist Cuba when I was 7 years old , my father remained in the island after I was able to return back to see him I spent a whole summer building ones of these exact 2107s in his front lawn when I was 11 - all you really need is 3 wrenches and 4 to 5 sockets and the whole car can be assembled. All I can say is that this car single handedly made me in a car enthusiast / mess around with my cars. Good Memories in this car with my pops

Wizard, 1 mile is 1.6 km/h, so 110 is like 68-69 miles/h . Greetings from Bulgaria 🇧🇬 ! Love your channel !❤

My dad used to own one back in the day and the Samara that came after it. He always told me those were the most reliable cars he's ever owned. They're very spartan but you can at least depend on them

In USSR they started produce Lada 2107 model in 1982, it was the last model of "classic" rear drive Lada series 2101-2107 based on Italian Fiat 124. Could be different engines from 1.2L to 1.6L, different body panels, but brake system, clutch (hydraulic), rear diff, suspension and so on were exactly the same for all models from 2101 to 2107. I owned Lada 2107 with 5 speed transmission, bought it brand new in 2005 in Ukraine. It was last year they produced carburator 2107. Service manual in Hungarian, not Russian. Front brake pads are Russian. Exhaust part in the middle is resonator, not needed catalytic converter for carburator versions. Brake cylinders were leaking often because of bad quality of rubber parts, like other brake or clutch system parts with rubber. Rear diff was always noisy, even on brand new cars. it was not possible to adjust carburator properly. People often bypassed that rear brakes valve... Parts shouldn't be a problem, because they're still making them in post soviet countries and this models were mass produced and a lot of them are still on roads. Parts will be much cheaper than shipping, but quality of those parts will be awful...

My family has owned several of these. They were common in Canada. They can go 152kph with a 5spd. (100kph = 62mph) . Some came with GM fuel injection, and there was a Canada only, and very rare, option where they installed Chevette automatics. Your hoist lift points are where the jack that comes with the car goes in. They came with wipers for the headlamps sometimes. Regarding the Volvo look, when the local Lada dealer got a Volvo dealership they were funny to see side by side. When looking for parts, you can google "Canada Lada Parts:" to find some,. You would be looking for Lada 1500 (engine size and model number in the same), Lada 2107, or Lada Signet, which is what they were badged here in Canada. The knob next to the clock tilts your headlamps, so you can run your brights on a foggy or snowy day without getting glare back. The stereos were dealer installed. The fog lamp looking switch in the console brightens your rear lamps to increase visibility...a foglight eseeentially. My first car was a Lada Signet Wagon. :-}

You could 5 speed swap this really easy if you manage to find a gearbox. Makes driving much more enjoyable. I used to have one and actually supercharged it with an old small screwcharger. It turned out pretty fun little thing

As someone who actually grew up with those cars back in the days, I can assure you that you have the top of the line Lada 2107. This was basically the 7 series of Lada, fully loaded. Unfortunately you have one of the few with the 4 speed tranny. Very rare. Most of them had the 5 speed. When I was growing up, my buddy and I used to race our Ladas. His dad had the 2107 and ours was 2108. This video brings some many memories... I am jealous. You really have to get it up in the RPMs and she can do doughnuts all day long. With the 5 speed, those things will run 100mph until they overheat and the oil gets to above and beyond hot... :) It was not unusual tow a trailer with a metric ton of weight with one of those. The harness on the trailer hitch is simply just for the lights. Your turn signal add on is definitely aftermarket. Your middle button between the headlight switch on and off and the rear defroster is the rear fog light.

I cannot believe you got the Aging wheels Lada, nice to see this in your hands!

Lada's are brilliant!!! In the UK I've had many in the late 80's.

Wow! What a blast from the past! I was living in Brazil in the early 90s when Lada started selling their cars in South America. There was even a compact SUV-type vehicle named Niva that later became very popular among off-roading folks. It would be cool to see you guys get a hold of one of those Nivas! They were perceived as having been built like tanks!

Togliatti's finest. I passed my driving test in a Lada 1500 wagon. That service manual is in Hungarian. In Europe you can find parts everywhere, Lada clubs everywhere, and Ladas like this will outlive most of today's touchscreen wonders. Yes, the steering is heavy!

