Hallo to all from Lithuania

[Russian]

I am reading this forum for about a year now, my cars are not H.A.M.B. friendly, but i can't help my self too show you what a 22 year old classic car lower can afford in Lithuania... Tell me what you all fink, do you like this small funny looking cars? First 3 fotos are the car itself, carb, disassembled engine (1.2litre) at my home on the 3rd floor, transmission and super small garage.

[Stefan T]

welcome from sweden

are there not old zil and tjaka in lithuamia the are cool big east stats car with us look

[HEBE GB]

Welcome aboard.My Grandfather came here from Lithuania.

[Russian]

Yes there are som Zil's and Chaika's, some old Volga's, but they are far from affordable and very rare. My Lada cost to my like 300 litas (122$) and big old classic russian cars that i really like to have cost like 50000 litas (~20500$) and i don't make so much money in a year.

HEBE GB nice to now that somebody have some conection with this part of the world

[Iceberg460]

Welcome to the hamb, your car should be a cool project

[Russian]

Yes it is a very cool project, i do all the work on it for about a year, but i can make it so much faster only if i got the money, the only fing to stop as all from our projects

[farmer12]

Welcome from the Netherlands!

[wrayeugene49]

engene on the floor in the living room.....that's very......western......of you.....on the third floor.....lucky you don't have a hemi....!! money is tight all over I guess....welcome ....good luck with your project !!

[Russian]

Thank you all!!! H.A.M.B. folks are the best and nicest people!!!

[Soviet]

Welcome from a displaced Moskvic! Damn - I asked Ryan to change my SN to Russian a couple of weeks ago, but he never got around to it - looks like I'm keeping this tag for a while. I've always wondered what an ZIL would look like as a custom.

[LongT]

Welcome!! Not enough money to do what you want is not limited to your country!! Have fun.

[56don]

Welcome from the southern US.I wonder if you are the only one from Lithuania on here.We have people from all over the world.Enjoy your membership and contribute whatever and whenever you can.

[thepolecat]

Welcome from Georgia- the state, not the country.

[no6]

Welcome from Pennsylvania, the land of taxes. Seems like cars are the universal language.

[Mark H]

Hi and welcome from Scotland.

[rayford]

welcome from Ga

[Huffy]

Welcome from Melbourne, Australia. Your car may not be H.A.M.B friendly but it's unique to here.

[Fitzgerald]

Welcome from Missouri. Neat ride!

[Don's 55]

Welcome from So Cal,
My dad came from Lithuania after WWII.

[william.ali.kay]

Welcome from Milwaukee Wisconsin.

[Russian]

boristheblade (http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/member.php?u=8153) i fink you can't do much to a Zil or any other russian car, but damn you can try.

thank you all again for this worm welcome!

[Richie]

Wow!
Hello and welcome from Boston Massachusetts (North eastern United States)
My family too is from Lithuania, although they came to the US during the first World War.
I am determined to travel through your country someday.
Good luck with the project...it just goes to show that, "Where there is a will, there is a way!"
Welcome aboard.

[mart3406]

"Welcome from a displaced Moskvic! Damn - I asked Ryan to change my SN to Russian a couple of weeks ago, but he never got around to it - looks like I'm keeping this tag for a while. I've always wondered what an ZIL would look like as a custom"


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Yeah! Me too! I'd love to see a hot-rodded and/or customized Chaika or ZIL! I visited the Soviet Union in 1980 as part of a delegation that were guests of CPSU CC - and I got to ride in both some late '70's Chaikas, and also twice, in a newer '79 or '80 ZIL. The newer ZIL was kind of an 'ersatz-Cadillac,' with kind of generic "1970's American luxo-barge" styling - but those Chaikas were things of beauty! It was by far my favourite and looked like a very slightly modernized '55 or '56 Packard! Also, during our travels around the country (Moscow, Leningrad, Minsk. Vilnuis, Kaunas) I noticed several older, obviously privately-owned cars that looked almost like copies of a '48 Buick fastback, except they were Soviet-made and weren't Buicks! I'm not sure but I think these big 'Buick-like' cars were mid-'50's-to early-60's ZIMS??? There were some other older cars, not sure of the make, that looked very similar in size and styling to a '49 or '50 "bathtub" Packard. Also, but less frequently, I saw some beautiful, "very-1940-Packard 110-like" earlier model ZILs that apparently were built from the late 1940's, right into the early 1960s!

Mart3406
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[Russian]

Some fotos of what you could see on Soviet Union roads

[Russian]

continue...

[looneek]

Labas from SE PA. Grandparents came over from the old company and my folks learned English in grade school. Dad was a Ford guy.

[Russian]

I learned english from CARTOON NETWORK, i can speak very well, also i speak russian, lithuanian and german... I really like to come visit USA some day, but i need a green card and money.

[HemiRambler]

Labas from NE Ohio. Mom's side of family came from I think Kalnaus (sp?) in the 40's - only know a handful of words.

