make a “long door custom”... weld or fab some brackets so the front and back doors are together on a 4door and remove the hinge for the back door so they both open up as one huge door. it will look like a normal car until you open the doors
you should rebuild one of these and give it away im sure there must be a young man trying to get his first car and we all know how hard it is to get a good first car and how important it was when you got it. So make someones day with a rebuilt lada.
What about an episode where you simply go through the common Russian vehicles you often have on the show. Here in the US we have no concept of what the different Ladas are for example.
I remember WalMart Parking lot Paint Job on my Truck!!! 15 years ago It was VERY Close to -30 outside!! BUT... I REALLY REALLY Had to paint my truck Quickly As the Cops Were Looking for me It worked Fine LOL! But... I had to Repaint her Like 3 weeks later LOL! Now you Ask Why were the cops looking for me? Well I Kinda... Did a Few Burnouts And was Driving a dirt bike with Studs around being a shit head and nothing Too Crazy Illegal... But back then i was VERY Worried LOL!
I had to fix/repaint my rear quarter panel on one of my Ponys real quick for similar reasons. Friend was having a party that night (it was a Friday), brought over a case of beer and the car, and we did some really rough bodywork with some fibreglass and sanding. We stopped before we got too drunk. The next morning, it was actually decent enough that 1-2 hrs more of sanding/bondoing did the trick. Borrowed my friend's bicycle, rode to the local Crappy Tire, got two cans of gloss black rust paint (car was already painted that exact color throughout) and more beers and a couple hours (and beers) of early afternoon prep saw me with a painted car before dinner time. Came out really good actually, especially for the price and circumstances. Then we had another party. I was in my early 20s but I remember recovering the whole of Sunday after that one. Drove home in a repaired car in the late evening.
I have seen worse orange peel finishes on pro paint jobs back when cellulose paints were still common and it was too hot, in the high 20's℃ and above, they dried too quickly then.
I always liked that shade of green. I had a Lada 1500s in that colour. My suggestion for a radical Lada? Sort of a "Pimp My Ride" approach, addressing as many of the mechanical problems as possible. For example, replace the worm-and-roller steering with something more responsive. Upgrade it with every technical perk you can think of, while still maintaining the simplicity and function of the car.
I have a homemade recipe for the perfect ENGINE OIL: - cooking oil - baby oil - blended banana peels (only the peels, not the actual fruit) - dish soap - ceramic coating (the cheap eBay one) 100ml - that is 2 bottles
I have nothing but awe and respect for a people who can LIVE, not just EXIST, in -30° weather. I can't even wrap my brain around such temperatures and the troubles they must cause. Below 50°F and I question if going outside is even necessary. At 20°F, I'm bundled up like they dress for -20°C! Much hardier than I am!
check out Jakutsk region (omyakon, coldest inhabited place on earth). Temps in winter are easy -50 Celcius and girls going out walk in miniskirts ;p While the fish in the markets is like anything, frozen solid. Red a report from a Moscov guy some 20 years ago, used to temps of -30. He went outside hotel and was back in within 5 minutes. Even though well protected, his face started to freeze (eyelids, nostrells, etc)
It's really easy, we've been doing it our whole lives so it's nothing out of the norm for us. To me, it is insane you live in such a warm place 😂 I'd die!! My bare feet hurt on concrete here during summer and your temperatures go to plus what mine go to minus 😅 (celcius)
Paint other side by cranking the heat in garage to max you can, then move the warm car outside, quickly spray and drive it back to garage to cure, see if that does any difference and would it be potential spray method to contain any dust particles and prevent paint dust from settling on the car.
You could create some interesting effects by adding water to the paint, then painting in -30 degrees. Might wind up with polka dots, or psychedelic swirlies.
I’d like to see lada with tracks like stank or like a bobcat , but fast Not slow ....rubber tracks maybe ... this was classic garage 54 always keepin it fresh
Fun fact: the Soviets painted their aircraft and other war machines with rollers and brushes that first hard winter after they moved production behind the Urals. Another fun fact: rather than mess around making templates to print numbers on their aircraft instruments, they just had women with nice handwriting paint the numbers on by hand.
You never cease to amaze me. I’d be on a flight tomorrow just to be apart of your creativity. My question is how long can you drive 90 mph in a convertible with a t-shirt and shorts in that weather???Thanks for the nightly entertainment!
I May have painted a spot on my car in -25F in the dark outside but I used a stencil and being black paint on a relatively black car it dried a lil better when sun came up in the morning by afternoon the only way you could tell is it was flat black on charcoal grey kept the spray paint warm in my coat for extra chance it sticks
It's my bday tomorrow - for my gift, please consider this crazy idea (with vodka, but only Polish one:D) Independent brakes - 4 master cylinders connected to a joystick in an X layout with pushrords to the master cylinders, which are separately connected each to a respective wheel. Drive, and use the joystick to activate each brake independently to steer. Or use 4 brake pedals? Also, hook up the throttle to the steering wheel.