They sold these in Canada for a number of years. Test drove a new one in 1979. It drove like a tractor. I remember the seats were upholstered in a fabric that looked like it was taken from Russian military uniforms! They used to advertise - "You Got a Lada Car for Your Money"! The Lada convinced me to buy a new 1979 Honda Accord. I still own that car!

I had FIVE Ladas at one time or another--apart from the engine temperature sensor and the two stage thermostat, nothing ever went wrong with them AS LONG AS ONE CHANGED THE TIMING BELT EVERY FIFTY THOUSAND KILOMETERS. When you buy a used LADA, the FIRST thing you do is replace the timing belt. They did legendary mileages--built from the same steel as a 100mm tank cannon--the engines were superb little motors and used in all sorts of machinery besides cars. The one used on farms was the four wheel drive version--not the sedan. Roof racks were not standard, but the fittings for them sometimes were. The VAZ engine for these came in two sides and the body was either two doors for the 1300 version or four doors for the 1500 version. % speed gearbox, and would run flat out all day--and great for long distance driving, and we have some REALLY crap roads in Australia, and the Ladas were supplied with a purchaser's choice of hard or soft suspensions, and in some cases gearbox ratios. I think you will find it is a five speed manual. The top two gears are overdrives. Your interpretation of its driving is not very fair--these things won rallies until they removed the under-1500 cc engine class to get rid of them. The steering id GREAT on these, and they handle like a sports car, and if your does not, the driver or the alignment is at fault, and besides, your engine RPM tells me you ought to be in a higher gear,.

I had a LADA and still have one. Those are cars that you A) hate, or B) LOVE. They skim the roads the way bricks do not. Simple noble cars are they. Respect the Lada.

Makes sense, Wizard; you have a Viper and she has a ‘Stang. She gives you a Lada so you should turn around and give her a Yugo! 😅

6:52 Lada manual in hungarian

Congratulations! You're now a proud owner of a Hungarian service manual for this car and 3 other variants! The VAZ factory started production in 1970 and they bought the license for the Fiat 124, one of the best cars of its era. The Lada 2101-2107 cars were variants of the Fiat 124. The word Lada means a small sailing fishing boat used in Russia, it's also what the logo is depicting on the steering wheel. VAZ stands for "Volga Avto Zavod" - Volga car factory because it's located by the river Volga. The 2107 was the top of the range of the Fiat 124 variants, it had the biggest engine and the most HP. You need to pay attention to the gaps on the spark plugs, as this engine is very sensitive to that. The blinds in the back were a fashion item in Hungary in the 80's. In Hungary lots of cars are equipped with a towball, even small ones.

In 1989, I drove an older version of Lada from Uzbekistan to Estonia. 3000 miles changed 6 tires, no fun at all, lol 😂

Hey, it's RWD, and based on the Fiat 124 platform. Chuck a more modern Alfa Romeo 2.0 twin spark motor into it, weld the diff and go out and hoon it.

When I lived in Finland, a friend had an 80’s Lada and I remember it had the optional sliding trap door in the backseat floor so you could go ice fishing in it during winter…

OMG, my dad used to own Lada VAZ-2107 as his first car and he bought it in 1983 when we lived in the former Soviet Union that time. This is the first car I used to drive and you bring a lot of good memories for me. I am driving a 2016 Infiniti Q70L AWD sedan with sport and technology packages, but I will never forget my first car my Lada!

12:21 - Lol, 90km/h is almost 56mph, Mr. Wizard! 😄 12:45 - And 110km/h is over 68mph, so you can indeed drive it on the highway without any problems. 👍 19:10 - The engine is carburated, I doubt very much that's a catalytic converter. I think that's just the middle muffler.

The Lada uses the old Fiat 124 platform and panels (66 to 74).

Thank you, Perfect car ❤

I was born in the USSR and grew up in one of these. They were modified versions of the Fiat 124 made by VAZ and called "Zhiguli" but exported under the name "Lada."

It's much more interesting to see quirky and sort of unusual cars (in the US) like this one - than another Land Rover or Jag. Keep it up wizard!