Dundum

[Elvisaurusrex]

я люблю водку и женщин!!

Welcome to the HAMB!

[Russian]

HemiRambler (http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/member.php?u=7992) KAUNAS

Elvisaurusrex (http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/member.php?u=45542) я тоже люблю водку и женщин

and i thought nobody will know where Lithuania is, but i am surprised!!!

[Richie]

I learned english from CARTOON NETWORK.
This might be the best thing I've ever read on the HAMB!!!
:D :D :D

[Russian]

Well thats true, cartoon network was my teacher of english. Now i watch movies, tv show in english in wich there are more technical or unknown words to me, i got Discovery channel and other english channels to learn from. Russian is my first language, lithuanian second, then goes the english language and german tops it of

[vintageauto]

Welcome from Maryland...My Great Grandmother was from your country....I still have the pistol she carried when she came to the states.

Murph:cool:

[Russian]

I can say that we can start a new thread on how's grandparents is from Lithuania HaHa
thaks again for your short story's and welcom's

[NOLUCK13]

My moms whole family is from Lithuania, I am only half. It's nice too see something new, good luck with your project!

[Russian]

thanks!!!

[cgaswillys]

Welcome from New Jersey, cool little long roof you have there.

[looneek]

My moms whole family is from Lithuania, I am only half. It's nice too see something new, good luck with your project!
My aunt was 100% Lithuanian and married an Itlalian. He taught his kids to tell people that asked about their ethnic backround to tell them they were half Italian and half frustrated...

[Mr.Dean]

"I learned english from CARTOON NETWORK"

that is some funny shit...... Welcome from California!!!!!!

[64 Wildcat]

Well thats true, cartoon network was my teacher of english. Now i watch movies, tv show in english in wich there are more technical or unknown words to me, i got Discovery channel and other english channels to learn from. Russian is my first language, lithuanian second, then goes the english language and german tops it of

Preevyet!
There's a guy in Japan who used to teach English there on TV (Kobyashi) who learned English off of Elvis' recordings!

Anyway, welcome to HAMB, and think about putting a 2L Fiat twin-cam in a Lada. I'm not sure of the old Polski-Fiat 125P had a twin cam, but I'm sure you could find one somewhere. Top-Gear did this swap a few years back.

I'd be into a '50's Moskovich. I saw one from Ukraine on an old car rally in CZ in 2004 and thought it looked pretty cool. :cool:

Das vedanya

[36couper]

Labas from Canada! Mano zmona lietuve. Hot women!
Mes norim lekt i Lietuva sia vasara, turbut i Kauna, Liepos menesi. Ar tu pazysti Best Western? Mano vyras turi 1936 Ford Coupe ir as turiu 1966 Nova.
Man atrodo geriau lekti i Kanada negu Amerika. Sudiev!

[Russian]

Well the 2.0L Fiat engine is very very veeery hard to find in normal condition and only at the LADA car club here in Lithuania, the price on the engine will be twice as my car cost me, so some people in LADA car club put '82 Audi engines or just upgrade the stock engine to a 1.7L or 1.8L and some time iven put on turbo's, but in my case thats way to expensive and i don't like fast driving any more. I like it LOW & SLOW.

[Russian]

36couper (http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/member.php?u=1063) the lithuanian women shure are beautiful, no i don't know Best Western, what is it? You both have some good cars, i wish i had one of those. Jeigu Kanadoje yra tiek pat daug klasikiniu automobiliu kiek Amerikoje tada tikrai noreciau apsilankyti ten.

[dutch deuce]

Also welcome from the Netherlands

In Holland all Fiat based Lada's are gone and most of them were sold to go
back to Russia and other former Eastern European countries.

A collage at work comes from Lithuania.

[64 Wildcat]

Well the 2.0L Fiat engine is very very veeery hard to find in normal condition and only at the LADA car club here in Lithuania, the price on the engine will be twice as my car cost me, so some people in LADA car club put '82 Audi engines or just upgrade the stock engine to a 1.7L or 1.8L and some time iven put on turbo's, but in my case thats way to expensive and i don't like fast driving any more. I like it LOW & SLOW.

Then the 1200 will be just fine, Bro. Ladas used to be sold in NZ. Believe it or not, the Soviet Union's international business agency used to swap Lada cars for NZ milk powder with the NZ Dairy Board! It's a brand that was cheap-to-buy-new but unloved over here.

I still think your idea of a lowered Lada wagon is really cool. I'm sure I speak for everyone here when I say I look forward to seeing the photos of your project as it progresses. (If I wasn't in the middle of building a CZ classic race bike and getting my Wildcat back on the road, I'd consider buying a Lada and turning it into a Old Skool lowrider, too!) :cool:

Spaseeba

[36couper]

36couper (http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/member.php?u=1063) the lithuanian women shure are beautiful, no i don't know Best Western, what is it? You both have some good cars, i wish i had one of those. Jeigu Kanadoje yra tiek pat daug klasikiniu automobiliu kiek Amerikoje tada tikrai noreciau apsilankyti ten.

