Michael Marr wrote:
> Now, were they pusher fans, pullers, shrouded, manually controlled,
> thermostatically controlled, or what? And did they continue to run after
> the Lada was shut off? Or am I confusing this with another recent thread?
Michael, I drove a Lada Cossack (4x4) for a day - and it seemed like a year. It
was OK and not
dis-similar in comfort terms to a Series 2 heavy duty Landrover going over
rocks at speed. I'd
forgotten the Lada car and yes, a clone of the Fiat 124.
As to the finer points of specification, I'm sure Lada enthusiasts (are there
any?) will agree the
fan was belt driven and both sucked and blowed depending on the flexing of the
blades. There wasn't
any oil in the dashpot 'cos there wasn't one, the electrics were worse than
Lucas and genuine
examples of Kutchakokoff Lighting Industries but I never got round to seeing
how you loosened the
front crank pulley nut....
Door clearances were 'sufficient' (and followed a strictly Triumph pattern in
that respect). Body
side badges were upside down, downside up and also at differering locations on
the trailing edges of
the front wings. Paintwork wise, the engine and inner side of the rear tailgate
were varying shades
of flat black, gloss black, semi flat black, semi gloss black and Ford Mondeo
Silver metallic - but
I think that was on the rear tailpipe.
Jonmac
PS Those in the know tell me you got a free workshop hammer and a sickle for
keeping the garden
trim, plus a lifetime's supply of Borscht (Beetroot soup) if you ordered the
de-luxe version.
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