The manual in the glovebox is written in Hungarian. And there IS originally a blinker indicator in the dash. It is (should be) the topmost (green) on the light column. Although that didn't show side on which the blinker was engaged. (Source: I grew up in Hungary (the Eastern Bloc of Europe /sphere of influence of the USSR/ and I sat in these cars.)

My brother had a 1989 Lada Samara (in Canada BTW). It always made me think that it's the car that a farmer built in his shed out of spare tractor parts. It was so simple to work on, but the parts were a nightmare to source. He finally got rid of it after it needed a new clutch that was going to cost $900.

This is such a cool gift. Take it to a car show. It will draw more people than the 30 mustangs or corvettes people have seen a thousand times before.

There is a channel called Garage54. They are the wizards of these machines :D

Wow, that book is in Hungarian! I think every household which owned a Lada / Zsiguli has one of those maintanence guidebooks.

You can easily find parts to be shipped to the US from East Europe (Estonia/Latvia/Lithuania, Poland, Bulgaria, Romania...) You may find in Canada as well, as those Ladas used to be imported there, but it will be much harder. Still, you can find tech documentation in English from the UK, Canada or Australia.

That is sweet! Something like this you just can't pick up anywhere. I like it

Mr. Car Wizard, You got the luxury 2107. We had 2105. They were common in USSR and the satellite countries 'till 2000's. Based off FIAT but made more robust for Russian weather and roads.This car lasts about 120k km when the problem with the engine begins and needs rebuild. Here in Bulgaria You still can meet them in the villages with LPG system, beat the hell out of them :)

Lada... the Other Russian Rocket! And trust me fellas, you ain't lived until you've driven along the Havana Malecon in the back of a clapped out Lada Taxi doing 140kmh!!

I have always wanted one of these!! So cool. Way to go Mrs. Wizard!

Great car. Easy to repair, cheap parts and warm in the winter. I have the 2107 1700i big block injected model. It topped out at 170km/h (105mph).

Hi there Wizard. I'm from Bulgaria. My grandfather had a 2107 lada like this and i drove it when i got my licence at 18y. These were pretty much the only cars we had around here 20y ago. Please give it some respect :). Btw the clock is original. Our lada had 5 speed. It is 73hp i believe the motor and ours had the blinkers in the dash not on top of the vent. It was 1987y made. Cheers!

There's no cat in it, it's just a front muffler (these cars have two mufflers one after the other). The brakes proportioning valve is there to automatically adjust brake bias depending on the rear axle load, so that the car with 3 passengers in the rear seat and luggage in the trunk would have more braking force at the rear compared to a car with just the driver in it. A fun fact is that this device is nicknamed "колдун" in Russian which can be loosely translated to English as "Wizard"

In the UK that was known as a Lada Riva. My Dad had one. Build quality? Nah. The passenger seat slid forward a couple of mm every time he braked and back on acceleration! Funnily enough, not many people wanted a second lift! 😂

That extra blinker light is for the trailer blinker. Some EU countries require a check light for the trailer blinkers when a trailer is hooked up. It will blink correctly when a trailer with working blinkers is hooked up. Also be aware that the EU 7 pin plug is NOT compatible with the US trailer plugs. Blinker and brake lights are separate. Right and left taillights are separate. No electric brake signal.

Hello Wizard. I'm from the Netherlands and this Lada is actually an old model from FIAT. The so-called Fiat 124. In the sixties Fiat sold the outfased Fiat 124 to Russia to build overthere in Togliattigrad. This town in Russia was set up by Fiat to initiatate a Russian car industry.

Hi! It's very interesting that now you own One. My two remarks: 1. It's not a catalytic neutralizer - it's just a exhaust resonator. 2. On the rear axel (if i'm not mistaken) - it's a front lights auto-corrector, not a brakes load balancer, it corrects a front lights level, depending on the car load. The brakes distributor IS actually present, but That is not the one.

Brilliant news, you have both done so much ! well done on reaching 1 million.

Those "bars" you used to lift the car are actually the jacking points. The Lada came with it's own jack form the factory and these points are used to insert the jack in them.

When my parents shifted their old Morris1000 (I got that one) they baught a brand new Lada (around 1977). It was the cheapest car in Denmark at the time. It always ran and was just as easy to repair as the old Morris 1000. No matter the temperature it could always start and it easily ran 120km/h on the the danish highway).