The moisture part is less critical. Freezing air has next to no moisture, the shop air is separated. The biggest issue is slow thinner evaporation, and high paint viscosity.
The prickly bubbles and craters are called orange peel. It's the sure sign of a backyard paint job, or of a Russian video on how to paint a Lada for fun or profit. Ever tried using plaster of paris for filling holes in the body? It sands down quick and easy for a very nice finish. It'll make your car look like new again. For about a week or so.
@@joe125ful No, I got my 70 HP Pony sideways a lot - it takes a bit of effort, and it's open diff, but it can be done. I did it in front of a cop once, that's a whole other story though. I have a 2.0L Pony now, still open diff but lowered and stiffened suspension. You bet your ass it can go sideways.
Problem with that is you wouldn't be able to COMPLETELY fill the tires with water, and as such, if left outside to freeze without moving, the water would pool at the bottom and freeze and leave a void at the top of the tire so there would be a soft spot where there was no ice.
weirdest reaction ive had painting was when i painted moped parts high gloss black with rattlecan during thunder. it all turned grey like a dark primer.
@@bendermi jup.. all was dark grey. used no cover or anything. just had it hanging from metal wires in a cherry tree. used same can the next day to redo it and it all got perfect highgloss black. it was part of a crazy experiment where we tried to make it look like space by applying some indoor decoration paint ontop of the black. only have this picture from a early stage test without clearcoat. prntscr.com/10bjl37
I am not a fan of green on cars, but I love the original green on this one. It's a genius combo and I think light blue would have looked good on it too.
No bugs wading in that paint I am bretty sure! Around of freezing point, no problem paint with spray. coldest paint job by hand brush was -20 C what I worked.
Vlad lt is true that you guys build houses during winter and the mortar solidifies in the spring ? Zdrastvujtie comrade The best from Canada In spite that you have crazy ideas I m enjoying polish Zbigniew najlepszego zycze Canada
Car at - 30 Paint at 0 to 10 probably. First of all, the spray will cool down even further as it travels through the air. The -30 metal will cool it very fast to -30 Viscosity is then very high, which is why it will hardly run. Depending on which solvents and which concentration, specific fractions will freeze (the bigger C chains), which will increase viscosity to practically solid. Which is why your first layer looks fairly ok. But it will not harden if the temp is so low. So as soon as you touch it, temp flies up locally and it gets sticky again, as if it was just put on. If waiting longer, smaller C chain fractions will dissolve and evaporate, but i have sincere doubts if your result will be good, even if temp goes up to normal after this has happened, bc you changed the normal properties.
I had to get an excavator out , in that kind of weather . Just the counter-weight had to be painted . I used acrylic enamel . I put on 3 coats . Between coats the first layer would get condensation from the warm air coming out of the spray gun . Id wipe the water off , ahead of me with a towel , and kept painting . Then let it dry for the week end . It came out perfect , and was even shiny . Its still on that machine .
Great experiment! Before you took the car outside to paint you said you thought you knew how the paint would turn out. Did the results surprise you or were they as you expected? Some of the folks below are calling your surface texture orange peel. Your situation has its own unique issues with the cold, you guys noted seeing it right away as you were painting. I wonder what effect the cold had on the solvent in the thinned paint? Maybe you should cut the rest of the car into test panels and see if you can replicate some of those issues and figure out what happened? You could also try painting inside a garage with the doors open vs. outside in the parking lot to compare results. There are so many juicy things to study here... The owner isn't going to miss the car, right?
spoiler, it doesn't dry unless its maybe lacquer. any paint that is catalyzed won't cure below ~15C, and warming it up won't restart the cure. Side note, what the hell are those Carriage bolts in the rocker ?!? lol-
My DAF truck has an engine brake system, it blocks the exhaust and built up pressure in the engine to slowdown the speed. Please try this in one of the Lada's you have. Make some speed and brake with this system without using the brake brakepadel. Greetings from Holland 🇳🇱
We have a metaphor within America when bored 🥱 or underwhelmed with what was supposed to be entertainment. One would say This is about as exciting as watching Paint Dry! Ha!Ha! Ha!
With all of those freezing temperature experiments I did get an idea - would it be possible to have brake pads made out of solid ice and how would it affect the actual brakes?
Please weld some wings on a lada, take to a old quarry or cliff, build a take off ramp and send it! First send a car without wings, then send one with wings and see what distance you can achieve!
Can someone explain this to me. How do they survive outside in -30 degrees? Where im from 0 degrees Farenheit is extreme and you cant really stand outside for much time. These guys are wearing like sweatshirts sometimes outside
Idea- hackjob engine internal weight reducson to beat dimitris big block 1.6 corolla. Drill the conrod pins , grind the conrods, remove some piston skirt, crankshaft grinding, drilling and shaving flywheel etc. Would be interesting.
"Aight, we gonna paint this here car in arctic conditions to simulate dumbassery..." *proceeds to prep the car as if it were getting a decent paint job* You know dang well if someone is willing to paint their car outside in -30C temps, they're not going to cover up anything or do any prep other than maybe a wash.