Best Western yra hotelis. Kanadoj yra daug mazau zmoniu negu Amerikoj. Proporsingai mes ir turim daug klasikiniu masinu. Kanadoj yra daugiau draugisku zmoniu. Are you Russian or Lithuanian?

[continentaljohn]

Labas:D

[Russian]

64 Wildcat (http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/member.php?u=105926) Ladas are very cheap here in Lithuania, but most of them are sedans, my Lada is one of 3 in my city that is a wagon

36couper (http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/member.php?u=1063) i'm russian born in Lithuania wen it was part of Soviet Union back in '87

[Roger O'Dell]

welcome from socal

[64 Wildcat]

64 Wildcat (http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/member.php?u=105926) Ladas are very cheap here in Lithuania, but most of them are sedans, my Lada is one of 3 in my city that is a wagon

36couper (http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/member.php?u=1063) i'm russian born in Lithuania wen it was part of Soviet Union back in '87

Interesting that the wagons are not so common in Lithuania. We got a lot of them here and they're almost give-aways.

You will get a lot of encouragement and support on this site from other HAMBers.

[Russian]

64 Wildcat (http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/member.php?u=105926) i newer though NOT HAMB friendly car will get so much attention and so much people will welcome me here, you are the BEST!!!

[64 Wildcat]

64 Wildcat (http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/member.php?u=105926) i newer though NOT HAMB friendly car will get so much attention and so much people will welcome me here, you are the BEST!!!

When I was a boy, growing up in SoCal in the 1950s/'60s, hot rodders were a creative bunch who took whatever they had or could afford and tried to make it go faster, look better/cooler, etc.

This was especially true of a lot of the Bonneville racers I had the honour of meeting when I was a kid. They were always looking to do 'something different' from everyone else that would go fast on the salt flats. It's always been the philosophy I have kept which is why I have hotrodded VWs, Japanese cars/trucks, old Czech motorcycles, Italian two-cylinder cars, old British sports cars, etc.

In the 1970s, I was SoCal Street Machine Division Rep for the NSRA, and that little Datsun pick up and my Buick were well-known and well respected by the traditional hot rod fraternity. A few years later, I took my unrestored Jowett Jupiter sports car to a hot rod cruise at Bob's Restaurant in Van Nuys, CA, and I had a crowd around it of interested people, asking me many questions. This car was originally owned by a famous American comedian and one of the other rodders recognised the Jowett and told me a number of stories about it when it was new. :cool:

In my option, it's the attitude of the owner and not what he or she owns, that makes one a hot rodder. This was the lesson I was taught by older rodders when I was young, and you see by the responses to your posting how many others share this philosophy.

Again, welcome.

[haroldd1963]

Welcome from Peru, IL!!!

My grandmother was Lithuanian and my grandfather was Polish...Great Mix!

[zman]

Welcome.


and i thought nobody will know where Lithuania is, but i am surprised!!!

lol, there are a lot of us with Lithuanian in our blood. Mine came here in '40.

Are you Russian or Lithuanian?

lol, I thought the same thing. My family pretty much hated the Russians. Lost everything when they took over. Glad to see things a bit mellower now.

[Russian]

64 Wildcat (http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/member.php?u=105926) well now in my 20's when i'm in the garage working on my car there allways a older people around telling there stories how they got there brand new Lada (some of them still have in mint condition) and they have told me so many things on how to make it run better with minimum amount of money and work in the car, but then they say: don't bother fixin it, just scrap it and buy something else... with big smile

[64 Wildcat]

64 Wildcat (http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/member.php?u=105926) well now in my 20's when i'm in the garage working on my car there allways a older people around telling there stories how they got there brand new Lada (some of them still have in mint condition) and they have told me so many things on how to make it run better with minimum amount of money and work in the car, but then they say: don't bother fixin it, just scrap it and buy something else... with big smile

Living in CZ in 2004/05, I heard many of the same stories, especially when I told the locals I had Jawas! In the USSR days if you ordered a car you got (after a few years waiting) whatever was available. If it was not the colour you wanted, too bad - you just took it!

Don't listen to them about scrapping the Lada. Enjoy the journey of building a low & slow custom. Mir a ty. (I don't know if that's OK in Russian but it might be OK in Czech - LOL)

[RDR]

but then they say: don't bother fixin it, just scrap it and buy something else... with big smile[/QUOTE]
:p how many of us have heard that in our lives?.....It's a challenge and a GOOD feeling to save a piece of crap and then have fun with it while the rest of the naysayers look on with envy !! Glad to have you aboard RUSSIAN and hope someday you can come visit us in America...welcome from central Oregon.....( North of L.A. and South of Vancouver B.C.) Randy

[Russian]

I have a BIG STRONG will, patience of a rock and i am allways finishing what i start no matter the cost and the naysayers around me.