This car will outlive all of us, don't even worry about it lol 15:15 The button with the bulb is for the headlights, so when you turn them on, the aux lights also turn on, that's the light that comes on on the defroster button but it doesn't mean it's turned on, when you push it a second later, the light above that is orange will light up and then it works. This car is so simple a lot of teenagers used to get them to learn on them, to take care of their own cars, some even get them and mod them, engine swap them with a Lancia engine, turbocharge them, put on some cool wheels, coilovers.. Great little cars, so easy to do anything on them. Try and enjoy it, you got one in a very good condition that will fetch a good price in Europe.

Omg i need one!! ❤ i love Eastern Europe and i wanted to bring one back to the usa lada is great

My brother’s father in law had one. Did 50k km per year, never missed a beat. Working in construction, he had to help his Benz-driving co-workers leave the construction site in winter. They couldn’t do it, but he did. Lada-powerrrrr! and: things that aren’t fitted on the car, can’t fail..

I'm honestly impressed to see a Lada with all it's rear badging in place and a fully put together dash. This is pretty awesome and a cheerful drivable milestone, makes for a great video! Nice little history lesson too. It sounds way too aggressive for the speed lol

I am from Russia (CCCP) , nice to see THAT car in yours channel. Its like car in my 21 age )

Looking forward to watching you tackle all the mechanical and oily bits in future videos.

The heated rear screen is to keep your hands warm when you push it :-)

110 is easily 65 mph, so no worries about highway speeds. In the 990's I worked with a guy in Montreal who bought those for cheap and fixed them up for driving through the winter. He did some weird fixes , like fixing keyways in the transmission with cut off nails and who knows what else. But he always made it to work on time 😆

Here in Macedonia we grew up and learn to drive in this cars there were very common cars now they all rusted out.Its a nice trip down the memory line.This cars have a here and there issues most electrical but you can go trough a brick wall with this car and keep on going.😂😂.

The last thing I expected to see on this channel is Mr. Wizard driving a Lada 2107! I'm from Russia, I'm crazy about older cars, and got a lot of pleasure seeing this contrast as the Wizard drives this car, outside the window is America, but the noise from the lack of aerodynamics, the crackle in the cabin and the hum of the transmission and engine is exclusively Soviet). In the former USSR this car is called Zhiguli, Lada, Riva - export names for European and American markets. Keep us informed about its fate, it is so nice to see a piece of something so native, in the middle of the rest of the beauty of cars❤

Congratulations for 1 million subscribers! You got the whole enchiLada!

My first car was a Lada 2101 1200cc (model year 1969). I have great memories from it! I was only 18 when my dad gave it to me. It was not fast or something like that, but it was very cheap to maintain and repair. Most services or repairs were so easy that I could do on my own. Driving it was ...let's say ... like driving a battle tank! Slow and heavy to steer. But I loved it! Top speed....120km/h at its best days...😂 ...

Funny thing about classic ladas. It is very easy to open a hood from outside, you need to slightly open left corner of hood and pull hood open wire :) And now you can stole a battery :)

Way to go with the variety, we have a yearly gathering of unique little cars, the Southwest Unique Little Car Show has been going on for 43 years with Fiat's, even Wartburgs, Mini's ,Crosley's. I ve got Nash Metropolitans and Subaru 360's, both a lot of fun in their own ways! Great videos!

These were incredibly popular here in Finland, but started to get rare in the beginning of 2000s. Russians bought them back in masses because, well, they were extremely popular there also. My dad had one just like this, but I think the model was 2105, and before that he had round lamp 1200L model. Both those were also bought back by russians I think. Finnish models had dealer fitted options also, like heated seats. The heater was extremely powerful and they started good in winter so they were good winter cars. Nowdays the model 1200L with round headlights are really rare and very desirable, not a lot of them left anymore.

Congratulations. Mrs Wizard has bought you the perfect car for Kansas winters. My father had a fully loaded early 80s Lada & it had the best heater of any car available! He was sad to see it go when the insurance company totaled it after an accident (not his fault). Enjoy!!

Love the Lada!

