Old man had several Ladas, Grandfather on moms side that the garage belonged to had several Moskviches.Good for you, garage cleaning is mental exercise
I had 412 IZH in my 20s. What an awful car it was
My younger brother still builds Lada motors for some racing teams.
So, while waiting on the last parts for my ‘03 V70R and waiting to go see the guy across country about the ‘98 V70R I decided to do something about my OCD and claustrophobia everytime I have to wrench on my car.
5 days deep into cleaning out the garage from all of the old Volvo, Volkswagen beetle and Audi parts. Loads of service manuals and new parts from the 1970s to 1980s era for cars from the other side of the iron curtain. Had to hide some of the logos underneath my hand.
All in all, EVERYTHING is getting sorted and stored elsewhere, garage is getting a deep clean, I need a sterile, clean environment to wrench on the R’s
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Are you sure you don't just have a leak? I'm no expert but I'd think if it were rusted through from the bottom you wouldn't be able to grind on it and hit bare metal. It looks solid from the pics.Since I'm going thought eliminating panel noises I have most of my panels out. I took out a spare to inflate and noticed some rust around drain plugs. To get a better access I removed some floor panels and discovered few more small spots where paint was bubbling. So I dremel-ed those out, coated with rust converter and painted it over. But this discovery made me thinking that this is probably the top of the iceberg as I'm pretty sure these rusty spots coming from welding spots that only accessible from underneath and I'm pretty certain these are not accessible with out removing the entire rear suspension
Nice murder shed lol. Looks like something out or Resident EvilSo, while waiting on the last parts for my ‘03 V70R and waiting to go see the guy across country about the ‘98 V70R I decided to do something about my OCD and claustrophobia everytime I have to wrench on my car.
5 days deep into cleaning out the garage from all of the old Volvo, Volkswagen beetle and Audi parts. Loads of service manuals and new parts from the 1970s to 1980s era for cars from the other side of the iron curtain. Had to hide some of the logos underneath my hand.
That’s where I murder my bank account balance yep.Are you sure you don't just have a leak? I'm no expert but I'd think if it were rusted through from the bottom you wouldn't be able to grind on it and hit bare metal. It looks solid from the pics.
Nice murder shed lol. Looks like something out or Resident Evil
You need some bigger brakes!
What do you think about it? Looks much like a part out car. Way too much rust. Underside is even worse very likely.
Wow! great result. I wish mine looked that good.
Same thing happened to me a few years ago. I didn’t realize how bad the brakes were on the stock XC70 😬. That was my main reason for doing R calipers and rotors. Braking is much better now.
Now the fronts are done as well but not going into the car yet. Getting my Dynaudio parts ready. Going the failure point on locked parts and was able to fix one. Have two more to fix. 4th speaker is gonzo. My own stupidity! Live and learn.
Meeting the seller and seeing the car tomorrow. Saturday was postponed.