It looks at the back like it’s happy to see you Mrs Wizard, spat my beer out laughing!

The "weird little bars" are for a jack to slide into, they use a similar jack to what came with Cortinas. The webber 32/34 is also a good way to get a little more go from it

This proves she loves her Wizard a whole Lada. As unique as one can get here in the USA. Hoped to have heard the old Soviet national anthem half way through the video.

I had one, it was a 83 that I bought in 86 for C$1600 with only 57,000 kilometers on it, not a mark on the body and even a vinyl landau roof, oh it was also the Signet with a 1500 cc engine with a 5 speed. The fastest that it achieved was 160 kph with the pedal flat on the floor, since the speed limit on the highway is 110 kph it was fine. You had to be gentle with the gas and clutch on pulling away or the left hand motor mount could tear apart. In 83 the headlights were a 4 round sealed beam glass bulb system and didn't tilt, but worked like any other low/ high beams. The rear brakes adjusted on a cam built into the shoes that fitted over a post on the backing plate. I found out after selling the car, that the wheel bolts for the rear wheels stretched every time you tightened them, therefore needing the bolts to be shortened slightly on a grinding wheel or they could come up against the backing plate and not torque down properly, I had one wheel pass me at an intersection. There should have been a small set of tools in the trunk like in my car. I can say the car was very easy to work on, for example, it only took between 2 and 3 hours to change the heater core, since I had to remove the dash to get to it. At the end I had to work on it almost every weekend so that I could get to work during the week. I got so fed up with the car that I sold it in 1988 for 90 dollars, just to get rid of it. The guy I sold it to lived next door to the mechanic at the local Lada dealership.

One of the best visits with the family Wizards. Lots a smiles!

Piroská Lada 🥇 my uncle raced these in the Mecek mountains near kaopsvar along with citroens audis and pugeots in the 80s and 90s in Hungary. Cool to see one in such nice shape and from HU as well

A Lada?!?! WHAAAAT! Got all the help u need. Its very common here in Finland VTS parts can make this super cool ^^ That blank spot next to the clock is mostlikely for AC or seat heaters. If you need a 5 speed gearbox, got u covered!

Surprised to see a Lada on this channel, so familiar to some, but a quirky and rare "car" in the US. 😂 We have a saying in our country that "If you can drive a Lada, you can drive anything." I remember countless road trips from my childhood with my grandpa in his 2106. I highly recommend that you remove those current blinders and fit the Lada Rear Window Louver in black instead. Wider steelies and the mud flaps with blacked out taillight covers complete the ultimate slav lada look.

Here in eastern Europe back in the 70s owning a Lada 1500 was a HUGE deal. It was pretty much the equivalent of owning an S-Class in the west at that time. Compared to Trabants and other basic communist cars, the Lada was on a different level. They are also really durable.

OMG I love this! When AW told that he sold the Lada, he didn't tell who bought it. This is great.

All right Wizard, start searching for a TRABANT to return the favor! (And what that front end really reminds me of is an old 1980 Toyota Crown...)

If I remember correctly, the steering is not rack-and-pinion but screw-type. However, Fiat did not just supply the licence but even built the production plant.

I have driven in the car. My grandparents in Russia still drive it. I have a picture as a toddler with the car in the background. This car will never die it seems. I was born in 91 and in all my life that is the only car I have ever seen them have😂

We had loads the of these in the UK in the 70s and 80s. Based on a 60s Fiat 124. They stopped selling them here when they couldn't meet emissions stsndards. When they couldn't pass the annual test, most got shipped back to Russia for repair or parts. Last time I saw one was in Croatia 15 years ago.

My Step-dad had couple of these when I was a kid. Not great, but never really left him in trouble. These were build to be fixed by the owners, and originally came with full kit of tools. The lifting points are for the original jack, which for a kid was quite a unit.

So nice to see this car. I had a 2107 with a 1600 engine also in that red color. Can you go on the highway, yes you can it is not great but i clocked mine at 145km/h on the german highway. Drove it from The Netherlands for vacation to southern Spain no problem. It even visited Gibraltar 😅. If you drive it a 100 Km/h it is fine. It is not very fuel efficient. You can store quite a bit in trunk.

Car Wizard, you have my attention now . This is brilliant.

I had a Fiat 124 Twin Cam and it was a blast!!!! I drove that thing from Victoria to Edmonton and back many times, on the freeway, no problem. I rallied it, I slalomed it (yes the body lean was some what scary) and only when it went -10C did it start to complain. Damp wasn't it's friend either.

Hi that green light on the dash is linked to the towbar ,when the lights are plugged in and the indicators are on that green light will flash all the time ,then when a trailor bulb blows it will stop working ,so it lets you know when a trailor bulb is blown .Great show

I love Ladas! Oleg from the Oleg Walks RU-vid channel in Transnistria always stops to pay extra attention to these. They're still all over the place there.

Great shout out to Robert Dunn at aging wheels. He is very clever and has lots of great content..

Those 2107 with the chrome grill and headlight washers. In my early teens my parents had the exact same model and color. This brings back some memories. This is a Beauty

The lump in the middle of the exhaust is not a cat, it's the middle muffler. The indicator on the top of the dash is for the trailer. You have a light in the dash as well, but apparently, the bulb is out. The transmission leaked from the factory, it's to prevent rusting of the middle section of the underside. I wish there was something to leak oil at the sills as well. This 1.5l 2107 was the top of the range car in the communist block. It has the "shell seats", middle hand rest in the back, and all the extras you could have. Except the 5 speed transmission. But still, the person who bought it was a good worker, because not everybody could get it. And they probably waited 4-7 years for it. With a little bribe, possibly less. With a little more bribe, the 5 speed transmission would be there, too :) Anyway, try this out in winter. The back is super light, and it makes it a fun drift car on ice :) Careful though, because the fuse board under the plastic cover could get wet, and when you park your car and leave it in gear, it could engage the starter motor and your car could go for a ride by itself. Only the 2105 and 2107, because the older models had their fuses inside the car. For parts, check out the ladapower website. We don't order from there, because for example, in Hungary, we have a huge a warehouse where I can get parts for super cheap. Like $20 for a windshield and $2 for a brake pad, $15 for a front fender.

I owned an station in the Netherlands years ago. It was originally a 1500cc 5 speed manual and replaced it with an 1300cc but used the carb from the 1500. It's top speed was over the 180 km/h!!😂 Amazing reliable cars! They used/use them a lot in the rally sport in eastern Europe.

This one has a look of #5 and #7 Zhiguli/Lada model. I believe #6 was a bit more reliable but had a rounded headlights. Many neighbors were fixing these cars at their drive way. Not many people could afford to buy a car, so each driver was using "their only car" for decades. Even underpowered as these were, they got the job done. Remember people were loading these with a lot of heavy weight items which made the car squat.

I'm familiar with the Fiat 124 when I was a kid, first time I saw a Lada derived version was in a Vancouver auto show. Imagine in the days of the CCCP, it was 10 plus years waiting list. Now you can look for a East German Trabant, or a Wartburg. Or a luxury Soviet six cylinder Volga.

21:42 Fun fact, what you initially thought was a rear stabilizer is popularly called the “wizard” of the rear brake!!! I'm not kidding!

The sound of the engine when accelerating is sooooo familiar (my dad used to have a 2103 with the same engine - and only Lenin's ghost knows why they didn't develop any of the engines by themselves). And I bet the smell in it is also very Lada-ish!

Actually this model has 5 speed transmission available. After some year it became a standard. So it is just a bad luck you have 4 speed. I can send what ever you need from Kazakhstan for your nice Lada.

I got to drive my cousin's buddy's Lada in the snow in Canada back in '81 or so (I was 17) What a blast! Tons of fun in the snow. I heard it was a copy of a Fiat.

A mate had one in the 80s as a company car. I do recall it had an extensive tool kit, and must be the last car sold with a starting handle!

Greetings from Bulgaria! We still have these on the road here :D These were quite popular back in the 90's here. Fun facts: We don't have any requirement for blinker indicators here, so it was never built with such. This indicator is something aftermarket I guess. Also we didn't have a requirement for seat belts in the 80's, so these cars didn't even have seat belts here :D Another fun fact, there was no requirement for passenger's side mirror, so these came with only one side mirror on the driver's side :)